MP emerges champion in science exhibition
Indore: Madhya Pradesh emerged as the champion in the regional-level science model exhibition of the CBSE-affiliated schools in which nine out of ten teams selected for the national-level round are from the State. The three-day exhibition concluded at Prestige School on Saturday. Over a hundred students representing 60 schools from the three States of the Ajmer region, including MP, Gujarat and Rajasthan, participated in the competition. The 10 best teams from each of the eight regions will be competing in the national-level of the exhibition which will be held during September and October this year in Delhi. “The participants were from different cities like Vadodara, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, Rewa, Bhopal & Indore,” said school principal Prakash Chaudhary.
Two get death sentence for rape, murder
Chhattarpur: A court in Bijawar town has awarded death sentence to two persons on the charges of rape and murder of a woman. The sentence was awarded on by Additional Sessions Judge JP Singh. Ganesh lodhi (24) of Baskwah town and Ramji lodhi (24) of Angor village were accused of raping and later hacking to death the woman, a widow, at her house on November 27, 2010. Her father found her body lying in a pool of blood. Her two minor sons told him that Ganesh and Ramji killed their mother. Police soon arrested both the accused. The court sentenced them to death for murder, and life imprisonment for the rape. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on each of them.
Kapildhara removes woes
Bhopal: Sorrows of Dukkhulal of village Sarasdali in Dindori district have been removed by Kapildhara Yojana. Dukkhulal and other farmers in the village are very happy following construction of wells under the scheme through MNREGA convergence. Earlier, they had to do manual labour for others apart from their own cultivation. Agriculture depended on rain water and therefore they had to migrate from the village seeking labour job in cities. After availing benefits under Kapildhara Yojana, now these farmers are growing vegetable crops also. Their income has increased from other crops also. Seeing their work, the district administration has provided them diesel pumps through MNREGA convergence under SGSY. All sorrows of farmers Dukkhilal and Tularam of village Sarasdali have been removed by Kapildhara. Seeing their work, other farmers have also Kapildhara well constructed in their fileds and installed diesel pumps. This success has given a new identity to the village.
Youth Cong’s election postponed
Gwalior: The elections of the Youth Congress at the Congress office here postponed following clashes between candidates and their supporters here on Sunday. The cancellation of the elections was announced by lRO Deepak Chauhan and he further informed that it would be conducted on August 26 only. Meanwhile, a large police force has been deployed to thwart any incident in the area. The elections of the Youth Congress was conducted to choose its president in view of the forthcoming lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the State. The voting was started at 8 am under the watch of lRO Deepak Chauhan. However, Sanjay Singh, a former candidate of lok Sabha elections and also a nephew of MlA lakhan Singh, raised that supporters of rival candidate Sonu Kushawah and Punit Sharma created ruckus. The incident turned ugly due to which Deepak Chauhan called the police immediately to intervene the situation. Within no time CSP Raksh Pal Singh , JorSingh Bhadauria and Deepak Bhargava came to the spot with the force of four police stations and Chauhan cancelled the election. Chauhan said that candidates fought with themselves in the election so they had to take the help of the police. “Now we have decided to hold the elections on Monday after consultation with the organization,” he added.
Chilly spray for rioters developed
Gwalior: The Defence Research and Development Establishment, a laboratory of DRDO, has developed a bomb - Chilly spray, to disperse rioters. The trial was conducted on Sunday in front of Union Minister Jairam Ramesh, who appreciated the team for their success. The Union Minister was here to inspect the research work in DRDE. He closely watched many bio toilets models for establishing bio toilets in the villages. Immediately after the inspection, the Director of DRDE NP Kaushik did the trial of Chilly spray. On this occasion Collector P Narhai and CEO district panchyat were also present. The use of bio digesters prepared by DRDE would be used in civil areas. Under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan of Central Government, 500 villages located on the bank of the rivers would be built. For this an MoU has been signed between Drinking Water and Sanitation Ministry of central Government and DRDO.
Documents ‘disappear’ from med college
Gwalior: Documents related to forged medical students have disappeared from the GR Medical College. The documents have disappeared from confidential almirah, which the key of the almirah remained with the dean of the medical college. Nearly 55 files are missing. The college management said it was trying to recover the lost documents. The management also worried that if the documents would not retrieve then the future of honest students would be ruined together with forged students. The than dean Dr amrita Mehrotra had handed over all the documents related with forged students to the than dean Dr Veena Agrawal. Now these documents have suddenly disappeared from the Medical College. In list of dubious students there are 20 names of year 2010 who are supposed to treat them innocent. The medical students also approached Medical Education Minister Anoop Mishra and told him that their names were wrongly included in the list. They said that their names have been included to save the forged students. The same complaint was lodged with the Divisional Commissioner.
Gang of robbers busted, three held
Neemuch: Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a gang of robbers with the arrest of three of its members, who were involved in looting Rs 3 lakh from a petrol pump here about a week back. Acting on a tip-off, police managed to arrest the trio identified as Rohit Kuchbandia (22), Dugga Kuhbandia (26) and Rakesh Songira, all residents of the Neemuch town, district SP Rudolf Alvares told media persons. However, two other members of the gang, identified as Rinku and Golu, both history-sheeters from Delhi, managed to escape, he said. They had looted the petrol pump on August 17 and fired at its owner Zahid before fleeing. Two motorcycles and Rs 2.05 lakh cash was recovered from the accused and further investigation is on, the SP added.
Businessman kidnapped in Indore
Indore: A 45-year-old businessman was allegedly kidnapped from lasudia area here by unidentified persons who tricked him on the pretext of a land deal, police said on Sunday. The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore for the safe release of the Khandwa-based businessman Rajesh Jain who was abducted on Saturday. Police suspect that kidnapping was premeditated as the abductors first befriended Jain at a hotel in Khandwa by posing themselves as realtors and later asked him to accompany them to Indore leaving behind his three associates. Jain’s car was found abandoned in lasudia area of the city, police said. The abductors made a call to Jain’s family and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 crore for his release, police said, adding a hunt is launched to trace the businessman.