senior city journalist’s mother passes away
Bhopal: Sharda Sharma, mother of senior journalist of the city Rajesh Sharma, passed away in Jabalpur on Monday night. She was 66. The last rites were performed in Jabalpur on Tuesday afternoon. A number of people from political and journalist fraternity remained present on the occasion. Energy, New and Renewable Energy, Mineral Resources and Public Relations Minister Rajendra Shukla has expressed profound grief over the untimely demise of late Sharda Sharma. The Minister has prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.
disabled quota to be filled in 3 months: CM
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that disabled persons’ recruitment quota in Government services will be filled up in 3 months. The process will be monitored every month. Chouhan was talking to a delegation of Disabled Persons Rights Protection Committee at his residence here on Tuesday. Chouhan said that a separate meeting will be held to consider problems of disabled persons. A programme marking World Disabled Day will be held on December 3. Commissioner Social Justice VS Niranjan was also present during the discussions.
health, eye examination camp inaugurated
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that employees are inseparable part of the State Government. Credit also goes to employees for Madhya Pradesh’s most rapid progress in the country. Chouhan was inaugurating health and eye examination camp organised by Mantralaya Employees Union here on Tuesday. Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta and Minister of State for General Administration and Narmada Valley Development lal Singh Arya were also present on the occasion. Chouhan said that organising health camp by Employees Union is a novel initiative. Better work can be done by remaining healthy. He said that a scheme should be chalked out to felicitate Best Employee of the Day and Best Employee of the Month in Mantralaya. He will himself felicitate Employee of the Month. At the outset, Mantralaya Employees Union’s President Sudhir Nayak delivered the welcome address. He informed that the camp will continue for 6 days. The union will organise a quality workshop. Principal Secretary GAD K Suresh, Shiv Chaube and Employees Union’s office-bearers were present on the occasion.
eight-year-old skating champ felicitated
Bhopal: Governor Ram Naresh Yadav felicitated with a citation Syeda Masooma Fatima of Bhopal selected for bronze medal under National Children’s Award-2013 here on Monday. Fatima could not receive this prize since name of Kerala State was printed in place of Madhya Pradesh in the selection list of highest achievers of National Roller Skating by Union Ministry for Women and Child Development. Governor Yadav has also written a letter to the Prime Minister for rectification of this error. It is noteworthy that 8-year-old class III student Fatima has won 17 gold and 15 silver medals in various events of National Roller Skating.
2-day workshop on financial literacy held
Bhopal: A two-day financial workshop was organised in Jagran lakecity University (JlU) to generate financial literacy among its students. Mr Geo Jose Area Head-Sales of GeoJit BNB Paribas financial services ltd. headed the seminar and showed the live trading of stock exchanges like NSE & BSE to the students to create more understanding of the working and opportunities of capital market. The purpose of the workshop was to increase awareness of the growing role of social media and importance of savings and investment in youth. Four hundred students along with faculty members of JlU Bhopal participated in the workshop. Director, School of Management, JlU Bhopal, Karunakar Jha said on the occasion, “Bhopal like other Tier 1 Cities will soon become the hub of the Financial Investments and for creating awareness of the importance of savings and investment in youth and to orient and prepare the students for real industry scenario such workshops are organized from time to time in JlU.” Vivek Khare, Director, School of Commerce and Economics was also present on the occasion.
competitions in Hindi organised
Bhopal: Under the aegis of Hindi month stage for various competitions in Hindi have been set by Town Administration Rajbhasa Committee. The competitions began with Nibandh competition being organized today. On this occasion Mukesh Arora, AGM, ITS was present as the Chief Guest while Harish Singh Bagwar was present as the Guest of Honour. Arora in his address said that the employees of town administration is aware about the Rajbhasa policies and is continuously working for the progress of Hindi. Bagwar speaking on this occasion said that all work in the department are carried out in Hindi. He further appreciated the maximum use Hindi in day to day workings by the department. Earlier, BK Singh, AGM, TAD welcoming guest said that all employees of the department do their work in Hindi with sincere efforts.
hindustan power launches csr initiatives
Bhopal: Focusing on the needs of local population in mind, the CSR arm of Hindustan Power launched its key initiatives that include Kharif Stabilization programme, lac cultivation and backyard poultry intervention. These programs have not only resulted in increasing the food sufficiency by about 50 per cent but also enabled sustainable development in the region. Head – CSR, Hindustan Power Ranu Kulshrestha said, “These villagers were concerned with food insufficiency and asked us to develop a program. We develop programme considering the needs of the local populations and hence our paddy crop program and lac cultivation have garnered positive response.” The farmers practicing paddy production under the scientific process is advocated by our CSR team and have been able to reap an average higher than the state average for the Anuppur district, she added.
pan masala traders raided, fines imposed
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Commercial Taxes Department sleuths conducted raids on Pan Masala traders and fined over Rs6 crore on several companies on detection of irregularities. A fine of Rs5.49 crore and Rs9 lakh was imposed on two companies here on detection of irregularities. Fine and tax worth Rs7.85 lakh was got deposited from a trader in Biaora. The officers also raided a pan masala company in Ashok Nagar and imposed fine and tax worth Rs6.35 lakh was recovered. Fine and tax worth Rs15.14 lakh was recovered from Gwalior. Similarly, Rs5.50 lakh fine was got deposited from a trader in Nasrullahganj, Rs 9.72 lakh fine was recovered from Chhatrapur.