Three-day drama festival to be hosted
Bhopal: Three-day Drama Festival of Marathi plays will be held at Pt Surya Narayan Vyas Arts Faculty on the premises of Kalidas Akademi, Ujjain where two plays from Mumbai and one from State will be staged. On the first day of drama festival organized by Marathi Sahitya Akademi November 6, play ‘Sunechya Rashila Sasu’ directed by Anand Mhasveker of Mumbai will be staged. Eminent Marathi actress Nayana Apte, Yogini Pople, Manohar Soman etc will perform in the play. On the second day November 7, play ‘Ananddoh’ directed by Yogesh Soman of Mumbai will be staged. The same day at 9 am, Yogesh Soman and Bhushan Bhatt of Ujjain will have dialogue on subjects pertaining to theatre persons and theatre. On the last day November 8, play ‘Durphal’ directed by Ramjog will be staged. Eminent art director Jayant Deshmukh and theatre director Rajan Deshmukh will have dialogue with theatre persons at 4 pm. Plays will be staged daily from 7.30 pm.
Sartaj Singh inspects construction work
Bhopal: PWD Minister Sartaj Singh took stock of preparations for Ijtema at Intkheri here and inspected construction works. Singh directed to accelerate pace of repair of venue’s roads. He also inspected beautification works there. The Minister directed officers to complete all works with quality within time-limit.
raje inaugurates 28th National Sports Athletics
Bhopal: Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia inaugurated 28th National Sports Athletics Competition here today. Over 1000 selected players from all over the state are participating in the competition at Saraswati Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School. Minister of State for Urban Development lal Singh Arya, hockey Olympian Ashok Dhyanchand and National President of Vidya Bharti Govind Prasad Sharma were also present on the occasion. Minister Scindia said that much attention was not paid to sports in old times. In the modern contexts, sports brighten names of players, state and country. Welcoming players of various sports academies in the state, she asked sportspersons to display their best game at every level and join these academies for modern coaching in future. Minister Paras Jain said that through sports, we can concentrate our minds and bodies to achieve goals of life.
‘deploy civil dressed police at religious places’
Bhopal: Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur has directed to deploy civil dressed policemen at social and religious functions. Gaur was reviewing arrangements for Deepawali Annakoot at Gufa Mandir here today. Gufa Mandir’s Mahant Chandrama Das Tyagi, SP Arvind Saxena and SDM VS Jomod were present on the occasion. Gaur directed to make arrangements for devotees’ convenience during Annakoot. He specially directed to ensure adequate lighting, drinking water and sanitation arrangements.
zoological park underway at Satna
Bhopal: World’s first zoological park and rescue center is getting ready at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. It will be the first centre in the world where a white tiger and a variety of wildlife could be spotted and white tiger safari can be enjoyed. The Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to dedicate it to people in the first week of January or February 2016. Chouhan in his letter to the Prime Minister apprised him of the past saying that that Vindhya region is known for the birth place of white tiger. In 1951, a white tiger cub was caught by the Maharaja of Rewa. Its name was Mohan. The white tiger breeding took place in captivity. The white tigers alive across the world are the progeny of the white tiger Mohan and tigress Radha. Chouhan in the letter mentioned that all requisite approvals have been obtained for Mukundpur Zoological Park and Rescue Center. The center will not only promote tourism but also generate employment opportunities for the local people. It will also serve as ex-situ conservation site and would be developed as wildlife conservation awareness center.
complete training of salesmen by march 31, 2016
Bhopal: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has said that training to Government fair price shop’s salesmen should be completed before March 31, 2016. He directed to provide aprons as uniforms and name plates to salesmen compulsorily. The Minister was holding discussions with departmental officers through video-conferencing from Bhopal Colletorate on Wednesday. It has been decided to impart training to salesmen of government fair price shops to improve targeted public distribution system in the state.
The Minister said that commodities seized during action under Madhya Pradesh Essential Commodities Traders (Stock limit and Prevention of Hoarding) Order-2015 should be disposed of within a week. The cases of a salesman working in more than one fair price shop should be reviewed and proposal for appointment of adequate number salesmen sent to collector. Kunwar Shah directed District Supply Officers for adequate arrangements at shops to facilitate consumers visiting fair price shops. In the state, 1.16 crore families are being provided wheat and rice at the rate of `1 per kg as per eligibility. After video-conferencing, the Minister inspected public service centre in Bhopal Collectorate. He apprised himself of process for disposal of applications for ration cards at the centre. The Minister direct for easy access of common people for public service centre.
Catechism festival held at BSSS College campus
Bhopal: Catechism annual festival was celebrated at Memorial Hall, BSSS College campus. The festival began at 4 pm with the lighting of the lamp by Most Rev leo Cornelio, Archbishop of Bhopal, Fr Mathew VC (VG), Fr Maria Stephen (PRO), Fr Johnny PJ (Principal), Fr Michael Sebastian (Director of Christian life) and Fr Cyriac (Parish priest) and followed by prayer dance. The students from Patel Nagar, Kolar, Ratanpur, Ayodhya Nagar, Seva Sadan, Campion, Idgah Hill, Nehru Nagar, Asha Niketan, Jhengirabad, Habibganj, Barkhera churches presented different stages of the Bible through drama and dances. The Archbishop appreciated the students for their deep faith in Jesus. He asked the students to face the challenges that destroy their faith. Fr. Michael read the annual report of the activities. The Archbishop honored the students who stood 1st, second and third students in the examination. Jin Annian Mathew thanked all the distinguished guests, Iren George the cocoordinator of the program and PT David the convener for their contribution towards success of the festival.
Campion school organises 6-day tour to Kerela
Bhopal: Campion School, Arera Colony Bhopal has successfully organised an educational six-day tour to ‘God’s Own Country’ Kerala with RC holidays, covering many interesting destinations. More than 200 Students along with Vice Principal Fr Aiay Kumar Kerketta SJ and 10 teachers participated in the tour and had great time and a lot to learn. Places visited are Ernakulum, Cochin port, Munnar, Thekkady and Allappey (houseboats), where students could get the opportunity to visit a Tea Factory where they learned how the spices are grown and exported. Also students could witness live performance of Kathakali dance and Kalaripayathu (a martial art form of Kerela). This tour had made Students learn to share and care for each other and to enjoy in group along with Indian Culture and Educational knowledge.