More News30 Sep 2020 | 1:33 AMBhopal, Sep 29 (UNI) With announcement of the by-poll schedule on Tuesday for 28 Assembly constituencies – as many as 16 of them within Gwalior and Chambal divisions – of Madhya Pradesh; the Model Code of Conduct became effective in the districts concerned where voting is slated for November 3 – at 9,361 centres – and counting a week after that, it was officially learnt.
The process for submission of nomination papers will commence with issuance of notification on October 9 and continue till the 16th of that month. Scrutiny is to take place the following day and October 19 is the deadline for withdrawal of candidature. As the electoral process is taking place under the ominous shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous modifications have been effectuated.
see more.. 30 Sep 2020 | 12:55 AMBhopal, Sep 29 (UNI) The Madhya Pradesh Government late Tuesday placed under suspension a 1986-batch Indian Police Service officer who stands accused of assaulting his spouse.
Confirming the development, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Rajesh Kumar Rajora said, “The action was taken against Special Director General of Police Purushottam Sharma.”
A departmental notice – seeking a reply by 1700 hrs – was issued on Monday to the bureaucrat after two videos went viral, one showing him targeting his wife and the other revealing his presence at a certain woman’s residence. His response was unsatisfactory.
see more.. 30 Sep 2020 | 12:26 AMBhopal, Sep 29 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday called on Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister DV Sadananda Gowda at the latter’s New Delhi workplace and urged enhancement – from 18 lakh metric tonnes (1 lakh MT as reserve) to 22 lakh MT – in urea allocation for rabi 2020-21.
“Owing to adequate precipitation, sown area vis-à-vis wheat is expected to increase by approximately 10 lakh hectares compared to the previous rabi,” the visiting politician averred.
see more.. 30 Sep 2020 | 12:04 AMChandigarh/Hoshiarpur, Sep 29 (UNI) Senior journalist Ashwani Kapoor succumbed to the deadly Novel Coronavirus at a private hospital in Ludhiana on Tuesday morning.
see more.. 30 Sep 2020 | 12:01 AMSrinagar, Sep 29 (UNI) Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired a joint meeting of various departments on winter preparedness here at Civil Secretariat and directed the concerned officers for the strengthening of a robust response mechanism for power restoration, essential supplies, water and road connectivity during winters.
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