CM congratulates teenage batsman Prithvi
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today congratulated teenage batsman Prithvi Shah for scoring 546 runs in Harris Shield cricket tournament in Mumbai. “I congratulate Prithvi for showing extraordinary talent in the junior level cricket,” Chouhan told in midst of campaigning for the November 25 assembly polls in the state. On whether the school boy cricketer could be India’s next run-machine like batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, Chouhan said, “though it will be a little early to say so but he has immense potential.” 14-year-old Prithvi created a national record yesterday, hitting an astonishing 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D’Assisi Borivali in an inter-school match. The State U-16 captain hit 85 boundaries and five sixes in the match played at the Azad Maidan. Prithvi eclipsed his senior schoolmate and former India opener Wasim Jaffer’s nephew Arman’s score of 498, which he scored a few years back.
CBSE, AIims will conduct MPPMT from Next yr
Bhopal: In wake of various scams in the MP Pre-Medical Test (MPPMT) examinations, the Director of Medical Education Madhya Pradesh, Nirbhay Shrivastava has decided to conduct these exams through other agencies instead of MP Professional Examination Board (MPPEB). Shrivastava, a noted orthopaedic said that he has decided to conduct MBBS and BDS Examination Test through CBSE and the MDS Test Exam through AIIMS from next year and talks were going on in this regard, a release said. He said that in the last few years there were scams and a number of students were found guilty and disqualified after checking their copies for 2013 medical test Examination. The students who were found guilty in the scam and disqualified for admission have already filed cases with the High Court and a decision on their fate is yet to come. Many more students can be found guilty for which probe was on by police and medical officials into the Dental and Medical Admission Test (DMAT) and MPPMT scam this year.
7 bjp workers hurt in clash with cong cadre
Mhow: Seven BJP workers were injured in a clash with their Congress counterparts at Pigdambar village in Mhow tehsil of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, police said today. The incident occurred when the BJP workers travelling in an SUV were allegedly intercepted at the village last night by the Congress workers, they said. An altercation broke out between the two groups, which turned into fisticuffs, police said. A case under various sections of the IPC was registered against Congress workers Bane Singh, Vijendra Singh, Inder Singh Tanwar, Anil Thakur and five others. Rallies by ruling BJP and Congress are going on in full swing ahead of the November 25 Assembly elections.
Rahul to campaign in Poll-bound MP today
Bhopal: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will campaign in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on Nov 22, party sources said Thursday.
Gandhi, who addressed rallies in Dhar and Sidhi districts in the State on Nov 20, will campaign in Balaghat and Mandsaur districts.
Polling in Madhya Pradesh will be held Nov 25. Results will be declared on Dec 8.
tribal museum to open from Dec 1 from 12 pm
Bhopal: The opening hours to visitors in Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum will starts from 12 noon to 7 pm as from December 1, 2013 to February 28 , 2014. The Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum situated on Shyamla Hills of Bhopal city, houses themed displays, including house types, artifacts, paintings, photographs, music, murals etc that narrates cultural diversity of different tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh. Exploring multi-dimensional aspects of tribal culture, this Museum has galleries namely-Cultural Diversity, Tribal life, Cultural Aesthetics, Tribal Spiritual-World, Guest State-Chhattisgarh and Exhibition Gallery that showcases the life style of tribal communities residing the Madhya Pradesh. Entry fee for Indian visitors in Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum is Rs 10 per person, ticket for foreign visitors is Rs 100 person and children up to 10 years of age and disabled persons shall be given free entry for the visit in the Museum. Extra amount of Rs 50 will be charged from visitors for photography.
Total Quality Assessment ends at bhel
Bhopal: Total Quality Assessment of BHEl, Bhopal led by PN Karmakar, General Manager, Power Sector-HQ concluded on Thursday at BHEl, Bhopal. K Ramaprasad, AGM, Hyderabad; Balasubramaniyam, Sr DGM, Ranipet; Rajeev Shrivastava, Sr DGM, Jhansi and Selvi Ravindran, Sr DGM, PS-SR, Chennai were the members of the assessment team headed by Karmakar. Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Executive Director, BHEl, Bhopal speaking on this occasion laid emphasis on action planning for improvements and for carrying out improvements earnestly. DK Dikshit, General Manager, Quality in his address shared the details of the assessment process and thanked the team for their efforts.
Preparations for Indore polling complete
Indore: All preparations for impartial and peaceful polling in Indore district have been completed. In order to ensure peaceful poll in the district, the district administration has taken elaborate security measures. Information to this effect was given in a meeting organized at the collectorate here on Thursday. The meeting among others was attended by DIG Rakesh Gupta, SP (headquarter) Aniol Sharma, SPs (west and east) besides other senior district and police officials. Addressing the meeting, district collector Akash Tripathi directed the officials to take necessary security steps for better law and order position in the district during the course of polling so as to ensure that electorates could exercise their franchise without any pressure of fear and intimidation. He also directed to take strict action against those found to be violating law and order position in the district. As informed in the meeting, campaigning for November 25 elections will come to an end at 5 pm on Nov 23. Polling officials will reach their respective polling booths on Nov 24. Electoral process in the district will be monitored by699 micro observers. As informed in the meeting, no mobile, cellular phones, wireless and other electronic gadgets will be allowed to be taken within 100 meter diameters of the polling booths. Besides candidates seeking elections have been allowed to use only three vehicles in connection with their polling works.
Industrial units will remain closed on Nov 25
Bhopal: All industrial units in Bhopal district will have to keep their establishments closed compulsorily on polling day of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election on November 25. Collector and district election officer has issued directives in this regard. Objective of the holiday is to provide facility to all officers, employees and labourers of industrial units to cast their votes.
Nov 25 declared as public holiday
Bhopal: The State Government has declared November 25, 2013 as public holiday which is the day for polling for Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections. The State Government has also declared November 25, 2013 as general holiday for polling for general elections-2013. Notification to this effect has been issued on Thursday.
Neeraj Khattri bestowed PHD by HPU, Shimla
Bhopal: Neeraj Khattri, Director In charge, School of Media and Communication, Jagran lakecity University, Bhopal has been awarded PhD by Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He wrote the thesis on ‘Impact of Mass Media on HIV/ AIDS Awareness in Delhi Slums under the guidance of Professor Vir Bala Aggarwal, Chairperson, Department of Journalism and Mass Comm., Himachal Pradesh University. Notably, Neeraj Khattri was appointed as the Director In charge of School of Media and Communication, Jagran lakecity University, Bhopal four years back and being in his working tenure he completed the PhD from Himachal Pradesh University. “The hustle for breaking stories in the media- both electronic and print- has considerably reduced the space for socially poignant issues like HIV/AIDS awareness,” says Khattri.The glaring anomaly and the ways to address it have been adeptly handled by Neeraj Khattri, Director In charge of Jagran lakecity University’s School of Media and Communication in his thesis titled ‘Impact of Mass Media on HIV/AIDS awareness in Delhi slums’. Khattri, author of several books related to the media, has been awarded a PhD for his thesis by Himachal Pradesh University.