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HC orders Govt to file report in gang rape case

Bhopal:The Jabalpur High Court on Monday ordered Madhya Pradesh Government to file a report in the Bhopal gang-rape case citing actions taken in the regard.

The court has sought a report within two weeks.

The High Court also raised questions over the role of police and doctors.

On November 11, two doctors of Madhya Pradesh's Sultania Women Hospital were suspended over an erroneous medical report that said the gang-rape victim, a 19-year-old civil services aspirant, indulged in consensual sex with the culprits.

 Bhopal Public Health and Family Welfare Commissioner Ajatshatru Shrivastava had earlier in the week issued a notice to the doctors over 'a serious lapse in the medical report'.

 Earlier this month, the 19-year-old was abducted by four men and was allegedly gang-raped near the Habibganj Railway Station in Bhopal. All the four accused have been arrested.

DM gives Rs 2l to child hit by bus

Shivpuri:District Collector Tarun Rathi handed over a cheque of Rs 2 lakh to the parents of seven-year-old Sarthak Chouhan, a class 2 student of St Benedict School who had sustained severe injuries while bus was reversing.

In the presence of district collector at Magistrate Office grandfather of the injured student RBS Chouhan was provided with a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.

The medical expense of the injured student would be borne by the school management.

 At the time of providing cheque, Block Education Officer Ajmer Singh Tomar and members of school management were present.

After the incident collector Rathi has instructed all the schools to take care of the safety and security of students at the school premises. The police would verify bus drivers and conductors and measures to avoid any untoward action would be taken.

CM orders officers to ensure quality of roads

Bhopal:Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed the officers that arrangement for monitoring of roads’ quality should be ensured in the State, in a high level meeting held at Mantralaya on Monday. He mentioned that no compromise in quality in construction of roads will be tolerated. Chouhan said that the roads should be dug if it is utmost necessary but then it should be repaired on time.

 Chief Secretary BP Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development RS Julaniya, Principal Secretary Urban Administration Malay Shrivastava, Principal Secretary Public Works Pramod Agrawal, Principal Secretaries to CM Ashok Varnval, SK Mishra and Secretary to CM Vivek Agrawal were present in the meeting.

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