teenager held for raping six-year-old
Chhattarpur: In a case seen as demoralising society further, a teenage boy has allegedly raped a six-year-old girl, in the school campus where the girl had recently joined at Jwab village in the district. The incident took place on Thursday when the little girl went to the school. She got admission on July 17 only, police said. The accused teenage boy, who lived at nearby her residence, went to the school and cajoled her to accompany him behind the school building, where he allegedly raped her. later, the victim narrated her ordeal to her mother, after which a case was registered against the boy and was later arrested.
Chouhan releases souvenir
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday released a souvenir published by ‘Nirjhar Bharat’ magazine. The souvenir is a compilation of information regarding different panchayats organised by the State Government. Principal Secretary to CM Manoj Shrivastava, editor of the magazine Neerja Devi and senior journalist Ramesh Tiwari were present on the occasion.
Ramlal calls on Chief minister
Bhopal: The chairman of Baiga Development Authority, Ramlal Baiga called on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at his residence here on Friday. Ramlal Baiga recently took over as the chairman of the Development Authority.
Autonomous committees at Ayush colleges
Bhopal: Autonomous committees have been constituted in all AYUSH (Ayurved, homoeopathy and Unani) colleges in Madhya Pradesh. Announcing this Minister of State for AYUSH Mahendra Hardia said one MP, two MlAs, one parents representative and one ex-student have been nominated to general council at State-level. local president of Vishwa AYUSH Parishad has been nominated committee member. Four prominent local citizens have also been nominated. Hardia said that earlier a departmental Minister used to head these committees. By effecting a minor amendment in constitution, Divisional Commissioner has been made chairman in place of Minister. Professors on seniority basis and on rotation order have been nominated members of executive committee headed by divisional commissioner.
Work in these institutions will make headway following constitution of these committees. Apart from participation of MPs, MlAs and common citizens, their guidance will also be available in these committees.
Banks to be linked with core banking soon
Bhopal: Apex Bank and 852 branches of 38 district cooperative banks in the State will be linked with core banking soon. Its testing has been completed. After implementation of core banking, cooperative banks’ 42.60 lakh account holders will also get ATM facility. Cooperatives Minister Gaurishankar Bisen has directed departmental officers to provide all core banking facilities to customers with quality. Real time gross settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) will also become available to customers after introduction of core banking in cooperative banks. The biggest benefit of this facility will be that beneficiaries of government schemes which will be able to receive subsidies directly in their bank accounts. Account holders of cooperative banks will be able to transfer funds to any bank branch in the country electronically. Most of accounts of MNREGA beneficiaries are in cooperative banks. In Madhya Pradesh, Kisan Credit Cards of 45 lakh farmers are also being changed into Electronic Kisan Credit Cards. Now, farmers can get fertilisers and other facilities through Electronic Kisan Credit Cards. Core banking work in cooperative banks has been done through NABARD. Core banking is being introduced in cooperative banks in 19 states. Madhya Pradesh is the first to complete this work in 2 phases.
Annual account slips issued
Bhopal: Bhopal branch office of the Accountant General (A/E)-1 has issued annual accounts slips for the year 2012-13 of the GPF subscribers of Public Works, Public Health Engineering, Water Resources Development and General Administration departments and all the subscribers of SGS, SES and SSCS in the Mantralaya. Subscribers of these departments have been advised to contact their respective drawing and disbursing officers under whom they were working as on March 1, 2013 to collect their GPF accounts slips. A grievance redressal cell is functioning at Room No. 4, Block-C, 1st floor of Vindhyachal Bhavan, Bhopal where subscribers can lodge their grievances pertaining to their GPF accounts.
`26 lakh allocated to Govt colleges
Bhopal: A sum of `25.98 lakh has been allocated to 16 Government colleges for honorarium to guest faculties. A total of `1.50 lakh has been allocated to Government College Barka in Singrauli district, `1 lakh to Aron in Guna district, `Rs 8,825 to Girls College, Shivpuri, `16,750 to Jaitpur in Shahdol district, `75,000 to Shahpur in Dindori district, `24,000 to Girls College, Shajapur, `10,000 to Vivekananda College, Raisen, `3 lakh to Thakur Ranmat Singh College, Rewa, `3 lakh to Post-graduate College, Shivpuri, `2 lakh to Post-graduate College, Narsinghpur, `1 lakh to Sihora in Jabalpur district, `72,650 to Waraseoni in Balaghat district, `10,000 to Barghat in Seoni district, `28,000 to lateri in Vidisha district, `13,000 to Dhana in Sagar district and `11.90 lakh has been allocated to Government Science College, Rewa.