Nominations for panchayat polls from today
Bhopal: Nominations for the first phase of Panchayat elections 2014-15 will be filed from 10.30 am on Monday. The same day information about reserved seats will be given and list of polling booths published. Nominations will be accepted till 3 pm on December 29. They would be scrutinised on December 30. January 1, 2015 is the last date for withdrawal of nominations. The same day election symbols will be allotted soon after end of the process for withdrawal of nominations. For the second and third phases nominations will be filed from December 31, 2014.
Discourse over good governance
Bhopal: BJP president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan has instructed all the 56 organisational district presidents in the State to hold discourse in their respective districts over good governance. Chouhan said eminent citizens, doctors, engineers, intellectuals and social workers should be invited to participate in the discourse to express their views. The invited guests should be asked to express their views over the good works by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
BJP to celebrate Vajpayee birthday
Bhopal: BJP State president Nandkumar Singh Chouhan has said that the birthday celebrations of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee would start with Swachchh Abhiyan on December 25. The cleanliness drive would start from early morning while the commoners would be attracted towards clean India. Party MlAs and other office bearers of the party would start the drive in all the 230 Assembly constituencies of the State.
Momentum to BJP mega membership drive
Bhopal: BJP State president Nandkumar Singh Chouhan has said that momentum would be provided to the ongoing mega membership drive of the party in all the 756 organisational Mandals of the State, and for this Mandal Vistaraks have been appointed. These Mandal Vistaraks are becoming active in their respective areas. Workers and leaders of the umbrella organizations of the party are also extending their full cooperation in the membership drive of the party. He called on the mayors and chairmen of the party to leave no stone unturned for making new members for the party.
Home Minister Gaur to visit Uttar Pradesh
Bhopal: Home Minister Babulal Gaur will visit Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh from New Delhi on December 23. After reaching Allahabad in the morning of December 24, Gaur will depart for his native village Naugeer in Pratapgarh district. After participating in local programmes there, Gaur will go to Mirzapur via Allahabad. The Home Minister will have a darshan of Vindhyawasini Maa in the afternoon and return to Bhopal next day via Rewa.
Inter-zone sports competition
Bhopal: Cricket team of Water Resources department has been announced for 25th Silver Jubilee Inter-zone Sports Competition to be held in the first week of January. After three-day trial, Zonal President Akhilesh Shrivastava and Convener Kamal Singh appoint Shri Ashok Marcos as captain and Shri Girish Darkar as coach and manager the team’s. Kamal Singh will be vice-captain. Other members include Subhash Gupta, Moinuddin Qureshi, Sunil Malviya, Vipin Patidar, Anil Shirod, Manish Mandlik, Akhilesh Shrivastava, Nilesh Desai, J Subrarnaniam, Ajay Pardesi, Sushii Shrirao, Ranga Rao and Raj Kumar Agrawal. Reserve players of the team include Vinod More, Ram Ratan Pal and Ashok Shankar Mehta.
Defence guns to be upgraded at GCF Jabalpur
Bhopal: The 40mm l/70 anti-aircraft guns used by Indian defence forces are being upgraded and modernised at Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur-based Gun Carriage Factory (GCF), with the help of Bharat Electronics limited. “We have already handed over two 40 mm l/70 guns to BEl for electronic upgradation after bringing mechanical improvement in it,” GCF general manager N K Sinha told PTI over phone. There is a plan to upgrade 200-odd l/70 guns, Sinha said adding that their hydraulic system is being changed to electric drive. The gun’s firing ability is being sharpened and its handling is being made more convenient, GCF officials said. The guns were imported from Sweden’s Bofors company in the 60s. After the transfer of technology (ToT) from the Swedish company, its manufacturing was taken up successfully by GCF, they said. In the past also, the gun had been upgraded and its firing capacity enhanced to 240-300 rounds per minute, officials said. The Indian Army, which has a good number of l/70 guns in its inventory, has been seeking the fully upgraded weapon with effective night vision equipment and advanced radar system.
Youths booked in rape case
Barwani: A case was registered against two tribal youths for allegedly raping two paternal sisters in Nagalwadi, police said. The youths Rahul and Ramesh called two sisters at a field on Friday night and raped after promising them to marry. The kin found them in the field next morning and lodged a complaint in police station on Saturday.
Newborn baby’s body found
Burhanpur: A newborn baby’s body was found lying in Silampura village, police said. The passersby found the body and informed police last night. The body was sent for post-mortem.
IT raids at beedi industrial unit
Burhanpur: The Income Tax sleuths unearthed undeclared income to the tune of `1 crore after conducting raid at a beedi industrial unit here, I-T sources said. The raid, led by Joint Income-Tax Commissioner (Nimad Circle) RR Meena, continued till late last night. The department imposed tax of Rs 31 lakh on the undeclared income.
Woman hurt as soil mine caves in
Burhanpur: A woman sustained grave injuries when a portion of a soil mine caved in Ganpati Naka police station limits here, police said. Mumtaz Bano (39) met with the accident when she was working in the mine on Saturday and was rushed to hospital.