Vande Mataram to be sung today
Bhopal: National song Vande Mataram will be sung in chorus at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Park near Mantralaya here on Monday at 11 am. In case of rains, the chorus singing will be held in Conference hall (room number 506) on fifth floor of Mantralaya.
Personnel management checklists sent
Bhopal: The State Election Commission has chalked out personnel management checklists and sent the same to all district collectors for ensuring action accordingly during urban body and Panchayats general elections-2014. State Election Commissioner R Parasuram has directed to ensure action as per checklists. The checklists clearly mentions about preparation of database of employees and appointment of sector and zonal magistrates and polling officers. Directives have also been given to provide photo identity cards of same pattern to polling staff.
Facility of virtual classes in 96 colleges
Bhopal: In the State, 96 colleges have the facility of virtual classes. Connectivity to them has been provided through State Wide Area Network (SWAN) and RF (radio frequency). Commissioner Higher Education has directed principals concerned to get repaired immediately if any equipment pertaining to virtual classes goes out of order.
Shri Krishna Saral Memorial Function
Bhopal: A two-day Shri Krishna Saral Memorial function will be held by Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad at Guna on September 2 and 3. The event will be held under joint aegis of Sanskriti Parishad and Pathak Manch, Guna. On the first day at 7 pm, Neelam Goswami (Datia), Satish Chaturvedi “Shakuntal” (Guna), Kamlini Pashine (Amravati) and Usha Jain (Guna) will deliver lectures on “National, literary and Cultural Contribution of Shri Krishna Saral”. The session will be presided over by Hari Mohan Budhaulia (Ujjain) while Principal of Government Post-Graduate College Nutan Kulshreshtha will be the chief guest. On the second day of the function, poems will be recited at 7 pm. The poets will include laxmi Narayan Bunkar, Aniruddha Singh Sengar, Vishnu Sathi, Rajani Chaturvedi and Alpana Sharma (Bhopal). The poetic sitting will be presided over by Harkant Arpit.
Painting workshop concludes
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya organised the concluding ceremony of the painting workshop on ‘Indian ground and mural decoration tradition’ at Avritti Bhawan of Sangrahalaya. In the inaugural address, Assistant Curator (Display) Anand Tehanguriya said “India is a land of traditions and festivals. This week, 20 artists from seven states painted prime mural art of their state on canvas. By this workshop the museum’s collection developed further and during this six-day event art students of Bhopal it will add to their knowledge”. After that artist from Nimad, MP, Ganga Bai Solanki and Anil Chitrkaar from Jharkhand shared their experience of this artist’s workshop. Chairman, Railway Recruitment Board- Bhopal Mahesh Chandra Pant awarded certificates to all participants and in his address he requested to conduct this workshop on a larger scale. Museum Assistant, P Anuradha carried out the documentation work of the workshop. The Director, Manav Sanagrahalaya Arun Kumar Shrivastava assured to develop an exhibition of the paintings made in the workshop and a booklet of mythological stories of the paintings. The programme conveyor of the workshop was Praveen Narad, Senior Artist, IGRMS. Assistant Keeper, P Shankar Rao gave the vote of thanks and the concluding ceremony was coordinated by Garima Anand, Musuem Associate.
Pirated CDs seized following raid by police
Jabalpur: Pirated compact discs (CDs) and other materials worth Rs two lakh were seized following a raid by police in this cantonment town’s Belbag police station limits. According to police sources, the raid was conducted yesterday in Manoj Chowdhary’s house from where he run the pirated CD factory. Besides CDs, writers, some obscene CDs and wrappers were also seized. Accused Manoj and Akash were taken to police custody for interrogation, police added.
Elderly woman commits suicide
Satna: A septuagenarian woman ended her life by hanging herself after being suffered from asthma in Pawaiya village today, police said. Rajrani (75), who went to her room after having dinner last night and took the extreme step this morning.
lightning strike kills six people
Vidisha: As many as six people, including two women and two girls, were killed after being struck by lightning in three separate villages in this district last evening, police said on Sunday. Five people were critically injured when lightning hit them. They were rushed to hospital where Kamlabai Adivasi, Kiran Adivasi (15) and Tikaram Harijan (17) died while Heera Bai and Kalyan Singh were being treated. Nateran village-resident farmer Vijaysingh Rajput (40) went to field to observe crops when lightning struck him. He died on the spot. Similarly, Motibai (15) and Munnibai (45) died after being hit by lighting in Gyari village. Sironj Tehsildar Manish Sharma said financial assistance of Rs 2,000 each were immediately provided to the deceased’s kin.
17 cattle run over by speeding truck
Sheopur: In all 17 cattle were run over by a speeding truck in Orchchapura police station limits on the Sheopur-Morena national highway about 65 km from this district headquarters on Sunday, police said. The bovines were crossing the roads when the accident occurred. The animals died on the spot after the incident. The truck driver fled soon after the incident and angry villagers staged a road blockade.
Beheaded body found in temple premises
Jabalpur: A beheaded body was found on a temple premises in this district’s Pipardahi area on Sunday. Sub-Divisional Police Officer SN Pathak said the deceased was identified as Indra Kumar Jharia (32), a resident of Sarai village. Prima facie, the youth was killed for some tantrik practice, he said. The temple’s priest Subodh Sharma and another person were taken to custody for interrogation.
10 peacocks found dead
Gwalior: Ten peacocks were found dead in a field in Nainagarh village on Sunday. A team of the Forest Department rushed to the village and sent the carcasses for post-mortem. After seeing the birds’ carcasses in the field, villagers informed police and later Forest Department was conveyed. Ranger Jyoti Chhawariya said that national birds most probably died yesterday and prima facie, the peacocks died after eating pesticides. Investigation was ordered into the incident.
Dowry death: Mother-in-law gets life term
Morena: A local court has awarded life imprisonment and fined Rs 5,000 to a woman after she was found guilty in connection with killing her daughter-in-law for dowry. Additional Sessions Judge lalit Kishore Garg on Saturday convicted Kamla Devi for the crime while her husband and son were acquitted. According to the prosecution, Umpura-resident Kamla poured kerosene on her daughter-in-law Neelam Jatav (22) and set her ablaze while she was sleeping on August 22, 2012. She was rushed to a Gwalior hospital where she died during treatment. On the basis of Neelam’s dying declaration, police arrested Kamla, father-in-law Kedar Singh and husband Yogesh.