Chouhan extends Christmas greetings
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday visited Bishop House and extended Christmas greetings to Archbishop leo Carnelio Father Mathew VC. Father Johnny PJ was also present on the occasion. Chouhan said Jesus Christ showed the path of love and humanity. He gave message of amity and affection. The Chief Minister said Christmas would be celebrated at CM House on December 26. Archbishop Carnelio, while reciprocating greetings, said laudable efforts for social harmony were being made in the State. Gyani Dilip Singh and followers of Christianity were present on the occasion. Earlier, Chouhan while returning from State hangar had a stopover at St Marthoma Church and greeted Christians there.
CRISP, Sarojini Naidu Girls ink MoU
Bhopal: Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP) and Sarojini Naidu Girls Post Graduate (Nutan) College signed an MoU on Thursday. Principal, SNGPG College Shobhna Vajpayee Maroo and CEO CRISP Mukesh Sharma have signed the MoU. As part of this MoU, CRISP will conduct short term vocational trainings for the students of SNGPG, which will help the students in getting employment. In addition to that CRISP will also organize "Faculty Development Programme" for the faculties of SNGPG. Also both have agreed to take up Consultancy Services and Project Management activities jointly.
‘Personal branding behind Modi’s success'
Indore: Personal branding, his strong and positive image have been a driving force in making Prime Minister Narendra Modi what he is todayIJ A case study on Narendra Modi carried out by faculty and students of Institute of Management Studies, Indore has attributed success and meteoric rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his personal branding which has not only created his positive and strong image but also painted him as a leader who is quiet impressive, inspiring and honest. The findings on the case study of Modi, according to IMS director Dr P K Mishra, has come out after three months of an intensive case study carried out by students of IMS and its faculty Nishikant Vaikar. The case study on Modi will not only be taught to the students of IMS but will also be sent to the government. Mishra said so far subjects like Marketing of Audiology and product positioning was being taught in the management colleges but after this case study, subject like political personal branding may find its way in the curriculum of management colleges.
SOPA hails hike in import duty on edible oils
Indore: The Soybean Processors Association of India (SOPA) has welcomed the hike in import duty on edible oils, both crude and refined by 5 per cent. Commenting on the Import duty hike Dr Davish Jain, chairman, SOPA said the Government had partially acceded to SOPA's request for increasing customs duty to check the unabated ever increasing imports of edible oils. “I appreciate the swift action taken by the Government after my meetings with senior officials at the PMO, the Agriculture and Commerce Ministry,” Jain said in a press statement issued here on Thursday. He said SOPA has also requested the Government to create an Oilseed Development Fund by collecting additional Rs3000 per tonne on imported oils, which can be used for increasing oilseed productivity and production for augmenting availability of oilseeds and edible oils. Although, the duty requested by SOPA was 17.5 per cent on crude and 25 per cent on refined edible oils, SOPA chairman hoped that even this small increase of 5 per cent would help the local soybean processors and exporters and the Government would revisit the import duty in the near future.
three more looters held
Gwalior: The police arrested three more accused in the Purani Chawani cold storage loot on Thursday morning. Two bags of clove and cash have been recovered by the police. Some more accused were to be arrested. According to information some armed miscreants conducted loot in Agrasen cold storage in Purani Chawani. The police arrested 3 more accused including Nafis, Imran and Sultan. The looted goods were taken away in the loading auto of Nafis. The police recovered looted cloth and Rs25000 from the accused. The police were searching a woman also. The police arrested five wine smugglers from different places of the city on the information of the informed. The police also seized illegal wine.According to Janakganj police station the informer tipped the police that a youth was involved in the transaction of illegal wine for some days. Acting on the information the police arrested Mohan Chauhan of Sanjay Nagar with 5 liters of Raw wine. The Madhavganj police recovered 1 quarters of wine from Asif Kha lakkad Khana Bridge. 18 quarters from lukka Kushawah Morena from Ajaypur and with 22 quarters of country wine. Rakesh Kushawah from Gas go down the police arrested Dharmendra Patel from Mahaveer Chowk with 320 quarters of country wine. The worth of the country wine is to be Rs14000.
Tomar flags off Sushasan Express
Gwalior: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar flagged off a new train Sushasan Expresson on Thursday afternoon. The train would run from Gwalior to Gonda on the birthday of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. It would run once a week. The passengers had got their seats reserved in Sushasan Express. They reached the station before the time. The passenger's lauded the railway administration for its decoration. There are 17 coaches including one AC II nd class, two AC III rd class, 6 sleepers and general category and 2 SlR coach. The train would take 19 hours from Gwalior Gonda. The number of birth is 544. The passengers reserved more than 65 per cent seats in the coaches. The Sushasan Express was started from plat form no. 4 and so other trains were stopped after 10 am and diverted to no. 2 and 3 plat forms.