BHEl ladies Club celebrates ‘Hariyali Teej’
Bhopal: BHEl ladies Club on Friday celebrated the festival of ‘Hariyali Teej’ at its premises with great zeal and fervour. On this occasion Pratibha Thakur, President, BHEl ladies Club extending wishes for the festival briefed the gathering about the new activities to be initiated by the club. A live demonstration on safety measures to be followed while using cooking gas was also given by the officials of Indian Oil Corporation during the programme through a magic show. On this occasion Cooking and Sawan Queen contest was organised in which all members of the club took active participation. According to the result declared by Minakshi Goyal Neena Banerjee the top spot of the Corn Savoury competition was clinched by Swati Baghel while Mishra won the second prize and Nivedita Jaiswal the third prize. Kumkum Kulshreshta won the consolation prize. In the Mock tail competition Nivedita Jaiswal won the first prize, Sumitra Mishra won the second prize, Vandana Thakur won the third prize and Yogita Baghel won the consolation prize.
Govt makes IPS Vivek Sharma a Board member of MPPHC
Bhopal: State Government has nominated IPS Officer Vivek Sharma as Member of the Board of Directors of Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation limited (MPPHC) in place of IPS officer DP Gupta. Home Department has issued an order in this regard.
obc Metric Scholarship online application
Bhopal: The last date for filing application for Backward Class Post Metric Scholarship online has been extended. Now students can apply on portal for online scholarship till July 31. Earlier the fixed date was June 30. All educational institutions have been given detailed instructions in this regard. The educational institutions have been instructed to collect scholarship applications from eligible students mandatorily within the time limit. They have been asked to ensure approval of students’ scholarship and distribution as per rule and eligibility. Students who fail to apply online for the scholarship should do this process mandatorily before July 31.
20% more rainfall detected in 12 districts till July 21
Bhopal: As of July 21, twenty percent more than average rainfall has been recorded in 12 districts of Madhya Pradesh during the monsoon season this year. There are 32 districts of the state where average rainfall has been recorded. Besides, less rainfall has been recorded in 7 districts till date. The 352.4 mm average rainfall more than the normal average rainfall 333.2 mm has been recorded till date. Districts where more than the average rainfall has been recorded include Katni, Sagar, Rewa, Satna, Jhabua, Khandwa, Ujjain, Neemuch, Ratlam, Datia, Vidisha and Rajgarh. Similarly districts which have recorded average rainfall include Jabalpur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Mandla, Dindori, Narsinghpur, Damoh, Panna, Tikamgarh, Chhatarpur, Sidhi, Singrauli, Umaria, Indore, Dhar, Alirajpur, Khargone, Badwani, Burhanpur, Mandsaur, Dewas, Shajapur, Morena, Bhind, Guna, Ashoknagar, Bhopal, Sehore, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda and Betul. Whereas less rainfall has been recorded in Balaghat, Shahdol, Anuppur, Agar-Malwa, Sheopur, Gwalior and Shivpuri districts.
40-year-old farmer booked for allegedly killing a cow
Tikamgarh: A 40-year-old farmer was booked for allegedly beating to death a cow which strayed into his farmland in a village near here. The farmer, Mohan Tiwari, got angry when he spotted a cow in his field near village Dumbar village, some 35km from here. He hit the bovine with a jagged-edged weapon last evening and the cow died during treatment today, Baldeogarh police station inspector Kailash Babu Arya told. The owner of the animal, Shankar Ahirwar, who also hails from Dumbar, later lodged a police complaint. “Based on the complaint, we have booked Tiwari under the IPC section 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle) and also the Madhya Pradesh Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act,” Arya said. Upon conviction, the IPC section attracts imprisonment up to five years or fine or both. Under the anti-cow slaughter law, the jail term is up to seven years. Arya said police have launched a search for Tiwari, who has fled the village.