Children programme at BHEl Officers Club
Bhopal: BHEl Officers Club, Bhopal, organised a series of programme for the children’s on the occasion of Kids Day. During the programme picture colouring for student’s up to Class KG-II, Paper Art and Craft for students up to Class-III, Hindi poetry for children up to Class - VI and quiz competition for the remaining was conducted. Around one hundred children took part in the competition. Kishore Purswani, president, BHEl Officers Club speaking on this occasion, said this type of competition should be organised every month. Avinash Chandra, vice-president, BHEl, Officers Club, said the programme to be very successful for children. Prerna Shrivastava, Tavlin Singh, Supriya Shah, Abhishek Jain, Kunal Dugvekar, Sunil Patil and Satyendra Singh Patel coordinated the programme. The winners will be honoured on October 9, 2013 on the occasion of Garba Mahotsava.
Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya workshop begins
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya is engaged to portray the story of mankind in time and space. Sanghralaya is working for national integration, and promote research and training for salvage and revitalisation of vanishing but valuable cultural traditions. Sanghralaya in collaboration with Tribal Museum and Research Centre (TMRC), Imphal, inaugurated a ten-day long workshop on traditional head-gear and head-dress of Manipur at TMRC, Imphal. In the inaugural function, Birendra Kumar, Musicologist and awardee Sangeet Natak Academy says, “Culture and civilisation are very close related as culture identifies the people and civilisation shows them where the people belong”. He further added “it is high time for the people to identify and trace their indigenous tools and origin and find out all about the past”. N Sakmacha Singh of IGRMS is the coordinator of the workshop. In the workshop various types of traditional head gears are being made from different materials starting from cloth to bamboo. Traditional artists weaved clothes for preparing head dresses on Paang - eeyong (a kind of loom), process of natural dye and aesthetically pleasing head dress of lord Jagannatha it is one of the important attractions of the workshop.
Man gets five-year RI
Rajgarh: A local court has awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to a man for smuggling smack. Special Judge Vibhawari Joshi on Monday handed down the sentence to Raees Khan for possessing 50 grams of smack at the time of his arrest from near a bus stand on January 4, 2012, the prosecution said here on Tuesday. A fine of `50,000 was also imposed on Raees. A case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against him.
‘Jan-Sunwai’ postponed
Bhopal: ‘Jan-Sunwai’ (Public hearing) has been postponed following promulgation of model code of conduct for Vidhan Sabha elections in the state from October 4, 2013. ‘Jan-Sunwai’ will not be held during period of model code of conduct. General Administration Department has issued an order to this effect.
Chief Secy’s videoconferencing postponed
Bhopal: Video-conferencing ‘Parakh’ to be chaired by Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa on October 17 has been postponed. General Administration Department has issued an order to this effect.