Bank clerk held for raping woman
Morena: A bank clerk was arrested for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage and sent to judicial remand. Jitendra Jatav, a resident of Morena, had promised to marry the woman, and established sexual relations with her before getting a job at a public sector bank, prosecution said today. However, after getting appointed as clerk in the bank's Balaghat branch, he refused to marry the woman and fixed his marriage with someone else, following which the victim filed a complaint against him recently, prosecution said. The accused was arrested by police yesterday and produced before a local court which, despite his written assurances to marry the woman (complainant), sent him to judicial remand. Jatav was supposed to get married on May 1 and following his arrest, his planned marriage with a Gwalior-based woman also broke.
5 killed, 11 injured in jeep-truck collision
Dhar: Five persons, including a woman, were on Sunday killed and 11 others injured when their jeep collided with a truck near Bhalgaondih village today, police said. The victims were on their way to Indore from Ranapur in Jhabua district for appearing in an entrance examination when the mishap occurred between Mangod and Bhalgaodi village in the district, police said. The deceased were identified as Vinita Machar, Ramesh Gohil, Rakesh Solanki, Nilesh Parmar and Irshad (jeep driver), police said, adding all of them were aged around 20-25 years. The four seriously injured were referred to Indore while the others hurt in the accident were admitted to Dhar district hospital, police added. Meanwhile, Dhar Collector CB Singh has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10,000 each to the kin of those killed in the mishap, and Rs 5,000 each to the injured persons.
Mishap kills youth, injures sister
Jabalpur: A youth died and his sister was injured when their motorcycle was knocked down by a car in Kundam area here, police said. The accident occurred when Deepak Yadav (20) along with his sister was returning home after purchasing goods from Jabalpur yesterday. The duo was admitted to Victoria Hospital where Deepak was declared dead. The driver fled leaving the car. Police seized the car.
35-year old Man kills self
Jabalpur: A 35-year-old man has allegedlycommitted suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his room in Badi Tekri area, police said. Chandrabhan Chowdhary took the extreme step on Saturday. The cause of his suicide was yet to be ascertained.
8 sustain burns as livewire falls
Bhopal: Eight people, including a child, sustained burns when a high tension electrical wire fell on them in Bairasiya town here today, police said. The incident occurred when the Nagar Panchat Department was removing the huts and shops in the encroached land. The injured were admitted to a hospital here. Meanwhile, a mob resorted to chakka jam on Vidisha road soon after the incident. later, police dispersed the agitators.
Airtel to resume 3G services
Bhopal: After telecom tribunal TDSAT upheld their plea to provide 3G intra-circle roaming services, Airtel today announced the resumption of its 3G services in eight circles. In a statement, the service provider said 3G roaming services would now be available in Haryana, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, MPCG (Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh), Gujarat, Kolkata and UP (east) from Monday. Prepaid customers in Kolkata can start enjoying 3G roaming right away on Airtel by selecting from 5 packs while postpaid customers will be able to avail the 3G roaming services soon. last week, a TDSAT bench in Delhi had said that 3G ICR (intra-circle roaming) agreement signed by Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular is not violative of licence agreement. Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular had approached TDSAT against Department of Telecom order to stop 3G intra-circle roaming agreement under which they had also agreed to acquire customers in area where they did not win spectrum.
CM, PR minister condoles death of Savita Gupta
Bhopal : Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Public Relations Minister Rajendra Shukla have expressed profound grief over the death of Savita Gupta, the mother of journalist Suchandana Gupta of ‘Times of India’s Bhopal edition. In his condolence message, Chouhan said that Savita Gupta was of religious nature and had deep devotion to religion and culture. Chouhan has prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss. Public Relations Minister Rajendra Shukla also expressed profound grief over the death of senior correspondent of ‘Times of India’ Suchandana Gupta’s mother. Savita Gupta. Savita Gupta died during treatment in a local hospital yesterday. She was ailing since long. Public Relations Minister Shukla has prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.
Windmill plant to be set up in Betul
Betul: A 49.5 MW capacity windmill plant would be set up under the Madhya Pradesh government's Wind Energy Scheme in Kukru Khamla Hills about 95 km from this district headquarters. Informing this to media here yesterday, New and Renewal Energy Department Commissioner Mridul Khare said the Kukru Khamla Hills are situated 1,137 above the sea level and this is the second highest pick in the state. Khare said work has been assigned to Betul Wind Farms limited in the Hills and it is expected to be completed by 2015.
Married woman kills self
Satna: A married woman has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at home in Amri village, police said.Rannu Bari took the extreme step yesterday. The body was found today. It is suspected that she was distraught over “harassment” by her husband.