Khajuraho Film Festival starts today
Bhopal: Khajuraho International Film Festival will be held from April 25 to 28. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the film festival at Shilp Gram, Khajuraho on April 25. Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner of Sagar RK Mathur and Chhatarpur Collector Masood Akhtar reviewed preparations for the festival. They inspected the venue and gave necessary directives.
Makhanlal Chaturvedi Function from april 27
Bhopal: Pt Makhanlal Chaturvedi Memorial Function will be held under the joint aegis of Sahitya Akademi, Saraswati Vidya Mandir and Pathak Manch, Datia on April 27 and 28 at Datia. On the first day April 27, Prof Hari Shankar Mishra (lucknow), lalit Sharma (Chitrakoot), KBl Pandey (Datia), Shobhna Tiwari (Ratlam) and Nilay Goswami (Datia) will deliver lectures on ‘Makhanlal Chaturvedi’s Cultural Awareness and Journalism’. Prof Baburam Tripathi (Varanasi) will preside over the session. At 6 pm on the second day April 28, a poetry session will be held where Jagdish Sharma, Ravindra Parmar, Brijesh Dwivedi, Ravi Thakur and Shailendra Budhauliya will recite poems. KBl Pandey will preside. The function will be held at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Bundela Nagar, Datia.
workshop on solid waste management today
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board is organising a state-level workshop on bio-medical and solid waste management. The workshop will be held at 10 am on April 25 in the auditorium of Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Vigyan Bhavan, Nehru Nagar here. Dilip Singh, Judicial Member, National Green Tribunal (NGT) will be the chief guest. Member-Secretaries of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Pollution Control Boards, Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Praveer Krishna and Principal Secretary Urban Development and Environment Shri S.N. Mishra will participate in the workshop apart from Regional Officer of Central Pollution Control Board and representatives of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh health services and organisations linked with urban bodies.
Rs1l compensation to accident victims
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has sanctioned Rs1 lakh each to next of the kin of those who died in a road mishap at NH trisection between Sonaghati and Bharat Bharti in Betul district last night. In the collision of two vehicles, nine people of Badgi Khurd died and 12 were injured. The injured are being treated at District Hospital and Padhar Hospital free of cost. The injured have been provided Rs10,000 each. Besides, Rs15,000 each will also be provided to next of the kin of the deceased and Rs7,000 each to the injured under accident assistance scheme. Next of the kin of the deceased will be given Rs2,000 each for performing last rites.