Uma indisposed, skips Ideological Mahakumbh
Bhopal: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti will not be able to take part in the three-day International Ideological Mahakumbh getting underway in Madhya Pradesh's temple town, Ujjain, on Thursday as she is indisposed. In a letter issued by her Ministry today, Bharti, who was scheduled to take part in the second session of the Ideological Mahakumbh, has apologised Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for not being able to attend the programme and extended her best wishes for the event. Bharti has stated that she had boarded a New Delhi-bound train from Dhanbad in Jharkhand yon Wednesday. She was supposed to alight at Kanpur and travel to Ujjain for taking part in the event but she could not detrain at Kanpur due to ill-health. Ms Bharti fell ill suddenly after the programme at Sahibganj in Jharkhand. She was suffering from high fever and dizziness due to which she was forced to halt in Deoghar for two days.
Malaria prevention programme continues in 3 phases
Bhopal: Health Department has under works after planning at every level to ensure sound health of devotees coming from country and abroad to Simhastha at Ujjain. Constant efforts for prevention of malaria have been made during Simhastha. Under it, action to prevent malaria is being undertaken in 3 phases. These include larva survey, IRS spray and fogging. Tests of persons suffering from fever are done for examination for malaria through modern technique. Patients are being provided test reports within 15 to 20 minutes. Malaria prevention measures are also in full swing in Mangalnath zone. There, 62 health employees have been deployed who are undertaking larva survey, fogging and IRS spray regularly.
Prisoners honorarium doubled
Bhopal: The State Government has doubled rate of honorarium given to jail prisoners against work in jails. As per the decision, honorarium of skilled prisoners has been increased from `. 55 to `110 per day and unskilled prisoners and those engaged in farming work from `50 to ` 62 per day. The order has been issued by DG Jail.
80 kids affected by diarrhoea
Morena: At least 80 children have been affected contracted with diarrhoea after consuming water from an old well at Parvatpura village in Morena district, police said. Chief Medical and Health Officer JS Rajput told that nearly two dozen children were admitted to hospitals in Kailaras and Sadalgarh, since the incident yesterday. A team of doctors was also camping in the village to aware people. Meanwhile, villagers have been banned from fetching water from the well.
Shiv Sena leader shot at, injured
Khargone: A Shiv Sena leader was shot at and seriously injured by unidentified people in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district headquarters, police said. District Shiv Sena President Vinod Raghuvanshi, who was involved in a property-related business, was shot in the head at his office. He was rushed to the District Hospital, from where he was referred to Indore. His condition was stated to be stable. "Prima facie, property-related dispute appears to be the cause of the attack but exact reasons are yet to be known. Police are searching for the accused, including one Golu Yadav," said Superintendent of Police Amit Singh.
World No-Tobacco Day on May 31
Bhopal:like every year, 'World No-Tobacco and No-Smoking Day' will be observed in the state on May 31. Various programmes will be held during the day to desist youths, students and masses from increasing tobacco consumption and smoking. People will be apprised of ill effects of consumption of tobacco and smoking bidis and cigarettes on health. Social Justice and Disabled Welfare Department has directed all collectors, SPs, CEOs of Zila Panchayats and officers of the department to ensure observance of 'World No-Tobacco Day'. On the day, seminars, rallies, poster exhibitions, debate, essay, quiz, painting competitions, street plays, song and dance programmes etc will be held in districts to apprise people of ill effects of consumption of tobacco and smoking.
BJP councilor, family members beaten
Shivpuri: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councilor and his family members have been beaten by some people over a dispute related to water in Shivpuri district, police said. BJP councilor Vijay Khanna had an argument with Ajit Sharma and his relatives over filling water from a tanker yesterday following which Sharma and three-four others people assaulted Khanna and his family members. A case has been registered but no arrest has been made thus far. Several incidents of water-related clashes have come up in the past one month.
Simhastha: Firing by sadhus, 5 injured
Ujjian: A clash broke out while election process was underway at the premises of one 'akhada' during the ongoing Simhastha in this ancient temple town and five sadhus were injured in the firing, police said. "A violent clash broke out among sadhus during elections at an 'akhada' premises at around 1200 hrs. Some sadhus opened fire during the fight injuring five of them," said Town Inspector (Mahakal) Anil Singh Chouhan. The injured were admitted to the District Hospital. Condition of one injured was stated to be critical. Police have booked four people and begun interrogation in this connection.
AI clarifies emergency landing in Bhopal
Bhopal: The aircraft VT-EXB operating Delhi-Kochi on Tuesday made an unscheduled landing at Bhopal. It was a technical precautionary landing and contrary to earlier reports there was no smoke in any cargo hold. However all passengers were well taken care of and served morning tea and snacks at the airport and lunch at Hotel Palash. An alternate aircraft was also arranged by Air India to take the passengers to Kochi from Bhopal. The aircraft VT-EXB later operated Bhopal-Delhi flight. Air India’s Delhi-Kochi flight made an emergency landing at Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj Airport on Tuesday.
Ford launches Black Edition
Bhopal: Ford India today introduced a trendy ‘Black Edition’ of its capable compact SUV Ford EcoSport to further enhance its sporty and imposing stance. The Ford EcoSport ‘Black Edition’ will be available in three variants -- Trend+, Titanium & Titanium+. It will be sold with a choice of three powertrains Ford’s trusted 1.5lTiVCT petrol engine with both manual and automatic transmission options, 1.5lTDCi diesel engine as well as globally-acclaimed 1.0lEcoBoost engine. “Besides an outstanding value for money proposition, the Ford EcoSport continues to be admired for its impressive, head-turning design. The new ‘Black Edition’ accentuates EcoSport’s bold design, giving the compact SUV an even more striking look and a substantial road presence,” said executive director Marketing, Sales & Service at Ford India Anurag Mehrotra.
The new ‘Black Edition’ will offer aggressive yet sophisticated all-black exteriors including a black grille, black-out moulded headlamps, 16-inch black alloy wheels, black mirror covers, black fog lamp bezel, black roof rails & Roof cross bars.