Munda attend Raman’s swearing-in ceremony
Former Jharkhand CM and senior BJP leader Arjun Munda went to Raipur to take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Raman Singh. Singh has become Chief Minister of Chhatisgarh for third consecutive term. Munda was accompanied by vice-president of BJP Rakesh Prasad. Munda will also take part in the swearing in ceremony of Vashundra Raje Scindhia scheduled on December 13.
AJSU hits back at JVM
The AJSU party on Thursday asked the JVM to not make unnecessary statements about it and refrain from doing so in future. The AJSU in a Press communiqué hit back saying the workers of JVM have no faith in their leaders. The party is not in a position to tell whether all MlAs support the party or not.
JWNTA to prepare people’s manifesto
The Jharkhand Wada Na Todo, an umbrella organisation of around 35 organisations, will hold discussions in as many as eight constituencies to prepare manifesto reflecting people’s aspirations which incidentally will be put before all political parties before the country goes to parliamentary elections. The exercise which will be completed in three phases will put special emphasis on marginalised section of the society and will conduct special discussions of the members of the section. The objective of the manifesto will be to apprise to political class of real issues concerning people.
ICFAI V-C calls on Governor
ICFAI University V-C Professor ORS Rao presented Annual Report and Annual Accounts of the University to Governor Syed Ahmed recently. He highlighted that in order to shape character of the students, the university made a course on Values and Ethics, as an integral part of all Programs. Governor appreciated the initiatives taken by the University to offer quality education.
RU releases Holiday list of 2014
Ranchi University released the holiday list for 2014 on Thursday. Overall 31 holidays from New Year to winter vacations are mentioned in the list. Notably, Republic Day, Raksha Badhan, Mahabir Jayanti, Rath Yatra and Anant Chaturdashi fall on Sundays in the next year which is already a public holiday.
Workshop held on Sanitation
A one day state level workshop based on sanitation was organized by FANSA-India on Thursday wherein RMC Deputy Mayor Sajeev Vijayvargia, UNICEF Jharkhand Chief Job Zachariah and officials of state sanitation and drinking water department were present. According to a media statement the main purpose of the FANSA-INDIA Jharkhand Chapter members is to ensure the success of ‘Nirmal Bharat’ campaign so that entire state is free from open toilets by the year 2022 covering around 4423 panchayats. For this reason, most of the NGOs have joined hands with FANSA-INDIA.
Minority Rights Day on Dec 18
A meeting of JSMC members was held on Thursday for organizing awareness programmes in all the districts of the state on the occasion of World Minority Rights Day on December 18. Chairperson of the commission Dr S Akhtar informed that DCs of all the districts have been instructed about this scheduled plan organization. The objective of conducting this awareness drive is to explain the minority category population about their rights and process to utilize those specific rights, mentioned a press release.