Chouhan takes part in Yagya
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan participated in the Yagya being conducted by Grahasth Sant Daddaji Pt Dev Prabhakar Shastri at Vrindavan Garden here on Friday. The Chief Minister was accompanied by his wife Sadhana Singh. He also made clay Shivlinga at the Yagya venue. BJP State organisational general secretary Arvind Menon, film actor Ashutosh Rana, Bhopal BJP president Alok Sharma and large number of devotees were present on the occasion.
Shaurya Stambh to be built soon: CM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed to design Shaurya Stambh at Shaurya Smarak in such a way that it inspired patriotism. The Chief Minister directed this during a presentation of design of Shaurya Stambh here on Friday. Urban Administration and Environment Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya and Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa were also present on the occasion. The Chief Minister said that sacrifices of martyrs should be displayed at Shaurya Stambh. Minister Vijayvargiya said that the pillar should be artistic, but should connect people emotionally. The meeting was informed that the pillar will be about 40 to 50 feet high. Images of torch in memory of martyrs, soldier’s gun and cap and information about martyrs will be on both its sides. It will have such lighting arrangements that it would be visible in the night from afar. Principal Secretary Urban Administration SN Mishra, Principal Secretary to CM Iqbal Singh Bais and Secretary to CM Vivek Agrawal were also present on the occasion.
Certificate of no-electricity connection
Bhopal: If any candidate during Panchayat elections 2014-15 does not have electricity connection then he would have to submit a certificate about it instead of no-dues certificate. State Election Commission has directed Managing Directors of all power distribution companies in the state to issue such certificates.
Villagers take contaminated water, sick
Ratlam: More than a dozen people fell sick after drinking contaminated water in Santhkheda village about 20 km from Garoth. According to reports, a team of doctors reached the village from Melkheda and Garoth and now the situation is under control. The sources said the water was contaminated due to crack in the water pipeline. Garoth Tehsilder AK Nahane directed the Santhkheda village panchayat to repair the fault.
Road mishap claims one
Morena: A man was killed and two other injured, when their motorcycle was hit by a tractor trolley, laden with illegally-mined sand, near Sethra village, police said. The tractor trolley was heading towards Kukathari village after mining sand illegally from the Chambal River on Thursday. The driver of the tractor sped as police gave a chase, when the incident occurred. Bunty Rawat died on the spot. The injured were admitted to the District Hospital in serious condition. The motorcycle-borne youths were heading to Morena. The tractor trolley has been seized. The driver is absconding.
25-year-old Woman kills self
Satna: A 25-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Kharwahi village, police said. The deceased has been identified as Gaura Kol. The incident took place at her residence on Thursday night. The cause of her suicdie was yet to be ascertained.
Youth’s body found lying on road
Satna: A body of 21-year-old youth was found lying on Satna-Rewa road near lohra village, police said. The accident occurred when Mukesh Sahu was going somewhere on his motorcycle last night. Police suspected Sahu was knocked down by some unidentified vehicle. The body was sent for autopsy.
Miscreants arrested
Gwalior: The police arrested at least half a dozen miscreants while they were trying to commit dacoity at the house of Kirana trader. The police recovered arms from their possession. Seeing the police the miscreants trying to flee, but the jawans caught them, the police were interrogating them. The armed miscreants had gathered near power house under Gwalior police station. The informer tipped SSP Santosh Kumar Singh who formed 2 teams to arrest the miscreants. The Gwalior police said that the accused were planning to commit dacoity in a house of Kirana trader. The miscreants include Nattho S/o Vijay Kushawah, Mahesgh s/o Gopal Kushawah, Pratap s/o Baboo lal Kushawah, Chotu and Sandeep Kushawah. The police recovered a 315 bore revolver and iron rod and 4 knifes from them. The police also arrested Dharmendra s/o Hari Singh Advasi, Dharoo s/o Murari Advasi also. The Kampoo police arrested Aamer s/o Babar with a knife.
Trader shot dead
Gwalior: Unidentified miscreants shot dead a trader dealing in mineral water Vijay Singhal in Jatar Sahab Ki Gali under Janakganj police station on Friday. The incident took place when Vijay Singhal opened his door with a newspaper in the morning and few unidentified miscreants fired at him. He immediately fell down. The neighbourers came out and found Singhal lying on the ground. He was immediately taken to the hospital. After treatment in Troama center he was shifted in a private hospital, but he could not be saved. The Janakganj police station in charge Raj Kumar Sharma said the accused were waiting for Vijay Singhal to come out from his house. The accused were on motorbike. As soon as Singhal opened the door of his house the miscreants fired at him. The action of the miscreants has been caught in close circuit TV installed outside his house. Earlier another trader Sanjeev Bansal was shot dead his residence Mochioli.
Passport verification within fixed time: MEA
Bhopal: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) intends to put a cap on the period of police verification for the timely issuance of passports, Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Thursday. She said it will ensure that in case of no objection or no verification by the police within the stipulated period, the authentication will be considered done. Another passport seva kendra (help centre) will come up in Indore to lessen the burden on the Bhopal passport office, Sushma told reporters at a press conference on the central government’s achievements in the seven months of its rule. Referring to the MEA’s good governance, the minister said that she ensured that procedural formalities were completed within a month and six lakh booklets made available to the MEA’s passport section. This, she said, was done to do away the numerous complaints from many quarters, including parliamentarians, regarding the delay in getting passports. A shortage of five lakh passport booklets was found to be the cause of this delay, she added. Sushma said she prevailed over the authorities in Bhopal to reduce the waiting period for starting the proceedings on an application from 28 working days to seven days. She added that she had further instructed them to reduce the period from seven working days to three. A special drive will be launched to clear the backlog of passport applications in Madhya Pradesh, the minister said.
5250 nominations filed
Bhopal: According to the information received so far, 5250 nominations were filed for the first phase of Panchayat general elections 2014-15 by the 4th day of process to file nominations in the state today including 219 candidates for Zila Panchayat, 659 Janpad Panchayat, 2513for sarpanch and 1859 nominations for panch.December 29 is the last date for filing nominations for the first phase. Scrutiny will be done on December 30 and candidature may be withdrawn by January 1, 2015. Nominations for the second and third phase will be filed from December 31. Details are also available on State Election Commission’s website www.mplocalelection.gov.in.