state cheers as 7 hockey girls get selected
Bhopal: Selection of seven girl hockey players of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy in Indian Women Hockey team has brought cheer and happiness in the sports arena of the State. Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia expressing happiness over the selection has congratulated the players. She has also extended good wishes to the players for their best performance. It may be mentioned that women hockey squad consisting 18 members has been announced by the Hockey India. The players of Madhya Pradesh State Hockey Team which have been selected for Indian team include Priti Dubey (Forward) (Captain), Bichu Devi Kahribam and Divya Thepe (Goalkeeper), Neelu Dadiya and Suman Devi (Defender), Ishika Choudhary and Neelanjali Rai (Mid Fielder).
14 rounds held in rgpv nodal kabaddi tourny
Bhopal: On the first day of RGPV Nodal Kabaddi tournament being played at JNCT ground as many as 14 knock out rounds of men and women teams were played. In men’s category JNCT, lNCT, Oriental, Patel, Sagar, Radharaman, Bansal-Mandideep and Millennium made it to the next round. Similarly the women’s teams of JNCT and lNCT qualified for the next round. The quarter final, semi final and final rounds will be played on Thursday. Earlier in the day the tournament was formally inaugurated by lNCT chairperson Mrs. Poonam Chouksey. In her address she said more and more youth should take up Kabaddi as their sport to popularise a sport which was purely Indian. She urged the Kabaddi players to realize that it was more of a game of agility and intelligence rather than a game of pure brawn. JNCT director VK Jain, principal Manish Sawale and Dean Professor Bl Rai were present on the occasion.
history museum holds painting competition
Bhopal: The Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal organised a Painting Competition for Hearing Impaired Students on 20th September, 2017 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. Fifty one Hearing Impaired Students of class 6th to 8th from Sai Viklang Ashram, Umang Garuav Deep Welfare Society, Government Deaf & Dumb Higher Secondary School and SOS Children’s Village, Bhopal were participated. The theme of the competition was Save Ozone layer. All the participants received participation certificates after the competition and winners will be awarded on September 29, 2017 on the occasion of 20th anniversary programme of the museum. Scientist-B of the museum, Manik lal Gupta was the Coordinator of the programme.
34-yr-old woman held with drug worth Rs 8l
Mandsaur: A 34-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly carrying drug smack worth nearly Rs 8 lakh. City Police Station in-charge Vinod Kushwah said they recovered 80 gram of smack from a woman identified as Puja, while she was intercepted near Ramghat here. She was travelling from Pratapgarh in Rajasthan. “Seized smack is worth about Rs 8 lakh. This is for the first time that in the last couple of years a woman has been arrested from Mandsaur with narcotics substance. The woman, held yesterday, admitted that she is involved in drug trafficking and that her husband is a drug addict, the officer said. He said the accused has been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and further investigations are underway, he said.
kailash vijayvargiya now chairs idca
Indore: BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday took over as the president of the Indore Divisional Cricket Association (IDCA). After taking over as president, Vijayvargiya announced the new executive body of the organisation, a media release by IDCA said. In the new executive, Sanjay lunawat has been appointed as the Chairman of IDCA, while Amitabh Vijayvargiya is made the Secretary. Chandurao Shinde, CS Bhati and Narendra Rathore would be vice-chairmen of IDCA, it said. The tenure of new executive would be two years. Sources said that Vijayvargiya had earlier refused to take the charge as IDCA president this time citing his busy political schedule. But he subsequently agreed on the requests of the officials and agreed to take over as IDCA president, they added.