CM Chouhan dons teacher’s role
Bhopal, August 26 (PTI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today became teacher for a day and taught mathematics. The chief minister visited the government middle school on the campus of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology here as part of a day-long mass teaching program, ‘Mil Banchey Madhya Pradesh’ (Let’s read together, Madhya Pradesh), organised by his government. Apart from giving maths lessons, he also spoke about importance of protecting the environment, said a government official who accompanied him. The initiative was aimed at promoting ‘community involvement’ in schools and in overall development of students, Rajay Shiksha Kendra Media Adviser Amitabh Anuragi said.
Met forecasts heavy rains in Uttarakhand in next 48 hours
Dehradun, August 26 (IANS): The Met department on Saturday forecast heavy rains in many parts of Uttarakhand in the next 48 hours to Monday morning. While there was scanty rainfall in the hill state on Friday, the weatherman has predicted heavy rains in the next two days. Following this alert, the district administration has been asked to be vigilant and to ensure that people are relocated to safer places in areas adjacent to the rivers. Heavy rains are expected in the next two days in Pithoragarh, Munsyari and Dharchula. Kali river is in spate and inching closer to the danger mark in Dharchula.
Heavy rains in Lucknow, neighbouring areas
Lucknow, August 26 (IANS): The Uttar Pradesh capital and many adjoining areas woke up to heavy rains on Saturday, bringing some respite from the humid weather. The Met Office said that rains would continue with higher intensity at some places till Sunday morning.While heavy rains over the weekend rung in good news for the people irked by the humid weather, the rains brought more trouble for several districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh where floods have ravaged many places and marooned thousands in villages. The rivers in this region are in spate. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been visiting many flood-hit areas over the past one week and has taken steamer rides to reach to the marooned villages to distribute relief materials.
Constable shoots himself in T’gana
Hyderabad, August 26 (IANS): A police constable, who was undergoing treatment for depression, on Saturday shot himself with his gun in Telangana’s Karimnagar town, police said. D. Chandraiah, who was serving in the Armed Reserve (AR) unit of Karimnagar Police Commissionerate, shot himself, Police Commissioner V.B. Kamalasan Reddy said. The constable, who came to the police headquarters in the morning, collected his gun from the arms unit and left on a two-wheeler. After covering some distance, he parked the bike and shot himself. He died on the spot. The police officer said the reason for the suicide would be known only after an investigation.
Two medical students have been rusticated from the hostel and 11 others fined for ragging their juniors at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) here, officials said on Saturday. The proctorial board initiated action after the 2017 batch MBBS students submitted evidence to prove they were threatened and abused on the phone by two seniors - Anurag Agarwal and Abhijeet Gupta. The students were told to wear white trousers, long aprons, black shoes and red socks. They were also asked to bow whenever they saw a senior approaching them. The students told this to their parents who then petitioned senior doctors at the varsity. Charged with harassing, intimidating, threatening and abusing juniors, the two students have also been barred from entering the hostel premises.
The station house officer and an assistant sub-inspector at Jaitpur police station here have been sent to district lines for allegedly harassing a colleague who later committed suicide, police said today. Devendra Singh (55), an assistant sub-inspector attached to Jaitpur police station, was on emergency duty and had got a service revolver issued for work around 6 pm on August 22. He went to an isolated place on the banks of Yamuna near Kalindi Kunj bridge in south east Delhi and shot himself dead between 6:30 pm to 8 pm that day, a police official said. Though the police suspected domestic trouble initially, the victim’s family members met senior officers at police headquarters and submitted a copy of the suicide note left behind by Singh at his home. In the note, Singh alleged that he was being harassed by the SHO of Jaitpur police station and an assistant sub-inspector.
Three persons, in as many incidents of lightening strike, have been killed in the district, police said today. Lightening struck 28-year-old Sunil Yadav of Samsuddinpur village when he was working in his fields yesterday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Baberu Om Prakash said. Buddhi Vilas (40) of Parsauli village and Bablu (19) of Jamu village in the district were killed after being struck by lightening, he said, adding that bodies have been sent for post mortem.
A man has been sentenced to seven years in jail by a court here for raping a minor girl three years ago. Additional District Judge Lal Bahadur (2nd) held Pramod Yadav guilty and also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on him yesterday, government counsel Sant Pratap Singh said today. Yadav had raped the minor, a resident of Revalia village under Huzoorpur police station area of the district, when she had gone to attend to nature’s call in March 2014, he said.
Three minor girls today died after they slipped into flood waters when they had gone to relieve themselves in Ranapar village in the Jhangaha area here, police said. Suhani (10), Reeti (11) and Nikki (12) had gone to relieve themselves in the morning and they suddenly slipped and fell into flood waters. Their bodies were fished out by an NDRF team, police said, adding that they were taken to a primary health centre where the doctors declared them as brought dead, police said.
