Chouhan appealed to change lifestyles
BHOPAl: Chief Minister Chouhan has appealed people to change their lifestyle and give important contribution in making world a better place to live in. He was addressing district-level conference of lions Club International District-G-2 here today.Chouhan announced that the Sate Government is going to start Girls Parents Pension Scheme Society and for this, Government would need full support from the social organizations. He also said that these organizations can help in changing the mindset of the people. At the programme, Chouhan released Shruti Malviya's book focusing on Beti Bachao Abhiyan and magazine "Abhyadoot". Social activist Ashok Mehta also addressed the function. Atul Shah threw light on the club's activities. Shyam Bihari Bhargava delivered the welcome address. Raju Manwani, Anandkant Bhatt, Prakash Seth, BS Jain, Cl Goyal, Saras Jain and Rajesh Jalori were also present on the occasion.
CM pays tributes to late Krishna Bihari Jauhari
BHOPAl: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited residence of Additional Director General of Police Vivek Jauhari and expressed profound grief over the death of his father. Jauhari's father Krishna Bihari Jauhari died on Saturday. Chouhan placed a wreath on the body of late Jauhari and paid tributes to him. Chief Secretary R Parasuram, DGP Nandan Dube and senior administrative and police officers were present.
MNREGA general council meeting on March 28
BHOPAl: A meeting of MNREGA General Council will be held at Mantralaya on March 25 at 10.30 am. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will preside over the meeting. At the meeting, members of the General Council will be apprised of the new schemes chalked out by Madhya Pradesh State Employment Guarantee Council for implementation of MNREGA. Besides, they will also be made aware of innovations adopted for extending benefits of these schemes to people. Information about measures adopted to ensure transparency in MNREGA implementation will also be given.
Food grains allotted to pink card holders
BHOPAl: The State Government has released food grains quota for April for poor senior citizens and aged couples under BPl scheme. Of the total food grains allotted to the state, 718 metric tonnes of wheat and 118 metric tonnes of rice will be given to selected senior citizens and aged couples, who have been issued pink ration cards for the purpose. They will be provided 20 kg of food grains per ration card per month including wheat at the rate of Rs. 2 per kg and rice at Rs. 3 per kg. Directives have been given to district collectors to this effect.
Explosives seizure: 5 sent to police remand
SEONI: A local court has sent five people, from whom explosives, weapons and objectionable literature was seized by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) personnel on Friday, to police remand till March 26. On the basis of details divulged by Jabalpur-resident Afroz, ATS personnel had raided the premises of local residents Imran, Kalim, Kalimuddin Shah and Naeem on Friday and seized two pistols, 136 cartridges and objectionable materials were seized. The accused were presented before court yesterday from where they were remanded into police custody till March 16. Two other accused related to the case have been apprehended. Both will be presented before court today. However, police have refused to disclose their names at present.
Ensure more facilities to tourists
BHOPAl: Minister of State for Public Service Management, Farmers' Welfare and Agriculture Development and Sports & Youth Welfare (Independent charge) Brijendra Pratap Singh held discussions with departmental officers here on Saturday. Singh said that Madhya Pradesh has carved out its distinct identity in tourism sector at national and international level. He said that hotels run by the department in Madhya Pradesh must be made more comfortable and fully equipped so that tourists are able to enjoy every kind of facility over there. Singh laid emphasis on promoting cultural tourism also. He said that on the lines of Raja Bhoj Ballet, other ballets focusing on historic figures like Rani Avanti Bai should also be staged in local dialects. Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation Managing Director Raghvendra Singh threw light on departmental activities through power point presentation. Principal Secretary SPS Parihar and other officers were present at the meeting.
10 tins spurious ghee seized
INDORE: A factory owner has been arrested and ten tins of spurious 'ghee' seized during a raid at the factory here, police said. Town Inspector Akhilesh Dwivedi said that the raid was conducted following a tip-off on Friday. Factory owner Hariom Kasera tried to flee the spot but was caught. Spurious ghee was being manufactured by mixing essence with Soya oil.
Food packaging workshop on Monday
BHOPAl: A day-long workshop on food packaging will be organised under the auspices of the Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) at a private hotel here on Monday. Principal Secretary (Commerce and Industry) PK Das will be the chief guest during the workshop's opening ceremony while Bhopal Collector Nikunj Shrivastava will be special guest. IIP Director (Mumbai) NC Saha said that more than a hundred participants are expected to take part in the workshop. He said that the workshop aimed to familiarise small and medium food processing entrepreneurs with modern packaging techniques in order to enable them in bringing their products in the market in a much better way. Seven technical sessions would be conducted during the workshop.
Rs. 20 lakh for building construction
BHOPAl:A sum of Rs. 20 lakh has been sanctioned to Government College Mehgaon in Bhind district for construction of its building. The Commissioner, Higher Education has directed to get the work completed within time-limit.
509 cases settled at lok Adalat
BHOPAl: A lok Adalat for gas-affected people was held on the premises of Shahjahanabad-based old court for settlement of pending cases. At the lok Adalat, 509 cases were settled through mutual consent. Compensations worth Rs. 10 crore 39 lakh 74 thousand 749 were distributed by way of settlement of cases to gas-affected litigants. Benefit of lok Adalat was availed by 1374 persons. Cooperation of members of advisory committee, lawyers and students of Barkatullah University's law Faculty was laudable in hold the lok Adalat, which was held under the guidance of lok Adalat Registrar RK Dube. The cases pertaining to claims regarding kidney and cancer patients as well as death cases were heard by Additional Relief Commissioner Mohammad Faheem Anwar, Additional Relief Commissioner Dharmindar Singh, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Azhar, Sanjay Gupta and Sachin Sharma by constituting their benches.
3 day workshop at BHEl
BHOPAl:With a view to spread awareness on "Sustainable Development" among HSE officers, Safety stewards and employees of BHEl, Bhopal, a 3-Day workshop on Sustainable Development was inaugurated on Sunday at Human Resource Development Centre in association with HSE Division. During the training programme discussions on topics related to water, air & land pollution and ways to protect the environment from the ill effects of pollution will be deliberated. General Manager, HR Girish Shrivastava in his address as chief guest threw light on the importance of Sustainable Development, briefing the gathering about various activities carried out by BHEl in this direction. General Manager, Finance R Krishnamurthy and General Manager, Modernization T G Chauragade were present as the Guest of Honour on this occasion. Deputy General Manager, Safety & Environment Engineering Division Oscar Angel co-ordinated the entire programme and exhorted the participants to take active participation in the programme. Manoj Dikshit, SN Naikiya and YS Yadav from Central Safety Committee members of Employees Trade union were also present.
‘Police arrested innocent persons'
GWAlIOR: Congress MlA Govind Singh, at a press conference, accused the government of arresting innocent persons in the Swiss national rape case in Datia recently. He demanded Chief Minister Shivraj Singh and Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta' resignation for the highly irresponsible and willful action of the police.