Mother of PR dept Addl Director passes away
late laxmibai Gupta, mother of Suresh Gupta, the Additional Director, Public Relations Department passed away here on Tuesday. She was ill for last 15 days and left for heavenly abode at the age of 91 years at Bhopal on Tuesday morning.She is survived by a son and a daughter, besides grandchildren.
The last rites were performed at the Subhash Nagar crematorium in the afternoon. A number of media persons and officials of publicity department remained present at the crematorium.
The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed profound grief over the demise of laxmibai Gupta, mother of Suresh Gupta, the Additional Director, PR Department.
He has prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and to give strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss. Minister for Public Relations Narottam Mishra, Minister for Industries Rajendra Shukla, Principal Secretary SK Mishra, Commissioner Public Relations P Narhari, Officers and employees of the department besides media personnel have expressed condolences over the demise of Gupta.
Pregnant woman amond 3 killed in road mishap
Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed when an ambulance in which they were travelling overturned after being hit by a bus here in the wee hours on Tuesday.
The 'Janani Express' ambulance (a government service to ferry pregnant women) was carrying the woman to a government hospital in Kailaras town near here around 3 am when the bus hit it, sub-divisional officer of police Sudhir Kushwaha said.
As a result, the ambulance overturned killing the woman and two other people, he said. The deceased were identified as Suraksha Dhakad (22), her mother-in-law Gyaso Bai (55) and the ambulance driver, Bunty Dhakad (32), Kushwaha said. The pregnant woman's husband and another relative were injured in the accident. They were admitted to a hospital where they were undergoing treatment, he said. A search was on to nab the absconding bus driver, he added.
Spl event held on International Day of Yoga
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is organising special programme on the International Day of Yoga. On Thursday, at 9.30 am Yoga Gurus from government MP Yoga Training Centre, Bhopal will impart training of Yoga Asanas and will deliver a brief lecture on merits of Yoga. After that all employees of the museum will practice Yoga at library of Manav Sangrahalaya.
Admission last day extended
The last date for applications for admission in Government Kanya Awasiya Sanskrit Vidyalaya being run under the Maharishi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan has been extended from June 15 to 30. Applications are being called through MP Online Kiosks for admission in class 6 and 9 for the academic year 2018-19 in Sanskrit Awasiya Kanya Vidyalaya being run under the School Education Department. Detail information in this connection can be obtained from the phone no. 0755-2576209 of the office and departmental website www.mpssbhopal.org.
MP’s rural area to get 780 bridges soon
In order to provide comfortable and smooth transportation in rural areas of the state, 780 bridges costing Rs 1718 crore are being constructed.
Out of these bridges, construction of 217 bridges costing Rs 806 crore has been completed.
Seventy five thousand km long roads have already been constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana till now. Chief Executive Officer of MP Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak, Nitesh Vyas has informed that bridges are being constructed on roads come under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana with the cooperation of Union Government to facilitate smooth transportation in all seasons in rural areas. He added that out of the total construction cost of bridges ie Rs 1718.20 crore, amount of Rs 679.68 crore and Rs 1038.54 crore have been approved by the Union and State government respectively. Vyas mentioned that a proposal has been sent to the Union Government to approve construction of other 264 bridges.