CM reaches Singapore
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached Singapore on 4-day visit on Tuesday. Chouhan is accompanied by Industries Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia and a delegation of eminent industrialists.
Chouhan reached Changi airport on Tuesday. He was welcomed by Indian High Commissioner Vijay Thakur Singh and First Secretary (Commerce) Pradyumn Tripathi.
On Wednesday, Chouhan will meet Chairman of lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship Eddie Teo. He will also meet government delegates and others. The Chief Minister will also meet Singapore's Trade and Industries Minister S Iswaran and Minister of State for Defence Mohammad Maliki Bin Osman.
later, Chouhan will meet Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Prime Minister lee Hsien loong. The Chief Minister will also attend ISAS Public lecture. He will deliver a lecture on 'How Can light of Development Reach the last Person in last Row'. He will hold discussions with government and business delegates.
On January 14, the Chief Minister will attend a business seminar. He will also hold discussions with government and business delegations. later, the Chief Minister will visit Sentosa island/gardens and meet government delegates. The Chief Minister will attend a dinner to be hosted by Indian High Commissioner in his honour along with government and business delegates. Chouhan will return to the country on January 15.
4 ias officers to get new postings
Bhopal: The State Government has issued orders for new postings of 4 IAS officers. Faiz Ahmad Quidwai, Mission Director NHM with additional charge of Director AIDS has been posted as MD, State Civil Supplies Corporation, Collector Dhar Smt. Jaishree Kiyawat as Mission Director NHM with additional charge of Director AIDS, Director Public Instructions Rajesh Kumar Jain as Collector Guna and Collector Guna Shriman Shukla has been posted as Collector Dhar.
State’s PR Dept’s website gets 17.98cr hits
Bhopal: Website www.mpinfo.org of State Government's Public Relations Department is gaining popularity day by day. This year, the website received 17.98 crore hits. Now, the website's mobile version is also being browsed extensively. Mobile version m.mpinfo.org has received 81.35 lakh hits. Not only India, the website is also being browsed in United States, Russia, Israel, United Kingdom, China, United Arab Emirates, Germany and Thailand.
The website of Public Relations Department is multi-lingual on which news can be seen in Hindi, English, Urdu and Sanskrit. Apart from day-to-day news, advertisements, articles, photographs and information about the State are also posted on the website.
Besides, various departmental publications like weekly Rozgar Aur Nirman and Madhya Pradesh Sandesh are also available on the website.
Another website of department www.mpnewsarch.org also received 77.81 lakh hits last year. On this website, scanned clipplings of newspapers are uploaded. Apart from clippings of national and local newspapers, news of eveningers can also be seen on this website. Clippings of newspapers received from Delhi, Mumbai and divisional offices can also be seen on the website.
valedictory function held at crisp
Bhopal: Valedictory function of Employment Oriented Skill Development Trainings sponsored under CSR initiative of Engineers India limited (EIl), Government of India was organised at CRISP, Bhopal here on Tuesday.
Under this project 500 youth from deprived section of the society will be trained. In first phase of training 250 participants were trained in different Technical areas. These trainings enhanced the employability opportunities of the youth. The objective of the training is to provide Technical Skills to Marginalised and Weaker Section of the Society, provide them employment opportunities & bring them into main stream of the Society.
Director-HR, Veena Swarup and General Manager Adil Firoze, EIl New Delhi were present on the occasion. Veena Swarup briefed about the activities of EIl and guided young trainees who are on threshold of making career and ready to join industry, on quality of work, dignity of profession and continuous enhancement of learning and qualifications.
On this occasion CRISP, Chief Executive Officer, Mukesh Sharma, COO, Shrikant Bansal, CMO, Rajesh Maheshwari, Faculty Members and trainees were also present.
22-yr-old woman dies of swine flu
Vidisha: A 22-year-old woman has died of suspected swine flu at a private hospital in Bhopal. According to the Health Department sources, Seema, residence of Khamkehda village, was admitted to a hospital here on January 1. As her condition deteriorated, she was referred to a private hospital in the State capital where she died during treatment yesterday. Chief Medical and Health Officer Bl Arya said after the woman’s death, a worker from the Department was sent to the hospital in Bhopal and Khamkheda village. A medical test of the deceased family member would be conducted after collection of detailed report. On the basis of the doctors advise, the body was cremated in Bhopal yesterday.
2 killed, 3 injured in road mishap
Badwani: Two people were killed while three, including a woman, suffered injuries when two motorcycle collided head-on near Bajatta village on Khandwa about 7 km from this district headquarters, police said. Two motorcycle drivers Raju (35) and Dharam (45) died on the spot in the major collision that took place last night. Two brother-in-laws of Raju were admitted to District Hospitals while Dharam Singhs wife, who was critically injured , was referred to Indore for treatment.
32-year-old patwari commits suicide
Raisen: A 32-year-old patwari has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Hadaipur village, police said. Satyapal Singh, who was transferred from Begumganj to Gairatganj recently, took the extreme step at his house last night. The cause of his suicide was yet to be ascertained.
geeta refuses another couple as her parents
Indore: Geeta, the deaf-mute girl who returned to India in October last after being stranded for over a decade in Pakistan, on Tuesday refused to recognise yet another couple who had claimed that she was their daughter.
"When we showed the couple's photograph to Geeta, she refused to recognise them," said Monika Punjabi Verma, the head of sign language department of an institute for the speech and hearing impaired here where the girl is staying.
"Bhopal-based Ranjeet Singh and his wife Maya had petitioned the district authorities (seeking permission to meet her) saying Geeta was their daughter who got lost 27 years ago during a journey," a senior district official said.
"So far, the district authorities have received around 10 claims
from people saying Geeta is their daughter or relative. But none
could establish the claim," the officer added. last month, Aneesa Bi, a 40-year-old woman from Jabalpur district, had claimed that Geeta was her long-lost daughter, Najjo.
However, Geeta didn't recognise her from photograph. Geeta was reportedly 7 or 8 years old when she was found sitting alone on the Samjhauta Express by the Pakistan Rangers at lahore railway station 15 years ago. She was then adopted by Edhi Foundation's Bilquis Edhi.
Guv pay tributes to swami vivekananda
Bhopal: Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has paid tributes to Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary. Remembering Swami Vivekananda, the Governor said that Swami Vivekananda who spread fragrance of Indian culture world-wide was a profound authority on history.
The Governor said that he used to say that 'nothing is impossible for soul and thinking against it is Adharma'. He said that life is meaningless without targets and goals. The Governor has exhorted people to imbibe teachings of Swami Vivekananda for successful life.
street play performed by cii young indians
Bhopal: CII Young Indians in association with Uco Bnak organised a street play on Tuesday in front of DB Mall. The objective of this initiative is to spread awareness about the ill effects of noise pollution.
The skit titled ‘Horn Not Ok Please’ educated the audience about the severe health threats like hypertension, high blood pressure and agitated behavior caused by constant exposure to high level of noise. They also pled the audience to avoid the unnecessary over use of horn and loud speakers. A signature campaign was also launched where more than 200 Bhopalites signed and pledged to reduce the use of horn and hence noise pollution.
The initiative is taken up by CII-Yi across India in 36 chapters. “We are observing it on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, by educating the motorist and making them take a pledge to honk only when absolutely necessary, we wish to create a better environment for everyone,” said Prakriti Jain, Chairperson, Yi Bhopal Chapter.