CHOUHAN greets MODI AT INDORE AIRPORT
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a stopover at Indore airport on way to Maharashtra by an Air Force plane on Tuesday. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan received Prime Minister Modi with a bouquet. He also gave detailed information to the Prime Minister about Global Investors Summit. later, the Prime Minister left by helicopter of Air Force for his next destination. Those who also greeted the Prime Minister at airport with bouquets included State BJP President Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan, Mayor Krishna Murari Moghe, Divisional Commissioner Sanjay Dube and Collector Akash Tripathi.
ASI caught RED-HANDED taking bribe
Ujjain: An Assistant Sub-Inspector was on Tuesday caught red-handed by the Madhya Pradesh lokayukta Police for allegedly accepting a bribe of `20,000 inside a police station in Ratlam district. Acting on a tip-off, lokayukta sleuths caught ASI Jandel Singh Gurjar when he was receiving the bribe money from Vikram Singh for clearing his name in a case related to sale of liquor, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Basant Shrivastava told reporters here. The ASI was caught inside the Piploda police station while taking the bribe from Singh, he said. A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him in this regard and further investigations are on.
MP TO HAVE SEPARATE MINISTRY FOR MSME
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh would soon have a separate Ministry for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is learnt to have agreed in principle.Official sources said that a delegation of laghu Udyog Bharti called on the Chief Minister at his bungalow on Tuesday evening and he was informed that in Central government, there is a separate ministry of MSME and on the similar lines, a separate ministry should be introduced in the State, so that the small scale industries could be enhanced.
TIl TO RAISE FOotwear production in 3 yEArs
Indore: leather products major, Tata International ltd (TIl) is working on a plan to raise the production capacity of its Dewas-based plant to 25 lakh pairs of footwear in the next three years, a top executive said here on Tuesday.”At present, we are making seven lakh pairs of footwear in our Dewas plant and in the next three years we are working on a plan to raise this capacity to 25 lakh pairs,” TIl’s Assistant Vice President and Business Head, (Footwear Global Business) N Mohan told reporters.
He said that this scheme will generate employment for 4,000 people and the company will give preference to rural women.Mohan also informed that the TIl has submitted a proposal to the state government to develop “Shoe City” in Dewas district wherein ancillary units for manufacturing upper part of shoes, soles and packaging will be set up.
‘police-at-your-doorsteps’ PROGRAMME lAUNCHED
Mhow: The police have initiated a programme, police at your door steps, and in connections with this TI Mhow Ashok Tiwari on Monday walked in the market and other place of Mhow town with the policemen and lady police. During his visit at places, the police officer asked the people about their well-being. Especially the old people and ladies are conversed by the policemen and their problems and the problems in their locality were discussed. During the walk police also catches the bikers who drive roughly and are overloaded. TI Mhow Ashok Tiwari told that to reach to common man and to senior citizens and enquire about their well-being is a part of policing. SP Indore Abid khan has given strict instruction to curb the crime of eve teasing, rash driving by bikers, traffic jam, to stop minors from riding the bikes and these things can’t be controlled by sitting in the office and we have to move in the market daily.
three killed, one injured in car accident
Khandwa: Three members of a family were killed and the their domestic help was severely injured when the car they were driving in overturned and fell into a culvert on the Khandwa-Icchapur road on Tuesday. The accident took place about 20 km from the district headquarters, police said. The deceased were identified as Tirlok Chand, his wife Girijabai and their son Sunil, said superintendent of police Manoj Sharma. The family belongs to Khargone district’s Jethvay village.
‘BDA trying to misguide people OVER PlOTS’
Bhopal: The Bhopal Hotel and restaurant Association has criticised the move of the Bhopal Development Authority (BDA) to extort crores of rupees by terming the buildings in MP Nagar as residential-cum-commercial. While talking to mediapersons here on Tuesday, Association president SN Maheshwari said that at the time of the development of MP Nagar, total 527 plots were sold on commercial lease, while 148 plots on residential lease. It was clear in the orders that there had been no plots of residential-cum-commercial category, but after 50 years, the BDA is trying to misguide the people. In the present move, the BDA has stated that the commercial plot owners should get they should again get their lease to be converted in commercial category otherwise the commercial activities should be limited to ground floor only.
Maheshwari has urged the State government to stop such unjustified steps of the BDA, otherwise several establishments in the MP Nagar would either get closed or would reach on the verge of closure.