Govt announces Rs100 cr for BPl families
Bhopal: Chief Minister Chouhan has announced that Rs100 incentive amount will be given by the Government to BPl families on linking of their bank accounts with Aadhar numbers by January 31. This amount will be deposited directly in their bank accounts. The Central Government has made a provision to issue RuPay Card to bank account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana. Benefit of Rs1 lakh insurance is connected with RuPay Card. A bank account holder should make transactions in his account in minimum interval of 45 days to avail benefit of accident insurance. It is noteworthy that in Madhya Pradesh 1.04 crore families already had bank accounts. Bank accounts of remaining 49.46 lakh families have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana.
3 women among 5 killed in road mishap
Seoni: Five persons, including three women, were killed and 18 others injured when a bus they were travelling in rammed onto a tree near a village here. The accident took place on Thursday evening near Dundaseoni village, 40 km from here, when the private bus was on its way to Seoni from Chapara, Keolari police station in-charge Nl Dhurve said. Four persons including three women died on spot while another victim succumbed to his injuries later at a hospital, Seoni SP RP Singh said. The deceased were identified as Radha Vishwakarma (50), Premabai Vishwakarma (70), Bainoor Khan (60), Naeem Khan (45) and Satyavan (28), police said. Seoni Collector Bharat Yadav visited the district hospital to enquire about the condition of the victims. He announced an ex-gratia of Rs50,000 each to the kin of the deceased, Rs5,000 each to seriously injured persons and Rs2,000 to those who suffered minor injuries in the accident, from the Chief Minister’s Relief fund. The Collector also directed SDM to conduct a probe into the mishap. A case under various sections of the IPS was registered against the driver, who was also seriously injured in the accident.
Father, uncle arrested for raping minor
Indore: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father and uncle here for over a month. Based on the girl’s complaint, the two accused were arrested on Thursday, Aerodrome police station in-charge Kl Dangi said. The girl’s father and maternal uncle had allegedly been sexually assaulting her for the last one-and-a-half month, Dangi said quoting a complaint filed by the victim in this connection. The girl, a student of Class VII, had been living with her father at Kalani Nagar here as her mother had separated from him some years back. The two accused threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed about the incident to anybody, he said. However, unable to bear the agony, the girl confided in her neighbours. later, with the help of her neighbours and a social organisation — Child line — the girl managed to file a police complaint against the two men following which they were nabbed, he said. The accused have been booked under IPC Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant sections.
HDFC Securities announces E-will service
Indore: HDFC Securities on Friday announced to launch its E-Will service to provide the facility of writing ‘Will’ online to its customers. HDFC Securities is a subsidiary of HDFC Bank. “Our E-Will service is a first of its kind online service in the country. We will try to associate 5,000 customers with the services by March 2015,” HDFC Securities Managing Director Aseem Dhru told reporters here. Through the E-Will service, the company will provide HDFC bank customers the facility to write their will in a legal manner, he said.