Symbiosis to open its first varsity in state
Indore: Pune-based Symbiosis Foundation is coming up with its first University of Applied Sciences here in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lay the foundation stone of the Symbiosis's first project in the state, at Bada Bangdada area on June 6, said a spokesperson of the Symbiosis Foundation. He said that this will be first university in the field of Applied Sciences. The university will offer degree, diploma and certificate courses in the fields of production, development, IT, retail and other service sectors. Meanwhile, an official informed that the state government has allotted 25 acre land each on concessional rates to the educational group Narsee Monjee and Symbiosis Institute of Higher learning. The two institutes will begin their operations from the allotted site within next two years, the official added.
No info on making me next ls speaker: Sumitra
Bhopal: Veteran BJP leader and sitting MP from Indore Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday said that she was not aware of any move afoot to make her the Speaker of new lok Sabha. "No one has spoken to me about making me the next lok Sabha Speaker," Mahajan told here. The MP, who is representing Indore for the eighth term, said that she had read about the speculations regarding her likely appointment only in newspaper reports. According to unconfirmed reports,BJP patriarch lK Advani was in the reckoning to become new Speaker. Mahajan, however, said that everything will be clear on June 6. In a related development, the Central government yesterday conveyed the recommendation to President Pranab Mukherjee to appoint senior Congress leader Kamal Nath as Protem Speaker in the new lok Sabha.