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FElICITATION FOR 1965 WAR SOlDIERS ON SEP 9

Bhopal: A ‘Felicitation and Get-together’ will be held on September 9 marking 50 years of 1965 war where ex-servicemen and personnel in army service during that war will be felicitated. The function will be held at 11 am at Sainik Vishram Grah situated on the premises of Zila Sainik Kalyan Office, Bhopal. Ex-servicemen having participated in 1965 war living in Bhopal, Sehore, Vidisha and Raisen districts may contact phone number 0755-2556198 and 4253023 and mobile numbers 9300087014 and 9617334686. District Sainik Kalyan Officer Col DC Goyal informed that disability pension is being re-started for those ex-servicemen with 20 percent disability and their widows who were not being given pension before 1973.

Ex-servicemen and widows who have not taken membership of ESHS can do so now. For this, those retired before 1996 can get renewed ECHS cards free and those retired between 1996 and 2003 by depositing prescribed fee. Ex-servicemen have been urged to contact office if new PPO is not received. Further information can be obtained from website www.rsbmp.nic.in and e-mail dswobho@mp.gov.in.

Collector conducts surprise inspection in Morar

Gwalior: The Collector of Gwalior P Narhari conducted surprise inspection of Morar based district hospital on Tuesday morning at 8.30. He reprimanded the civil surgeon Dr Vinod Gupta and RMO for the absence of the employees and medical staff and for mismanagement in the premises. This had impact on the doctors and they presented themselves on their duty before time. The arrangement of district hospital Morar is generally criticised for irregular attendance of the workers and medical staff and absence of ultrasound. The doctors and medical staff ignored the instruction of civil surgeon Dr Vinod Gupta. The collector found 23 health employees and many doctors absent on Tuesday during the inspection of the collector. Following the incident all the doctors and health employees including civil surgeon reached before time today. Civil surgeon Dr Vinod Gupta said that the arrangements of district hospital correct before or today also. Notices were sent to the doctors and employees who were found absent during the inspection of the collector. The RMO of district hospital Dr AP Shrivastava said that action is being taken to install a new ultrasound machine in district hospital. The collector has ordered for this.

2 killed, 35 hurt as bus collides with bike

Sehore: Two persons were killed and 35 others were injured when a bus overturned after hitting a motorcycle near here on Wednesday. The incident took place on the Icchawar road in Mograram village of the district, about 7 km away from here, when a speeding bus hit a motorcycle, killing the driver and pillion rider on the spot.

The deceased are yet to be identified and as many as 35 bus passengers sustained injuries in the mishap, police said, adding, condition of five injured persons is stated to be critical. The injured passengers were admitted at the district hospital, police added.

17-year old boy stabbed to death

Indore: A 17-year old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by three persons after he objected to their attempts to harass his sister. Himanshu alias Shanu Manwat, who resided in the Srikrishna Colony here, was stabbed with knives by the three men, who were his neighbours, outside his house last night, Chandan Nagar police station in-charge Vinod Dixit said. Shanu was rushed to a private hospital where he succumbed to his injuries late last night, Dixit said.

The three accused, Om Chauhan (45), Mahendra (20) and Raja (25), and some other persons in their families used to assault Shanu's elder sister because of which the victim had a dispute with them since some time, he said. The three were subsequently arrested and booked under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (criminal acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, he added.

Rs15l fine, RI for section engineer

Bhopal: The special CBI judge, in Bhopal, has convicted AK Dubey, the then Section Engineer in Rajgarh and sentenced him to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs15 lakh. The agency had registered a case against the accused on the basis of complaint by its Inspector. “It was alleged in the complaint that AK Dubey while posted and functioning as Section Engineer, WCR, Biaora, District Rajgarh amassed huge assets to the tune of Rs15 lakh during the period from January 1, 1994 to April 11, 2006, which were disproportionate to his known sources of income," the CBI said in a statement. After completion of investigation, a charge sheet was filed on May 26, 2007 under Section 7 and 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of PC Act, 1988 in the Court of CBI Special Judge in Bhopal against Dubey, it said.