Tigress lalita dies due to eye cancer
Bhopal: Van Vihar National Park’s white tigress lalita died on Wednesday night after suffering from eye cancer forsince the last 2 years. she was being treated continuously for last 20 days. She was 14. Apart from having less resistance power, age of white tigress is also shorter than their ordinary counterparts. Tigress lalita was brought at the age of 9 years from Nandan Kanan Zoological Park to Van Vihar National Park on April 22, 2009. Post-mortem of the tigress was conducted by Van Vihar’s wildlife doctor Dr Gupta, Dr Sanyo Johnson of Wildlife SOS and Dr Seema Bhindwale of State Veterinary Research lab. According to the post-mortem report, her death was caused by asphyxiation due to cancer growth entering her nasal zone. Samples of the dead tigress are also being sent Centre for Wildlife and Forensic laboratory, Veterinary College, Jabalpur and DI lab, Bhopal.
CRPD to conduct lawn tennis competition
Bhopal: Inter-region lawn tennis and carrom competition will be held under the aegis of Central Region Power Distribution Company at Bhopal’s BHEl Officers Club from January 9 to 12, 2014. Apart from Bhopal, teams of Jabalpur, Indore, Ujjain, Rewa and Sagar will also participate in it. Teams from Birsinghpur thermal power plant, Chachai thermal power plan, Sarni thermal power plant and Sirmaur hydel power plant will also participate.
Sakhya Sagar lake welcomes migratory birds
Shivpuri: With winter setting in Madhya Pradesh, migratory birds have begun flocking to Sakhya Sagar lake in the Madhav National Park in this district. Flying long distances to escape extreme winter conditions, the birds stay till the onset of summer. Park sources said that the Sakhya Sagar lake has fish and other acquatic animals in adequate quantity to serve as food for the winged visitors, who include spoonbill, havasil and Siberian ducks among other species.
New industrial area to come up in Bhind
Bhind: A new industrial area would come up in MP's Bhind district at Barhi village's Ater Block on the banks of Chambal River shortly. Possibilities of developing another industrial area at Ater, Gohad and Barhi were explored on the directives given by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The region boasts of five industrial areas but industrial activities are currently being undertaken in Malanpur area only. District Trade and Industries Centre General Manager Mazhar Hashmi said 45 hectare land was identified in Barhi for the purpose. Development of industrial area would be undertaken in 1-2 years after the transfer of ownership. He said major industrial houses would be attracted to set up units in the region as national highway and Guna-Etawah broad-gauge railway track run in the vicinity. local people would be benefited with the setting up of new industries through employment generation.
Collector demands work records under RTE
Gwalior: District Collector P Narhari ordered the education officers to present complete record of works carried out under RTE. In a review meeting information was given about annual work plan of 2014-15 relating to priorities of education department in the month of December under SSA, Pratibha Parva, training of school management committee and annual work plan of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya and Balika hostel. Under the Pratibha Parva under 2013-14 the real situation of five blocks of the district was informed. Its purpose, process and evaluation was discussed in the meeting. the diminishing achievement in education of the students was also taken seriously. Discussion was also held on the meausers of quality improvement in district education centers. Narhari ordered to remove the problems in construction of hostels with in a week. He ordered the PWD department and education department to work in coordination. Discussion was held on the annual plan of next year. District education officer gave the information about text books and uniform, cycle distribution etc.
Congress expells secretary of MP unit
Bhopal: Congress on Thursday expelled secretary of its MP unit, Raghu Parmar for levelling graft allegations against party's Screening Committee Chairman Madhusudan Mistry in the recently concluded Assembly polls in the state. State Congress Spokesman Narendra Saluja told that as per the directives of the high command, Parmar has been expelled from the party for six years. After the November 25 polls' results, Parmar had accused Mistry of selling party ticket to a local Congress candidate in lieu of a huge sum. Congress candidate from Indore-5 seat, Pankaj Sanghvi lost to BJP candidate and former Minister Mahendra Hardia by a margin of 14,418 votes. Parmar's name was also in the list of probables for the party ticket from the Indore-5 seat. The expelled member could not be reached for comments.