All facilities to be provided during I-Day
Gwalior: There should be no shortage of facilities on the Independence Day at the SAF Ground. The water tankers should be kept there for providing water to the guests and students coming to the programme on August 15. Chlorine tablets should be put in the water. This was stated by Collector Sanjay Goyal, while reviewing the preparations of Independence Day. Goyal said there will be flag hoisting on the SAF ground and guests would take salute of the parade. On this occasion, the freedom fighters and widows of Kargil martyrs would be honoured. The collector told to establish a help center there. Separate seating arrangements would be made for women, People’s representatives and the press would be made. One officer each has been made responsible for each sector. The school education department would present cultural programmes for which the student to be selected on 5 August.
Miscreants snatch bag containing Rs 9 lakh
Gwalior: Two miscreants on black colour pulsar, snatched a bag containing `9 lakh from accountant of a college. The incident took place outside the Axis bank in city center. Police said, an accountant of Gwalior engineering college Prasoon Maheswari had gone to deposit fees in the bank and as soon as he got down from the vehicle, two miscreants on black colour pulsar snatched the bag from his hands and fled. Their vehicle, bearing registration number MH-10 suggested that the vehicle belonged to Maharashtra. Further figures of the registration number could not be read.
Woman sexually assaulted by youth
Gwalior: A woman returning from her relative was caught by a youth of the village and allegedly sexually assaulted her for two days in his house. After the incident, the accused locked his house and fled. The police freed the woman and got her medically examined. The incident took place in village Badki Sarai under Aantari police station area.
The victim was returning from the house of her relative when Sunil Nai caught her and took her to a room and raped her. He gagged her and committed the crime and before the villagers could know the incident, the offender fled by locking the house. In another incident, a woman Suman (name changed) living in Hazira area has lodged a complaint of rape against eight persons including her husband. She accused her husband of bolting her in a room and committed rape along with his friends. The police registered the case against Balveer Sengar, Rajbhan, Balle Sengar, Vicky, Pappu Tomar and Bibi Kaur of gang rape.
Govt suspends 14 Asst Professors
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta reviewed progress of relieving and joining of division-wise transferred Assistant Professors here on Friday. He directed to suspend 14 Assistant Professors for not joining new postings within time-limit after being relieved. Gupta said that medical board’s certificate should be sought from those who are on medical leave. Charge should be taken by chalking out panchnama from the officers-employees not giving charge. Gupta said that action should also be taken against professors and assistant professors who have gone on long leave after joining. He said that orders must be implemented.
The Minister said that biometric machines should be installed in all colleges. He said that machines should be kept in functional order. Gupta said that Zonal Additional Directors should remain connected online with principals and Commissioners with Additional Directors.
Gupta said that all Additional Directors should make surprise inspections of minimum 10 colleges every month. He said that every possible effort should be made to ensure attendance of teachers and students in classrooms. Gupta called for speedy action in court stay cases. Principal Secretary Higher Education KK Singh, Commissioner Sachin Sinha and other officers were also present.
Home Minister holds meet with top cops
Bhopal: Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur will chair meetings of police officers at Satna on July 25and Rewa on July 26. Gaur will leave Bhopal for Maihar in the morning of July 25. After Devi Darshan and Pooja at Maihar, Gaur will visit Satna and from there to Chitrakoot. On July 26, Gaur will come to Rewa from Chitrakoot, chair a meeting of officers and return from Rewa to Bhopal. Earlier, Gaur was scheduled to visit Maihar on July 24.
3rd Icon India 2015 from August 22
Bhopal: After the tremendous success of Icon India 2013 and Icon India 2014, WhtNext has announced the auditions for third Icon India- 2015 to be commenced from August 22 to September 13, 2015. The auditions will be organized in 28 cities including New Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Shimla, Agra, lucknow, Dehradun, Jammu, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Patna, Kolkata, Ranchi, Guwahati, Indore, Bhopal, Goa, Vadodara, Gwalior, Raipur and Jabalpur. Grand Finale will be organised on 17 October in the presence of popular personalities from Mumbai. Third Icon India 2015 invites youngsters between 17 years and 28 years of age. The show will be telecasted on a large scale at local, regional and national channels as well as online mediums.
Accused in Sabarmati Express case held
Jhabua: An accused in the 2002 Sabarmati Express train burning incident has been arrested from this Madhya Pradeshs district by Godhra Police Crime Branch, police said. On a tip-off, Hussain Suleman Mohammad, who had become an auto driver, was arrested on Wednesday night. Godhra Crime Branch Inspector DJ Chavda said that Suleman was absconding since the train burning incident in 2002.
Probe into rainwater entering temple
Ujjain: A three-member committee has been formed to inquire into causes of rainwater entering into the Nandi Hall and the sanctum-sanctorum of the famous lord Mahakaleshwar Temple abode to one of India’s dozen Jyotirlingas. Collector Kavindra Kiyavat has formed a committee headed by Public Works Department (Simhastha Cell) executive engineer PG Kelkar. Other members include Water Resources Department Executive Engineer Mukul Jain and Ujjain Development Authority Executive Engineer KC Patidar. The committee would study technical reasons for the inundation and provide suggestions so that it is not repeated in future. Water had entered into the Nandi Hall and the sanctum-sanctorum of the temple on Tuesday, forcing the priests to perform early morning Bhasma Arti in the same state.
Over-speeding kills more people
Bhopal: Chairman of International Road Federation (IRF) KK Kapila said increase in number of deaths in road accidents in Bhopal was mainly due to sudden increase in student population due to mushrooming of institutions besides a surge in vehicles on road. In Bhopal most of the accidents take place within the city limit. Over speeding was the main reason of deaths in road accidents in Bhopal, he added. The first non European to be elected as Chairman, Kapila said it was high time Bhopal and State administration should identify accidental black spots and remove them. Apart from identifying removing the accidental black spots ‘accidental prone area’ boards should also be installed to alert the drivers. Strict enforcement should be done to check over speeding in city, he added. ÏRF also urged all political parties to work for clearing of New Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) in current session of parliament, which has stiffer penalties for traffic violators. Notably, in India, road accidents killed over 1.41 lakh people in 2014 crashes, 3 per cent more than the number of fatalities in 2013. The numbers of crashes and of people left injured — at 4.5 lakh and 4.8 lakh — were also at the highest levels since the recording of such data started in India.