Anganwadi centres’ timings changed
Bhopal: Anganwadi centres’ timings have been changed in view of children’s health in cold weather. Now, anganwadis will function from 10 am to 4 pm till February 28, 2014. Directorate of Integrated Child Development Scheme has informed all District Programme Officers about it.
uma directives to Skill develpoment dept
Bhopal: Ensure actual assessment of skill development centres (SDC) and vocational training providers (VTP). Evaluation should be re-evaluated through another officer. Initiate strict action also against concerning officer not giving examination report. These directives were given by Technical Education and Skill Development Minister Uma Shankar Gupta at a review of Skill Development Department here on Wednesday. Gupta also directed to improve and rationalise old ITI trades and modernise courses. Gupta directed to ensure recruitments against sanctioned posts. He said that departmental promotion committee’s should also be convened at the earliest. Gupta directed to prepare for re-structuring of the department. He asked to conduct ITI exams regularly. Exam centres should not be set up at tainted venues. Opinion of collector should also be sought regarding exam centres. He instructed to start process for affiliation with QSI. The Technical Education Minister said that VTP programme should be chalked out only after office hours in polytechnic colleges and ITIs. He said that workshop of all ITI principals should be convened. Presentations should be given by the principals who have done good work. Information regarding ITI pass students should be uploaded on departmental website. Gupta also reviewed 100-day action plan of the department. He said that schemes under the plan must be completed within 100 days. Principal Secretary Technical Education Sanjay Singh, Director Skill Development DK Vyas and other officers were present on the occasion.
raje opens 24th Kayaking-Canoeing Contest
Bhopal: Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia inaugurated 24th National Kayaking-Canoeing Competition at the lower lake here on Wednesday. As many as 986 players are participating in the competition which will conclude on January 20. President of Indian Kayaking-Canoeing Federation GS Raghunathan was especially present on the occasion. Congratulating the Sports Department, Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare Scindia expressed pleasure that this competition is being held successfully on such large scale. She advised players to set their targets at international level and the state government will extend all possible cooperation to them in achieving it. The Sports Minister also released balloons while inaugurating the competition formally. On the occasion, inaugural match of canoe-polo was played between Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Former President of Indian Kayaking-Canoeing Federation Raja Kamal Singh, Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Olympic Federation Digvijay Singh, Secretary of Indian Kayaking-Canoeing Federation Balveer Singh Kushwaha, Madhya Pradesh Kayaking-Canoeing Federation DK Arya and large number of sports lovers were present on the occasion.
safety awareness programme held
Bhopal: Under the guidance of Shashi Ranjan Prasad, Executive Director, BHEl, Bhopal; a safety awareness programme was held on Wednesday at HCM & Hydro Division BHEl, Bhopal in association with Central Safety Committee and Safety Department. Kishore Purswani, General Manager, Hydro along with DD Pathak, General Manager, Thermal were present on this occasion. Purswani and Pathak speaking on the occasion stressed on following the safety parameters, using safety equipments while working and adopting safety as an inseparable part of their life. Oscar Angel, Sr DGM, Safety Engineering Department speaking on the occasion highlighted the different facet of safety.
Development should reach streets: Maya
Gwalior: The development works is being seen on the outer level of the city but the development should reach the streets. The corporators and officers should maintain coordination. This was stated by the woman and child development Minister Maya Singh
in a meeting held for reviewing development works carried out by the municipal corporation in lashkas east constituent Assembly. On this occasion, the municipal corporation commissioner Vinod Sharma gave presentation of the development schemes. In the meeting Mayor Sameeksha Gupta, Municipal Corporation Vijendra Singh Jadon, MIC member Pushpa Sharma and departmental officers were present. The minister laid emphasis that during the construction of roads the drains are not constructed which destroyed the roads so during road construction drains should be constructed. The minister Singh asked Mayor Sameeksha Gupta and MCG Vinod Sharma where the proposal prepared for development are held up at government level. She would try to pass them by meeting the chief minister and central government personally. In the meeting it was stated that 224 development works have been carried out at a cost of Rs 27.53 crore including Rs 6 crore on 39 works of asphalting. This information was given by Vinod Sharma to the minister Maya Singh. She said that now such areas should be selected which are backward in development works.
15 doctors honoured
Gwalior: On its 51st national session of Indian pediatrics academy honoured 15 doctors of Indian honoured with fellowship on the basis of their contribution to medical field their ability of research, educational qualification and their contribution to Indian pediatrics academy and this session three doctors from MP were awarded fellowship including Dr Deepak Agarwal for his educational qualification, his contribution to children treatment and his research in children treatment field. Dr Agarwal he is youngest doctor of the doctors getting fellowship. After getting this Award the degree of FIAP will also be included in his educational qualification. This fellowship is provided to any doctor only once in his life. The Indian pediatrics academy provides this fellowship to 15 pediatric doctors every year. The national session of the academy was organised in Indore from 8 January to 12 January. The MP Sumitra Mahajan was the chief guest of inaugural session. In this national session the eminent doctors participated.
smuggler nabbed with 500gm of opium
Gwalior: The police nabbed a smuggler with 500 gms of opium as soon as he alighted from the bus. In the beginning the denied that the packet did not belong to him. But as soon as the informer was presented before him he confessed his crime. The Kampoo police registered a case under SDPS act against him. The value of opium is stated to be rupees one lacks. The TI Kampoo PBS Tomar said that the police was tipped on Tuesday that a smuggler was coming to the city with opium. Acting on the information the TI stood at the Amkho hill with his force. As soon as a youth alighted from the bus the police nabbed him at the indication. The police found a packet from a bag containing 500 gms opium valued at rupees one lacks. After catching the smuggler the police came to know that connection of this indicate are joint with Punjab. So the police are trying to search the connection. The accused smuggler Ram alias Neel Pathak of lidhora under Dabra police station in Dabra. He had connection with some Sikhs in Punjab. The accused is conducting smuggling, through Sikhs for the last 1 year. The TI Kampoo DBS Tomar said that it was known that a smuggler was brining opium from Dabra to sell it in Gwalior city. On this information he was nabbed. The police are interrogating him.
Marked absent, Police officer ends life
Raisen: Dejected at being marked absent for reporting late on duty, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver. The ASI, KS Rajput (52), posted in Sanchi police station here, had a dispute with the duty officer on the issue of reporting one hour late for his night duty on Wednesday, police said. The duty office marked him absent, following which the ASI was disappointed and he told the concerned official that in his 26-year-long career he was marked absent for the first time. After an argument, he discarded his uniform on the police station campus and ran back to his room where he was living alone as his family was staying in Hoshangabad. Rajput then shot himself on his chest with his service revolver, police said.