Professor of SlP College passes away
Gwalior: Keerti Shukla Pandey, Professor of Geography in SlP College, Gwalior passed away in New Delhi on Thursday. The last rites would be performed in Gwalior on Friday. She breathed her last in Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. Family sources said that after a minor accident, Kreeti was suffering from brain hemorrhage. She was wife of late Madhav Pandey, brother of Keshav Pandey, correspondent of The Pioneer in Gwalior.
PDS special campaign launched for poor
Bhopal: A special campaign was launched in June 2014 for SC and ST families who could not be earlier included in the new targeted public distribution system(PDS). The Food and Civil Supplies Department has included 75 lakh new persons (18 lakh families) as priority families during the campaign. Departmental staff got filled up forms and caste affidavits from these families door-to-door. These 18 lakh SC and ST families are now being provided wheat and rice at the rate of Re. one per kg from July 1. They are also being provided sugar and kerosene at subsidised rates. In view of increased demand of rice in the state’s targeted public distribution system, the Central Government has increased rice quota for the state from July from 5.50 lakh MT to 8 lakh MT per annum. Now, Madhya Pradesh will get additional 2 lakh 50 thousand MT rice per annum.
Programme announced for general election
Bhopal: The State Election Commission has announced programme for general election to Tonk Khurd and Piplarawan Nagar Parishads in Dewas district. Polling will be held at both places on August 6, 2014. Counting and results will be declared on August 9. Model code of conduct has come into force in both urban body areas with announcement of election programme, which will continue till declaration of results.
Reservation for all city wards
Indore: Ward reservation for all 85 wards of the city which had been constituted after inclusion of 29 villages under the jurisdiction of Indore Municipal Corporation, was completed today in the presence of senior district and IMC officials. Of 85 wards, 42 wards have been reserved for women candidates, of which 2 wards have been reserved for Schedule Caste women, 7 wards for ST women, 11 wards for women of other backward classes (OBC), while 22 wards have been reserved for general category women candidates. In all a total of 48 wards have been left unreserved for general category candidates out of 85. Of the remaining wards, 13 wards have been reserved for SC candidates, 3 for ST and 21 for other backward classes.