Govt Girls’ College to get face-lift
Bhopal: Boundary wall, canteen building and botanical garden in Government Girls’ College, Satna will be constructed under PPP mode. A sum of Rs 7.77 lakh has been sanctioned for boundary wall, Rs 13.85 lakh for canteen building and Rs 2.84 lakh for botanical garden.
Prepare city for Janmashtami: Minister
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta held discussions with people here on Wednesday about preparations being made for Matki Phod competition to be held at Nehru Nagar crossing on Janmashtami. Gupta directed officers to repair streetlight and roads near the venue. He also instructed to make necessary traffic arrangements at the time of competition.
New rates for docu registration from Aug 15
Bhopal: The State Government will implement new rates of document registration from August 15, 2014. It may be mentioned that this change is being made after 40 years. The existing rates are prevailing since year 1975. Property sale deed document registration fee is not being changed. It has been made easier and simpler at 0.8 per cent of market rate. New rate is Rs 500 on power of attorney and affidavit for adoption. A sum of Rs 200 will be charged for downloading digitally singed registered document under computerization of Registration Department. Rs 10 crore additional revenue will accrue to the State from new registration fee rates.
Attend I-Day functions, Desa to staff
Bhopal: Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa has directed officers-employees of Bhopal-based government offices to remain present at Independence Day function to be held at lal Parade Ground, Bhopal. DeSa has written a letter to all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries and Managing Directors to ensure necessary action in this regard.
CM’s I-Day message to be telecast
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Independence Day Message will be telecast by Madhya Pradesh Doordarshan. Doordarshan’s programme officer Alok Pandey informed that the Chief Minister’s message will be telecast soon after the Prime Minister’s address from ramparts of lal Qila on August 15. The message will be aired on DD, Free India, Dish TV, Hathway, Airtel, Siti Cable and Videocon throughout the country.
Indore SEZ shows progress
Bhopal: Establishment of industries has seen remarkable progress in state’s first Special Economic Zone in Indore. The Multi-Product SEZ has been developed on 1113 hectares in Indore. Its developed area is spread over 593 hectares where 47 units costing Rs 4187 crore are established. The units have given jobs to about 15780 persons. This apart, construction of 4 other units is in progress at a cost of Rs 733 crore, which are expected to provide jobs to 1762 persons. Exports worth Rs 9600 crore have been made from the SEZ during last 3 years. It is noteworthy that the Central Government had introduced Special Economic Zone Area Policy in 2000 to expand export base of the country. In the State, a scheme has been chalked out to develop fully equipped industrial areas in phases costing Rs 3022 crore on 7675 hectares at 27 places during 12th Five-Year Plan period. Under the scheme, IT Park has been established on 8 hectares in Indore. It has total 5.56 lakh square feet allotment worthy area, of which 17,368 square meter area has been allotted. Four units have started production with investment of Rs 389 crore and providing jobs to 533 persons. Exports worth Rs 73 crore have also been made in IT Sector.
3 Kanwariyas killed, 4 injured in truck mishap
Bhopal: Three Kanwariyas from Madhya Pradesh were killed and four others injured, when a truck crushed them at Kurra More on Gwalior road in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. Police sources said, the Kanwariyas were returning from Sariya and were going to Amba area of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh. The deceased were identified as Rajendra Kumar, Devendra and Diwan Singh. The injured have been admitted to the hospital. Driver of the truck has been arrested.
Women pelt stones, Home guard injured
Dewas: A Home Guard was injured when some women pelted stones on a team of police officials, who had come to raid a camp of ‘Kanjars (traditionally nomadic ethnic group)' at Ghanighati area, police said. According to police, ‘Kanjars' had looted cartons of medicines from a truck 2-3 days ago. A police team had gone to investigate the matter and raid the camp. The team searched the area despite ‘Kanjar' women pelting stones on them. However, they could not find anything. Dinesh Jhanjha and Sonu Kanja were detained for interrogation by police.
Fake school’s mid-day meal: two arrested
Jhabua: The principal and a Government employee were arrested in connection with a mid-day meal scam in the name of a fake school at Petlaband tehsil, police said. With the arrest of Jam Singh yesterday, all seven people were arrested in the Rs 50 lakh scam, in which 84 people were booked. During investigation, it was revealed that the district panchatyat allotted the amount two times more than what the fake schools demanded. The scam amount might be about Rs 1 crore, the sources said while adding that several Government staff were involved in the scam and action would be initiated against them.
Prefectorial team of BHEl school formed
Bhopal: The prefectorial team of Jawaharlal Nehru School BHEl, Bhopal was constituted on Tuesday at the school premises. On this occasion DK Dikshit, General Manager, Quality and President, BHEl Siksha Mandal was present as the Chief Guest, while Alok Kumar Chaturvedi, Additional General Manager, Publicity and Public Relations Department was present as the Guest of Honour. SB Singh, AGM, TA and TU Singh, DGM, STM were also present in the programme. Manas Prajapati was selected as the school captain, while Ankita Singh and Mohd Yusuf took the oath as captain and vice-captain respectively.
Sharda university students visit IGRMS
Bhopal: Students of Architecture fifth semester of School of Architecture & Planning, Sharda University, Greater Noida visited Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya on Wednesday as part of their study tour. As many as 80 students of architecture under guidance of Prof Bipasha Kumar and SN Segal of Sharda University carried out the architectural research. The students visited Rock Art Shelter, Vethi Sankul, Himalayan Village, Tribal Habitat and documented details. The young architects were guided through the visit by Musuem Associates Shrikant, N Sakmacha Singh, Pritam Choudhary, Sarabjeet Singh and P Anuradha. Meanwhile, the Sangrahalaya is observing the World Photography Day by organising a photography training workshop for school students.
Spice launches two Android smartphones
Bhopal: Spice Retail limited, the mobile internet company, launched its new smart phones in Bhopal on Wednesday. In pursuit of strengthening its leadership in the Indian smart phone market, Spice Retail limited, launched Spice Stellar 520 and Spice Stellar 526, an Android KitKat based smart phones, expanding its Stellar series. While talking about the newly launched smart phones to the media persons J Murali, AVP-Devices, Spice Retail ltd, said "At Spice, we have always believed that real innovations are a direct result of the consumers' needs, and customer centricity has to be at the core of developing products. With the launch of Stellar 520 and 526, we aim to give the consumers a platform of choice by offering products with premium looks in the affordable range. This latest offering by Spice is a perfect amalgamation of functionality, style and entertainment. We continue to deliver the best android experience with superlative performance and features." Murali also informed about the features of both the phones. Android KitKat based (Dual Sim, 3G + 3G) Stellar 520 comes packed with 1.3 GHz Quad Core processor which helps one to achieve desired tasks much faster. It has 8mega-pixel AF rear camera with lED flash and a front-facing 2 MP camera including various advanced apps.