EC: Videograph sensitive activities during polls
Bhopal: Election Commission has directed district election
officers to video-graph sensitive activities during the lok Sabha
elections in the State. Election observers appointed in Parliamentary constituencies have also been asked to get videographed, if they
come to know about any important event during their tours.It has also been said in the directives that public meetings and rallies of major political leaders should also be videographed to monitor and assess actual election expenses of candidates. The commission said that CD of such event comes handy as important evidence if a candidates files writ petition against another in a court of law. Video CDs of special events can be made available to common people at prescribed price.
‘female candidates be provided woman security’
Bhopal: Election Commission has directed that woman candidates for the lok Sabha elections should also be provided a woman security officer apart from male private security officer. The commission has written a letter in this regard to Chief Electoral Officers of all States
including Madhya Pradesh.
7 IAS officers get new posting orders
Bhopal: The State Government, on Thursday, has issued new
posting orders for seven Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. Jhabua Collector Jaishree Kiyawat has been shifted to the Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy Federation limited as Managing
Director, Khandwa Collector Neeraj Dube to the State Mantralaya as Additional Secretary, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy Federation limited B Chandrashekher to Jhabua as Collector and Director, Public Health and Family Welfare and ex-officio Deputy Secretary Public Health and Family Welfare and Director
Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (Addl charge) Sanjay Goyal as Collector in Ratlam. Ratlam Collector Rajiv Chandra Dube has been shifted to the Public Health and Family Welfare as Director and ex-officio Deputy Secretary Public Health and Family Welfare and Director Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy (Addl charge), CEO of Khargone district Panchayat Shilpa Gupta to Khandwa as Collector and SDO (Revenue) Chanderi in Ashok Nagar district Neha Makhya has been sent to Chanderi in Jabalpur district in the same capacity. As per orders, all the above mentioned officers have been directed to assume charge at new place of posting positively by April 4, 2014 and send compliance
report to the department.
IGRMS working to preserve, revitalise culture
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya(IGRMS) is working for national integration, and promotes research and training for salvage and revitalisation of vanishing but valuable cultural traditions. On Thursday, Neeta Chowdhury, Secretary, Official language Department, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India visited Manav Sanghralaya. Chowdhury is an officer of Indian Administrative Services, 1977 batch UP cadre, during her 36 year long career, he has served in ranks and power of Indian Government. Chowdhury was accompanied Director, Central Hindi Training Institute, Jai Prakash Kardan and Assistant Director, Regional Implementation Office, Sadhna Tripathi and other senior officers of official language were present. The secretary visited the indoor exhibitions 'Vethi Sankul' and understood the traditional methods of commuting. She complimented the museum staff for developing a Pan India scenario in the museum.The officials of official language were guided through the visit by Official language officer of IGRMS, Pratibha Som, Chief Artist Anand Tehanguriya, and other officers.
Exhibition of hand fans to continue till April 30
Bhopal: Exhibition of hand fans has started in Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum Bhopal from Thursday. In this Exhibition various hand fans from India and abroad has been exhibited which relates to our life and traditions. Hand fans from South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, China, Bali, Indonesia, Sri lanka and France is showing their beauty and uniqueness. Apart from this small hand fans from different part of India exhibited which used for home decoration. Director Culture department also visited the exhibition with art lovers of Bhopal. This Exhibition will continue till April 30.
director of ‘Brain Master’ held for tax evasion
Indore: The Central Excise, Customs and Service tax department
has arrested the director of a coaching institute here for alleged evasion of service tax. Pankaj Gupta, the director of popular coaching institute ‘Brain Master' was arrested on Thursday. Gupta was produced in a court of magistrate under Raghvendra Singh, who orders him remand
for three-day police custody.This is the first strong action taken by the Customs department in connection with tax evasion in Indore zone. The department had on March 31 raided the institutes's offices at Ratlam Kothi and Vidya Nagar and seized computers and some documents. According to a preliminary inquiry of the documents, the institute
had not disclosed income of `14 crores and tax evasion worth about
`1.5 crores was found.The institute, while failing to disclose the exact number of students studying there, had made a partial payment of the tax
to the service tax department. After the probe, the director of the
institute had deposited `15 lake cash and a cheque of `1.35 core.
The department had received a tip-off that Gupta, and some other
officials of the institute had allegedly not disclosed their real income and amassed huge wealth. The department is trying to probe the matter to find out the exact amount of tax evaded by the institute.
Indore-Jaipur Express from April 5 to June 30
Ujjain: The Western Railway (WR) has decided to augment one
additional AC III-tier coach to the Indore-Jaipur Express from April 5 to June 30 in order to clear extra rush of passengers.This addition would take the total number of coaches in the train to 14. The coach would be added to 12973 Indore-Jaipur Express that departs on every Saturday and Monday and the 12974 Jaipur-Indore Express that leaves on every Friday and Sunday.