‘Official language fortnight’ observed
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya is observing ‘Official language fortnight’, in which various competitions and programmes are being organized. To promote Hindi in official works competitions like — Video presentation and ‘Calligraphy and Note writing in Hindi for employees from Non-Hindi regions’ was organised. The video programme was organised by HBS Parihar (Officer in- Charge) and Rajeev Jain. In this competition videos were made of participants reciting poems, mimicry, jokes, skit, lecture etc. The videos will be judge by experts for their presentation and recitation qualities. Calligraphy and Note writing competition in Hindi for employees from Non-Hindi regions was organized at Sangrahalaya’s library by Pratibha Som and Kiranbala Sharma. An official note was to be written in Hindi in this competition. BK Chatterji (Administrative Officer), Sudipa Roy (Assistant Keeper), P Anuradha and other officers/employees participated in this competition.
Businessman looted of Rs3.5 lakh
Morena: The owner of an edible oil unit was looted of Rs3.5 lakh here. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the miscreant forcibly entered the Krishna Edible and Oil Mill by threatening the security guard at gun-point and reached up to a room where the owners were counting the cash collected from daily sale, Civil lines police station in-charge Amit Bhadoria said. The accused fired at the glass door, injuring mill supervisor Manoj Dandotia, and entered the room. Sensing trouble, the mill owner’s son handed over Rs3.5 lakh to the person who later fled from there. Morena Superintendent of Police Irshad Wali reached the spot soon after getting information about the incident and launched a hunt to nab the culprit.
four killed, 13 injured in road mishap
Ujjain: Four persons were killed and 13 others injured when a jeep collided with a mini-truck on Badnagar-Badnawar road in the wee hours on Wednesday. The mishap occurred when the jeep and the mini-truck collided head-on near Dongla village in the district, Badnagar police station in-charge R K Jain told reporters. The victims were passengers of the jeep, he said. The deceased have been identified as Dashrath (45), Beeru Singh (34), Ramesh lal (55) and Rupesh Kumar, he said. The injured persons, including one seriously hurt, were admitted in Ujjain’s district hospital for treatment.