Three-day Urdu Drama Festival to be held
Bhopal: A three-day Urdu Drama Festival will be held under the aegis of MP Urdu Akademi at Ravindra Bhavan here. On the first day November 3, ‘Khala Kamal Ki’ will be staged by ‘Adakar’, Bhopal. ‘Zindaginama’ written by Rasheed Anjum and directed by Ashok Bulani will be presented by ‘Rang Samooh’ on the second day November 4 and a drama focusing on Maulana Azad will be presented by Piprates Troupe, Delhi on the last day November 5. This is a solo act of renewed actor Tom Alter and written and directed by M Saeed Alam.
‘Place Karwa upside down after celebrations’
Bhopal: Health Department has urged people to place ‘Karwa’ upside down at a covered place after Karwa Chouth Poojan to avoid logging of water in it. larvae of aedes mosquito can flourish if water remains logged in Karwa and cause danger of dengue to family.
It was found last year that after Karwa Chouth Poojan, women had thrown Karwas here and there or placed them on roofs and courtyards. Rainwater filled in these vessels during monsoon and developed larvae of aedes mosquito due to which cases of dengue had increased.
Ramzan to be sent to his mother in Pakistan
Bhopal: legal steps would be taken to send 15-years-old Ramzan, who came from Bangladesh to India and then Bhopal, to his mother in Pakistan. Women and Child Development Minister Maya Singh met Ramzan lodged in Arambh-Ummeed Children’s Home at Ayodhya Nagar here on Thursday. Singh asked Ramzan as to where he wants to go. He wished to go to his mother in Pakistan. Ramzan, who had fled home two years ago following atrocities by step-mother strayed into India and then reached Bhopal. Railway Police sent him to child care line and in turn to Ummeed destitute home. He is living there for last two years. Singh said that she would write to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in this regard. Following completion of formalities and discussions with his mother, Ramzan will be sent to Pakistan. Singh also met other children of the destitute home and sought information about their well being.
Zulfiqar inspects Gyanodaya School
Bhopal: Jammu-Kashmir’s Consumer Affairs and Tribal Welfare Minister Choudhary Zulfiqar Ali along with SC and ST Welfare Minister Gyan Singh inspected Gyanodaya School (residential) at Katara Hills here on Thursday. Singh informed that education from class VI to XII is being imparted in the school, spread over 17 acres. The school where 266 students are studying has a fitness centre, e-library, hostel, mess, sports ground and facilities for lawn tennis, basketball, skating and wi-fi in entire complex. Such 10 schools are being run at division level. Minister Choudhary Ali lauded the facilities given in the school and interacted with students. Choudhary Ali along with Gyan Singh also inspected Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum. He watched and praised galleries of dwellings and articles of use by Gond, Baiga, Bhariya, Sahariya, Bhil, Kol and Korku tribals. The Ministers Duo saw Gond dwellings, lilar Kothi, Baiga dwellings, Gond memorial, tribal arts, Gamrohan, Vivah Mandal, story of origin of Bhilal tribe, tale of Bana ancesters, Purvajon Ka lok, Peedi Khoont, Maharani and Marhi Mata, lohripur’s king, Rajwan Anagan etc. Commissioner Tribal Development Jl Malpani was also present.
Dignitaries to be chief guests on foundation day
Bhopal: Ministers, ministers of State and presidents of district panchayats will be chief guests at district level programmes on Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day - November 1. Chief guests will administer oath of development and progress of State to people and read out message of the Chief Minister. Minister Babulal Gaur will be the chief guest at main function at Raisen, Jayant Malaiya Gwalior, Gopal Bhargava Sagar, Gaurishankar Shejwar Vidisha, Sartaj Singh Betul, Narottam Mishra Datia, Kunwar Vijay Shah Khargone, Gaurishankar Bisen Chhindwara, Umashankar Gupta Jabalpur, Kusum Mahdele Panna, Yashodhara Raje Scindia Shivpuri, Paras Jain Ujjain, Rajendra Shukla Rewa, Antar Singh Arya Jhabua, Rampal Singh Shajapur, Gyan Singh Umaria, Maya Singh Bhind and Bhupendra Singh will be chief guest at MP Foundation Day function at Indore. Minister of State Deepak Joshi will be chief guest at Foundation Day function at Guna, lal Singh Arya Sheopur, Sharad Jain Chhatarpur and Surendra Patwa will be chief guest at Sehore. Presidents of district Panchayats will be chief guests at MP Foundation Day functions in 26 districts including Morena, Dewas, Ashok Nagar, Ratlam, Rajgarh, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Dhar, Alirajpur, Barwani, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Harda, Mandla, Tikamgarh, Katni, Narsinghpur, Balaghat, Seoni, Dindori, Singrauli, Sidhi, Damoh, Shahdol, Anuppur and Agar-Malwa.
‘Fact-based journalism needs promotion’
Bhopal: Public relations and energy minister Rajendra Shukla has said that fact-based electronic journalism needs to be promoted for rapid growth of the state. He urged electronic media for objective journalism with caution in this age of competition. Shukla addressed prize distribution function of regional news channel ‘Swaraj Express’ here on Thursday. The Minister said that it has become possible to get entire state’s news within a short time due to emergence of regional news channels. Shukla said that remarkable achievements have been made in the state during last 10 years in road, power, irrigation, agriculture and health sectors. He said that Madhya Pradesh is specially mentioned with development of states is discussed at national level. Shukla urged electronic media journalists to give maximum coverage to developmental news. Channel Head SP Tripathi informed that the channel has become popular in very short time in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
IAS officers get new postings
Bhopal: The State Government has given new postings to IAS officers. Sunita Tripathi, Additional Project Director Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan has been posted as Director Public Health and Family Welfare with additional charge of Director Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy. Navneet Mohan Kothari, Director Public Health and Family Welfare with additional charge of Director Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy has been posted as Additional Secretary Finance with additional charge of Director Budget. Shilpa Gupta, Deputy Secretary has been posted as Additional Director Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and ex-officio Deputy Secretary School Education.
On Navneet Kothari assuming office of Director Budget, Amit Rathore, Secretary Finance and Commissioner-cum-Director Institutional Finance (Additional Charge) will be relieved of only the charge of Director Budget. Sanjeev Singh, Controller Government Printing Press and Stationary and Director Disaster Management Institute (DMI) has been given additional charge of CEO of Madhya Pradesh Rural Roads Development Corporation. Through another order, Madhukar Agney has been posted as Deputy Secretary Scheduled Castes Welfare and Jay Gupta as Deputy Secretary Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development.
Pateriya conferred with Dharmpal fellowship
Bhopal: Senior journalist and author Shiv Anurag Pateriya has been conferred with Dharmpal fellowship by Dharmpal Shodh Peeth of Department of Culture of Madhya Pradesh government. Subject of the fellowship is ‘Madhya Pradesh mein jal parampra: Gouravhshali itihash’. Pateriya shall receive Rs 1.80 lakhs as fellowship amount. Pateriya is having journalistic experience of more than 35 years and he has authored of 33 books. Presently he is working as Bureau Chief of lokmat Samachar. Pateriya had a number of other fellowships like ‘Rajendra Mathur fellowship’, ‘Swatantra Bhart mein patrakarita ka itihas’ . For his excellence in the field of journalism, he has also received many awards like Shankar dayal sharma award, madina award and Makhanlal Chhaturvedi award.