Role of IT vital in good governance
Bhopal: Information and Technology Minister Bhupendra Singh on Saturday inspected IT Centre, Data centre and SWAN centre and also held a review meeting with officials of the Information Technology and Public Service Delivery Guarantee departments here. Singh highlighted that his departments’ priorities include extension of benefit of information technology and e-governance to every citizen in rural and urban areas and to make Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act’s implementation more effective. Officers of the departments gave detailed information about departmental activities. Officers and employees of SWAN Project and Information Technology and Public Service Delivery Guarantee Departments were present on the occasion.
Sharad Jain assumes office
Bhopal: Minister of State for Public Health and Medical Education Sharad Jain assumed office in his chamber at Mantralaya on Saturday. Holding discussions with departmental officers, Jain informed that the Health department has the responsibility for health care of people right from birth to old age. Jain said that his first priority will be to extend quality health services to State’s people as per wish of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Jain said he laid foundation stone for Rs 65 lakh for AYUSH hospital at Jabalpur soon after he was assigned portfolio of Minister of State for Health. He informed that district AYUSH hospitals will be opened in 10 more districts. Responding to greetings of officers and well wishers on the occasion Jain said that he would always remain alert to discharge his duties effectively. Commissioner AYUSH MK Varshney, Deputy Secretary Medical Education SS Kumhare, well wishers, friends and journalists were present on the occasion.
8th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2014
Bhopal: Blind Challenge Car Rally is an annual feature to generate awareness among the masses regarding the issues concerning persons with visual impairment. For last seven years Arushi with event management group Genius is organising this car rally where the vehicle is driven by a sighted person and the navigator is a blind person, who reads the route given to them on the spot in Braille. It is a small fun event within the city limits, cars being driven in slow speed. The participants for the rally are from all over Madhya Pradesh. This is the eighth successive year for organising ‘Blind Challenge Car Rally 2014’on Sunday, January 5, 2014. The rally will be covering around 30 km within Bhopal Municipal limits. There are cash prizes and trophies for first three winners and mementos and certificates to all participants. Navigators will be provided by the organisers. Persons interested are requested to collect their entry forms from Arushi office located at 1, Shivaji Nagar, Near MPEB Office, Bhopal along with nominal entry fees, copy of Car’s Registration, Insurance papers and participant’s driving license. The original Car Registration, Insurance papers and driving license should be in the vehicle during the rally.
Workers should present policy of BJP
Gwalior: The people of entire country are now started keeping their faith in the BJP. The need of the hour is that workers should confirm this faith. As such every worker of the party represent the policy of the BJP. He would go to the people and guide them. This was stated by the State chief of BJP Narendra Singh Tomar in his welcome function organised in the party office at 35 Race Course Road Gwalior. The programme was organised by district BJP. On this occasion the party workers greeted Tomar. The divisional organising secretary of BJP Pradeep Joshi and district president Ved Prakash Sharma also addressed the workers to work whole heartedly for the mission 2014. In the programme district general secretary Kamal Makhinjani, Paras Jain, Ravindra Singh Rajput, Satish Singh Sikarwar, district front of women Viniti Sharma, Devesh Sharma and many others were present.
NY to begin with a host of bank strikes
Bhopal: The New Year is likely to begin with a host of bank strikes and thus marring the business growth of the State and the country as a whole. After already going on strike on December 18, bank employees and officers would observed all India bank strike on January 20 and 21, 2014, demanding immediate wage revision settlement and opposing the banking reform policies of the Government. A total of 40,000 bank staff is likely to go on strike in the Madhya Pradesh, resulting in bringing business activity to a standstill here. However, this is not all. On the call given by all India Dena Bank Employees’ Association, the MP branch of the bank employees union will be observing bandh on January 31.
Aalha Gayan at MP Tribal Museum
Bhopal: The Directorate of Swaraj Sansthan is oraganising a musical concert of Aalha gayan in series of Desh Raag activities on Sunday at MP Tribal Museum. In this concert Umashankar Sen and group from Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh would present folk songs of Aalha from 6:00 pm at open air stage of Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum. Aalha songs are a category of North Indian folk music popular across the country specially Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. These are songs typically defined the exploits of warriors and kings of this region on one hand, while on other in contemporary world it crafts ethnicity, custom and tradition of marriage. Reciting the same tale of valour, courage and traditional life style in the musical form, the folk artistes will present Aalha lokgeet in this concert on Sunday in the premises of the Sangrahalaya. Visitors will be given free entry in the concert. The programme of cultural event of Desh Raag is based on musical series of folk songs, in which recital of folk songs will to be held on every Sunday till January, 2014 at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum. Further in the expansion of this on coming Sundays, Raiso gayan on January 5, 2014 and Basdeva gayan on January 12, 2014 will be held at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.
‘Complete action plan by March 31’
Bhopal: labour Minister Antar Singh Arya has directed all officers concerned to complete implementation of 100-day action plan positively by March 31 next year. The Minister further warned strict action against officers who are not completed the action plan within time limit, neglecting its implementation or committing irregularities.
Arya also said that all departments under his charge were linked with welfare of labourers and weaker sections. With this in view, the action plan should be implemented with full transparency. He asked officers to ensure extension of benefit to maximum number of beneficiaries.
Youth dies in bike-truck collision
Chhindwara: A youth was killed when his motorcycle was knocked down by a speeding truck near Sangodi village about 20km from this district headquarters on Saturday. Vicky Chandravanshi (22), a resident of Rajola village, died on the spot. Angry mob torched the truck as the driver fled soon after the accident, police said.