Narottam Mishra to visit Dabra, Datia
Bhopal: Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Narottam Mishra will visit Dabra and Datia on July 17, 18 and 19. Mishra will leave Bhopal in the night of July 16 and reach Datia via Dabra in the morning of July 17. Mishra will participate in various programmes in Datia district. He will leave Datia in the night of July 19 and return to Bhopal in the morning of July 20.
Practical kits for mathematics distributed
Bhopal: Practical kits for mathematics subject are being provided to two Government high and higher secondary schools of every development block in the state. The state government has directed District Education Officers to obtained maths kits from Bhopal before July 27. APS/maths lecturers will come from districts to collect the kits.
School Edu Dept implementing e-attendance
Bhopal: School Education Department is implementing e-attendance software to register online attendance of officers, employees and teachers. For this, mobile numbers of departmental officers, employees and teachers will be entered on education portal before July 20. All drawing and disbursing officers have been asked to get registered mobile numbers of their subordinate staff
Centre urged to sanction pending proposal
Bhopal: Woman and Child Development Minister Maya Singh meet with Union Minister of State for Tourism (Independent Charge) Mahesh Sharma in New Delhi on Thursday and urged him for early sanction to pending proposal of convention centre at Gwalior. Singh informed the Union MoS that Gwalior is the most important spot in Madhya Pradesh from tourism point of view. Need for a convention centre there is being felt since long. On her insistence, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Department has sent a Rs 7.35 crore proposal, which is pending with the Central Government. She said that land is also available for convention centre at Gwalior. The Union MoS assured Smt. Maya Singh for early action in this regard.
The Minister urged the Union MoS to also chalk out a scheme to further develop Gwalior fromtourism viewpoint. She said that Gwalior is conducive and convenient for tourists as far as transport and connectivity is concerned.
Sahni is new chief of NVD Authority
Bhopal: Former Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni assumed office as Chairman, Narmada Valley Development Authority here on Thursday. On arrival at Narmada Bhavan, Sahni was greeted by Vice-Chairman Rajneesh Vaish and other officers. Sahni chaired a meeting of authority’s senior officers. Sahni discussed latest status and issued necessary directives about authority’s major irrigation projects, irrigation situation, command area development, forests and environment issues, court cases pertaining to projects and redressal of complaints. Rajneesh Vaish informed about ongoing works. Members of the authority, Chief Engineer and senior officers attended the meeting.
CM to felicitate principals of tribal schools
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will honour principals of tribal schools whose students have cleared national admission test of JEE and ClAT this year. The felicitation programme will be held at CM House on July 19. The principals to be honoured include KC Bhalekar of Khargone’s Devi Ahilya Higher Secondary School for Excellence-1, Aisha Qureshi of Jhabua Government Higher Secondary School for Excellence, Kl Jharia of Mandla Navratna Higher Secondary School for Excellence, Virendra Singh of Eklavya Model Residential School, Ridhaura in Mandla district, Suchita Shinde of Dhar Governemnt Higher Secondary School for Excellence-1, BR Mujalde of Government Eklavya Higher Secondary School Barwani, Manisha Gautam of Barwani Government Higher Secondary School for Excellence, Pratap Singh Chouhan of Government Eklavya Higher Secondary School, Tansar in Sidhi district and JS Kusre of Government Higher Secondary School for Excellence, Samnapur in Dindori district. This year, 15 tribal students have cleared JEE and 12 ClAT. Commissioner Tribal Development has directed Assistant Commissioners Tribal Development of concerning districts to ensure arrangements for participation of principals of these schools in the felicitation programme.
Rs10 crore donated to CM Relief Fund
Bhopal: With people’s cooperation, donations worth Rs 10,06,03,943 have been deposited in Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for earthquake affected people of Nepal. Meanwhile, donations are still pouring in from various areas of the State.
Min distributes Mazdoor Suraksha Cards
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta distributed Mazdoor Suraksha Cards to labourers at Bhim Nagar here today. The cards have been prepared by Madhya Pradesh Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. Gupta said that ration cards and Mazdoor Suraksha Cards will be distributed to eligible persons by holding camps. He said that the state government sanctions one-month paid holiday to women labourers on maternity and 15 days to her husband. Gupta also informed about Rs 2 lakh insurance on Re one per month premium and Atal Pension Yojana.
Sangrahalaya highlights Meiteis’ belief
Bhopal: The idea of making people introduced with unique collection of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya by the inter-Museum collaboration series is taking shape with inauguration of the ‘Poubi lai-The Story of a Giant Python’ Single object exhibition mounted by IGRMS in collaboration with National Museum, New Delhi at Special Exhibition Hall-I from 21st July to 31st August, 2015. ‘Paubi-lai’ is a 21 ft long wooden object collected from Meitei people of Manipur by the IGRMS in the year 2002. It is not only the artistic or creative manifestation of artists but also denote the world view of Meitei community. Focusing on a particular object this exhibition is one of its own kinds in many ways that through this an attempt has been made to make people introduced with traditional belief system of Meitei community of Manipur. A promotional video of the exhibition has been created, it can be watched at youtube.com from 17 July, 2015 onwards.