WHO Day celebrated at MG Dispensary
Bhopal: Under the aegis of IMA, BHEl branch, WHO Day was celebrated at Mahatma Gandhi Dispensary, Berkhera. Dr Sarla Menon, Chief Medical Services, Kasturba Hospital BHEl, Bhopal was present as the chief guest on this occasion. During the programme Rakesh Sharma, Nagar Nigam Health Officer, delivered a lecture on the cause and prevention of diseases caused by mosquito bites. Dr Tarun Soni, Dr Archana Jiwane and other senior officials were also present during the lecture. Dr Anita Chandra co-ordinated the programme while SS Gupta proposed the vote of thanks.
Maoist landmine recovered
Balaghat: The district police on Tuesday recovered a landmine hid by suspected Maoist here, three days before lok Sabha polls in the Maoist-affected Balaghat district. The landmine was recovered from Songupt road beneath lalghati culvert under the Roopjhar police station, Balaghat’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Gaurav Tiwari told reporters. Police recovered 6.5 kg explosives, 400 gms of gelatine, a detonator, aluminium connector, two switches, two metres of wire and iron pieces from the spot. After the recovery, search operations have been intensified and a high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected district, the SP said. A case has been registered in the Roopjhar police station and further investigations are on, he said.
Two constables of SAF injured in accident
Satna: Twenty constables of Special Armed Force (SAF) were injured on Tuesday when the truck carrying them for deployment in lok Sabha poll duty overturned near Guwai village under Amarpatan assembly area here. The constables were on their way to Ram Nagar Police Station in Satna constituency for the upcoming elections, police said. The injured constables have been admitted to Satna and Rewa district hospitals. Polling for 29 lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh will be held in three phases on April 10 (9 seats), 17 and 24 (10 seats each). Satna, Rewa, Sidhi, Shahdol (ST), Jabalpur, Mandla (ST), Balaghat, Chhindwara and Hoshangabad are going to polls in the first phase.
Cong demands action against DC
Bhopal: Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday demanded strict action against the Jabalpur District Collector and some other senior officials in connection with a firing incident in which five party activists were injured. Party legislator and leader of Opposition in Assembly Satyadev Katare also sought dismissal of the Raisen District Collector for failure to discharge his duty in a fair manner. “The Jabalpur Collector, SP and IG should be removed from their posts as they failed to prevent last evening’s firing on Congress workers in the Jabalpur lok Sabha constituency,” he told reporters here. Five Congressmen were injured when the son of local BJP MlA Pratibha Singh opened fire at his rivals while campaigning at Mankhedi village under the Jabalpur lok Sabha seat following a dispute. Katare sought sacking of the Raisen Collector, saying free and fair polling is not possible in Vidisha constituency, which party falls under the district, as long as he remains in office. Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj is contesting from Vidisha. The Opposition leader said it appears the BJP Government was bent upon ensuring that the lok Sabha polls in the State did not take place in a free and fair manner. Congress candidate from Vidisha laxman Singh also said the Raisen Collector has been behaving in an arbitrary manner and must be sacked.