Metro in Indore, Bhopal in five years: Gaur
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Civic Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur on Friday said that the Metro rail would start running in the State capital and in Indore in the next four to five years. An MOU with the German company lRTC and Rohit Associates had been signed to prepare DPR (detailed project report) on Metro for Indore city within the next eight months, Gaur said. Building a 32-km Metro network in Indore would cost about Rs 7,500 crore, while a 28-km network in the State capital would cost Rs 6,000 crore, the Minister said.
Gond painting programme concludes
Bhopal: The education programme of Gond painting and paper flower making which began on May 1, at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya concluded on Friday. A number of participants participated in the programme and got acquainted with the tribal art of Gond painting and beautiful art of paper flower. In this 10 day programme KK Kaushal imparted training of flower making while Shubash Singh Vyam has given the training of Gond painting at the premises of Manav Sangrahalaya. This programme was meant to boost creative skills and link visitors to Sangrahalaya and its activities.
Alert staff avert mishap in Goods train
Khandwa: Alert railway staff at Khandwa station stopped a goods train on Friday after they noticed that smoke emanating from three of its wagons. The train, carrying coal, was on its way to Bina refinery from Pune. The station master ordered the driver to stop it and bring it back to the station. Three wagons out of the 44 were detached. Smoke was billowing from two of them and the third too had almost caught fire. Fire-tenders took nearly an hour to douse the fire, sources said. Authorities suspect that the coal inside caught fire due to excessive heat and friction. The train resumed its journey after the fire was doused and the wangons were reattached.
Jail sentry held for supplying drugs
Mhow: A jail guard was arrested for allegedly selling drugs to prisoners in the Mhow sub-jail. Jail sentry Arvind Tatwal was caught while allegedly handing over drugs to a prisoner on Wednesday, Jailor Manoj Jaiswal said. After seizing about five grams of brown sugar from Tatwal, Mhow Police registered a case against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and arrested him. Arvind was earlier transferred to Ratlam after complaints by people that he allegedly demanded money for allowing them to meet their jailed relatives, Jaiswal said. He was transferred to Mhow Jail recently and was to appear for the jailor's exam on May 23.
Barkatullah varsity declares results
Bhopal: Barkatullah University (BU) has declared the results of Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) final year and third year (new course). In the third year of BPT 90 per cent students passed while in final year 75 per cent students passed. BU administration has also declared the result of re-totaling of first semester Bachelors of Computer Application (BCA). Students can check the results on university website - www.bubhopal.nic.in or on the notice board of administrative block of the university.Meanwhile, university administration has postponed the Kavya paper of MA Sanskrit final year based on Annual pattern. The examination was earlier scheduled on May 14 which will be now organized on May23.
Sirol area patwari ends life
Gwalior: A Patwari posted in Sirol area committed suicide by hanging himself. The incident is stated to have taken place in lohagarh in Pattalwali Gali under Janakganj police station. The police registered the case and sent the body for postmortem. The Janakganj police received information on Friday morning that Patwari Girraj s/o Sunder lal Sharma hanged himself on Thursday night. The police inspected the spot and called FSl team and registered the case. During investigation the police found photo copies of many registries and documents related to the nomination. Patwari Girraj Sharma was appointed in April 2006. The TI Janakganj Nirmal Kumar Jain said that Patwari Girraj Sharma resident of Pattalwali Gali lohagarh committed suicide by hanging himself. The case is being investigated to know the reason.
Youth killed near Dangwale Baba
Gwalior: Unidentified assailants killed a youth near Dangwale Baba on Shitla road. TI Madhavganj received a phone call at 8 am that a body was lying near Dangwale Baba, TI Rajeev Jangle reached the spot and informed his senior officers. A team of FSl was called in. By afternoon the deceased was identified as Ramveer Singh Bhadauria resident of Manhad district Bhind. The body had been sent for post mortem after initial enquiry. The CSP lashkar Prathibha Mathew said that the deceased has been identified and efforts are being made to know the reasons of murder. A police team has been sent to Gohad and Manhad for verification.