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Private school association met with district education officer (DEO) on Wednesday, raising a complaint against government schools admitting students without transfer certificates (TC). Further, the association president Gopal Soni said, “About 400 private schools had to shut down due to coronavirus pandemic and financial issues arising from the same.” He added that these schools are now making fake mark-sheets and providing TC for such students. “As per the Right to Education act (RTE), schools cannot admit a child in any class other than pre-primary without TC,” Soni said. He added that DEO Ravi Singh is also SDM and is not well-versed with RTE. “Due to which, DEO was mislead to believe that TC is not required for admissions for class 1th to class 8th,” Soni said. Further, the association said that DEO office receives several fake complaints on school fee charged and other issues. “These complaints are fake and we urged them to investigate properly, to which, DEO asked us not to worry...

Providing relief to devotees and a chance to visit Khajrana Ganesh, it was decided to keep the temple doors open till 10 pm from Wednesday. From opening of the lockdown, the temple was kept open from 9 am to 8 pm with restriction of 4 to 5 people allowed in the temple at a particular time. The number of people allowed inside the temple has also been increased to 6 now. To enter the temple, it is now compulsory to bring a certificate of having a vaccine or to show a message that the person has registered and is waiting for the slot of vaccination. Devotees will be allowed to enter the temple premises only after showing either of these. Now every day from morning till night, about five to five and a half thousand devotees come to the temple for darshan. The largest crowd gathers on Wednesdays. To follow the Corona guidelines in the temple, only 6-6 devotees are being given entry. Apart from this, devotees are checked to wear a mask properly when entering the temple premises. Devotees ar...

The last date for admissions under Right to Education Act (RTE) was extended to July 9, 2021 considering the number of applicants on the last day of applications, i.e. Wednesday. Queues of parents waiting outside Malav Kanya School and Govt School Vijay Nagar piled up throughout the entire day. More than 150 tokens were given out at each of these two centres. More than 11,000 applications were received in Indore for admissions under Right to Education Act (RTE) till date. As per records, more than 2,000 parents applied for the admissions on Wednesday. A total of 12,816 children will be admitted under the provision to study free of cost in private schools in the district. To apply for RTE seats, parents can visit the official website www.rteportal.mp.gov.in., and click to “Start Application”. The process of verification of received online applications is being conducted simultaneously. Till now, about four thousand applications have been verified. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan district project ...

Indore which has been home to the highest number of species in city zoo will also attempt to have higher number of animals including Cheetah and Leopards after considering people’s take on the same. In an attempt to improve the sanctuary and its attractions, state forest minister Vijay Shah instructed the same to the department during his visit on Wednesday. A team of water resources minister and district in-charge Tulsi Silawat, forest minister Vijay Shah, tourism and culture minister Usha Thakur and principal secretary (forest) Ashok Varnwal visited Umrikheda and Ralamandal on Wednesday. Divisional Commissioner Dr Pawan Kumar Sharma, Collector Manish Singh, Chief Conservator of Forests Harishankar Mohanta along with other senior officers of Forest Department and former Chairman of Indore Development Authority Madhu Verma were present in the meeting held with the team. In their visit after discussing the proposed plan, Shah suggested other essential additional to the plan for making R...

A transit hostel built using tribal fund in 1983 is being transformed into so-called camp office or rather a bungalow for forest minister Vijay Shah in Indore even though there is no provision for the same. The forest minister like other state ministers is entitled to having a bungalow in the constituency where he won, i.e. Khandwa or in Bhopal as it is the state capital. The conversion of tribal transit hostel will deny basic rights to children of forest workers and instead just provide another comfortable accommodation to the minister, who doesn’t need it. The tale of selfish decisions and breaking provisions continue as to where the funds are being extracted for the same is questionable too. The renovation work of the hostel is going on since March. In order to please the minister, the officers are busy gathering every possible facility in the bungalow. Even other items are being used to spend on the bungalow. According to departmental sources, the hostel was built 37 years ago with...

The 182nd death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the beloved ruler popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab, was commemorated by Sikh community in Indore on Tuesday. The event to pay respect was organised at Martyr S. Udham Singh ji Chowk, Guru Gobind Singh Marg. A large number of Sikh community devotees attended the event and bowed down to the brave warrior. The ceremony was initiated with Ardas that was conducted by Saint Baba Gholi Singh from Sarhali Sahib. Shri Guru Singh Sabha, Indore president Manjit Singh Bhatia while addressing the society said, “Sikh community is an ideal country-loving community, according to the current times, according to the Sikh principles, by paying attention to the Sikh with utmost seriousness and ability, consider yourself as a successful country servant, administrator.” He discussed how the martyr spent his entire life in dignity, under the principles of patriotism. “We should follow this and adopt these high ideals in our life under which our aim shoul...

More than 8,816 applications have been received in Indore for admissions under Right to Education Act (RTE) till date. June 30, i.e. today is the last date to apply for admissions under the act. A total of 12,816 children will be admitted under the provision to study free of cost in private schools in the district. To apply for RTE seats, parents can visit the official website www.rteportal.mp.gov.in., and click to “Start Application”. The process of verification of received online applications is being conducted simultaneously. Till now, about four thousand applications have been verified. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan district project coordinator Akshay Singh Rathore said, “After online application under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, it is mandatory for the child's parents or guardian to get the document verification done by July 1, 2021 as per the information provided in the application.” Those who have applied for admissions under RTE must remember to brin...

Schools charging exorbitant fee is not something new, but now instead of solving the problem of the parents responsible for opposing it, state government is advising them to die. On Tuesday, when parents association Jagrut Palak Sangh members from Indore complained to the School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar about the excessive fee charged by schools and undue pressure created on parents, he told them “If you want to protest and die, then die!” The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, when members The members of the Jagrut Palak Sang reached the government bungalow in Shyamala Hills to meet Parmar. The association members met with Parmar complaining about the schools. “Even after the closure of the school, schools are charging online class fees from April 1,” said representative of the association advocate Chanchal Gupta. The association demanded reduction in fee and said they would protest otherwise. On this, Parmar let asked them to die if they will and left in the car. Af...

Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) Class 12th result will be made on the basis of 10th only, in which marks will be taken from the best 5 subjects. The decision that was long overdue was finalised on Monday. Now, it is expected that the board will declare results soon. Finally on Monday, Group of Ministers took the decision on the 12th class result of MPBSE. Following the announcement, while some students were happy, it overall negates their education and lessons of high secondary school education. The level of Higher School education is focused on overall education with basic knowledge of subjects, said a teacher Jaanvi Singh. “However, when Higher Secondary School is considered, it is a much more focused learning and preparation for college,” Singh said. A student Himanshu Rai said, “I am kind of disappointed because I opted for commerce, which was a better fit for me and I am sure I would have scored better in class 12th than class 10th.” He felt the marking of clas...

People from all walks of life stood with placards forming a human chain in front of Divisional Commissioner’s office protesting against mining project resulting in clearing of 382.131-hectare patch of the protected Buxwaha forest  Men and women from different walks of life in Indore stood together as environment activist to protest against the chopping off of Buxwaha forest on Monday. Expressing their agitation on possibility of cutting off 382.131-hectare patch of the protected Buxwaha forest, members of political parties, trade unions and social organisations stood alongside on Regal Square in the evening with placards. Further, under the leadership of former advocate general Padma Shri Anand Mohan Mathur, a human chain was formed in front of the Divisional Commissioner's office of Indore in support of the demand of save the environment, save the forest. In the human chain, members from Communist Party of India, Marxist party, Socialist Party, Aam Aadmi Party, SUCI, Loktantrik Ja...

In an attempt to cajole schools to understand their difficulties and waiver off school fee for another year by about 50 percent, parent association in Indore started recognising and felicitating schools charging lower fee or wavering charges. In one such attempt, the parent association ‘Jagrut Palak Sangh’ presented a memento and felicitated Father Michael John of St Norbert School on Monday. Association members Satish Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Vishal Premi and Prateek Tagad met with Fr John and thanked him. In response to the respect, Father also called it God's wish and assured to help the people as much as possible. The battle to get fee waiver for this academic session has begun on a small scale with requests from parents to schools. The parent association has written a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan demanding that private schools should not increase the fees and charge only tuition fees. The parent association has written that this year also the government should ...

The post-mortem report of the owl buried in the shelter home of Animal Welfare Society located in Vijay Nagar is expected soon, and even claimed to have been received by forest department. However, sources claim that some forest personnel of Indore range are trying to save the NGO operator. Even here people are not cooperating with the officers in the investigation, while the forest officers are also trying to blame the operator for not sharing the information of wildlife to the forest department. On the other hand, many influential people also started making pressure. Due to this the investigating officers are also not taking interest. Even after six days of the incident, the statement has not been recorded. The incident: owl found buried On Tuesday, forest workers searched the shelter home, in which the body of an owl was found buried there. In preliminary inquiry, NGO operator Sapna Chaurasia told a family to bring an injured owl. Some medicines were given to save the owl, whose win...

One of the leading engineering institute of the state Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science has been selected for the AICTE Idea Lab. Over 204 colleges had applied for this selection from all over the country, in which 49 colleges were selected after several phases of elections, in which SGSITS from the state has made the state proud by registering its presence, under this scheme an interdisciplinary laboratory of one crore ten lakhs will be developed in the institute, which will be used by students and teachers of regional colleges and school for having hands on experience by applying science, technology, engineering and mathematics and developing idea into products. AICTE had earlier decided to establish AICTE-IDEA (Idea Development, Evaluation & Application) Lab in AICTE approved institutions, encouraging students for application of science, technologies, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fundamentals towards enhanced hands-on experience, learning by doing...

Monday Motivation Say hello to ‘Inder’ the rescued leopard, who jumps and rules with pride now with 30 pellets in head and no vision! This is a rare inspirational story of the rescued leopard shot with 30 pellets in its head in village Nayapura Indore! Inder with its will to fight has not only survived but is doing well in Bhopal now. On July 10, 2020, the leopard was found in the injured severely in the Nayapura range. The leopard had made headlines, as it was mercilessly shot 30 times with a pellet gun in village Nayapura, Indore division. The adult leopard was found injured and bleeding from its mouth in Nayapura village near Kampel. Inder was estimated to be an adult male of about 7 years old when rescued. Leopards generally live for 14 to 15 years, so the leopard is still in the prime of his life. After vision loss was reported in city zoo Indore, Inder had finally underwent CT scan after delay of 2 months and 12 days. Leopard was taken to Van Vihar, Bhopal for the scan. The leopa...

Even after 12 meetings between the Group of Ministers (GoM) and the committee of officials, the evaluation criteria for cancelled Madhya Pradesh board class 12 exams has not been finalized yet. It has been over 15 days since the State Education Department cancelled the examination due to the situation posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and appointed a committee to come up with a formula for allocating marks to students, however, the criteria to award final marks is yet to be decided. In the official statements, it has been announced that Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) will soon finalise a formula for calculating the marks. However, there is no exact date on which the formula will be announced. The committee is still facing the same problem, i.e. how to include class 11 marks in calculating marks of class 12 students for the academic year 2020-21. The students of class 11 in the academic session 2019-20, were promoted to class 12 for the 2020-21 academic session without...

Despite conducive environment, Sarus' population fails to increase as expected, due to fishing and excessive use of pesticides in the farms near the habitats in Indore. The trend from preceding years shows a fall in the rise of Sarus population in various areas, especially as per expectations. Yeswant Sagar is an IBA (important bird area) site of Indore region. It’s an IBA site because of breeding ground to one of the tallest flying birds of the world, the Sarus crane, which is a vulnerable bird in the IUCN red list. In every summer Sarus cranes congregate in and around the Yeswant sagar area which is a good wetland plus have agriculture fields around it which make it suitable habitat for the feeding, breeding & roosting site for them. Every year NWCAS team carries out extensive surveys in this area to take the count of Sarus cranes to understand their change in numbers and also to study the change in land use patterns, change in habitat, issues and changes in the surrounding e...

For the recruitment of various posts in the army, the written examination of successful applicants in physical criteria was to be held in the month of March. Due to covid-19, the written examination of the candidates who were selected for general duty section (GD) and technical posts will be held on 25 July 2021 at Rajeshwar School, Mhow for Indore district. Selected applicants for the same can collect their admit cards from 12 July 2021 to 17 July 2021. They can collect the admit cards from the Recruitment Office, Mhow. For Religious Teachers (RT) / Junior Commissioned Officers (JCO) and Pharma applicants, the examination will be conducted on 29 August 2021. Admit card for the same will be distributed on 02 August 2021 from the recruitment office, Mhow. According to the information received from the District Employment Office, a recruitment drive was organized by Indian Army Recruitment Office, Mhow between 20 March 2021 and 30 March 2021 at Kushabhau Thackeray Stadium Dewas for the r...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) developed tools to aid schools in calculating board year results With complex calculations going into the preparation of class XII CBSE results, the board has set up a help desk along with a tabulation portal to assist schools with the process. A special telephonic help desk dedicated to helping schools prepare the results is operational on working days from 9:30 am to 5pm, and will address queries from schools both on class X and XII results. The board also launched an online tabulation portal to help schools calculate the results. It has sections for uploading different components required for the result tabulation. “After collection of all marks, this portal will display a complete tabulation sheet for the school with a feature of subject-wise marks and reference mean for the purpose of moderation of marks by the schools. This portal and the backend systems have eased out lots of burden of cumbersome calculations for the schools,” read a ...

Students wondering when will JEE Main commence? Experts advise organised prep The situation of corona epidemic in the country is now under control to some extent, due to which there is a lot of upheaval in the education sector. There is also a lot of question in the minds of students regarding engineering entrance exam JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) Main that when will these exams start? The Union Education Ministry is likely to take a decision very soon regarding the conduct of the two remaining phases of the engineering entrance exam JEE Main in August. This year JEE Main entrance exam is being conducted in 4 phases as per the convenience of the students and to give them opportunities to improve their scores. Accordingly, the first phase has been organized in February and the second phase has been organized in March. Whereas the third phase was to be held in April and the fourth phase was to be held in May, but due to corana virus, the third and fourth phases of this entrance examination ...

A dream to study in a large private school will come true for more than twelve and a half thousand underprivileged children through admissions under Right to Education Act this year. More than 6,800 applications have already been submitted. Applications will be accepted for another 5 days. Under RTE, the process of online application is going on for admission in the first class of private schools, while the documents of the applicants are also being verified. This time, following the corona guideline, verification work is being done at 10 public education centres in the city. Effective implementation of RTE is being ensured in the district. Under this act, there is a provision for free admission to the children of selected castes and classes in private schools. This year more than twelve and a half thousand children will be given free admission in the district. So far 6,800 applications have been submitted through the portal. The last date for online application is June 30. In this reg...

Night Safari in Ralamandal sanctuary is an invite to poachers and a threat to wild-life and biodiversity. Stating this, a letter for reconsidering the proposed scheme for Night Safari and other proposed scheme in Ralamandal was sent to Chief Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary Forest Department on Thursday. The letter was written by legal activist Abhijeet Pandey, who is also a representative of Congress party. He noted the plans about developing Ralamandal as a tourist spot and said, “The city expresses its gratitude to you for the efforts being made to promote the tourist place through such a scheme, but I request you to see that the Ralamandal Sanctuary is already well developed.” However, it is not possible to have night safari here, the letter added. “According to the information received, night roaming is prohibited in the sanctuary, as any kind of activity during the night will not only cause trouble to the wildlife, but there ...

No clear order on fee charged as schooling continues through online classes have been issued by the government and the school education department during this academic session and lockdown for corona second wave. Hence, private schools are demanding full fees for the whole year. Parents are worried and stressed due to this. Online classes of private schools were started from June 15, but the school management has removed children from the online class, whose parents have not deposited the fees. Because of this children are not able to study. However, in this session also, the chances of opening schools from class I to VIII are slim. At the same time, some private schools have increased the fees by 10 to 20 percent from this academic session. Now the parents are being pressurized to deposit the fees, when the parents are already troubled by the financial crisis during the corona period. In the last session, the government had ordered to pay only the tuition fee. At the same time, due to...

It’s time clouding has not only taken over internet and storage, but also hiring and employees with remote working and jobs Tables Turned: IT professionals get upto 70% hike on job switch Tables have turned in Information Technology (IT) sector, especially for start-ups in tier-II as its employee’s market now. IT employees are taking full advantage of the situation and getting hike of even 60 to 70 percent as they switch jobs. Coronavirus hit has challenged many businesses and boosted some too. While many large scale companies have laid off human resource, even cut down functions by about 50 percent, IT sector has seen a boom. From educational applications to online tools and development, most IT start-ups have continued to expand their functioning and gathered more projects. There was a brief time, when despite projects, companies faced a cash crunch, but it’s all back on track now. With over 500 IT-based start-ups in Indore, the city is a hub of young professionals working globally. ...

Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science signed Memorandum of Understanding with M/s Prakash Asphaltings and Tolls Highways (India) Ltd Mhow for skill upgradation and training of students and faculty in infrastructure segment. Dr Rakesh Saxena, Director, SGSITS Indore and Nitin Agarwal, an alumnus of SGSITS and MD of PATH (India) Ltd signed the MoU at SGSITS Indore on Tuesday. Responsibility on the part of company 1. Training of Pre-Final and Final year Under graduate (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Industrial Production Engineering) on various aspects of Road construction (Rigid and Flexible), Installation and Maintenance of Onsite Construction Plants/and Machinery, including working on live models and on site experience. (Batch size 25 students, time duration 15 to 30 days) 2. Paid internship in a group of 4-5 students for Under Graduate Final year (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Industrial Production Engineering) student...

Candidates applying for recruitment to the post of Secondary Teacher via Madhya Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (MP TET) are being given one more opportunity to get the documents verified. Commissioner Public Instruction Jaishree Kiyawat said that many candidates of provisional selection or waiting list for recruitment to the post of secondary teacher have not got their document verification done yet. Candidates can get their document verification done till 23 June 2021. MP Online has informed the candidates through SMS on their registered mobile and the list of candidates has been displayed on the MP Online portal. If the candidates for the post of Secondary Teacher do not get their document verification done on June 23, 2021, then action will be taken to cancel their candidature. It is noteworthy that the document verification of the candidates of this list was completed last week. Further, the complete list was published and shared on 15 June 2021 at the designated verification cen...

Students who cleared various entrance examinations for Model school and school of excellence are unable to confirm their admission, as they cannot provide Transfer Certificate (TC) to the school. This is a challenge faced by thousands of students in Indore and about a lakh in state, as most students want to switch to government schools citing pandemic and online education. The admission process in government schools of Madhya Pradesh began last week, and most schools are facing this challenge in admissions now. Following coronavirus outbreak and switch to online classes, many students are seeking admission in government schools as private school operators are charging full fees. However, it’s not easy for students to get admission in government schools as private schools are not issuing TC without clearance of all the dues and fees. Even for admission in class IX of School of Excellence and Model School, many students have not received TC from their school. Due to this they are not abl...

World Music Day On June 21, i.e. World Music Day, various performing artists of the performed in the 24-hour-long music day celebrations led by Rhythm Band. This year due to coronavirus pandemic, the administration did not allow any offline events so the events were organised online. Usually, the event is organised every year at Krishnapuri Chhatris. This year, the same was conducted with live premiere show. Various performing artists included Shobha Chaudhary, Rasika Gawde, Shilpa Masurkar, and Hitendra Dixit. From 7 am to 7 pm the artists performed. The event was organised by Abhishek Gawade, Rajesh Mishra, and Rajendra Kaushik.  

Under vaccination campaign, Khajrana Mandir Vaccination Centre was inaugurated on Monday. In the presence of Shri Ganesh Mandir Management Committee Chairman and Collector Manish Singh, and IMC commissioner Pratibha Pal, the vaccination centre was inaugurated. All people above 18 years of age will be vaccinated at the centre. “Vaccination is the only way to avoid the third wave. Protect your children, yourself, your family and everyone by getting vaccinated. Immediate vaccination will be done by quick registration,” said temple priest Ashok Bhatt. To invite people and remind them of vaccinations, the main Ganesha temple was decorated with pink and blue balloons. The colour of balloons signifies both the genders advocating everyone to get vaccinated.

This year on International Day of Yoga with the theme "Be with yoga, Be at home", ministers, government officers/employees of all the divisions including education, AYUSH institutions, administration and others performed yoga on 21st June 2021 from 6.30 am to 7.45 am. Keeping in view the importance of Yoga, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution on 11th December 2014 that every year 21 June is to be celebrated as Yoga Day. Since then, International Yoga Day is organized every year in India as well as all over the world on 21st June by practicing yoga according to the prescribed protocol. This year the seventh International Yoga Day was celebrated on 21st June 2021. Considering covid-19 spread and risk involved in gatherings, instructions were given by the Government of India to celebrate International Yoga Day by practicing yoga in their respective homes. District AYUSH Officer Dr Himmat Singh Dabur said that like last year 2020, it was not possible to...

Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) will conduct improvement exam for students not satisfied with marks given on the basis of internal assessment from August 15 to September 15. The dates are tentative and depend on the COVID-19 conditions, the board said in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court was hearing a case on cancelation of class 12 board exams for students who would be appearing for compartmental exams, NIOS, and repeaters. Further, it was also decided that an opportunity will offered to students in regular mode who are not satisfied with assessment and wish to appear for written exams. Those who wish to appear for written exams will first have to register online. The facility regarding this will be offered online at CBSE’s official website - cbse.nic.in. CBSE has already asked schools to start the calculation process for preparing the result. The board has asked each schools to constitute a five-member result committee to be headed by ...

Go to Khajrana temple and now, get vaccinated on the spot! Khajrana Ganesh Mandir has been made a vaccination centre from Sunday. In a meeting chaired by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and district collector Manish Singh, it was decided to make the temple a vaccination centre. “People can register on the spot and get vaccinated at the temple,“ head priest of Khajrana temple Ashok Bhatt said. He added that bananas, moong khichdi, tea, and water will be provided to those who get vaccinated. “There is a provision of masks, sanitizers,” Bhatt said. The temple premises will be Decorate with Balloons Further a cabin for vaccination will be made in the tent. A hoarding will be put up as well. Registration will be computerised. There will also be a Selfie Point to motivate people to get vaccinated and click pictures.

Among five determinants of happiness, Indore has almost all of them but needs to essentially work on ‘contentment’ among people now to become happiest city of the country. Stating this, spiritual guru and founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed gathering of thousands of Indoris online on Sunday. On the request of member of parliament Shankar Lalwani, Sri Sri interacted with Indoreans, gave mantras of happiness and motivated people to get vaccinated. Lalwani also did yoga, meditation on the occasion and urged people to get vaccinated. He thanked Sri Sri for accepting his invite and urged him to share the mantra to be healthy and happy amidst Corona. “I am proud that Indore has been selected has cleanest city of India four times. With vaccination touching 90 percent, Indore will also become healthiest city,” Sri Sri said. He added that without physical, mental and emotional well-being, we cannot call someone well. “Indore set between two jyotirlinga, Mahakal and Omkareshw...

International Day of Yoga with special children Engaging with people online and guiding those who are specially-abled, Create Stories organised a series of events for celebrations of International Day of Yoga on the weekend. Founder Deepak Sharma said, “Yoga can be beneficial for individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions through both the physical postures and breathing exercises.” He added that each pose can be modified or adapted to meet the needs of the student. Providing personalised needed guidance to specially-abled children in Vijay Nagar, Vikram Awardee Yoga Instructor Pankaj Soni said, “Asana work on the muscles and the joints, creating space within the body’s structure to help increase circulation and improve flexibility.” He taught postures like Viparitkarani, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Halasana and Suptavajrasana alternating with standing postures such as Padahastasana, Trikonasana, Padangushtasana helps Increase blood flow to the head region. “Vrikshasana, A...

The officials of the School Education Department and Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) have together prepared the formula for the result of Higher Secondary, which was sent to the Group of Ministers constituted for the same, on Sunday. After considering it, the Group of Ministers will place it before Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Meetings were going on in the ministry and MPBSE for the last 15 days to decide the result formula. During this, the officials considered many aspects. Even though a close analysis and observation was done of the formula of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for result declaration, it won’t be followed in the state. Efforts were made to implement CBSE's formula in the state, but it is not possible to implement it, as there is no record of the last annual examination of 11th, quarter and six months of higher secondary examination and internal assessment in the state. Difficulty in formulating the result of the exam Bef...

About 100 fitness freaks led by Indori Subah in Madhya Pradesh and other states of the country woke up on Saturday morning and decided to run remembering the flying singh, who passed away on Friday night. Keeping covid-19 protocol in mind, there was no group run, but all the runners remained connected through the group. Coordinator Nitin Chaturvedi said, “Milkha Singh is a source of inspiration for millions of Indians for his dedication and resilience, and we runners have always looked up to him.”

Considering covid-19 spread and risk involved in gatherings, instructions have been given by the Government of India to celebrate International Yoga Day by practicing yoga in their respective homes. This year on International Day of Yoga "Be with yoga, Be at home" with the theme "Be with yoga, Be at home" will join the officers/employees of all AYUSH institutions on 21st June 2021 from 6.30 am to 7.45 am to perform yoga with the theme. Keeping in view the importance of Yoga, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution on 11th December 2014 that every year 21 June is to be celebrated as Yoga Day. Since then, International Yoga Day is organized every year in India as well as all over the world on 21st June by practicing yoga according to the prescribed protocol. This year the seventh International Yoga Day will be celebrated on 21st June 2021. District AYUSH Officer Dr. Himmat Singh Dabur said that like last year 2020, it is not possible to organize...

To the man who protects his family keeping all the pains away, we pay a salute to all the fathers in the city who have played their part and helped their children become their best self on this Father’s Day. Fathers have transformed their roles from being just the strong and strict protectors to role-models, entertainers and friends. Here is a shout out to all the fabulous fathers in town with some great real-life stories to remind us of the blessing called ‘Dad’. A legacy of kindness…Like Father, Like Son We often associate kindness and warmth with only mothers, but sometimes, when we are able to experience a kind father, it can transform lives. This is how the generation of dedicated doctors began in the family of (late) Dr Ram Lal Verma who became the first doctor in the family. Dearth of medical practitioners meant an easy way to mend money, but Verma chose to provide free services and live a minimalistic life. Looking at the satisfaction on his father’s face, his son Suresh also c...

It’s that time of the year when little girls look up to the first man who always treats them like a princess and little boys find their true role-model, guide and coach for life. Yes! It’s time to celebrate Father’s Day on this Sunday. While the market is open, supply has been slow and in order to touch the heart of the first man of every child’s life, this year, the trend is bound to change. It’s time to make the extraordinary at home ensuring safety and special personalised touch for your daddy. To help our readers prepare something unique and special for their father, we have collected some unique DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ideas: Go Paperless & Design your Mark Digital revolution has already taken over our lives and post pandemic, it’s become the new way of life in the virtual world. While there are countless advantages and disadvantages of the same, we can actually utilise it to touch a father’s heart. With several free online designing software, platform and apps, it is not a chall...

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of the NDA (National Defence Academy). Applications are accepted till June 29. Interested candidates can apply through official website - www.upsc.gov.in. The boys who are now in 12th class or passed 12th class and born between 02 Jan 2003 and 1st Jan 2006 are eligible to appear in NDA exam. The exam will be held on 5 Sept 2021. Though the last date is 29 June 2021, it is generally advised to apply latest by June 25 to avoid last minute issues. NDA exam gives chance to join as cadet of Air force, Indian Army and Naval Academy. The NDA is oldest tri service institution which is ranked 8th in the world in terms of education, training and infrastructure. Other than NDA a twelfth pass boy has options of Navy B-Tech entry and Army Technical Entry Scheme to become a valiant officer. After three years of rigorous academically and physical training in NDA the cadet is sent to...

Corona virus pandemic has upended life for nearly everyone and during this unprecedented time our health care workers, medical staff, administrators and Police have taken the mantle to safe guard the lives of people. Their dedication and hardships have made St. Raphael’s H.S. School to realize that their work goes beyond day-in and day-out activities. The school under the able guidance of the Principal Sister Jancy Joseph has expressed its gratitude to their tireless work against Covid-19 through appreciation letters. The letter mentioned how everybody is proud of their work and they are the heroes in this challenging time. Since its very inception the school has been actively involved in social services and sought ways to enhance this involvement. This time the school has taken the initiative to appreciate the Corona Front Line Warriors.

A complaint regarding the irregularities in the tender invited for forestry material in the Forest Division, Indore was made to the Divisional Officer, Indore, on Thursday. It is worth noting that in 2020-21, a tender was issued for the material, in which the work was to be given by fixing the priority according to the material rate. While not giving work to the firm coming in the first order by the Forest Board, the firm which came in the second order was given the work. As per the information, tenders were invited for the material in the year 2020-2021 for forestry work in the forest division. In which many firms had participated, according to the rules, according to the appropriate scale and rate and after the comparative process, the rate of the firm which is approved is given. “Keeping them first, but it has been learned through the daily newspapers that the forest division Indore bypassing this process has given this task to the second number firm, from which it is clear that any...

Government teachers-employees will have to go to school, private schools can take their decision according to their convenience and committees. Schools have started opening once again in Madhya Pradesh. However, it is mandatory for only teachers and staff to come, while online classes will run for students. School Education Department issued orders in this regard on Thursday. It said that in view of the reduction in the rate of covid-19 in the districts of the state, schools, colleges, educational/training/coaching institutions will remain closed in the state as per the new guidelines issued regarding restrictions of corona curfew. At the same time, classes have begun on online platform in private schools too, but the education department has left the responsibility of calling staff and teachers to the private school management. There are 1 crore 20 lakh children in Madhya Pradesh studying in various schools from class 1st to class 12th. This is a matter of their future. Many school he...

Daly College has organised 5-day Staff Self Enrichment Workshop for its teachers from 14th June to 18th June, 2021. Under this workshop, teachers are taking part virtually in the yoga session from 7.00 am to 8.00 am daily. In the afternoon sessions, workshops are being organized by various eminent professionals on various topics. Under ‘Me to We 7.0’ workshop, a soul- searching discourse on, ‘Connecting with your higher self’ was organised. Siddhartha Krishna, an eminent and erudite Advaita Vedanta and Yoga Scholar & Teacher from the Patanjala Yoga Centre in Rishikesh introduced a practice around the idea of “Self-awareness through the five koshas (layers of consciousness).” His profound message on yoga not as a mere exercise but as a way to keep still while our body is still active, the joy one experiences when one discovers his/ her true nature, the conceptualization of the term Kashi as “taking a U turn to your origin or inner self” embarked all on a journey of self- discovery. ...

Daly College sought explanation from a parent most uncivil and disrespectful manner by intimidating staff and seeking a justification as to why appropriate action for filing criminal charges against the parent. The email was sent by DC principal Neeraj K Bedhotiya to Hemendra Singh Pawar, father of Prathmeshwar Singh Pawar stated, “It was brought to the notice of the undersigned that, on May 21, 2021 the Housemaster, Sijo Mathew, of your son, Master Prathmeshwar Singh Pawar (A-12948), called you on your phone to remind you that the fees of your ward were overdue. The calls were made as a matter of routine to all Parents who had not paid their due fees till date.” It added that for some inexplicable reason Pawar took umbrage at this routine matter and behaved in a most unacceptable manner by abusing the Housemaster Mathew, in Hindi and went on to use objectionable language and expletives for the Principal. “You also threatened the Housemaster by stating that you are coming to school and...

Pall of gloom descended on Kamala Nehru Zoological Park, Indore, following the death of 17 year and 6 months old tiger B1 on Saturday. The royal Bengal tiger had moved to Indore city zoo in 2013 from Bhopal Van Vihar. Autopsy of the royal wildcat was done on Saturday to find out the cause of death. According to veterinarians, B1 died due to minor heart attack, weakness and old age. Doctors said that it is normal for tigers to pass away after their lifespan and B1 lived a good life. B1, who weighed about 150 kg was creamted in city zoo allotted cremation ground on Saturday evening. B1’s female partner Jamuna had recently given birth to three cubs out of which, two are surviving. Zoo in charge Uttam Yadav said, “B1 was born in 2003 and he was brought to Indore from Bhopal in 2013 at the age of 10, and since then he has been one of the most lovable animal of the zoo”. The royal Bengal tiger is father to more than 10 cubs in city zoo. His memories will remain alive by his following five cu...

After 64 days, the gates of Khajrana Ganesh temple were opened for devotees to come in and meet the lord for darshan. Following the order issued by the District Collector on Friday, the doors of the Khajrana Ganesh temple were opened for the devotees at around 2:00 pm. The doors were opened late in the afternoon after receiving confirmation of the Collector and Temple Managing President Manish Singh. A large number of devotees waiting for a long time reached the temple during the day. People stood in queues for darshan of Lord Ganesha. For entering the temple, it was necessary to bring a certificate of vaccination or to show the message of having the vaccine in the mobile, only after showing that the devotees are being allowed to enter the temple premises. On the orders of the District Collector, only four devotees were allowed inside the temple at the same time. Other devotees are being allowed to visit the idol only after the first four visitors moved out of the premises. The priest ...