Edu Minister inaugurates seminar
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta inaugurated a two-day seminar on “Evolving Management Strategy for India’s Economic Growth” at Oriental College of Management here today. He also released institution’s souvenir. Director of IIM Indore Rishikesh Krishnan and General Manager of Crompton and Greaves Suyash Dixit also dwelt in detail on management strategies.
200 mp pilgrims for sindhu darshan
Bhopal: About 200 pilgrims from the State will participate in Sindhu Darshan Tirth-Yatra in laddakh. Fifty per cent expenditure on the pilgrimage journey (Maximum Rs10,000) will be reimbursed to selected pilgrims on production of certificate of actual expenditure after the journey. A pilgrim for Sindhu Darshan Tirth-Yatra must be a domicile of Madhya Pradesh. A person selected by Religious Trusts and Endowment Department will be eligible for the pilgrimage. Applications for scheme will be invited by district collectors and pilgrims will be selected against available quota. In case applications exceed quota then computerized draw of lot will be held to select pilgrims. Additional 10 percent waiting list will also be chalked out. If any selected person does not go on pilgrimage, another person from the waiting list will replace him. lottery will be drawn by considering husband/wife (if another spouse has also applied for journey) as one unit. A person can avail benefit of Sindhu Darshan Tirth-Yatra one in lifetime.
Govt announces holidays for schools
Bhopal: The State Government has announced holidays for Government schools during academic session 2015-16. Summer vacations for students will be from Aril 16 to June 15, 2015 (61 days). Holidays for teachers engaged in evaluation of class X and XII will from May 1 to June 14 (45 days). Besides, holidays have also been declared on October 12 on Sarv Pitra Moksha, October 21 to 23 (3 days) for Dussehra and Deepawali from November 9 to 13 (5 days). Winter vacations will be for 3 days from December 24 to 26, 2015.
Arya greets labourers on May Day
Bhopal: labour Minister Antar Singh Arya has extended greetings to labourers on May Day. Arya said that the state can join the top states in the county only through their labour. In his message, Arya said that labour class plays important role in progress and development of any country. Arya said that the state government is running schemes not only for labourers, but their family members. It has also been decided to establish Shramodaya Schools to high-quality education of their children. Among Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior, process for establishing this school has been started at Bhopal.
last date for depositing fee extended
Bhopal: The last date for depositing fee for Assistant Director Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development (Area Extension) Exam 2013 has been extended to May 7 by Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission. Candidates may deposit fee online on www.mponline.gov.in, commission’s website www.mppsc.nic.in and www.mppsc.com. Candidates may deposit exam fee in cash at authorized kiosks of MP Online or through credit/debit card through net banking. Exam will be held on May 24.
National song Vande Mataram sung
Bhopal: National song Vande Mataram was sung in chorus with music at Mantralaya Park here today. Those present on the occasion included Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur, Principal Secretary Home B.P. Singh, Principal Secretary GAD Ashwini Rai, other senior administrative officers posted at Mantralaya and Government servants of Satpura and Vindhyachal Bhavan. National Song is recited on every first working day of month at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Park at Mantralaya. The singers who lent their voice to Vande Mataram included BS Nigam, Anil Nema, Dilip Shrivastava, Ganesh Atram, Dilip Kumar Dabhi and Pratibha.
Jain inaugurates health examination scheme
Bhopal: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Sharad Jain inaugurated annual free public health examination scheme of the state government at Seth Govind Das District Hospital, Jabalpur on Friday. Jain described this free health examination scheme as another important step by the state government. He urged all people above 40 years of age to avail benefit of this scheme. The main objective of public health examination scheme is to diagnose diabetes, blood pressure, cancer, mental tension and other diseases in people of over 40 years of age. Under the scheme, 10 tests will be conducted free including blood pressure, blood sugar, blood urea, ECG, eye examination urine examination, CBC, SGOT and dental test. Every person undergoing health examination will be registered and his record maintained in computer. Treatment will be done in all district hospitals, civil hospitals and community health centres in the state.
Nirankari Mission holds Sant Samagam
Bhopal: Sant Nirankari Mission Bhopal branch has organised a Zonal English Medium Sant Samagam at Bhopal on Sunday. The Programme will begin at 10 am and will be held at Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan, near lily square, Jehangirabad and will conclude at 1 pm. The Nirankari mission, while recognising English as an international language, believes that all languages are just a means of communication between people and only the language of love is the best and worth speaking in any form. In this Zonal Nirankari Sant Samagam, Nirankari devotees from various parts of the state like Guna, Jabalpur, Itarsi, Sagar, Narsinghpur, Bandole, chhindwara, Nainpur, Sehore, Bairagarh etc will participate. The principles and teachings of the mission will be put forth by various cultural items in the form of speeches, group songs and short plays/ skits. God realised Saint Balakram ji Kashyap, Zonal Incharge -guna will preside over the programe. Ashok Juneja, Sanyojak of Bhopal unit has appealed to the masses to come in large numbers and watch the event and derive religious benefit from the programme.
‘Hidden Treasure of limbu’ screened
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya organised a documentary screening of ‘Hidden Treasure of limbu’ and ‘Tribes of Bengal’ by Sajal Samadder on Friday at Rock-Art Shelter Conference hall. The documentaries were produced by Central Institute of Indian languages. After the screening, Director, IGRMS, Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri gave detailed information of Toto and limbu tribes. Debashish Dabnath (Professor, IIFM) gave analysis of the documentaries. The limbu tribes and clans are an indigenous people to the hill and mountainous regions of East Nepal between the Arun and Mechi rivers to as far as South Tibet, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland and Burma. limbu language went through its own unique evolution from the Tibetan and Devanagiri writing systems. Totopara is located at the foot of the Himalayas just to the south of the borderline between Bhutan and West Bengal (on the western bank of Torsa river). Toto culture and language is totally unique to the tribe, and is clearly distinguished from the neighbouring Rajbongshis, Koch, Mech or theBhutanese Sharchop tribes. The documentary presented the social life of the tribes and their linguistic development.
Passport Office to hold Passport Mela
Bhopal: In order to facilitate submission of normal passport applications for the citizens of Madhya Pradesh, Regional Passport Office Bhopal is organising special Passport Mela on Saturday at Passport Seva Kendra, DB City Mall Bhopal. Applicants who intend to apply for passport under Normal category can apply on this date. Total 1000 appointments for Normal applications will be released on May 5 at 11 am and it will be available till the exhaustion of appointments slots. The applicant should reach with print out of ARN cum Appointment Sheet after registering on the website-w.w.w.passportindia.gov.in. Important tips for the Applicants who intend to apply for passport during Special Passport Mela are- Applicants may take appointment for normal quota only, all the applicants should come on the scheduled time along with the ARN sheet, all requisite documents in original & one set of photocopy, Applications for Tatkal, PCC and Hold files will not be entertained under Passport Mela. Applications under walk-in category will also not be entertained under Passport Mela, the official statement added.