1,199 complaints to ec
Bhopal: As many as 1,199 complaints have been received by the Election Commission here from political parties and others against government officials during the course of lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh.
Of the 1,199 complaints received, 764 complaints were redressed and process is underway to redress remaining 435 complaints, an official release from the poll office said. Political parties had lodged 233 complaints, of which 160 of them or 68.66 per cent were redressed, the statement said.
AAP's 14 out 15 complaints, BJP's 51 out of 61, Bahujan Samaj Party's 8 out of 11, Congress's 77 out of 126 and one complaint each from lok Janshakti Party, RPI and Samata Party have been redressed, it said.
Similarly, two out of three complaints received from Gondwana Ganatantra Party and two from Samajwadi Party have been disposed of, the release said, adding that only 73 complaints received from political parties remain to be redressed.
yadav optimistic of poll outcome
Khargone: Madhya Pradesh Congress president Arun Yadav on Thursday exuded confidence that the party would put up a good performance in lok Sabha elections in the state.
Yadav was talking to reporters after exercising his franchise at Borawan village. He said he was touring in Nimar and Malwa, regions since the past one month but has not been able to see Modi wave.
He claimed that the party would fare nicely in the state but refrained from commenting upon the number of seats it expected to win.
Meanwhile, no vote was cast at polling station 15 at Satawad village till afternoon. There are a total of 776 voters in Satawad. The electorate had earlier warned the district administration that they would not vote if development works are not carried out.
one held in recruitment scam
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh's Special Task Force has arrested an accused in connection with a scam in Madhya Pradesh Constable Recruitment Test -- 2013, STF sources said. Bhind District's Dhanauli village-resident Shyam Chandra Singh was arrested here yesterday. Singh would be produced before the court today. Singh gave a bribe of Rs 50,000 to the kingpin of the scam Jai Karan Sikarwar for recruitment, the sources said.
fugitive sho surrenders in cbi court
Bhopal: Seven years after being on the run, a former Station House Officer has surrendered before a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Jabalpur.
Raghukant Kumar Bundela was posted at the Pawai Police Station of Panna district in 2004. At that time, Ram Bai Patel had filed a petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court about the disappearance of her husband Anandilal Patel from police custody.
On the court's directives, the CBI's lucknow crime branch probed the matter and a charge sheet was filed against Bundela in December 2007. Bundela was on the run since then. He surrendered on Tuesday.
There is no whereabouts of Mr Patel, although 10 years have passed after he disappeared from police custody.
farewell to bhel retirees
Bhopal: In a simple programme held at BHEl administration building SR Prasad, ED, BHEl (Bhopal) bade farewell to the employees retiring in the month of April on attaining the superannuation age. Along with an Additional General Manager, 01 Officer, 06 Supervisors and 22 workmen retired this month from the organization on April 24, 2014.
Prasad in his address threw light on various contributions of them at various posts and wished them a happy retired life. On this occasion all GM’s and other senior officials were also present.
media conference
Bhopal: The School of Media and Communication, Jagran lakecity University, Bhopal has organised a two-day international conference ‘People, Politics and the Media’ on April 25-26, 2014. More than 80 researchers, media educators, students and scholars will be presenting their research and thematic papers at the conference.
The Conference will be inaugurated by the well-known journalist, Sevanti Ninan. The conference explores the highly contested sphere where the people, the politicians and the media interact and influence each other. The Conference venue is the Jehan Numa palace hotel.
public grievances meet
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Antony DeSa met common people at Mantralaya here today. As many as 24 citizens met the Chief Secretary and submitted applications to him. The Chief Secretary meets common people every Thursday and directs concerning departments to solve their problems.
four Pwd engineers suspended
Bhopal: The state government has suspended 4 engineers of Public Works Department for irregularities. These include Ujjain PWD Division’s three Sub-divisional Officers OP Shukla, RK Katariya and PK Jha and deputy engineer VK Tripathi.
school holidays
Bhopal: The state government has declared holidays for academic session 2014-15 for all government educational institutions/schools under the School Education Department.
Summer vacation for students will be from April 16 to June 15, 2014 and for teachers from May 1 to June 14, 2014. This holiday will be applicable to teachers engaged in evaluation of class X and XII after completion of evaluation.
Other holidays include Sarvpitra Moksh Amawasya on September 23, Dussehra from October 2 to 4, Deepawali from October 21 to October 25, 2014 and winter vacations will be from December 24 to December 27, 2014.