Governor Kohli to Participate in Convocation
Governor Om Prakash Kohli will arrive in Bhopal from Gujarat on February 6, 2017 and will take part in the convocation ceremony to be organized in various universities of State. Governor Kohli will take part in the convocation ceremony to be held at Barkatullah University, Bhopal on February 6. The Governor will also take part in the convocation ceremony to be held at Vikram University, Ujjain on February 7 and at the convocation ceremony of Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur on February 8.
IGRMS establishes Heritage Corner Exhibition
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya has established Heritage Corner Exhibition based on Cultures of North-East India at Govt. Dr WW Patankar Girls PG College, Durg, Chhattisgarh. The exhibition was jointly inaugurated by Vice Chancellor Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur SK Pandey in gracious presence of Principal Govt. WWPGP College Shushil Chandra Tiwari, Asst. Curator Display IGRMS Anand Tahenguria and HOD Deptt. of Fine Arts Yogendra Tripathi. This exhibition has 38 pictures illustrating cultural and linguistic diversity of the north-eastern states of India viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim. After inaugurating the exhibition, Pandey praised the works of IGRMS and expresses his gratitude to the Director, IGRMS and said “These initiatives will be helpful for understanding regional cultural variation among the students of Chhattisgarh”. On this occasion Photography Officer, IGRMS Tapas K Biswas described unique cultural richness of the states of north east.
MP buses to have a seat reserved for lactating mothers
Ensuring the privacy of lactating mothers, the Madhya Pradesh government has ordered bus operators in the state to reserve a seat covered with curtains from all sides for such women passengers. "A seat will be reserved in all passenger buses for mothers breastfeeding their children. Orders to this effect have been issued and officials concerned have been asked to implement it," Minister for Home and Transport Bhupendra Singh said. He said the first seat behind the driver seat in all buses, including private ones, has been reserved for the purpose. It will be covered from all three sides and the operator would make the necessary arrangements for it. Singh said the Transport Department has taken the decision keeping in view the women's dignity. "There is need to maintain women's dignity while travelling in the buses," he added.
Seminar held at Maulana Azad National Urdu University
The two day Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) seminar ended here on Sunday after an academic session in which the research scholars and the researchers (students) presented their research papers before its Vice Chancellor, Mohammad Aslam Parvez, MP MANUU Director Mohd Ahsan, Deputy Director Mohd Sadaat Khan and many others. Parvez brought light on the main objective "Excellence in Urdu Medium and Empowerment Opportunity", he said that the teacher has its important role in making Society and the atmosphere, adding that although teaching was a challenging profession. He said that the teacher and the education, construct personality with developed brain among the society, but the negligence in education is the cause of decline in the society towards education. During the two day programme the VC inaugurated the University land on Saturday allotted by the Madhya Pradesh Government and planted trees in the campus. Parvez during a brief address at the campus lauded the efforts of Regional Director Bhopal Mohd Ahsan for achieving the land from the Government after clearing many hurdles in the way. Educationists including former MP Madarsa Board Chairman, Prof. Halim Khan, present Chairman, Emaduddin and many others put their views on this occasion.
Undertrial sodomised in MP jail by inmate
An inmate of Niwari area sub-jail has alleged an inmate sodomised him last month and the jail officials didn't take any action on his complaint. Following the orders of Additional Sessions court Judge R P Sonkar on the complaint by Nirbhay Singh, police booked jailor Praveen Tripathi, chief warden Ashok Kushwaha and Hiralal Yadav, an undertrial in a murder case on Saturday. According to Singh, the alleged incident had occurred in the prison on January 27. Tripathi, Kushwaha and Yadav were booked under relevant sections of IPC. Singh had apprised the judge about the incident during a hearing in the case against him, said Niwari police station inspector Kailash Babu Arya.
Man killed in celebratory firing
A 42-year-old man was allegedly killed and two others injured in celebratory firing at a function following birth of a child at Chaturghadi village in the district, police said. "Rahul Tomar was killed and two others sustained injuries in celebratory firing, during the function last night," said Kishor Singh Bhadoriya, SDO (Police), Ambah. After being hit by bullet, Tomar was taken to a hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, the officer said, adding the injured were admitted to the district hospital. "Police have registered a case against unidentified persons," said Bhadoriya.
Naxal held
A Naxal, who carried a reward of Rs 30,000, has been arrested from Mohardalli village in Balaghat district of the state, police said. Dev Singh, against whom a permanent warrant had been issued under the Arms Act, was arrested on Saturday. He was presented before a local court from where he was sent to judicial custody.
1 killed in celebratory fire
A man was killed and two others injured during celebratory firing at a ceremony at Gadhi village, police said. A ceremony was in progress at Sonu Tomar's house for his child on Saturday when a guest fired gunshot. After hitting the roof, the bullet struck Rahul Tomar, lalu and Satish. All the three were rushed to the District Hospital where Rahul (32) succumbed while receiving treatment.