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Escape into the lovely lotus lagoon where you can forget the hassles of the city and experience the wonders of nature at Gulawat-Badi Kamler. It is the perfect place for relaxing in the nature’s abode or a fun adventure ride. Set at a distance of 28.6 kilometres from Indore, it is a quick getaway where you can recharge your energies and bond with your family. The simple way of life in nearby villages inspires artists to write about the beauty of environment and painters often paint these scenic views on their canvas. For people residing in Indore, this is one of the unique calm places where they can hangout near a clean waterbed. Sharing the memories of their trip, engineer Satish Mishra, Dr GS Tuteja and Dr RB Singh talked about various views that make Gulawat-Badi Kamler special. How to reach Gulawat-Badi Kamler? Gulawat-Badi Kamler is formed by backwaters of Yashwant Sagar. There are two routes for driving to Gulawat-Badi Kamler. The first and preferred route goes from airpo...

Innovating and setting an example by reusing discarded items of IMC (Indore Municipal Corporation), Kamla Nehru Prani Sangrahalaya, Indore has set up an aquarium bringing a variety of fresh water fishes to the city. The aquarium has been built with no cost to the zoo. “Fishes are one of the most important groups of vertebrates for humans, and it is not only fascinating to see their unique activities, but also an essential part of learning for students,” Dr Uttam Yadav, city zoo in-charge said. He explained that many young visitors and tourists had expressed the need for an aquarium in the zoo last year. “We wanted to have an ecosystem where fishes can be a part of the exhibit and we can conserve special species,” Yadav said. However, investing in building an aquarium required permissions and approvals from budget. “So, we decided to innovate and re-use discarded wood and items to prepare this aquarium,” Yadav said. Starting from one tiny exhibit, the city zoo now has over 6 large ...

During the 60-day Mandal Puja at Ayyappa temple, Mahalaxmi Nagar, the 12th day was celebrated specially with Panthrandu Vilakku Puja on Thursday. The 12th day is essential to the entire puja, as it denotes special meanings.  ‘Panthranduvilakku’ means 12 lamps in Malayala is a devotional festival that is dedicated to universal consciousness and permits all people despite of their caste and creed, as shared by temple committee president Sajan Panicker. The doors opened with Udayasthamana Puja at 6 am. During the day-long celebrations, 16 types of pujas were performed. Out of this 12 pujas were performed in the morning and another 4 in the evening worship. The evening worship started with Diparadhana, a grand rendition of Bhajan Sandhya by Bhajan Samrat Murali Panicker Mandali, who was specially invited from Kerala. Devotees flocked and sang along with hymns On this occasion, hundreds of Malayali devotees participated in worship in traditional costumes of Kerala in the temple. Th...

Mathematics phobia is real and more dangerous than we often realise. All the students attempting CBSE Class X 2019-20 board examinations will be attempting Mathematics examination. In order to score well and clear the examination, they need not only be fearless, but also well-prepared. Mathematics is actually a scoring subject with a good possibility of students scoring well. In order to improve your score and prepare without stress, students must be relaxed and well-prepared to attempt the examinations. Guiding on how students can score well, Mathematics subject expert Manish Sharma shares the basics and examination tips. CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Unit-wise weightage  Unit Title Weightage (Marks) 1 Number System 06 2 Algebra 20 3 Co-ordinate Geometry 06 4 Geometry 15 5 Trigonometry 12 6 Mensuration 10 7 Statistics and Probability 11 Total Marks 80 Internal Assessment 20 Grand Total 100 What’s new in Mathematics 2019-20 for ...

With the JEE exams that are to be conducted next year coming closer, the hall ticket for the same will be released on December 6, 2019. Those candidates who have already registered can now check for the same on the official website. The candidates can download the hall ticket in 2 ways: • Using the application number and password • Application number and date of birth All the important details such as the exam centre name, address of the exam centre, photograph and the signature of the candidate are all included in the hall ticket. It is important that the candidates check out all the details that have been mentioned on the hall ticket. If there are any mistakes, make sure that you contact the National Testing Agency (NTA). NTA has also made it compulsory that all of the students who are to attend the exam should carry the admit card in hard copy format. JEE Main 2020 will be held in January and April in a computer-based method. If there is no presence of hall ticket while comi...

A 55-year-old man Omprakash Nagvanshi and his 50-year-old wife Vidya, who raised four sons by working in mills in Ujjain is now forced to beg for pennies from the same four sons, and in return just gets beaten up.Begging the administration to help him, the couple approached the collector at Jan Sunwai on Tuesday. The urged the collector and other authorities to help him live a respectable and safe live by helping him get rights back to his owned duplex house. “People always pray and wish to have sons, I have four and all that has brought me is pain, helplessness and a life worse than death,” Nagvanshi said. He was an average person with limited education, who earned his bread by working in mills in Ujjain. In 2002, when the mills shut down, he moved to Indore and built a house with the settlement remuneration in Gauri Nagar. With four sons, he decided to make a duplex so that his family could stay happily together in future. To his misfortune, the sons stay together in the house bu...

Bothered by the rising temperature and declining resources, two 16-year-old school students are not just willing to march for climatic change but march towards bringing a change. Harshit Goyal and Tashiv Patel are studying in different schools but have been facing problem ignoring the problem of climate change. Taking a decision to change the current misuse of our resources, the duo researched various ways to live in sync with environment and control our carbon footprint. In an attempt to get these suggestions to limelight, they have declared a climate strike by organising a march from Tower Square to Collectorate on Friday. The students have written a letter to be submitted to Collector. The students along with their group are willing to help administrations in bringing the change. With their persistent efforts, they have gathered 200 people to support the cause and take an action for environment. What are they promoting? Use of eco-friendly material, reducing carbon emissions, ...

Thousands of Dawoodi Bohra community volunteers have dispersed to over 200 villages, towns and cities across India to undertake a range of social welfare activities as part of the five-day upliftment program starting from the 27th of November. The aim of this annual program is to raise the living standards of the less fortunate members of society who need additional support in terms of housing, food, health and spiritual wellbeing. This year’s theme is helping elderly people in the community by attending to their various needs and attempting to bringing joy into their lives. Sharing the philosophy of the eldercare program, SadiqJamaluddin, Head Coordinator of the program said, “The Dawoodi Bohra community, under the guidance of His Holiness SyednaMufaddalSaifuddin, strives to uphold the Prophet’s directives on caring for elders. His Holiness has regularly counselled the community on the importance of elder care as necessitated by the Islamic ethos of brotherhood and community.” “Fol...

Jain community members staged a protest at Collectorate on Tuesday during Jan Sunwai demanding removal of eggs from mid-day meal in government schools that was recently reintroduced by the state government. Officials of 40 social organizations, activists took out a rally from Gandhi Hall and reached the commissioner's office and handed a memorandum with their demands addressed to the chief minister and Commissioner Akash Tripathi. Coordinators of Vegetarian Society organization Prakash Bhatewara Jain and Jineswar Jain said that our country is the country of Ramakrishna Mahavir, it is illogical to provide eggs to the children of the state in the name of protein. “State and most of the children in Anganwadis are vegetarian,” they said.  While giving the memorandum, national general secretary of National Jain Minority Organization Sunil Gang and state in-charge Sunil Dangi said that vegetarian society strongly opposes egg supply in Anganwadi. National Vice President of All India ...

Business Studies examination for class XII Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from this year on has a twist. Unlike previous years, when students attempted only external examination for the subject, they must attempt an internal assessment as well. Business Studies combines elements of accountancy, finance, marketing, organizational studies and economics. This can be a scoring subject as well, if students prepare and write the examination strategically. Most importantly, the subject gives you a preview of management studies in future. Helping students score their best, Business Studies subject expert Seema Asthana shared the essential tips and guidelines for the examination for our readers. More Number of Objective Type questions This comes as a major relief for class 12 students that CBSE has introduced 25% multiple choice questions (MCQs) in Business studies in board exam 2020. Thus, out of 80, only 60 marks will be given to the subjective type questions where students ...

Schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Indore welcome ‘Fit India Week’ celebrations as directed by the board and quote how mental and physical health is essential for academic excellence. CBSE decided that each year a total of 06 working days during the third and/or fourth week in November will be celebrated as “Fit India School Week” in all its affiliated schools. This movement therefore endeavours to alter this behaviour from ‘Passive Screen time’ to ‘Active Field time’ and the aim of the objective is to develop Sports Quotient among all the students to achieve a healthy lifestyle. “Such movement will also in still in students the understanding for regular physical activity and higher levels of fitness enhancing in them self-esteem and confidence,” Dr Joseph Emmanuel, CBSE Director (Academics) wrote in the recently issued circular. The circular adds that the board has also been decided to take-up ‘Ek Bharat – Shreshtha Bharat’ on day six of this prog...

As the operating frequency has increased in VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) designs, engineers are required to prepare the designs to be more power saving as well, which is possible by the use of renewable energy resources and utilisation of natural energy sources in environment. This was explained by Dr SV Tokekar, Director of IET DAVV in his inaugural address at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science on Monday. He inaugurated a free six-day short term training programme on ‘Design and Development of System on chip-using low power VLSI’ for educators of different technical universities of MP and other states. Around 100 participants from different part of the state have come for the training program and attended the session. “Power consumption was neglected due to low device density and low operating frequency but now it important issue due to high device density, high operating frequency, demand of portable consumer electronics, concerns on environme...

Awarding all those who step themselves apart by striving towards their dreams, Vidyasagar School celebrated its 29th Annual Award Ceremony for senior students. The award ceremony became more jovial and vibrant with colourful performances of dancers, drama artists and singers. Chief guest Jitu Patwari, minister of higher education, youth & sports affairs, quoted the importance of sports for education and appreciated the efforts of students. “One learns a lot when planning such a grand function and clearly, students here have done an excellent job,” he said. Guest of honour Harinarayanachari Mishra, (IPS)-DIG-PHQ-Bhopal, quoted the importance of overall development of children in schools. School patron Rameshwar Patel discussed the role of every child elaborated the importance of personal development. “Every child is unique and talented, every function should give a chance to students to learn and perform,” he said. School principal Dr Dinesh Sharma presented the annual report, ...

Giving saplings to people from all walks of life, Create Stories Social Welfare Society celebrated the last Sunday of November with people in different areas around the city including Tulsi Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Scheme no 78 and Scheme no 114. About 70 saplings were adopted by youngsters and seniors as friends whom they would care for. Founder of Create Stories Deepak Sharma said, “Concerning the livelihood of saplings, not all of them were directly planted and instead given for adoption.” While most people adopted at least one sapling, some youngsters adopted three to five saplings labelling them as their ‘forever friends’. The saplings were planted in discarded buckets. These buckets were primarily received to store paint. They were washed off and prepared for plantations. Saplings of native trees to Indore including neem, tulsi, alovera, peepal (bodhi tree) and ashoka tree were adopted by residents. These trees can grow easily without too much care and hence were chosen for pla...

Choithram School North campus celebrated its 16th Annual day on 23rd November, 2019 amidst great zest, vibrancy and elation on the theme ‘Eutopia- Exploring the World of Happiness’. Satish Motiani, the trustee of Choithram Foundation was the chief guest for the function. Motiani awarded the students for their excellent performance in the fields of academics and sports. The School principal Uttam Kumar Jha addressed the audience to acquaint about the growth and progress, the school has made in the ongoing session. The annual report was presented by the head boy Addhyan Sharma and head girl Saniya Makhija. The performance of Montessori children ‘Eden’ mesmerised everyone. The primary students of the school presented the dances ‘Sparkling gems of Punjab’ and ‘Blind Dance’, which left the parents spellbound. The skit ‘ShangriLa’ by the primary children showed the importance of maintaining cleanliness. The dance performances ‘Devotion for Nation’, ‘You like Dance’ and ‘Flavours of Rajas...

After paying obeisance the procession of over 200 people to Nankana Sahib, Pakistan from Indore returned to the city on Sunday with blessings. In a first-of-its-kind road procession since India's partition, about 1,100 Sikh community members had joined this procession from India to Pakistan. To celebrate the success of the ‘yatra’ and blessings of Guru Nanak, a four-day Akhand Path Sahib was organised. Akhand Path is continuous nonstop recitation of all the verses in the Guru Granth Sahib from the beginning to the end, in 31 Ragas as specified, in all 1430 pages, lasting more than 48 hours by a team of readers. This ritual is considered very holy and is said to bring peace and solace to the participants and the passive listeners of the recital. During the reading it is tradition for langar (or communal food) to be available at all times, thus requiring the continual service and dedication of those in whose honour the Akhand Path is being held. The Akhand Path concluded on Su...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed all its affiliated schools of the country to celebrate November 26, 2019 as Constitution Day. The directions have been issued at the instructions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The celebration of the Constitution Day will culminate on 14th April 2020, i.e. on Dr Ambedkar Jayanti. CBSE has issued directives to the schools and educational institutes to create a calendar of activities and submit the same. The activities suggested by CBSE & MHRD include the pledge-taking ceremony, which have to be conducted during the morning assembly. In addition to this, the board has suggested activities that will help in creating more awareness about the constitution. These activities include - reading of the preamble and fundamental duties, organizing mock parliament etc. Students have also been encouraged to participate in Olympiads and online quizzes which are conducted by the MyGov platform. The educational institut...

The solemnity of Christ the King was celebrated by Christian community by taking out a procession. Later, there were more celebrations at St Joseph's Church, Nandanagar. The solemnity of Christ the Kind is a relatively recent addition to the Western liturgical calendar, having been instituted in 1925 by Pope Pius XI for the Roman Catholic Church. In 1970 its Roman Catholic observance was moved to the final Sunday of liturgical year. Catholics gathered at 7.30 am in the Church Campus for a benediction and Procession of the Blessed Eucharist. The procession started from St Joseph's Church covered Patnipura square, Anup talkies and returned to the Church. Community members joined the procession with flags in their hands, prayed, sang songs, raised slogan "Hail Christ the King". The chariot was decorated with flowers by Charles Ronit Sharma. The chariot carried Holy Sacrament attended by Fr Thomas Rajamanikam. Josey and Joseph Mangeskar lit the incense to the Holy Sa...

Informatics Practices is offered to the students of classes XI and XII with the aim of getting them acquainted with topics like programming, data science, cyber safety and database systems. There is doubt that the subject helps students in staying updated with technology and advancements. However, staying updated with latest developments is often a challenge if students limit themselves to text books. The subject is also quite scoring if a student plans and studies accordingly. Here are some tips from Informatics Practices subject expert Ashirwad Mahalkari for scoring excellent results: New programming language ‘Python’ As per CBSE guidelines, the syllabus of Informatics practices has been changed. It now has a new programming language ‘Python’ in place of Java. However the students had choice to opt for old syllabus in class xi last year. So this year CBSE Informatics Practices will have paper based on two different syllabus structures. Preparing for old syllabus For old syllabu...

A free musical concert of Gautam Dabir, a sufi singer and musician, from Baroda will be organised from 7 pm onwards at a centre on Pipliyana square on Sunday, November 24. Dabir will present Ghazal, Bhajan and Sufi songs to immerse audience in the rhythm of devotion. He inherited from his (late) mother Shashi Dabir and his grandmother Mangla Joshi, later a skilled classical singer of the Gwalior Gharana. With a musical atmosphere at home and constant encouragement from his parents Gautam, he was inspired to adopt this musical journey and has not looked back since. A very versatile singer, talented lyricist, composer and music arranger, Dabir and his group have performed all over the world and mesmerized the audience with their music.

An inter-school quiz for CBSE affiliated schools was organised under the aegis of Sahodaya Samagam at Chhatrapati Shivaji Public School, Usha Nagar Extension, Indore (M.P) on Saturday. Sahodaya Samagam is a series of inter-school competitions organised by Indore Sahodaya Compex of CBSE schools. About 15 CBSE schools participated in the quiz competition in a battle to win the first place triphy. The quiz was conducted on various general knowledge topics instead of a theme. Host school principal Vinod Jain said, “To reinvent the education system and give students a break from traditional classroom learning, there is a dire need to revive the quiz culture in schools.” He added that stir interest in children and that was the most important lesson of the competition. Chief guest of this programme was Shankar Rao Jadhav, president of Shri Kshatriya Maratha Samaj Public Trust Indore, said, “The students then have a better idea of how well they are grasping the material, hopefully motivati...

Celebrities from Deepika Padukone to Alia Bhatt, Parineeti Chopra, Huma Qureshi, Sophie Choudry, Kriti Sanon, Ileana D’Cruz and Katrina Kaif have turned to Yasmin Karachiwala to lose weight. Yasmin, the 49-year-old fitness trainer was in city on Saturday. Interacting with Free Press, Yasmin shared her experiences and tips for our readers. Ques: How did your journey to become ‘India’s most sought after fitness trainer’ begin? What led you to choose this as a full-time career? Yasmin: My fitness journey started unexpectedly. Many years ago, a friend coaxed me into joining a gym with her. I happened to go for their aerobics class and realised that I was a complete klutz. I took fitness as a challenge. Once my instructor was sick and asked me to fill in for her. I really enjoyed it and thought that this would be a good career path for me. I got certified as a group aerobics instructor and soon found Pilates when I was looking for muscle strengthening. What I feel really helped me break...

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) – 2020 will be held on May 10, 2020 (Sunday). The notification for CLAT – 2020 will be released in the last week of December 2019 and the online application form would be available from January 1, 2020. CLAT is a centralised test for admission to 21 National Law Universities in India. 43 other education institutes and two public sector institutes are also eligible to use these scores. The test is conducted by the 21 participating law schools in rotation, in the order of their establishment, starting with National Law School of India University which conducted CLAT-2008, And now up to National Law University Odisha which conducted CLAT-2019. The test is taken after the Higher Secondary Examination or the 12th grade for admission to integrated under graduation programmes in Law and after Graduation in Law for Master of Laws (LLM) programmes conducted by these law universities.

Frustrated by his inability to get a job or even run his business with continuous hits by demonetisation, GST (goods and service tax) and now plastic ban. The struggle began from losing his job in 2016, where he earned Rs 6,000 per month. Starting Simhastha in April-May 2016 with hope, he started a small business of selling biscuits, serving tea and water. Then the first blow with demonetisation in November 2016 and people thought twice before paying in cash. Hoping it to be a temporary stagnation, he continued to accept lower profits and managed to survive. Just as it felt normal and possible to survive, another blow came with GST (goods and service tax). The hit to business was clear, plus the expense of managing with the new system ensured death of many such small businesses. Struggling to survive with no way to earn his bread, having faced all the possible hits a small shop owner could imagine, he found no way out. Drowning in debt, losses and his inability to fulfil the needs...

Home minister Bala Bachchan, health minister Tulsiram Silawat, many officials traveled by city bus, i-bus and some commuted on bicycle to their workplace to join the initiative of Public Transport Day on Friday. Friday was declared as Public Transport Day the Collector to facilitate traffic in the city and to convey to the public that everyone should use local transport more saw ministers and officials travelling by i-bus. Along with the ministers, ADM (additional district magistrate) BBS Tomar, SDM (sub-divisional magistrate) Sohan Kanash and other officials also travelled. Setting a healthier example, project officer of urban development department Praveen Upadhyaya cycled to the office. He felt it was a healthier option and must be given preference. Silawat and Bachchan reached Satya Sai square to board the bus along with other passengers around 1 pm. During their commute, the ministers discussed bus arrangements with the commuters. Both the ministers boarded the bus till Indu...

There is a possibility that Joint entrance examination (JEE) Mains can be taken in multiple regional languages from 2021, if everything goes as planned by the Human Resource Development Ministry. The issue of allowing candidates to take the exam in regional languages gained traction after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised objections why JEE Main will be conducted in Gujarati and “not in other regional languages”. HRD Secretary R Subrahmanyan stated that the ministry will be giving preference to the regional languages of the states with the most number of applicants in the last five years. He stated that since there can be technical limitations in conducting the examination in multiple languages these problems need to be addressed first. He added that since JEE Main is held in a computer-based mode there are limitations but the ministry is committed to conducting the examination in multiple languages, but the process is expected to take time. The HRD Of...

While we all are a part of daily economics, it is a struggle to remember the theories of it and further, be able to solve calculations about it. Students attempting Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII Economics examination also face a similar scenario. However, with proper management and clear strategy to learn and understand economics, students can excel in the subject. Economics subject expert Navmesh Kothari shares essential tips and changes in this examination from this session. What changes to expect in Economics exam this year? CBSE this year made important changes in the examination pattern of class XII Economics major change will be observed in the question paper format in the board exam 2020. Question paper will have more number of objective type questions with aim to discourage students from rote learning develop analytical skills and reasoning abilities among students produce better results and improve the academic quality of institutions. Now CBSE wi...

Making his way among super stars of Bollywood industry, eight-year-old actor Keyan Gadia from Indore has made his place in the upcoming movie ‘Shamshera’. Keyan will make his debut in his first Bollywood movie starring with Ranbir Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Vaani Kapoor. The movie has been produced by Aditya Chopra's Yash Raj Films and is set to release on July 31, 2020. The story of how this little one became an actor despite having no background just traces back to him being a ‘Nautanki’. “Our elder son (Namra) is more inclined towards cooking and hopes to become a chef, and Keyan was naturally good at Mathematics,” parents Chanchal and Sachin Gadia said. While they were always entertained by Nautanki Keyan, they never imagined him to become an actor. “We have a family of engineers, so it was natural to expect similar genes in our kids, but we have been surprised especially by Keyan,” the parents said. The 8-year-old works for even 18 hours in a day during shoots and further ama...

Taking a step ahead to ensure that not just children but everyone learns about the religious text and life lessons from Guru Nanak, women wing of Sikh community organised a quiz on Thursday. The concept was formulated by the team of women including Ranjeeta Saluja, Surjeet Kaur Chawla, Harjeet Kaur Arora and Taranjeet Kaur Tuteja. Paramjeet Kaur and her team won the quiz.

Central Teacher Eligibility Test CTET Admit Card 2019 released by the CBSE on its official website on Thursday. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched two different servers to download the CTET admit card 2019, one on its official website and another on CTET’s website. The 13th edition of CTET Exam will be conducted on 8th December 2019. The exam will be held in 110 cities across India Candidates need to carry the CTET Admit Card 2019 to the exam centre in order to appear for the exam. CTET admit card acts as a Hall Ticket to make entry into the examination hall. It is mandatory for the candidates to carry the CTET Admit Card to the exam centre. Candidates need to reach the exam centre with the admit card 90 minutes prior to the exam.  Verify the following details on the admit card - Candidate’s Name      - Father’s name              - Roll Number - Date of Birth  - Exam Center - Exam Date and Time...

‘Mard ko nahi hota dard…woh kitchen main acha ni lagta aur uski aankhon main aasu nahi aata’ wonder why? The only reasonable explanation could be that all the men are robots, as they cannot feel pain, cry or even cook to feed themselves. The humorous scenario of male stereotypes affects everyday life of men. A large group of students residing in Indore for completing their graduation and post graduation break these stereotypes temporarily. “However, once we go back to our hometowns and are surrounded by our family members, it is difficult to make them and the large society affecting them understand that it is okay for woman to be bread wieners or men to become nurses,” Harsh Vyas, an engineering student, said. On International Men’s Day that is commemorated worldwide on November 19 to shine a spotlight on men, we bring stories of some men breaking stereotypes with insight about the popular notions in the city. The young Ki’s and Ka’s of the city With the trend of growing live-in ...

NTA (National Testing Agency) has released the mock question paper sharing the long-form or numerical type questions. This will be the first time when these questions will be introduced in the JEE (Joint Entrance Test) main 2020 conducted to access candidates for admission to engineering colleges across India. This is also a pre-requisite exam to appear for the JEE-advanced entrance exam for the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology). From 2020 onwards, the NTA will ask five long-form numerical type questions in the JEE exam. Each question will be for 4 marks each, however, unlike the objective type questions, the numerical questions will not have any negative making. Experts remarked that these questions are likely to bring down the accuracy and hence the cut-off of the JEE exam. Under the new exam pattern, the number of questions per subject was reduced from 30 multiple-choice questions to 20 multiple-choice questions and 5 questions with numerical answers. The MCQ will still have n...

Right Reverend Bishop Chacko from the Catholic Diocese of Indore flagged off 13-member national team on a cycling project from the Cathedral Church. The project aims to bring to light the evil of Child trafficking throughout the country. The youngsters participating in the project will be covering 1420Km from Indore to Amritsar. The event has been organised by a Bangaore based foundation in collaboration with the Catholic Diocese of Indore and a sports foundation of Goa. Chacko said, “We live in a society with a deteriorating value system. More young people are involved in crimes across the country, women are raped in numbers, a caste system that discriminates people even this 21st century, bribery, and the list goes on!” He added that this is an effort to divert youngsters to bring a positive change and change the trend. During the flag off there were more than 400 people joined the event to support riders. Fr Biju Mathew, parish priest of the Cathedral Church said, “We believe th...

Dr BK Passi Memorial Senior Bal Vigyan 2019 Project presentation program for Biology was organised by Indore Sahodaya Schools complex to discover various innovative ideas of students on the theme ‘Smart City Indore’. The event was hosted by Vidyasagar School. About 20 teams from different CBSE affiliated schools participated in event and gave various presentations. Chief guest of the event was R Kalsi, retired principal of Guru Harkrishan Public School and an essential part Sahodaya group. In her address, Kalsi said, “Students must learn by trying and innovating today to be ready for the future, it is nice to see research based projects relevant in today's time.” Host school principal Dr Dinesh C Sharma said, “A student’s mind is much more sharper in terms of innovation, because they do not fear being wrong, we must try to keep them fearless.” There were total 20 teams from different CBSE Schools of Indore were registered for project presentation. Different topics were taken u...

As many as 200 dogs of about 50 breeds put a brilliant show, as they scorched the ramp at the Kennel Club of India’s dog show here on Sunday. Labradors, Golden Retrievers, Afghan Hounds, Beagles, Akita and German Shepherds were among the 50 breeds of dogs that had been led to the dog show by their owners from various parts of the country. For most of the breeders present, dog rearing was a passion. Gaurav Kumar of Amblala was among one of the participants, who owns 40 Saint Bernards. He said that he fetches shampoo for his dogs from foreign countries and organise grooming every week for each of them.  Mandeep Bhatia, a city based pet lover, said she was against buying or selling of dogs. “I only keep them as pets and I take their care as my family members,” she said. The dog show was judged by Gauri Nargolkar. Organiser of the show, Ahilya Nagari and Kennel Club’s Ajay Jainkar said that the show was a great success, but lack of registration for KCI was a disappointment for them,...

The grand procession of Nagar Kirtan of 550th Guru Nanak Prakash Parv was taken out in the city on Sunday. The procession was postponed earlier as per request of collector. Thousands of Sikh and Sindhi community members joined the procession starting from Imli Sahib Gurudwara in the morning. Nagar Kirtan was headed by Jathedar of Nagar Kirtan Daljit Singh Chawla and S Tajinder Singh Khanuja. It was followed by 15 volunteers from 38 Gurdwara Sahibs of Indore with 40 Deputy Jathedars for operation of Nagar Kirtan. This is first time that large gather from Sindhi community was also marked their presence in Nagar Kirtan. The community members had come from Gurdwara Guru Angad Dev Maharaj, Rajmahal Colony, Sant Baba Thyria Singh Sindhi Sangat and Sri Guru Nanak Nam Lewa Sangat. All the vehicles running in the city kirtan were covered with saffron marks and all the attendants in the city kirtan were wearing white clothes and saffron gloves and sachets. Sardar Rajinder Singh Ji, Sidhu Pan...

Taking a step towards their spiritual growth, followers of lord Ayyappan worshipped as Dharmashasta in Sabarimala temple participated in a similar Mandala Puja at Ayyappa temple, Mahalaxmi nagar in Indore. The 60-day-long puja begins in almost all Ayyappa temple simultaneously as Sabarimala. About 30 million people from all over India including hundreds from Indore will be travelling to Sabarimala for conclusion of the Puja on Makar Sankranti. The puja began on first day of Scorpion month according to Malayam calendar on Sunday. Talking about the rituals and festivities, president of temple committee Sajan Panicker said, “Men generally fast for 41 days starting today as a part of the puja.” The fast limits them from having non-vegetarian food andmood influences like alcohol and cigarettes. “The puja is about ‘Bhav’ i.e. experience and feeling, which is the reason that every devotee must concentrate on experience and self-development,” Panicker said. Devotees participating in the als...

Christian community came together on Sunday to celebrate World Day of the Poor at St Joseph's church and St Joseph school in solemn manner. The World Day of the Poor is a Roman Catholic observance, celebrated on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time since 2017. It was established by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera, issued on 20 November 2016 to celebrate the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. Pope’s message reminding those who suffer want and are abandoned to always bear in mind that God loves them and hears their prayers was retold to the devotees. “You who are little, who are poor, fragile, you are the Church’s treasure. You are in Mary’s heart, in God’s heart,” the words from his message for the day were re-told in the celebrations. Around 160 lepers were brought from Alwasa village, Palia, Banganga leper colony, Ishawas lepers colony to the premises. Around 25 adults suffering from intellectual disability were invited to be a part of the cele...

Activists of Bajrang Dal on Saturday staged a protest in front of IIT Indore claiming that a Lord Hanuman temple on the campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore has been removed without any genuine reason. They claimed that an old Hanuman temple was located under a peepal tree on IIT Indore campus. That temple has now been removed. The activists claimed that people used to go to the temple for worship when IIT Indore campus had not come up. “The temple should be re-established and FIR should be registered who got the shrine removed,” Bajrang Dal city general secretary Devendra Anjana demanded. They also claimed that they had previously filed complaints with district administration and CSP as well but no action has been taken against into the matter. Authorities from IIT Indore said, “The matter has already been investigated sometime ago and the district administration, police has already been informed. From the institute side, the matter is closed.”

When you complete your degrees and take a step ahead getting a job or studying further, remember to do your real job that does not mean your office work rather the job of giving back to society, explained senior scientist Dr Jeffrey S Kargel in his chief guest address at 7 th IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Indore Convocation on Saturday. “This achievement is not yours alone, the society gave you an opportunity and made you capable, now it is your first job and responsibility to give back to the society,” Kargel said. He added that all of us are employed with earth with nature as our boss. Kargel gave a note of all the Indians who have won Nobel prize, stressing particularly on Rabindranath Tagore for his philosophies on raising a child. “Some people’s misguided philosophies deny others persuade of happiness and life even their grand children,” he said. He added that in the name of patriotism, countries are not only ruining their present but the future of their children an...