Guv greets people on Eid-uz-Zuha
Bhopal: Governor Anandiben Patel extended greetings to the people of the state on Eid-uz-Zuha. In her message Patel said that the festival of Eid-uz-Zuha teaches us the lesson of sacrifice, to be cultures and save humanity. She said that all festivals inspire us to live in unity, peace and harmony. Patel wished the people of the state a peaceful and prosperous life and prayed for the state’s development on the occasion of Eid-uz-Zuha.
Subhadra Smriti Samaroh to be held
Bhopal: The Subhadra Kumari Chouhan Smriti Samaroh will be organised by the Sahitya Academy under Department of Culture on August 22 and 23 at Chhindwada. Director Umesh Kumar Singh told that an essay writing contest will be organised on August 22 at 4 pm during the samaroh. A lecture series on ‘Subhadra Kumari Chouhan ke Sahtiya mein Rashtriya Chetna’ presided over by Pravin Gugnani (Betul) will be organised at 6 pm on August 23. Kaushal Shrivastava, lakshman Prasad Dehria, Shivshankar Shukla, Usha Kiran, Ratnesh Jain (Chhindwada) will read out their works from 7 pm.
29.59 lakh quintal foodgrain allocation
Bhopal:About 29.59 lakh quintal foodgrain allocation has been released for the month of September under Mukhya Mantri Annapurna Yojana. Allocation of 22.17 lakh quintals of wheat and 7.42 lakh quintals of rice has been issued in the allocation order issued by the Food Department. Director Food Shriman Shukla told that 13.88 lakh Antyodaya Anna Yojana families are included in the allocation issued for the month of September. Besides, members of 4.94 crore priority families are included. The Antyodaya Anna Yojana families will be provided foodgrain at the rate of 35 kgs per family and 5 kgs per member at the rate Re one per kg to priority families.
Tiger numbers up in State
Bhopal: With the recent birth of three cubs, the number of tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh has gone up to 37.
PTR field director KS Bhadoriya informed that tigress P-222 was seen with three cubs recently. The cubs, captured by camera along with their mother, seem to be about two months old. With this, the number of tigers in the reserve has increased to 37, he said.
In 2009, not a single tiger was left in the reserve owing to various reasons including poaching. Tigers from other places were then transferred to PTR to revive the population of big cats.
According to Bhadoriya, this is the third time tigress P-222 has given birth. She had given birth to two cubs each on two occasions in the past. "It is hard to locate the tigress as she is roaming without radio collar. Therefore we came to know about the birth of cubs slightly late this time," he said.
two held for dummy candidate in rly exam
Indore: In past one week in separate incidents, the police have arrested two persons for allegedly appearing as dummy candidates in the railway recruitment exam. The accused, identified as Dhiraj Kumar (21) and Ranjit Prasad (22), hail from Nalanda district of Bihar, Palasia Police Station in-charge Ajit Singh Bais said. "Both the accused were arrested in connection with ongoing Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) exam," he said. Dhiraj Kumar was arrested on August 20 after he was found appearing for the exam in place of Abhimanyu Kumar at RRB examination centre at Islamia Karimiya College in Palasia area, he said. Before that, police had caught Ranjit Prasad from the same centre on August 14 for giving the exam in place of Santosh Kumar, Bais added. A detailed probe is on to find out if there is any big racket behind this. We have also sent our team to Bihar to arrest the candidates for whom these accused were appearing in the examination, he said.