Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 23 (ANI): As heavy rainfalls continue to hit parts of Madhya Pradesh, the people of the state continue to face difficulties and bear damage to the public properties.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 1 (ANI): The central railway will run 22 tri-weekly special trains between Mumbai in Maharashtra and Ballia in Uttar Pradesh to clear the extra rush of passengers during the Holi festival, informed the central railway on Tuesday.
Bhopal Jan 21 PTI The India Meteorological Department on Friday issued an orange alert for rain and thundershowers accompanied by lightning and hail in 19 districts of Madhya Pradesh It also issued a yellow alert for moderate to dense fog cover in isolated places in Gwalior Datia Bhind Morena Niwari Chhatapur and Tikamagarh districts Both alerts are valid till Saturday morning an official said The orange alert is for Gwalior Shivpuri Guna Datia Ashok Nagar Sheopur Morena Bhind Neemuch Mandsaur Raltam Rajgarh Agar Malwa Vidisha Tikamgarh Chhatarpur Niwari Damoh and Sagar districts he said PK Saha senior meteorologist with IMDs Bhopal office said an induced cyclonic circulation was lying over central parts of Madhya Pradesh while another induced cyclonic circulation was lover south Pakistan and adjoining southwest Rajasthan and these two systems were bringing in moisture to Madhya Pradesh He said cloudy weather conditions were likely to prevail for two or three days giving a respite to the people from the chill However the minimum temperature is likely to start dipping in western MP after three days to mark the return of a fresh spell of cold he added The lowest minimum temperature of 6 degrees Celsius in MP was recorded at Khajuraho in Chhatarpur district he said As per IMD data the maximum and minimum temperature was recorded as 256 and 113 degrees Celsius in Bhopal which is one above normal In Indore it was 258 degrees Celsius or one above normal and 125 degrees Celsius which was two above normal It was 257 degrees Celsius one above normal and 104 degrees Celsius in Jabalpur while the maximum temperature in Gwalior was 164 degrees Celsius which is seven below normal and the minimum temperature was 75 degrees Celsius which is one above normal PTI LAL BNM BNM BNM
New Delhi Nov 18 PTI The Supreme Court Thursday said the policy prevalent at the time of the death of a government employee would be followed for granting or denying the appointment on compassionate ground to the dependent The observation came in a verdict of the apex court setting aside the judgement of a Division Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which had asked the state government to grant a government job on compassionate ground to a person whose father had died in service under the amended policy which provided for such an appointment As per the policy when the employee was working at the time of his death the dependent was not entitled to any appointment on compassionate ground Quashing the appointment the bench of Justices M R Shah and Sanjiv Khanna referred to various apex court judgements and said As per the settled preposition of lawfor appointment on compassionate ground the policy prevalent at the time of death of the deceased employee only is required to be considered and not the subsequent policy It isheld that a claim for compassionate appointment must be decided only on the basis of a relevant scheme prevalent on the date of demise of the employee and subsequent scheme cannot be looked into said Justice Shah writing the verdict for the bench The verdict came on the appeal filed by the Madhya Pradesh government The state government was aggrieved with the judgment of the Division Bench of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh Bench at Jabalpur by which it had allowed the plea for appointment on compassionate ground setting aside the single-judge order favouring the administration The father of the beneficiary was working as a Chowkidar in an office at Tikamgarh district and had died on October 8 2015 and his son was given a compensatory amount of Rs 2 lakh as per the policy prevalent at the time of his death That after the death of the deceased employee the policy for appointment on compassionate ground came to be amended vide circular dated August 31 2016 and it was provided that even in case of death of the employee working on work charge his one of the heirs dependents shall be eligible for the appointment on compassionate ground the verdict said The subsequent policy was used for granting the job on compassionate ground by the division bench of the high court The impugned judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Madhya Pradeshis hereby quashed and set aside by observing that the respondent shall not be entitled for appointment on compassionate ground on the basis of the subsequent circularpolicy It is reported that the amount of Rs 2 lakhs which was paid to the respondent as compensatory amount pursuant to the policyscheme of 2014 has been given back by the respondent If that be so the same may be paid to the respondent the apex court said PTI SJK SA
Bhopal Oct 30 PTI A tentative voter turnout of 6460 per cent was recorded on Saturday in the bypolls to three Assembly seats and of 6388 per cent in the Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh where the ruling BJP and opposition Congress are locked in a straight contest Jobat Prithvipur and Raigaon Assembly constituencies recorded voter turnouts averaging 5330 7814 and 6666 respectively officials said The exact final voter turnout figures of the four bypolls would be released later The BJP meanwhile accused the Congress of indulging in malpractices while the opposition party hit back saying the ruling party was levelling such false allegations as it is staring at defeat in the bypolls Though the polling passed off peacefully barring stray incidents amid tight security a case was filed against Tikamgarh BJP MLA Rakesh Giri and the saffron party leader Ganeshi Nayak for remaining present at the polling stations number 230 and 231 of the Prithvipur assembly constituency Digona police station inspector Himanshu Choubey told PTI He said a case was registered against Giri and Nayak under section 188 knowingly disobeying an order promulgated by a public servant and thereby causing danger of riot of the Indian Penal Code IPC A total of 48 candidates were in the fray in these four constituencies where polling began at 7 am and ended at 6 PM the officials said These byelections were necessitated due to the death of sitting MLAs and an MP Of the four seats which went to the bypolls two constituencies namely Khandwa Lok Sabha and Raigaon SC were held by the BJP while Jobat and Prithvipur were with the Congress Altogether 2650004 voters were eligible to exercise their franchise Of the 3944 polling centres across the four constituencies 865 were deemed as sensitive by the administration Webcasting was arranged at 874 polling stations while CCTV cameras were installed at 361 centres Sixteen candidates each were in the fray for by-polls to Khandwa Lok Sabha seat and Raigaon SC Assembly constituency In these seats two ballot units were placed in each polling centre due to the high number of candidates Ten candidates were in the fray in Prithvipur and six in Jobat ST assembly constituencies The counting of votes will take place on November 2 In Khandwa the BJP fielded former district panchayat president Gyaneshwar Patil denying the ticket to Harshvardhan Chauhan the son of sitting MP Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan whose demise necessitated the bypoll The Congress fielded former MLA Rajnarayan Singh Purni In Jobat Sulochana Rawat was the BJPs nominee against Congress candidate Mahesh Patel The seat fell vacant due to the death of sitting Congress legislator Kalawati Bhuria Rawat a former MLA joined the BJP recently after quitting Congress She had won from Jobat on Congresss ticket in 1998 and 2008 In Raigaon SC seat the BJP has fielded Pratima Bagri the daughter-in-law of MLA Jugal Kishore Bagri whose death necessitated the bypoll She faced Congress Kalpana Verma Verma had been defeated by Jugal Kishore Bagri in 2018 In Prithvipur the BJP fielded former Samajwadi Party leader Shishupal Singh against Congresss Nitendra Rathore the son of former minister Brajendra Singh Rathore whose death caused the bypoll Additional chief secretary Rajesh Rajora said 58 companies of special armed forces -- including 50 from other states were deployed for ensuring fair and peaceful polls A total of 55 flying squads and 64 static surveillance teams were pressed into service he added Meanwhile Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged the Congress was indulged in malpractices goondaism and threatened people especially in the Prithvipur assembly seat fearing defeat in the bypoll a release said Hitting back MP Congress president and former chief minister Kamal Nath tweeted that Chouhan was levelling false allegations because the BJP is going to bite the dust in these byelections Chouhans statement shows he had accepted defeat even before the polling ended Nath added In the evening Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Bhupendra Singh said the BJP has lodged 21 complaints with the Election Commission against Congress for resorting to malpractices in the bypolls Congresss Prithvipur Assembly seat candidate Nitendra Rathores uncle Yashpal Singh and his nominees nephew Vibhu Rathore along with others carrying a revolver went around and manhandled our workers Singh said in a release The minister alleged that an attempt was made to capture a polling booth However the release did not mention the booth which was allegedly attacked These are all false and baseless allegations The BJP is making such accusations due to frustration knowing that its defeat is imminent in the bypolls MP Congress spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta said PTI CORS LAL NSK NSK
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