CM invites pilgrims to visit Simhastha
Bhopal: The devotees and pilgrims visiting the ongoing Kumba at Nasik in Maharashtra are being invited by State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to visit the Simhastha at Ujjain from April 22 to May 21, 2016. For this hoardings with details of the Simhastha and Chief Minister’s invitation have been placed at strategic points in Hindi and Marathi in Nasik. It may be mentioned here that Simhastha is going to take place from April 21 to May 22, 2016 on the banks of holy river Kshipra at Ujjain. About 5 crore devotees and pilgrims are likely to participate in this month long mega fair. Simhastha is held after an interval of 12 years when Jupiter is in leo. The fair would start on Chaitra Purnima (April 22, 2016) with Punya Snan and conclude with last Snan on Vaishakh Purnima (May 21, 2016). During this Simhastha a very rare planetary configuration called Siddha Amrit Yog is going to occur after a gap of 5118 years. According to astrologers this would greatly add to significance of Simhastha.
Factory owner sentenced six months
Guna: A local court here sentenced an owner of ice-cream factory to imprisonment for six months and imposed a fine of Rs1,000 on him on the charge of ice-creams not being found of standard quality. According to prosecution, an ice-cream sample was collected from the factory by the Food Safety Department and sent for examination to laboratory in 2011. The sample was not found to be in accordance with prescribed standards. Justice Sachin Jain delivered the verdict on Friday
Man arrested for molesting minor
Sheopur: A man has been arrested on the charge of molesting and sexually abusing a minor in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, police said. Shripat Shakya (54) had taken the responsibility of keeping and educating the 15-year-old victim after her mother was killed some time ago. He had sent her father for working as labourer in Goa. Since the past three months, Shripat was showing obscene films to the girl and molesting her. The victim escaped from his home yesterday and lodged a police complaint following which the accused was arrested.
Youth gets lifer for killing sister
Sehore: A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a youth and slapped a fine of Rs5,000 for killing his sister. Districts and Sessions Judge Narinder Veer Kaur yesterday convicted one Rajaram for committing the crime. According to the prosecution, Rajaram’s elder sister Pinjari Bai refused to go to his parents house with him when he went to take her to home on March 3 last year. Her outright refusal enraged the youth and he attacked his sister with a stone in which the victim was gravely injured and was rushed to hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival. Rajaram was arrested and was produced before the court before registering a case against him.