Apex court relief for seeds scam accused
Supreme Court on Monday put a stay on the arrest warrant issued against deputy director Soil Conservation Rajesh Prasad Singh, accused in the multi-crore Seeds scam. The court also issued notice against the State vigilance bureau in this regard. According to the High Court advocate Krishna Murari, who appeared on his behalf the warrant issued against Singh was illegal. “In spite his availability who was also ready to co-operate during the probe which is still being carried out by the bureau, an arrest warrant had been obtained by the vigilance bureau,” said Murari. A notice has also been issued against the bureau, he added. A local court had issued warrants against the then agriculture minister Nalin Soren and other former officials including deputy director Rajesh Kumar Singh, Anjani Kumar Mishra, Arun Kumar, Piyush Kujoor, Anil Kumar, Dinesh Prasad, Aniruddh Kumar, Ajeshwar Prasad Singh and Bhavesh Thakur.
FJCCI announces Chamber Elections
During a working committee meeting of FJCCI led by chamber president Ranjit Tibrewal, there was a serious discussion regarding Chamber election and finally the election date was announced. While taking decision on many issues FJCCI announced to organise a general meeting on September 28 and the final election procedure on September 29 at Marwari Bhavan at Harmu road. The nomination date for election is September 13 to 16 and the last withdrawal date of nomination is September 20. Beyond all these chamber has decided to avail the meeting hall at a very nominal charge to the candidates standing in the election for their meetings. Interested candidates can contact the chamber office.
JSEB technical workers Union submits memo During a meeting at Pilani conference hall at Chaibasa, the members of Jharkhand Electricity Supply Technical Workers Union gathered in large numbers to welcome Energy Minister Rajendar Singh. The union members gathered in the form of rally which was led by the union president Ajay Rai and submitted a memorandum in support of their demands to Energy Minister. Meanwhile Rajendra Singh assured the workers to look forward and said that the government is very serious about their demands.
CUJ kickstarts Hindi Fortnight
Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) unveiled ‘Hindi Fortnight’ on Monday. The programme was inaugurated by officiating V-C BP Sinha. University Registrar AK Sharma encouraged the students to use Hindi in their daily life. He said, “It is important to advertise national language.” State Pollution Control Board Chairman Mani Shankar was the chief guest here. “Hindi is an easy language. It is important to use this language in speaking and writing both, so that the Government schemes can be easily communicated to the mass,” said Shankar. The fortnight ends on September 16.