engineer held taking bribe by lokayukta
Sagar: A sub-engineer of the Police Housing Corporation has been caught red-handed by Madhya Pradesh lokayukta's Special Police Establishment while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, lokayukta sources said. "Sub-engineer RK Pandey had demanded a bribe of Rs 1.32 lakh from contractor Devansh Kathal for clearing a bill of Rs 44 lakh for construction work done by him. The bribe amount demanded was three per cent of the payable amount," said Deputy Superintendent of Police (lokayukta) KK Agrawal. On the basis of the contractor's complaint, lokayukta police arrested Pandey while accepting the bribe last evening. He was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
3 villagers injured in attack by tiger
Burhanpur: Three villagers were left with injuries after being mauled by a tiger that had strayed from Amravati Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra into Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district, police said on Friday. local villagers had gone into Mohangarh forest to collect woods when the big cat attacked them last evening. Dinesh Bhilala and Mukesh Bhilala were seriously injured while Rajesh Bhilala received minor injuries. The injured villagers hit back the feline with an axe and injured it following which it escaped into forest towards Bada Tada village adjoining Maharashtra. The injured were admitted to a government hospital here.
CRPDC to be conferred award
Bhopal: Central Region Power Distribution Company will be conferred national award for solar rooftop's grid coordination project in New Delhi on June 7. The award will be conferred in the presence of Union Minister of State for Energy, New and Renewable Energy and Coal Piyush Goyal and Union Cabinet Secretary. On behalf of the company, the award will be received by its MD Vivek Porwal and MD (Commercial) BS Khanuja. It is noteworthy that Union New & Renewable Energy Ministry had appointed Central Region Power Distribution Company, Bhopal as Nodal Agency for solar rooftop's grid coordination project and implementation of solar rooftop policy. Financial assistance of Rs. 12 crore was given for this 5 MW pilot project. The Company completed the pilot project within time-limit at Indore, Bhopal and Jabalpur.