BSNl to give free calling facility on landline
Indore: The Bharat Sanchal Nigam limited, a major telecom operator in the country in order to attract more customers to its fixed line services will be giving free calling facility on its landline phone. The facility will be effective from May 1 next month from 9 pm to 7 am. Presently, the BSNl is charging regular tariff on its landline phone even during the night hours. According to new facility, persons making calls from BSNl land line phones will not have to pay any tariff, provided they make calls between 9 pm to 7 am next morning. Presently the BSNl is charging 80 paise per minute if call is made from BSNl to BSNl within the circle, while it charges `1 per minute if call is made from one circle to another circle. The free calling facility will be provided to the BSNl landline customers to increase its customer base and lure customers back to BSNl landline phones who for some or the other reasons had drifted away, said Shyam Yadav, spokesperson of the BSNl talking to this newspaper.
Rapture Biotech branch in Trilochan Singh Nagar
Bhopal: Rapture Biotech is an ace biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and development firm in India whose head office is in Noida and its branch was inaugurated in Trilochan Singh Nagar, Bhopal by CEO of the Company Mayank Bharadwaj and Director of Bhopal Campus Apoorv Khare. Apoorv told that this multidimensional company tackles the hurdles between the golden future of youngsters and works in different fields like modern corporate research and development in biotechnology and pharmaceutical arrangements, biotechnology project training, job oriented trainings, CSIR Net preparation trainings, modern science trainings for school goers and biotech and pharmaceutical workshops, seminars and conferences executed by expert scientific and research panel. This is a golden opportunity for the young biotech and pharma people of Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh. Rapture Biotech handles a national level job opportunity and placement cell. The bhopal campus is running in the Direction of Apoorv Khare at 304, Trilochan Singh Nagar, Behind PNB Bank, Near Aura Mall, Gulmohar, Bhopal.
Journo awards to be distributed on April 19
Bhopal: National and State-level journalism awards distribution function will be held on April 19 at CM House at 5 pm. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will present the awards. Public Relations Minister Rajendra Shukla will preside over the function. Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa will also be present.
Minister inspects wheat procurement centre
Bhopal: During his Katni visit, Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh undertook surprise inspection of wheat procurement centre at Sleemanabad on Thursday. The Minister directed in-charge of wheat procurement centre to procure wheat from all farmers coming there. He directed that no complaint regarding wheat procurement should come.
Minister inspects cleaning at lower lake
Bhopal: Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur inspected ongoing cleaning drive at the lower lake on Thursday. He said that safety wall should also be constructed side by side cleaning. Gaur inspected functioning of MPS Excavator Machine costing about `2.5 crore engaged in removing waste from the lake. Gaur said that the waste is not merely garbage, but good quality organic manure. It should be used to nurture trees and plants in the garden.
Religion Affidavit adequate for Getting benefits
Bhopal: Only religion-related certificate is adequate for a member of minorities to avail benefits of State Government’s welfare services. Affidavit is given on a `10 non-judicial stamp paper. For this, there is no need of presenting caste certificate. Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department has made position clear in this regard.
According to the department, there are six minority communities in the State including Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis. Their total population in the State is about 50 lakh. In this regard, the state government had also issued a circular on November 12, 2012. Accordingly, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis were included as minorities under Central government’s National Minorities Commission Act-1992. Similarly, the State Government had also included Jain community as a minority. These communities are not provided reservation facility by Central and State Governments. But some departments give facilities of employment-oriented schemes, scholarships etc. It has been said in the circular that in place of caste certificate, affidavit of being a member of minority community on non-judicial stamp paper would be acceptable from applicants of minority communities for availing benefits of various welfare schemes for minorities, bank loan purpose and scholarship schemes.