Vendors told to provide voter slips
Bhopal: State Election Commissioner R Parasuram appealed vendors to provide voter slips with electoral rolls. Parasuram stated this in a meeting of vendors engaged for preparing photo bearing electoral rolls here on Saturday. Holding district-wise discussions with vendors, Parasuram reviewed preparation of electoral rolls. The Commissioner directed to complete the work within time-limit. Electoral rolls for 3-tier Panchayats elections will be preliminarily published on September 23. Madhya Pradesh State Electronic Corporation’s MD M Selvendran said that he would regularly monitor the process. He said that remaining districts will be provided NIC connectivity on the basis of feedback received from vendors. Secretary State Election Commission GP Shrivastava and other officers were present on the occasion.
CM mourns death of Gangaram Shastri
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed profound grief over the death of freedom fighter and astrologer Gangaram Shastri. He was father-in-law of Health Minister Narottam Mishra. In his message, Chouhan said that late Gangaram was a nationalist who chose the path of service to the country and groomed an entire generation. His contribution will always be remembered. He has prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.
Using Hindi in BHEl encouraged
Bhopal: To promote as well as propagate the use of Hindi in BHEl, Hindi typing on computer competition was held at Human Resource Development Centre BHEl, Bhopal under Hindi month 2014, in which more than 48 participants took active participation. On this occasion Dinesh Kumar, general manager, Hydro was present as the chief guest while I Soreng, Sr DGM, HRDC was present as the guest of honour. Alok Johri, Sr DGM, GPX and AK Vishwanathan were present as the members of the jury in the programme. Kumar in his address said that all correspondences to central and state governments should be carried out in Hindi. Despite being a technical organization, all efforts are being made to maximize the use of the official language in day to day workings. He further said that the language helps an individual to express ones thought through inscription or through verbal medium. Efforts should be made to make the language strong, encouraging wide publicity of the language, added Kumar. Harish Singh Bagwar, Manager, Rajbhasa & TSX encouraging the participants wished them success and urged them to use Hindi in day to day workings.
Panel to probe scandal in Transport dept
Gwalior: The Transport commissioner has formed an internal committee following the detection of permit scandal in Transport department. The responsibility of internal enquiry has been handed over to Regional Transpost inspector Bharti Chandhary. She has started enquiry by taking the record of vehicle permit branch to her procession. It may be noted that a rocket of fake permit scandal was exposed in the divisional transport office. It was known that departmental officers to clears and agents were included in the racket. So the crime branch arrested an agent Jayant Pal and a cleark for interrogation. After that the transport department formed an internal enquiry committee to conduct the enquiry. The traffic police found fake permits of many tempos in the checking last month. So the traffic police handed over the case to the crime branch. The crime branch arrested an agent and a clerk for interrogation.
cops told to wait for student’s statement
Gwalior: The head of medicine department MS Chandhary informed police that Adrash Singh, a student of Class IX in Scindia School, who tried to commit suicide, would not be able to speak for at least for a week. So the police would have to wait for a week for taking his statement. The police are facing problem because Adrash Singh’s father Jai Kumar Singh, who is Cooperative Minister in Bihar is not allowing them to record statements of Adrash. A team led by a gazette officer was sent to Delhi to take the statement of Adrash Singh, but Dr MS Chandhary told them to wait for a week and doctor said that a gradual improvement is taking place in the Condition of Adrash. Dr Chandhary (medical specialist) of Apollo hospital said that there is much improvement in the condition of Adrash, but he is still under the shock. So he would not be able to give the statement for a week. The Addl SP city Yusuf Qureshi said that police team has been sent to 5 times to take the statements of Adrash, but Adrash could not give his statement so a team of officers has been sent this time.
Malviya to be reinstated Joint Director
Bhopal: District and Sessions Judge, Bhopal has exonerated Joint Director Industries GP Malviya from charges and issued an order to reinstate him. After being reinstated, Malviya has been posted as Joint Director in Directorate of Industries till further order.
Minor among three held for robbery
Bhopal: Three miscreants including a minor who were involved in a robbery at Jain Temple on August 31 were nabbed by TT Nagar police on Saturday. According to the police acting on a tip off three youths who were planning to commit robbery were nabbed and when questioned they confessed that they were planning to commit robbery at Depot square. During the further investigation the accused confessed that they were involved in robbery on August 31 and robbed gold chain from a woman at Jain temple in TT Nagar area. The three were identified as Raju alias Rajes Mewada (23), Rohit Jatav (19) and a 15-year-old boy. The accused are residents of Shymala Hills area. The minor accused was involved in robberies committed by Raju and Rohit in the past. Police have recovered two gold chains, gold ear tops, mobile phones and one motorbike stolen from Mandideep.
Students of IIM to organise Indore Marathon
Indore: Students of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore in its novel move will be organising Indore Marathon - 2014 on October 2 next month. Though this will be the seventh edition of Indore Marathon to be organized by IIM Indore, this year’s event holds significance as this year’s marathon has been dedicated to the city’s homeless. Through marathon run, students of IIM Indore will raise funds for the homeless. IIM Indore has been organising Indore Marathon in the city for the past seven years and this mega event has turned out to be quiet popular with the city people as every year the event is dedicated to some noble social cause, said Akhtar Parwez, spokesperson, IIM Indore talking to this newspaper.