Mahant made acting Chhattisgarh PCC chief
New Delhi: Union Minister Charan Das Mahant was on Monday appointed the acting PCC president of poll-bound Chhattisgarh. He will replace Nand Kumar Patel who was killed in a Naxal attack on May 25. Former state Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been made the Programme Coordinator of the Chhattisgarh PCC by Congress President Sonia Gandhi with immediate effect, AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi said. Fifty eight year old Mahant is an OBC leader who will lead the party in the assembly polls scheduled by the year end.
Prez to inaugurate shopping complex
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate a renovated Shopping Complex in the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday fulfilling the long standing desire of employees and their families living in the President's Estate to have a full-fledged Shopping Complex catering to all their requirements. Eight shops in the President's Estate Market have been in existence since the pre-Independence era, out of which six shops were available for fresh allotment. The complex will include six new shops including a Safal Outlet, Kendriya Bhandar and a Shakti Haat. The Shakti Haat is an outlet where Self Help Groups (SHGs) of Rashtrapati Bhavan will market their products like homemade masalas, organic compost and handmade envelopes. The members of SHGs are wives of employees of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
CBI to question Bansal this week
New Delhi: After probing various aspects of bribery scam in railways, CBI is all set to question former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal this week. The questioning of Bansal will revolve around his role in the appointment of suspended Railway Board Member (Staff) Mahesh Kumar involving his nephew Vijay Singla who was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh, official sources said.