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Civic elections announced; State’s anniversary plan hit

Edit The Hindu 18 Oct 2016
The State Election Commission’s (SEC) announcement on municipal council polls has spoiled the Maharashtra government’s plans for a grand celebration to mark completion of two years of its rule in October-end ... Saharia, State Election Commissioner ... Mr. Saharia also announced that the SEC is in the process of setting up special social media units to monitor the poll campaigns on social networking sites ... ....

Four-phase polls for 212 local bodies from Nov 27

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
The state election commission on Monday announced schedule for 192 municipal councils and 20 municipal panchayats in the state. Of them, 59 councils and two panchayats are in Vidarbha ... The state election commissioner J S Saharia, announcing the elaborate details of the four phase polling, said the term of 190 councils and four panchayats was coming to an end by year end ... Click here to download it for your device....

Housing society heads must do poll duty

Edit The Times of India 14 Oct 2016
Mumbai. In a controversial move, the state government has declared chairmen and secretaries of housing societies across the state as “booth-level volunteers’’. They will have to assist election officers during every election— from those at the gram panchayat, municipal and council levels to the assembly and parliamentary polls ... J S Saharia, state chief election commissioner, said it is entirely voluntary ... RELATED. From around the web....

Co-op hsg society heads will now have to do poll duty

Edit The Times of India 14 Oct 2016
MUMBAI. In a controversial move, the state government has declared chairmen and secretaries of housing societies across the state as "booth-level volunteers''. They will have to assist election officers during every election— from those at the gram panchayat, municipal and council levels to the assembly and parliamentary polls ... J S Saharia, state chief election commissioner, said it is entirely voluntary ... RELATED. From around the web....

Four malnourished children died in Rewa district

Edit The Times of India 13 Oct 2016
BHOPAL. Last month the state government was rattled by reports of deaths due to malnourishment in Sheopur. Now four deaths of malnourished children have been reported from Rewa district, one of them died on October 12. Three of them are girls ... All of them were children of Kol tribals, inhabitants of Rewa and Satna districts in Vindhya region ... He had visited several villages of Saharia tribes dominated population in Sheopur ... RELATED....

Worms found in anganwadi food at Sheopur

Edit The Times of India 12 Oct 2016
BHOPAL. Worms were detected in the food served in six anganwadis of Sheopur district that has been in the news recently over malnourishment deaths. Under state government's initiative, nutritious food is served to children through the anganwadis. Scores of malnourished Saharia tribe children are dependent on the anganwadis for nutritious food ... RELATED. From around the web....

Sheopur CMHO removed

Edit The Times of India 09 Oct 2016
BHOPAL. Chief medical and health officer of Sheopur has been made a scapegoat for deaths due to malnourishment in the district ... Health minister Rustam Singh had himself visited the district and found "pathetic conditions of Saharia tribals" ... Click here to download it for your device. RELATED....

Punish officials for poor civic poll preparedness: SEC

Edit The Hindu 30 Sep 2016
It has also recommended unprecedented action against government officials found responsible ... The report by State Election Commissioner J.S. Saharia to Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya has recommended ‘strictest disciplinary action’ against government officials, including senior IAS officers and other staff, who have failed to put in place machinery, manpower and electronic assistance ... ....

Oct 14 deadline for voter registration for civic polls

Edit The Times of India 29 Sep 2016
Nagpur. Eligible voters for the forthcoming elections to 15 municipal corporations, 26 zilla parishads and 296 panchayat samitis in the state can register their names in the electoral rolls till October 14, announced state election commissioner JS Saharia on Thursday ... Terms of five other municipal corporations will end by June 2017 ... The other five whose polls may be held later are Bhiwandi, Malegaon, Latur, Parbhani and Chandrapur....

Funds starvation hits Sheopur district

Edit The Times of India 27 Sep 2016
BHOPAL. Amid reports of a high-level central team's possible visit to the areas affected by malnutrition in Sheopur district, the administration seems to be grappling with shortage of resources to provide medical treatment to children with severe acute malnourishment (SAM) ... "Women, particularly in Saharia tribe, are not feeding their babies due to various reasons, including health problems," he said ... RELATED. From around the web....

Sheopur district tribals forced to consume contaminated water

Edit The Times of India 27 Sep 2016
BHOPAL. In the eye of storm for malnourishment deaths, Sheopur district's large number of malnourished children and their families are forced to drink contaminated water from nullahs ... Thousands of Saharia tribals in remote villages of Panar, Dhava, Kakardha, Gandhidham, Ghared and Dabli among others have been fetching water either from some water pond or nullah ... This leads to diarrhoea and sometimes death." ... RELATED. From around the web....

Malnutrition: Situation worsens in Sheopur district

Edit The Times of India 26 Sep 2016
BHOPAL. Amid reports of a high-level central team's possible visit to the areas affected by malnutrition in Sheopur district, the administration seems to be grappling with shortage of resources to provide medical treatment to children with severe acute malnourishment (SAM) ... "Women, particularly in Saharia tribe, are not feeding their babies due to various reasons, including health problems," he said ... RELATED. From around the web....

It's official: Island city to lose seven wards after rejig

Edit The Times of India 26 Sep 2016
Mumbai. The State Election Commission has cleared the BMC's delimitation proposal for the 2017 civic polls. A lottery announcing reservations will be held on October 3 ... One electoral ward will decrease in each of A to E wards ... The total number of electoral wards will continue to be 227 ... State election commissioner J S Saharia said, "SC reservation seats have increased as the SC population has increased in proportion." ... RELATED....
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