Engineering student expelled from hostel
Gwalior: The warden of the Aryabhatt Hostel of Jiwaji University has expelled a third year engineering student of the hostel for ragging junior students. According to reports, 35 other senior students used to rag their juniors under the leadership of the expelled students. The student, Madhusudhan Bakoria, is said to have forced the juniors to smoke. Other students are reported to be absconding. The warden, Prof Hemant Sharma said the proctorial board would take action against other students. The proctor, Prof H K Singh said a meeting of the proctorial board had been called for deciding on action against the guilty students.
Police still clueless on missing boy
Gwalior: Police are yet to get any clue about the whereabouts of the petrol pump director's son, Kushagra, who is reported to be missing for the last several days. Five police teams have been tasked with searching him out. Some miscreants have also been detained for interrogation. The policemen also met some friends of Kushagra. Gwalior SP Santosh Kumar Singh said there had been no trace of Kushgra so far although his family members had sent an SMS on the boy's mobile number. Kushagra reportedly told them to keep the ransom amount ready.
‘Repair roads on war-footing'
Gwalior: Gwalior Collector P Narhari and Municipal Commissioner Vinod, while on a an inspection visit to the city areas, reportedly asked the officials concerned to get the city roads repaired within a week. He said strict action would be taken against laxity. He said that dividers, drains and other works should be completed on a war-footing. CEO Sofia Farooqui, additional collector Srinivas Sharma, Shivraj Verma and other officers were present at the meeting held at the Collectorete.
Central Bank of india awarded
Bhopal: Central Bank of India (CBI) awarded with second prize in linguistic region ‘C’ and third prize in linguistic region ‘A’ by Reserve Bank of India for the best implementation of Official language Policy of Government of India for the year 2011-12 in a function held at Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai. In this glittering function, Governor of Reserve Bank of India D Subbarao has conferred Shields and Certificates to Animesh Chouhan, Executive Director of Central Bank of India. On this occasion Urjit R Patel, Deputy Governor of RBI, R Gandhi, ED of RBI and US Paliwal, PCGM of RBI were present. Narendra Singh, General Manager (Rajbhasha), Usha Gupta, Assistant General Manager (Rajbhasha) and other officials of the Bank were also present in this function.
Painting exhibition extended till Sept 4
Bhopal: An exhibition Shaurya Gatha, organised by Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan in Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum is being extended to September 4, 2013 in a view to public interest and on request of schools and educational centers. The paintings exhibited in the exhibition are the creations of various seniors, eminent and renowned artists of the country. These paintings were all made in a workshop which was held in the Sangrahalaya earlier in August. The exhibition introduces youth to the achievements of Indian army besides the feeling of patriotism for the country. Taking keen interest in the exhibition, visitors expressed that the paintings in the exhibition very fine represents the contributions of great brave Indian 'heros' who make us feel proud and is indeed a true inspiration of national integrity. The exhibition will be open for visitors between 12:00 noon to 8:00 in evening till 4th September. Visitors shall be given free entry in the exhibition.
‘Udaan’ to help businessmen
Bhopal: ExxonMobil is organizing ‘UDAAN’ – A special initiative for its customers in Madhya Pradesh. UDAAN is an initiative to help customers achieve excellence in their businesses. ExxonMobil is displaying its technology leadership through its products and training module since August 26, 2013 in Bhopal. The company is holding its experiential training program UDAAN in Madhya Pradesh from August 13 to 15 September, 2013. UDAAN is an initiative aimed at educating and creating awareness on lubrication basics and fundamentals and inventory management. UDAAN also provides safety training for its retailers, lube Change Centre owners, and mechanics across Madhya Pradesh.
Mushaira to be held at milan mahal
Bhopal: A lecture and Mushaira will be held in memory of world-famous poet Allama Iqbal at Milan Mahal, Dhar on September 2 and 3. Both programmes will be held at 7 pm. According to Sahitya Akademi Director, lectures on ‘Allama Iqbal-works and life” will be delivered by Iqbal Masood of Bhopal, Meenakshi Swami of Dhar and Javed Alam of Dhar on September 2. Mushaira will be held on September 3 in which Muslim Saleem of Bhopal, Dinesh Diggaj of Ujjain, Qamar Saqi of Dhar, Akram Dharvi, Sushri Anita Mukati, Raghvendra Tiwari, Shalabh Joshi, Nazar Dharvi, Saleem Sabri, Parag Agrawal, Tabassum Dharvi and Sandeep Sharma will recite their poetry.
Chairman gets Minister’s status
Bhopal: State Government has given Minister status to Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation (MARKFED) Ramakant Bhargava. General Administration Department has issued an order to this effect.
Gupta sanctions Rs 4.90 lakh for CC road
Bhopal: Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta laid foundation for a CC road in 95-Block Tulsi Nagar here on Friday. A sum of Rs 4.90 lakh has been sanctioned for construction of the CC road. Gupta advised colony residents not to ply vehicle for 2 days after construction of road.
BPl power consumers get benefits
Bhopal: So far, about 42,000 BPl electricity consumers have availed benefit of Deenbandhu Yojana. Their electricity bill dues amounting to about 32.30 crore as on June 30 have been waived. This was informed at electricity service camp held at Jahangirabad here today. The camp was inaugurated by Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta. He also gave a patient hearing to consumers’ problems. The Home Minister said that the State Government has waived electricity bills dues outstanding against BPl consumers as on June 30. He urged the beneficiaries to pay their electricity bills regularly from July next. Gupta suggested using power only as per requirement. Power Distribution Company’s executive engineer Khan informed that due bills worth about Rs 11 crore of 20,000 consumers in South Division have been waived.
Govt creates two tahsils
Bhopal: In exercise of power vested in it by land Revenue Code 1959, the State Government has created 2 new tahsils including ‘Nai Sarai’ in Ashok Nagar district and ‘Badauni’ in Datia district. New tahsil Nai Sarai will comprise 27 Patwari Halkas and 67 villages. Its headquarters will be Nai Sarai. Similarly, tehsil Badauni will comprise 36 Patwari Halkas and 78 villages. Its headquarters will be Badauni. Tahsil Nai Sarai in Ashok Nagar district has been created by excluding revenue circle Nai Sarai’s Patwari Halka from 1 to 17 and Patwari Halkas from 22 to 24 from tahsils Isagarh and Shahdora’s borders and Patwari Halkas 68 and 69 of Saraskheri revenue circle of tahsil Isagarh and Patwari Halka number 1 to 5 of Shahdora revenue circle of Shahdora tahsil.