Corporation told to complete work
Bhopal: Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur has directed officials of Municipal Corporation to complete work of Narmada pipeline being laid in leeladhar Colony in ward-72 within a week. Gaur visited Kalyan Nagar, leeladhar Colony, Bihari Colony and Shabri Nagar and gave a patient hearing to people's problems here on Thursday. At leeladhar Colony, Gaur informed people that work of pipeline will be completed soon. Regarding construction of open drains by people at Kalyan Nagar, Gaur said that proposal about it will be chalked out. Drain will be cleaned. On demand of issuance of ration cards by people at Kalyan Nagar, Gaur directed SDM to hold a camp in the area to issue ration cards. At Bihari Colony, leeladhar Colony, Kalyan Nagar and Shabri Nagar, Gaur directed officers to ensure cleaning of sewage and install streetlights. He also directed for construction of drain and road at Shabri Nagar. Gaur asked people to also take interest in public participation. He asked people to pay attention that drain and sewage are not choked. Gaur directed officers to continuously monitor cleaning of sewage. He said that streetlights should not be off due to minor problems or lack of tubelight. Zonal officers of wards should ensure constant monitoring these problems and take immediate action. Corporator Asha Jain, leelakishan Mali, Tulsa Verma and KR Rai accompanied Gaur during visits.
Colleges told to hold meeting
Bhopal: “Tell me if a proposal is pending for over 8 days.” This was stated by Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta during a departmental review meeting here on Thursday. Gupta said that all colleges should hold meetings of public participation committees positively by March 31. Information about meeting should also be given to concerning MlA. CA should be appointed in all colleges for audit of accounts of last 5 years by March 31. The Minister said that facility of career counselling should also be provided to colleges in remote areas of the state. First, the counsellor should be trained. The Minister said that irregularities have been found in private colleges during inspections. Notices should be issued to 73 colleges found closed during inspections. Irregularities have also been detected in 200 other colleges. He also held discussions regarding opening of colleges at divisional headquarters. The Minister directed to rationalise subjects and posts in Government Excellence Institutes. He said that rules can also be amended, if needed. Gupta said that every possible effort should be made to maintain quality of institutions. Principal Secretary Higher Education KK Singh and Commissioner Higher Education Sachin Sinha were also present on the occasion.
Wild bear rescued from well
Indore: A wild bear was rescued from a well into which it had fallen, at Mandla forest range of Panna Tiger Reserve, a top official said. Panna Tiger Reserve officials received information that a wild bear has fallen into a well in the farm of one Kishore Prajapati at around 9 pm on Wednesday, field Director RS Murthy told. Panna Reserve veterinarian Sanjeev Gupta rushed to the spot along with a rescue team, he said, adding that forest department officials fished out the animal with the help of a rope and net at around 3.05 am on Thursday. Murthy said that after examining the bear, it was released into the wild.
Symposium on values in IT
Bhopal: A two-day national symposium on the subject 'Inclusion of values in communication and information technology' would be organised under the joint aegis of Madhya Pradesh government and Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication on March 14 and 15 in Bhopal. The symposium would be organised in the premises of the Journalism University. During the two-day function, well-wishers of media, media teachers, media experts and research scholars of journalism and mass communication would hold discussions on shaping media according to the Indian ideologies and philosophies. Among those participating in the symposium would be vice-chancellor of Khushabhau Thakre Journalism University, Raipur Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, PR expert from Delhi, Subhash Sood, VC of Jagaran lake City University Anup Swaroop, senior journalist from Chandigarh, Ashok Malik, KG Suresh from Delhi, Dr Nimo Dhar, Vinod C Agrawal, MR Patra from Hissar and others. The second day of the symposium would hold discourses on the values of life for media professional including like editors, deputy editors, reporters, writers, media managers, film producers and others. During this, senior journalists from Delhi, Ramji Tripathi and Vijay Kranti, Anil Dwivedi from Raipur and Vijay Manohar Tiwari from Indore and other intellectuals would express their views.