90KG OPIUM, 660KG POPPY HUSK SEIZED
Neemuch: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Madhya Pradesh police seized 90 kg opium and 660 kg of poppy husk from a notorious smuggler in a joint operation. Bhawani Singh and his accomplice Himmat Singh were arrested from Sagrana village, Neemuch district Superintendent of Police (SP) Rudolf Alvares and NCB Joint Director B R Meena told reporters. The seized contraband was supposed to be transported to other states. The police also seized a car, a truck and Rs2.58 lakh in cash from them, they said.
lAST DATE FOR HAJ APPlICATION FORMS EXTENDED
Bhopal: The last date of submitting Haj pilgrimage forms has been extended till March 22, 2014. Earlier the last date of submission of forms was March 15, 2014. The president of Madhya Pradesh Haj Committee Sanwar Patel told that due to the delay in the issuance of the passports several applicants were not able to submit the forms and the All India Haj Committee was requested to extend the date of submission which was accepted by the committee. He told that for Haj-2014 the applicants should have a passport valid till March 31, 2015 and a copy of the same has to be attached with the form.
BMC TAKES ACTION AGAINST ENCROACHERS
Bhopal: The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed the citizens that before buying any building or a plot in the Municipal Corporation limits, they should ensure that it is built according to the approved map. Meanwhile, the BMC anti encroachment squad is taking continuous actions against the encroachers and is removing encroachments from various areas of the city. Further, the building permission squad also took stern action against the illegal construction. Here on Friday, the squad took an action against Nandumal Jain who without building permission from BMC constructed a three story building at Ghoda Nakkas building no. 17-2. During the action, ADM, tehsildar and BMC officials were present. Further, the squad removed encroachments creating obstacles in the smooth traffic movement. The BMC squad along with the traffic police took action against the encroachments. The squad also removed cars parked in front of the showrooms and seized eight four wheelers under the action. In the similar action, the squad also removed encroachments from No Vehicle Zone, New Market, new market corridor, Ashoka Garden, Prabhat Square to Anand Nagar. The squad asked the shopkeepers not to encroach at the public places and create obstacles in smooth movement of the traffic.