Truck rams into tractor, 2 killed
Rewa: Two persons were today killed and 13 others injured when a truck collided with a tractor trolley in which they were travelling, police said. The mishap took place near Kitwaria bypass when they were proceeding to Maihar for a tonsure ceremony when the accident occurred. The deceased were identified as Ram Bhuvan Tiwari (47) and his daughter-in-law Priyanka Tiwari (24). The injured were rushed to the local hospital, they said.
‘Punishment for not complying with RTE’
Gwalior: Everybody has right to education and nobody can be deprived of it. For this, the right to education Act was enforced. The educational institutes which do not comply with the act would be punished. This was stated by the collector P Narhari while speaking in the workshop organized on right to education Act. He ordered the educational institutes to control the fees and prescribed minimum 8 shops for purchasing text books and provides necessary facilities in the school.
In the workshop held in Bhagwat Sahai auditorium the CEO of district panchayat Soofia Farquee, district education officer Mohar Singh Sikarwar, DPC Sanjeev Sharma, office bearers of nongovernmental institute and govt. institutes were present.
On this occasion Narhari said that as per the provision of right to education act this is compulsory that admission to give 25% poor class students. A provision to punish the violation of these orders has been kept. Under the act action has been taken but still more action has to be taken. The owners of the education institutes decide the fees in consultation with guardians of the students. The fees should be to the extent which the guardian could bear. It is necessary to provide facility of drinking water, ramp and toilets in the educational institutes.
‘Prevent child marriages’
Bhopal: Chairperson of Child Rights Protection Commission Usha Chaturvedi has asked collectors to ensure effective action to prevent child marriages. She directed to keep special watch over the situation on Akshay Tritiya on May 2.
For preventing and monitoring child marriages, division-wise responsibilities have been given to members of the commission. Vijaya Shukla has been given responsibilities of Chambal and Gwalior divisions, Rita Upmanyu Indore, Reena Gujral Jabalpur, Asha Yadav Rewa and Shahdol, RH lata Ujjain and Vibhanshu Joshi has been entrusted responsibilities of Narmadapuram division.
Vijaya Shukla’s mobile number is 9424411757, Rita Upmanyu 9425076267, Reena Gujral 9425150501, Asha Yadav 9425177235, RH lata 9425126644 and mobile number of Vibhanshu Joshi is 94250004546.
Promotion for 11 IPS officers
Bhopal: The State Government has given proforma promotion to 11 Indian Police Service officers. VK Jauhari, Mukesh Kumar Jain, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Sanjay V Mane, PS Phalnikar and Sushovan Bannerjee have been given promotion in the super timescale. Similarly, promotion in super timescale has been given to Jaideep Prasad, Yogesh Deshmukh, KP Venkateshwar, Mohammad Shahid Absar and Balveer Singh.
46,042 postal ballots were distributed
Bhopal: As many as 46,042 postal ballots were distributed to polling staff and service voters during three phases of lok Sabha elections in 29 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. In all, 19,038 postal ballots were distributed in the first phase, 15,431 in the second phase and 11,573 in the third phase. Of the 46,042 ballot papers, 19,761 were issued to polling staff and 26,281 to service voters. Service voters are the officers and employees who are posted in foreign countries under the Defence Ministry and other departments and whose names are registered in electoral rolls in the state. Similarly, ballot papers were also issued to the polling staff of the state that was deployed in election duty outside their own constituencies. Postal ballots will be accepted by district election officers before commencement of counting. In the first phase, postal ballots were distributed to 8,935 polling staff and 10 thousand 103 service voters in 9 lok Sabha constituencies, 6,074 polling staff and 9,357 service voters in the second phase in 10 constituencies and 4,752 polling staff and 6,821 service voters in the third phase in 10 lok Sabha constituencies.