inbrief

Published on: 

Jyotiraditya urges CM to restart sugar mill

Bhopal: Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, urging him to restart a sugar mill in Muraina district.

In the letter, Scindia asked the Chief Minister to fulfill the Congress party's election promise of reviving the defunct sugar mill in Kailaras town in the district.

"People of Muraina blessed us by electing us on all six seats in the district in the Assembly polls. Now, it is our duty that we take necessary steps for reviving the mill," he wrote

pandit booked for sexual assault: satna asp

Satna: Gautam Solanki, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Satna on Thursday informed that a religious preacher from Bhopal, who is accused of sexually assaulting three minor girls, have been booked under (POCSO) Act 2012 and the SC/ST (Atrocities Protection Act).

"The religious preacher has been arrested by us. He has been booked under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 and the SC/ST (Atrocities Protection Act). He had tried to sexually assault three young girls," the police official said while speaking to the media in Satna.

The accused, identified as Narayan Swarup Tripathi, was arrested in Maihar Dehat (Nadan) police station area.

As per the complainant, on December 7, the parents of the victims requested the religious preacher to perform rituals for Kal Sarp Dosh in their horoscopes. On the pretext of performing a ritual, the accused called the three victims one by one in a room and allegedly sexually assaulted them. An investigation into the matter is underway.

Implementation Committee constituted

Bhopal: A high level Implementation Committee has been constituted by the State Government under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary to ensure timely implementation of the Support for Statistical Strengthening scheme. The committee will guide the Central Statistics Office in implementing the scheme in the state properly. The Additional Chief Secretary-Planning, Economics and Statistics and Principal Secretary- Finance have been inducted as members of the committee. The Commissioner Economics and Statistics have been made member secretary of the committee.

Rs 2.85 cr to Jabalpur Municipal Corporation

Bhopal: An amount of Rs 2 crore 84 lakh 99 thousand towards the last installment of the amount sanctioned has been allocated by the State Government to the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation to purchase 52 meter high Hydraulic Platform or Turn Table Ladder. A total amount of Rs 5 crore was sanctioned for the purchase of the platform. The first installment of Rs 2.15 crore of the sanctioned amount was already allocated in the past. Directives have been given to purchase the hydraulic platform through GeM portal.

NMNH to hold Waste Competition cum Exhibition

Bhopal: Regional Museum of Natural History, (A Regional Centre of National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi) Bhopal has planned to organize a Best out of Waste Competition cum Exhibition on December 19, 2019. Students of class 6 to 8 may participate in the competition. There is no registration fee for the programme. The theme of the competition cum exhibition is Non-biodegradable Waste Utilisation.

Maximum 50 students (Team or individual) will be allowed in the Programme on ‘First Come, First

Serve’ basis. Interested students may send their name alongwith a photograph of their school identity card through email (rmnhbpleducation@yahoo.com or rmnhbpl@gmail.com) on or before December 17, 2019.

Daily Pioneer
dailypioneer.com