IAS officers transferred
Bhopal: The State Government has posted IAS officer and labour Commissioner and Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Finance Corporation, Indore KC Gupta as Commissioner, Ujjain division. Arun Kumar, Commissioner, Ujjain division has been posted as labour Commissioner Indore with additional charge of Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Finance Corporation, Indore. Meanwhile, Commissioner MP Housing Board Mukesh Chandra Gupta has been posted as Panna Collector and Panna Collector Dhananjay Singh Bhadoria as Commissioner Madhya Pradesh Housing Board. Director Health and Family Welfare Sanjay Goyal has been posted as Ashok Nagar Collector and Ashok Nagar Collector Santosh Kumar Mishra as Director Health and Family Welfare and ex-officio Additional Secretary Health & Family Welfare. Similarly, Additional Secretary Finance and Director Budget Shobhit Jain has been posted as Barwani Collector and Barwani Collector Shriman Shukla as Deputy Secry Finance and Director Budget.
Guv to form panel for appointment of V-C
Bhopal: Expressing disagreement after due consideration, Chancellor and Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has rejected recommendations made on October 22, 2013 by the search committee constituted for appointment of regular vice-chancellor of Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur. Through an order today, Chancellor and Governor Yadav has directed to constitute a new search committee for the post regular of vice-chancellor.
EC to monitor social media during elections
Bhopal: Election Commission of India is alive to monitoring of social media during Vidhan Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh. C-Desk firm of Pune is monitoring social media. Prevalence of web and social media has increased over the years. Social media has mainly 5 associate projects including Wikipedia, blogs and microblogs like Twitter, material providing communities like Youtube and apps like virtual games. Provisions of election-related laws for use of social media in electioneering just like other publicity media. Every candidate has to file an affidavit in Form 26 at the time of filing nomination papers. In para 3 of this affidavit, candidate will have to furnish e-mail ID, if any. The commission has expected from candidates to also provide their authentic social media accounts. The commission has clarified that as per sub-section (1) of section 77 of Representation of People Act, every candidate will have to maintain account of election expenses made by him or person authorised by him from the date of announcement of elections till declaration of results.
Kailash to file papers from Mhow
Mhow: Industry Minister and MlA from Mhow Kailash Vijayvargiya will file his nomination papers from Mhow constituency for the consecutive second time. He will be accompanied by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and will come to Mhow Tehsil premises in form of rally which will start from Kishanganj naka Mhow.After filing the nomination paper at SDM office Mhow the chief minister Shivraj Singh and kailash Vijayvargiya will move in form of rally from the main roads of Mhow and will attend the large party worker gathering at the ground of indoor stadium behind dreamland talkies Mhow.
Absconding director arrested
Gwalior: The Gola Ka Mandir police arrested an absconding director of chit fund company Pravachan dairy from Bhind. The name of the director is stated Kamal Baghel. He became a constable of police in Bhind. The additional SP Virendra Jain said that the police have registered a case of fraud against Pravachan dairy chit fund company. The SP Gwalior had declared a reward of 2000 each against all the directors of chit Fund Company. The police received information last night that a director of chit Fund Company has become as police constable in Bhind. The police arrested Kamal Baghel from Bhind. Kamal Baghel belongs to Bhind and has passed B.Com. He came to Gwalior in 2006 and became a manager in Pravanchan dairy. later on he was promoted as a director of the company. In 2008 he left the service and in 2009 he became constable in Bhind. In 2011 a reward of rupees 2000 was declared on him. After a case of fraud against the manager of chit fund Company.
‘corruption can be eradicated’
Bhopal: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's son Jaiwardhan, who is the party nominee from the Raghogarh assembly constituency in MP, said that corruption can be eradicated if Government employees honestly spend the money given for implementation of various schemes. The Congress nominee was speaking after inaugurating the party election office in the constituency. Jaiwardhan said that a lot of development had taken place in Guna district because of the efforts of people like his father and other senior Congress leaders. He said it was now a challenge for the youth to ensure that more development takes place now with the enthusiasm of young and the blessings of elders.
efforts on to placate irate cong leaders
Chhindwara: Union Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said that efforts would be made to placate such party leaders who have been deprived tickets for upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly polls. “Only a single ticket is available in a particular region while there are several contestants. Dissatisfaction is natural at many places,” Nath told reporters here. He said that many dissidents are in contact with him. He said that he would urge everyone to work in the party's interest. Hoping that the unsuccessful ticket seekers would be pacified, the Union Minister said that he was optimistic that they would work to bring the party in power. He claimed that the party would emerge victorious at the hustings.
3.50 lakh officers deployed on poll duty
Bhopal: About 3.50 lakh officers and employees to be deployed on poll duty for November 25 Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh will exercise their franchise through postal ballots, official sources said.
For this, office of the Chief Electoral Officer started large-scale preparations. Apart from officers and employees on poll duty, 19,669 service voters will also cast postal ballots. These employees are posted outside the state. Besides, about 18,000 drivers, cleaners and helpers will also be issued postal ballots. Returning officers of concerning Assembly constituencies will send postal ballots to service voters those include members of armed forces, members of the forces to which sub-sections with or without clauses of Army Act 1950 apply, members of state's armed force doing duty outside the state and those working outside the country under the Central Government. Postal ballots for the elections will be printed in pink colour. Each postal ballot will contain names of the candidates and their parties in a column and will be sent to all service voters whose name figure in electoral rolls.
MCC enforces MP to conduct free, fair polls
Bhopal: Model code of conduct is being strictly enforced in Madhya Pradesh to ensure free and fair Vidhan Sabha elections on November 25. legal action is being taken on violation Defacement of Property (Prevention) Act. All districts are cautious regarding election preparations. Cities and towns are being purged of posters, banners, wall paintings etc.
1,181 file nomination papers
Bhopal: As many as 1181 candidates filed nomination papers in various districts for Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections today. Maximum 82 nomination papers were filed in Rewa district. Process of filing nomination papers had started on November 1 with issuance of notification. November 8 is the last date for filing nomination papers. Till late evening, 1181 candidates filed nomination papers. On the first day November 1, a total of 35 candidates had filed nomination papers, 35 on November 2, 74 on November 4, 243 on November 5 and 442 nomination papers were filed on November 6. With this, the total number of nominations filed in the state has gone up to 2010. Today, 2 nomination papers were filed in Sheopur district, Morena 23, Bhind 45, Gwalior 29, Datia 13, Shivpuri 16, Guna and Ashok Nagar 20 each, Sagar 47, Tikamgarh 27, Chhatarpur 31, Damoh 19, Panna 13, Satna 58, Rewa 82, Sidhi 34, Singrauli 18, Shahdol 9, Anuppur 24, Umaria 5, Katni 30, Jabalpur 33, Dindori 9, Mandla 25, Balaghat and Seoni 28 each, Narsinghpur 12, Chhindwara 35, Betul 28, Harda 5, Hoshangabad 25, Raisen 15, Vidisha 27, Bhopal 34, Sehore 16, Rajgarh 22, Barwani 13, Alirajpur 9, Jhabua 12, Dhar 27, Indore 48, Ujjain 39, Ratlam 20, Mandsaur 18 and 11 nomination papers were filed in Neemuch district.