Vinod mill workers’ dues to be paid
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered to pay outstanding dues of workers of Ujjain’s Vinod Mill by selling mill’s assets. The CM directed this during meeting with a workers delegation from Ujjain on Tuesday. School Education Minister Paras Jain, MlA Mohan Yadav and CS Anthony DeSa were also present. The Chief Minister said that all hurdles in payment of dues to workers should be removed. Sultan Singh Shekhawat, Pradeep Pandey, Hari Shankar Sharma, Om Prakash Bhadoria, Madan lalawat, Rasheed Khan, Prahlad Yadav and Ramesh Sharma were present during discussions.
43,509 reserved posts filled
Bhopal: So far 43,509 backlog posts reserved for SCs, STs and OBCs have been filled up during special recruitment drive in the State. Process is on to fill 11 thousand 675 out of remaining 17,000 backlog posts. Among the posts to be filled up, 12,602 are reserved for scheduled castes, 23,105 for scheduled castes and 7,802 for OBCs. It is noteworthy that special recruitment drive was launched from September 19, 2002. Posts reserved for OBCs were included in it from July 2005. Under the scheme, 6 per cent reservation has also been given to disabled persons.
MoS natural gas Pradhan praises Shukla
Bhopal: Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent charge) Dharmendra Pradhan has expressed gratitude towards Public Relations, Energy, New and Renewable Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shukla for foregoing HP lPG subsidy. The Union MoS has sent a letter to Shukla in this regard.
British Council to train school teachers
Bhopal: Training will be imparted to primary school teachers to improve standard of teaching of English language with the cooperation of British Council. For the training, the British Council will raise master trainers. At present, teachers posted in all primary schools in Ujjain division are being imparted training. Rajya Shiksha Kendra, English language Training Institute and UNICEF will monitor the training. For English language training, test of 87 master trainers has been conducted. They would train primary teachers in various districts of Ujjain division. In this regard, the state government has issued directives to Principals of Education Colleges and DIET. Applications have been invited for selection by British Council. One selection test has been conducted at Ujjain. Second training will be held at Bhopal on July 8. Directives have been given to send teachers-trainers of DIET and government colleges compulsorily for selection test. Director, English language Training Institute, Bhopal may be contacted for further details.
School activities to mark world population day
Bhopal: Programmes marking World Population Day will be held on July 11 in high and higher secondary schools and teaching training institutes in the State. The State Government has issued directives in this regard to DEOs and DIET principals. The activities to be held on the day in educational institutions will include population rally, street play, debate, poster and essay competition.
Prof. Alka Nayak named working V-C
Bhopal: Chancellor and Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has nominated Prof. Alka Nayak, head of Education Faculty of Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur as working vice chancellor of the university till appointment of regular vice chancellor. The Chancellor and Governor Yadav has accepted resignation of vice chancellor of Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur Prof KN Singh Yadav submitted on July 7, 2015 with immediate effects.
1,436-km-long low tension line network laid
Bhopal: The three power distribution companies in the State have laid a network of 1,436 km long low tension (lT) lines in the State in first 2 months of current fiscal. During the period, the companies have also laid 487 km long 33 KV lines and 5,169 km long new 11 KV lines. During these 2 months, the three power distribution companies have installed 33 new power transformers and 24 additional transformers. For enhancing quality of power, capacity of 51 transformers has been increased. As many as 9,640 new distribution transformers have been installed to ensure 24X7 power supply to domestic consumers and 10 hours to agriculture consumers under Atal Jyoti Yojana and enhanced capacity of 955 transformers.
Students take part in Special cultural visit
Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sanghralaya is working for national integration, and promotes research and training for salvage and revitalisation of vanishing but valuable cultural traditions. In this series, Sangrahalaya organised a special visit of 18 students from Cultural Heritage Studies Department, Malayalam University, Tirur, Kerala. The students of cultural heritage saw an open air museum for the first time and understood details about the cultural importance of the exhibits displayed in the museum from all over the country. The anthropologists answered there queries one by one and explained that all subjects (exhibits) of cultural importance cannot be collected and displayed in museum. For preserving them, we should spread awareness amongst the locals and preserve it at its original location. This process will not only preserve the important exhibit, will also provide a sense of honour to the local people, who are preserving it. Students visited Himalayan Village, Rock Art Shelter, Mythological Trail, Vethi Sankul, Tribal Habitat, Avritti Bhawan, coastal village and understood the details of anthropology. The faculty members escorting students met Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri (Director, IGRMS) and thanked him for the invitation for such an educational trip.