expert lecture on disaster management held
Bhopal: To commemorate 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki devastation and to create awareness among the students, Regional Science Centre, Bhopal organised a Popular Science lecture on theme ‘Disaster Management during Nuclear hazards and precautions' on Wednesday. The lecture was delivered by Asit Kumar Patra, Senior Faculty, Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal in which around 250 students from different Schools of Bhopal took part. In his lecture, Patra explained Disaster, Types of manmade and Natural disasters and also gave tips for the prevention and precautions to be taken during these disasters in a simple lucid manner. Some video clippings about prevention or minimisation of these disasters were shown to students. Natural disasters like cyclone/typhoon/hurricane, earthquake, volcaniceruption, cloud burst, hailstorm etc and manmade disasters like Explosions, Fire, and Stampede etc were covered during lecture. After the lecture Patra clarified the queries of students.
iim indore organises event on quit india movt
Indore: A function was organised at IIM Indore here today to mark 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement. To mark the occasion and to commemorate sacrifices of freedom fighters, the Institute administered pledge for a New India to students, faculty and staff of the IIM Indore. All those who were present took a collective pledge to keep country Clean, free from vices of poverty, corruption, terrorism, communalism by year 2022, the 75th year of independence. Among those who participated in the pledge ceremony included the institute director, CAO, officers, staff and faculty members along with students. The pledge was administered by Jigar Kantharia, Officer of Institute.
scindia opens district transport office
Bhopal: Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia dedicated the District Transport Office building constructed at a cost of Rs 3 crores at Shivpuri. Scindia distributed free-of-cost learning licenses to Monika Mudgal, Deeksha Sharma, Varsha Sharma and Mohan Dikshit. She planted saplings on the occasion. MlA of Pohri Vidhan Sabha Prahlad Bharti and senior officers were also present in the programme.
cm to hoist flag on august 15 in bhopal
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will hoist the flag on August 15 on the occasion of Independence Day in Bhopal. In the districts, Ministers/Ministers of State will hoist the national flag and read out the Chief Minister’s message. Minister Jayant Malaiyya will hoist the national flag in Damoh, Gopal Bhargav in Sagar, Gaurishankar Shejwar in Sehore, Narottam Mishra in Datia, Kusum Mehdele in Panna, Kunwar Vijay Shah in Khandwa, Gaurishankar Bisen in Chhindwada, Rustum Singh in Morena, Omprakash Dhurve in Umaria, Umadhankar Gupta in Sidhi, Archana Chitnis in Burhanpur, Yashodhara Raje Scindia in Shivpuri, Paras Jain in Ujjain, Rajendra Shukla in Rewa, Antar Singh Arya in Badwani, Rampal Singh in Raisen, Maya Singh in Indore, Bhupendra Singh in Jabalpur and Jaibhan Singh Pavaiya in Gwalior. Similarly, Ministers of State Deepak Joshi will hoist the flag in Ratlam, lal Singh Arya in Bhind, Sharad Jain in Seoni, Surendra Patwa in Aagar-Malwa, Sanjay Pathak in Katni, lalita Yadav in Chhatarpur, Vishwas Sarang in Rajgarh and Suryaprakash Meena in Vidisha.
candidates’ profiles to be displayed
Bhopal: A comparative leaflet will be prepared with important information of the affidavit of the candidates in Urban Body elections and displayed in the polling centres. The flax related to the information will be of 5x5 feet and will be put up at the polling centres where it would be easily visible to the voter. Commissioner State Election Commission R Parshuram has issued instructions to the collector and district election officers to send photographs related to flax demonstration at the polling centres. Polling will be held on August 11 in 44 urban bodies and counting will be on August 16.
girl drowns at tiktoli dumdar
Morena: An outing at a popular waterfall at Tiktoli Dumdar which is also a well-known Jain pilgrim spot turned tragic when a girl drowned in Morena District. Wasim Baig had gone to Tiktoli Dumdar with his family for a picnic. Three girls from the family went off the rocks and into the water but had trouble in maintaining balance. As they began to drown, nearby villagers managed to rescue Sabina and Saloni but Aarzoo was not as lucky. Divers recovered her body late last night.
miscreants storm colony, 1 killed, 2 injured
Dhar: A villager was shot dead and two others injured when nearly 30-40 miscreants stormed into a colony, targeted 2-3 houses with the intention of committing dacoity and opened fire on a few villagers at Ringnod village last night. Bapu Singh (30) was killed on the spot while Rama and Suresh Sekadia were injured. Meanwhile, police rushed to the spot but the dacoits managed to escape taking advantage of darkness. The injured were admitted to community healthcare centre in Sardarpur. Angry villagers staged road blockade demanding the Sub-Divisional Magistrate reach the scene and announce financial assistance to the victim's kin.