Two fined for selling adulterated milk
Morena: Two persons were slapped with a fine of Rs14 lakh for allegedly selling adulterated milk products during Diwali festival in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district. Taking stern action, district administration fined Manoj Singh Jadoun and Santram Rawat with
Rs7 lakh each and also booked Jadoun under the National Security Act (NSA). The action was taken after a raid was conducted at the shops of Rawat and Jadoun at Chacheha village under Joura tehsil in the district.
Morena collector, Shilpa Gupta said that Jadoun has been booked under the NSA for adulterating milk products on a regular basis but he is currently at large. Jadoun has been caught for adulteration in the past and was issued warnings as well. After the raid was conducted, the matter was posted in Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) court for trial. The court after holding the two guilty, imposed a fine of Rs7 lakh each against the duo.
Patel, Nicheet to referee 3 wrestling tourneys
Indore: Indian Wrestling Federation appointed noted wrestlers, Kripashankar Patel and Virendra Nicheet on Tuesday, as referees for the 59th Senior Men’s Freestyle, Greco-Roman and 17th Women Senior National Championship. Quoting IWF’s assistant secretary Vinod Kumar’s letter, Madhya Pradesh Government’s Vishwamitra Award winning wrestler Umesh Patel stated that Kripashankar and Nicheet were appointed as referee for the above tournaments. IWF president and MP Brajbhushan Singh and general secretary Raj Singh among others congratulated the two wrestlers for their appointment.
Candidates file papers for urban body polls
Bhopal: According to latest information, 15 candidates filed nominations for the post of Mayor, 419 for chairperson and 4,364 for the post of corporator during urban body elections 2014 on November 11. One nomination each was filed for the post of Mayor of Katni, Khandwa, Dewas, Burhanpur and Ratlam, 3 for Gwalior, 2 for Rewa and 5 for Satna municipal corporations. Details are available on State Election Commission’s website www.mplocalelection.gov.in. Since November 5 till date, 23 nominations have been filed for Mayor’s post, 629 for chairperson and 6237 nominations have been filed for corporator’s post.