NSS state-level leadership training camp
Bhopal: National Service Scheme (NSS) state level leadership training camp will be held at village Narainala (Rani Durgawati Nagar) in Jabalpur from February 7 to 13. It will be inaugurated by Higher Education Minister Umashankar Gupta. About 150 students will take part in the camp from 6 am to 10 pm. The campers will contribute labour for about 4 hours daily. They will also participate in Yoga, Pranayam and Sports activities. In all, 1469 National Service Scheme units are run in 613 colleges and 667 schools under Bhopal, Jabalpur, Indore, Gwalior, Ujjain, Rewa and Sagar universities.
foundation stone laid IN Blind School
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta laid foundation stone on the premises of Blind School here on Thursday. Gupta said that every possible facility should be provided to the school. He said that students studying in Blind School have such an ability which removes their shortcomings.
State-level committee to re-fix upper age limit
Bhopal: The State Government has constituted a State-level committee to consider proposal for re-fixing upper age limit of employees of Police Department. The committee will consider fixation of upper age limit at par with Home, Jail, Excise, Transport and Forests Departments. The committee will be headed by Principal Secretary Home. Its members will include Principal Secretaries of General Administration, Forests, Commercial Taxes, Jail, Transport and Secretary Finance. The committee will submit its report within a week after examining the proposal.
Minister Bhupendra Singh TO visit Satna Bhopal:
Transport and Information Technology Minister Bhupendra Singh will be on Satna visit, on February 8, 2014. Singh will reach Satna in the morning of February 8 and inspect transport office in the forenoon. He will attend concluding ceremony of 3rd MPs’ Trophy Cricket Tournament in the afternoon. He will also meet regional transporters and public representatives. The Transport Minister will leave for Bhopal in the night.
13 principals promoted BY STATE GOVT
Bhopal: New postings have been given by the State Government after promoting 13 graduation principals to post-graduate principals. Ramsharan Singh Bhadoria, Government Degree College Dabra in Gwalior district and Sumitra Vaskal, PG College Khargone have been promoted in the same colleges.Similarly, Puranlal Ahirwar has been transferred from Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur to Government Fine Arts & Commerce Degree College Jabalpur, Pushplata Kesri from Harsud to PG College Khandwa, leela Bhalavi from Dindori to PG College Mandla, Sl Khare from Ghatiya, district Ujjain to PG College Dewas, Sunil Kumar Alawa from Anjad, district Barwani to PG College Dhar, HS Anijwar from Tarana in district Ujjain to PG College Jhabua, Kamini Jain from Girls Degree College Itarsi to PG College Pipariya in district Hoshangabad, Ramesh Chandra Jatav from Mahidpur in district Ujjain to PG College Rajgarh, Mathura Prasad from Naveen College Bhopal to PG College Ganj Basoda in district Vidisha, PS Kapse from Mandideep in district Raisen to PG College Raisen and Kusum lata Nigwal from Science Degree College Indore has been posted at PG College Mhow in district Indore.
AgrIculture Minister to visit NagpuR, Delhi
Bhopal: Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Minister Gaurishankar Bisen will go from Balaghat to Nagpur on February 9 to participate in Krishi Vasant programme at Central Institute of Cotton Research Centre. In the afternoon, he along with Nitin Gadkari will participate in programme of Yuva Panwar Kshatriya Sangathan. In the evening, Bisen will go to New Delhi to participate in Krishi Karman Award Ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan on February 10. Bisen will leave New Delhi in the evening and reach Balaghat in the night.
Pragya Thakur TO VISIT Indore for cancer tests
Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key suspect in the murder of RSS Pracharak Sunil Joshi, will be taken to Indore soon for PET scan as part of her treatment for cancer. Pragya, who was diagnosed with cancer last year and had been undergoing treatment at the Pandit Khushilal Ayurveda Hospital here, was briefly shifted to Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital (JNCH) on Tuesday after her condition deteriorated. "She was brought back to the Pandit Khushilal Ayurveda Hospital last evening", her relative Bhagwan Jha said. He said timing of the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan--which is done to find out the stage of cancer and its spread--will be finalised after securing permission from police since Pragya is in their custody. Pragya was arrested by the Maharashtra police in connection with the Malegaon blasts of 2008. later, the Madhya Pradesh police had arrested her in February 2011 for her alleged role in Sunil Joshi's murder. Joshi was named as an accused in the Malegaon and Samjhauta Express blasts cases, and was found murdered at Dewas in MP on December 29, 2007.
Health Officer held over sexual harassment
Bhopal: A 55-year-old health officer of Madhya Pradesh Government has been arrested on the charges of sexually harassing a 37-year-old woman health worker at a clinic here, police said on Thursday. "The accused Dr R S Parihar was apprehended yesterday after the woman filed a complaint against him for allegedly making indecent gestures at her at the dispensary they are attached to", said ADG, Mahila Thana (women police station), Aruna Rao. Police said the victim produced audio and video recording of the alleged incident that had happened on January 24."Parihar began taking an undue interest in the victim after the death of her husband. He even promised her to arrange a house on rent", Rao said quoting the complaint.
‘EVERY PERSON SHOUlD BE AVAIl BENEFITS’
Bhopal: Energy and Public Relations Minister Rajendra Shukla has said that the State Government has chalked out schemes for welfare of every section of society. Benefits of these schemes should be made available to even the last person in the last row of society. He urged local public representatives to keep constant watch over quality of development works. Energy Minister Shukla was addressing a block-level Antyodaya Mela at Majhauli Janpad Panchayat in Sidhi district on Thursday. Shukla said that the State Government was providing wheat at the rate of Rs 1 per kg and rice at Rs 2 per kg since June 2013. After forming government for the third time, poor people are being provided rice also at the rate of Rs 1 per kg since January 1, 2014.
He said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has chalked out a scheme to link villages with farms with pucca roads. Under the scheme, clusters of farms will also be inter-linked with gravel roads. The Energy Minister said that health facilities are being expanded to provide better health facilities to people, especially in the rural areas. Free medicines and various free pathology tests are being provided to people.At Antyodaya Mela, assistance worth Rs 13.02 crore was distributed to 15,670 beneficiaries.
woman excise inspector plaint on exploitation
Harda: A woman excise inspector has complained to the police that a liquor company manager allegedly "exploited" her in the name of marriage and also made a video clipping, the police said here on Thursday. Harda police station in-charge, Kunwar Singh Mukati, told reporters here that the woman met liquor company manager Nikhil Soni a few months ago, after which he allegedly "exploited" her under
the pretext of marrying her. later, he allegedly made a video clipping and began blackmailing her after she insisted that he marry her, the officer said. The woman excise inspector said she maintained silence about the issue because of her reputation but after Soni allegedly threatened her in front of the court today, she decided to file a complaint against him.The police took Soni into custody after registering a case of rape and under other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the officer said.