Umashankar inaugurates cricket tournament
Bhopal: Higher and Technical Education Minister Umashankar Gupta inaugurated MlA Trophy Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament at sports ground of Police line in Nehru Nagar here today. He also got introduction of players. Total 32 teams are participating in the tournament.
Applications for financial assistance invited
Bhopal: Union Government’s Department of Culture will sanction financial assistance to state’s senior litterateurs, artists, poets and their dependents, who living in penury. Rules and prescribed forms for the Central scheme can be obtained from Madhya Pradesh Urdu Akademi during working hours. Application forms can also be sought by post.In a circular, Principal Secretary Culture Manoj Shrivastava has appealed to apprise Madhya Pradesh artists, litterateurs and scholars about the scheme and help them fill up forms so that they can also avail its benefits like thousand of artists, litterateurs and their dependents in other states. The Principal Secretary has directed to disseminate information about the scheme to all readers forums in the state and make available application forms to local litterateurs. Cases of applicants will be sent to government of India by states’ Culture Departments.
Arrangements for haemophilia treatment
Bhopal: Free and proper arrangements for treatment of haemophilia are available in all district hospitals in the State. Patients should avail benefit of these arrangements. Treatment facilities for this diseased will be increased further. This was stated by Director NHM Faiz Ahmad Kidwai here on Saturday. He was speaking at a national seminar on haemophilia. Doctors and specialists of haemophilia from various states participated in the seminar.