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Lord Ganesh in Khajrana temple was adorned with pearls and special ornaments on Tuesday, as the temple committee celebrated 15th foundation day of the Shubh-Labh on Tuesday. Lord Ganesh, goddess Riddhi, and goddess Siddhi were seen in pearl-studded clothes. Along with this, a proposal for construction of drinking water facility was sent to district administration. The construction has been proposed using Dholpuri red stone in the temple premises. The event will be held on Tuesday under the aegis of Shubh-Profit Ganeshwari Sanstha. Association president Ashutosh Sharma and Mahesh Sharma said, “This year, devotees were able to celebrate the foundation day of the statue of auspiciousness and profit (Shubh and Labh) was celebrated with pomp.” At 7 o'clock in the morning, Abhishek and worship was organised. Along with this, day-long recitation of vedic mantras by priests began. The symbols of Shubh-Labh were worshiped with edibles known for medicinal value like fruit juice, mango, turme...

Students of Daly College took a pledge to stay away from drugs on Tuesday School students are easiest target for drug dealers, beware! Students of Daly College took a pledge to stay away from drugs, as Additional Superintendent of Police, Indore, Jaiveer Singh Bhadauria cited various demerits of the addiction in an awareness seminar at Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium on Tuesday. Bhadauria cautioned about the harm caused to health by intoxicants, especially tobacco and various intoxicating products made from it, highlighting its social and economic aspects. “We should not have any kind of intoxication under any circumstances and if someone tries to describe the drug as an object of profit and in any way woos us, we must become more alert and back from the idea,” he said. He emphasized the point that the drug mafia is more interested in trapping school students because it knows that these children are from well-off households. “You are the easiest target and you might end up become a source ...

A glimpse of the new-age learning space developed as the new campus of Dr BR Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) University, Bengaluru to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi First model of NEP 2020 learning space created with Indore’s start-up Modern model at will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 6, 2021 at Bengaluru With new education policy (NEP) 2020 in implementation phase, learning spaces are now being transformed across India. Playing an essential role in bringing international design and wider perspective to learning spaces, Indore leads the change in the country after excelling overseas. Indore, the hub of start-ups and young entrepreneurs, is the first to create this new model of education for Government of Karnataka. This model in form of new campus of Dr BR Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) University, Bengaluru will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 6, 2021. It was designed by Education Design International (ED...

Students who wish to attempt Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination as private candidates can register from Dec 2, 2021. The board announced that those private candidates who wish to appear for the class 12 board exams 2022 can register from December 2. The Board will conduct the exams for these candidates along with the second term board exams of regular students. This year, CBSE has categorized private candidates into nine categories. "Candidates who had passed in 2021 can also appear for the exam in case they wish to improve their performance in one or more subjects," CBSE said. The board added that examination for these categories of students will be conducted on the basis of syllabus of term 2 only. To sit in the board exam 2022, candidates will be issued a different roll number. “Fresh new roll number will be allotted by the Board for the candidates appearing in 2022. In no case the candidates will be allowed to appear with the previous year’s roll numb...

On Monday, private and government schools opened their doors for students but only at 50 percent capacity following the latest instructions issued by CM. Regarding the new variant Omicron of Corona, the Madhya Pradesh government had issued a guideline to continue with 50% capacity and online classes in the school. Earlier, i.e. 6 days ago, the government had decided to open schools with 100 percent capacity. The parents are satisfied with this decision, but the MP Board Association does not agree with it. The association believes that this is a hasty decision. Parents’ representatives said that the threat of corona is still not over.” Children's safety is more important, because children's vaccine has not even arrived yet. Where children have studied online for so long, some time is more right,” Sanjay Mishra, a parent representative, said. Gopal Soni, state vice-president of MP Board Private School Association MP Indore, said, “There is an exemption in all events, but restrict...

Students attempting half yearly examinations of Madhya Pradesh board in government schools faced a new challenge this year. They usually felt speed of writing was essential to score well in examinations, but this time, it was not so. Rather they had enough time on their hand. The challenge was thorough knowledge of the subject and accuracy in answers. Students from class IX to XII in government schools of the state attempted their first examination in offline mode on Monday. The Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) had issued instructions in this regard. The exam timings of class IX and XI was from 9 am to 12 noon. At the same time, the timing of the 10th and 12th examinations were organised from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. The question papers of the half yearly examination were made available class wise, subject wise and date wise to the institution principals in sealed envelopes. Pattern change comes with a new challenge “There were a lot of multiple type questions, and though I like not...

Half yearly examinations from class IX to XII in government schools of the state will be held in offline mode from November 29. The Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) has issued instructions in this regard. The exam timings of class IX and XI will be held from 9 am to 12 noon. At the same time, the timing of the 10th and 12th examinations has been kept from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. The question papers of the half yearly examination will be made available class wise, subject wise and date wise to the institution principals in sealed envelopes.

Cake mixing ceremony with all the three generations of a family participating in the fun festive feel Christian families and some other families in the city that love the festival of Christmas organised cake mixing ceremony on Sunday. Many bakeries and start-ups also organised the event to begin the Christmas month. The cake mixing ritual is often celebrated on a grand scale to ring in the joy of the Christmas season. “This age-old Christmas tradition also marks the arrival of the harvest season,” Shanti John, an elderly lady from the community, said. She added that the dry fruits, nuts, grains and spices that are required to make the traditional plum cake are mixed and soaked in high quality rum, wine or other alcoholic beverages. This elaborate mixing process is what gives the cake its unique flavour, aroma and texture. “We do this every year to follow our legacy and culture of celebrating Christmas,” Vinita Vincent, a homemaker, said. A home baker Shruti Vincent said, “My grandmothe...

First Sunday of Advent was celebrated by lighting the Purple colour candle symbolising Hope Starting Sunday, the Catholic Church entered its new year of worship, as they prepare for the birthday of the Lord Jesus Christ. The community celebrated the First Sunday of Advent by lighting the Purple colour candle. Every Sunday of Advent lights a special candle. The first candle is known as the Prophet's candle symbolizing hope. “This preparation has to be done on all the four levels – physical, physical, mental and spiritual,” Father CB Joseph said, in his speech at Red Church. He added that in the last two years, especially during the Corona period, everyone has faced many hardships. “We lost a lot of wonderful people and there are many kinds of troubles, problems, troubles keep coming in life. But God also solves all these troubles for us,” Fr Joseph said. He explained that the purple candle teaches people to live life with hope. “One of the topics of today's preparation is love. ...

Five students competing for one seat of engineering 558 applicants for 90 engineering seats post extension by AICTE The craze for becoming an engineer makes a comeback post covid-19 outbreak, as there are five candidates fighting for one seat in engineering in Indore. This can be supported by the large number of applicants who applied at state's largest engineering institute Shri Govindram Seksaria Technology and Science (SGSITS) for securing admission in various streams of engineering. The institute had invited applications for the vacant seats in its various departments after All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) extended the date of admission process. In the last counseling, the institute had invited applications for about 90 seats for various courses. The college received 558 applications for the same seats. In order to avoid any discrepancy in the admission process, the institute has also put the merit list on the website. Admission will be given to the students on...

Indore’s ophthalmologist Dr Amit Solanki received Padma Bhushan Dr SK Mukherjee Memorial National Health Services Award for 2021. The award function was organized by Satkar Kala Kendra at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) College on Sunday. Dr Mukherjee was well-known in the country as an advocate for medical ethics and Satkar Kala Kendra has conferred this prestigious award to about 250 doctors till date. MP Shankar Lalwani conferred the award to Dr Solanki. He was also awarded ‘Yaad Award’.

Deeparadhana puja and other ritualistic prayers at Sri Ayyappa temple, Mahalaxmi Nagar on Saturday During the 60-day Mandal Puja at Sri Ayyappa temple, Mahalaxmi Nagar, the 12th day was celebrated specially with Panthrandu Vilakku Puja on Saturday. 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...

Joining the universal Catholic Church, the Catholic Diocese of Indore will celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, by lighting the Purple colour candle on November 28, 2021 known as the First Sunday of Advent. Every Sunday of Advent lights a special candle. First candle: Prophet's candle symbolizing hope will be lit on November 28, 2021. This is purple in colour. Second candle: Bethlehem's candle symbolizing faith and love will be lit on December 5, 2021. This is purple in colour. Third candle: Shepherd's candle symbolizing joy will be lit on December 12, 2021. This is pink in colour. Fourth candle: Angel's candle symbolizing peace will be lit on December 19, 2021. This is purple in colour. Fifth candle: Christ's candle symbolizing light and purity will be lit on December 24, 2021. This is white in colour. All the nine Catholic Churches of Indore will celebrate this by lighting a purple coloured candle symbolising prophecy of hope, at their respective churches. At th...

Madhya Pradesh State Roopankar Kala Puraskar Exhibition-2022 is being organized by Ustad Alauddin Khan Sangeet and Kala Akademi. The Akademi has invited artworks by February 15, 2022, for the ten awards of Roopankar and Fine Arts, instituted in the name of eminent artists of the state. The amount of each award is Rs 51 thousand. Two artworks will be accepted in the exhibition and artists in the age group of 25 to 55 years will be able to participate.

The School Education Department has not been able to collect the information of about 20 thousand teachers of government schools in the state. Last year there were about 16 thousand such teachers. This year the number has increased by four thousand. In 2020, the department could not find 16,215 teachers. Even after a year, the education portal of the department has not been updated yet. This can be checked on the official education portal. Last year, a letter was also issued by the Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI) to the Joint Directors. Despite this, the department has not been able to find about the teachers so far. In the session 2018-19, the department had 3,20,440 teachers registered on the portal. At the same time, the number of teachers registered in 2019-20 on the portal was 3,04,225. In the session 2020-21, the number of teachers increased slightly. This year, i.e. 2021-22, also the number of teachers is less than last year. If compared, it is down by four thousand. Due...

Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar doesn’t receive the respect and recognition, she deserved. Stating this author Vikram Sampath said, “Nobody knows the story of Devi Ahilya, which should ideally be taught and re-told to the entire country.” In the face-to-face interview with Free Press, the author shared his opinions and urged people to bring a revolution by providing equal recognition to all the royals in the country and not just Mughal rulers. “The history taught in school text and even university is very partial doesn’t cover many important rulers,” Sampath said. He cited that rulers like Devi Ahilya, Rani Abbakka Chowta and others are not even talked about enough. “Naming the college or airport after the queen is not enough,” Sampath said. He suggested that the entire royals from history should be scrapped, especially if this is how we are teaching biased history to students. “It’s not religion but definitely a region biased history that we are teaching,” Sampath said. He added the focus of e...

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2023 syllabus has changed and hence forward, aspirants must prepare accordingly for the next upcoming attempt. JEE advanced, will be held as per a new syllabus from 2023, an update on the official website of the JEE advanced 2021, jeeadv.ac.in notifies. The new syllabus has been released for students on the website two years in advance. JEE advanced is the only entrance exam for admission to undergraduate courses in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Through JEE (Advanced), Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) offer admission into undergraduate courses leading to a Bachelor’s, Integrated Master’s or Bachelor-Master Dual Degree in Engineering, Sciences or Architecture. Both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees are awarded to candidates enrolled in the dual degree programs upon successful completion of the course curriculum. Aspirants must first clear JEE Main and secure their place to attempt JEE advanced. JEE Main is a screening test for IIT entran...

To celebrate the first anniversary celebration of the Energy Swaraj Yatra, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science organised an event in the college campus. Dr Rakesh Saxena, college director, noted the importance of sustainable development and proper utilization of energy. During this event, various initiatives were also launched for climate change mitigation. Speaking about the experience of the yatra, Prof Chetan Solanki said, “After the yatra, as time passed and as many catastrophic events unfolded in the world, the reason and resolve to take the Energy Swaraj Yatra of 11 years, became stronger. I see very positive signs that people understand the need to take action for mitigation of climate change.” He added that people want to be part of the solution, and not pollution. Till date, Yatra has already covered 6000+ km in over 6 states reaching out to 20000+ people.

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is responsible for seven million deaths worldwide annually. AMR could lead to approximately 10 million lives annually by 2050, at a cumulative global economic cost of 100 trillion USD. Citing this and explaining that AMR is one of the top ten global public health threats for humanity, as noted in World Health Organization, educationist Dr DC Sharma addressed school students during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). He addressed various groups of school students of private schools in the city. “Drug Resistant diseases and superbugs are common terms for today’s world.Theemergence of SUPER BUGS are major concernsand the answer lies in emerging AMR,” Sharma said. He added that AMR is one of the major threats to Sustainable Development Goal. “While posing a risk to biodiversity, it is also a major threat for ecosystems, economies and for our physical well being and survival, citing from Ghana Declaration: Call to Action on AMR 19- 20 November,” Sharma ...

Indore’s young talented artist makes her mark in national level talent search competition. Vanshika Sharma of Grade 2 received an award for her performance in the National Level Talent Search Competition 2021 (Drawing Competition) organized by Centre for Educational Development and Research. Vanishka was guided by Timsi Rai, her mentor.

Organising and managing your approach towards yourself and business is the only way to boost your efficiency and become successful again. Stating this, Prof Samish Dalal addressed the gathering of women entrepreneurs on Thursday. With the idea that it’s time for business to revive and to empower women-led start-ups, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (Ficci Flo) Indore organised an educational and guiding seminar for women on Thursday. Dalal, who specialises in the field of Negotiation, Entrepreneurship and Marketing, was the keynote speaker. “With the economy fall out post covid-19 outbreak, every business suffered but we must gear up and regain the lost growth now, so we organised the seminar,” Meetu Kohli, from Ficci Flo, said. //Key takeaways from the seminar 1. One has to get narrow and get focused and prioritize things. Arrange your day. Make use of calender in your phone. That's when you will become a multi-tasking person. Analyse strong to the weak, we...

The dangers of inbreeding not only threaten the existence and life of human beings, but for every living being including wildcats. With that in mind, it’s time to change, say goodbye to Shiva and bring home a new lion from Haryana. Kamla Nehru Prani Sanghralaya (Indore city zoo) has confirmed an exchange with Haryana to change bloodline of lions. Indore city zoo is known for the highest number of lions and best breeding centre of wildcats in the country. One of the main reason for Indore to able to achieve that position is proper care and control of any kind of inbreeding. “Inbreeding in any animals just like humans can result in genetic problems and is never regarded correct scientifically,” Dr Uttam Yadav, city zoo in-charge, said. He added that the population of lions has been blooming in Indore. “However, we are getting restrained in terms of bloodline in the next generation,” Yadav said. Hence, the officials planned to exchange a lion and bring in new bloodline. “We sent out propo...

Group Commander of Indore NCC Group Brigadier Akashdeep Bhanot addressed cadets of 9 MP Battalion NCC Indore in the annual training camp on Wednesday. Leadership skills are root of success and they will help you in organising people, ideas and skill-sets to achieve a common goal, which is essential especially for a country’s success. Stating this Group Commander of Indore NCC Group Brigadier Akashdeep Bhanot addressed cadets of 9 MP Battalion NCC Indore in the annual training camp on Wednesday. He addressed the cadets and asked NCC cadets to develop leadership qualities and follow disciplined life. “Develop the necessary skills especially: decisiveness, integrity, relationship building (or team building), problem-solving abilities, dependability, and ability to teach and mentor,” Brigadier Bhanot said. He urged the cadets to use study material available with respect to NCC "B" and "C" certificate examination through the website and app of Director General NCC and ge...

Only 45 percent of reserved seats under Right to Education (RTE) have been filled in the state. This gap of 55 percent puts an extra burden on private schools, which transfers to parents with fee hikes and extra charges. While a few schools are able to book their RTE seats with children of their employees, most of the schools are able to fill only 10 percent of the reserved RTE seats. Maximum schools in the state have been able to fill up only one seat from the 10 reserved. Now, since govt won’t pay anything for the reserved nine seats, the entire burden of this fee will be passed onto to other students in the batch and school. This is the case with most schools in the state, which include about 28,303 schools in Madhya Pradesh (MP), which were registered under RTE. Moreover, 2,91,111 seats were reserved in the state, but most of them remain vacant. From these 2.9 lakh seats, only 1.4 lakh seats have been filled in the state. This means 1.5 lakh seats remain vacant despite being reserv...

With wedding season restarting, many small ventures taken over by women are back in business. In order to further cater to the latest possibilities, women have come up with innovative ideas. While masks have been trending for quite some time, now the new trend is wedding masks with various arts, paintings and designs showcasing weddings. Depicting that the family is bride’s family, a special series of masks depicting a loving welcome are being created. The group of ‘Baratis’ wearing special dancing and celebratory masks are equally in a part of this fad. The trend further extends to the gifts hampers wherein women are customising packages for weddings. “Finally, it’s a sigh of relief as business picks up again after covid-19 outbreak for the first time,” Ekta Mehta, preparing custom masks, said. “We can customize the simplest of things into wedding specials with art and this skill of mine is finally back into use,” Sakshi Jagariya said. Another entrepreneur Mahima Sharma with her team...

Banking sector is quickly transforming and hastening with technological development and investment tie-ups. Stating this, Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) executive director Hemant Tamta talked about various aspects and growth of the sector with Free Press. “Banking is expanding as a sector and we must work efficiently to provide seamless and quick transfers to cater to latest generation,” Tamta said. He added that digitalization is a necessity that helped banks provide services to its customers in covid-19 times. “Now, our aim is to provide the best possible digital landing with safe and quick processes,” Tamta said. He added that public sector banks like BOM are aiming to grow and compete with best private banks. Aimed to promote MSME: boost of 25% BOM is aiming to boost the growth of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME), as shared by Tamta. “BOM’ RAM (retail, agriculture, and MSME) segment grew at the record pace of 14.24 percent to Rs 70,515 crore,” he said. He added that now bank ...

From 10 seats reserved under Right to Education (RTE) Act for most schools, only one student has been admitted and now, the schools must wait for another year to allot the seat to nine students. Hence, these nine seats will remain vacant throughout the academic session, which could have given a chance to a student to gain primary education. This is the case with most schools in the state, which include about 28,303 schools in Madhya Pradesh (MP), which were registered under RTE. Moreover, 291,111 seats were reserved in the state, but most of them remain vacant. In Indore, there were 12,000 seats reserved for students under RTE. There were 10,000 applicants for these seats. Further, only 8,000 admissions are recorded. The 4,000 seats will remain vacant for the year now. There are many manifolds to the admission system, which include technical reasons and parents’ choice. In such a situation, many seats are vacant every year, but state education department doesn’t find the need to add an...

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools will collect waste and provide it to Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) for preparing ‘Eco Bricks’. Along with this, every school will appoint ENO (ENVIRONMENT NODAL OFFICER). Announcing this after discussion with chief guest municipal commissioner Pratibha Pal, chairman of Indore Sahodaya Complex of CBSE schools UK Jha addressed a media conference at Shri Gujarati Samaj School in Vijay Nagar, Indore, on Monday. “As we go into the depth of visualizing the change in human perception, it’s very apparent that we have been exploiting the natural resources to a great extent since ages but the efforts made in the direction of its preservation have been very less,” Jha said. “Indian philosophy and Integral humanism have always portrayed us all to be the worshippers of nature but nowadays this culture is declining because we have denied the importance and care of nature from our life principles,” Pal said. Dr Anil Kumar, an environmentalist,...

Travelling about 1,350 kilometres from Bangalore to Madhya Pradesh, the most eye-drawing and mesmerising Large Oak Blue butterfly makes its way to the biodiversity of the state. For the first time ever, Large Oak Blue butterfly also known as Bangalore butterfly was recorded in a forest survey. About 51 species were recorded in the survey with some unique species. This was recorded in the first Butterfly Survey Tamia conducted in November 2021. Starting from the foothill to the top of Tamia, a troupe of 15 volunteers from Wild Warriors along with forest officials and workers headed on 9 trails for conducting the survey. There were three teams, each team constituted of 5 member s apart from the forest guards and workers The survey was conducted for two days on the trails like Raja Kho and Jhingaria Nature Trail. The teams identified about 50-55 species of butterflies as well as some rare species. Ishwar Jarande and HC Baghel headed the initiative from forest department. Sachin Matkar, R...

Imagine the horrific frustration and inhumanity spreading in the city, as a man beat a stray dog to death for running away with bag containing mutton! The man was detained by the cops after a complaint was raised against the inhuman act by animal activists in the city. The man chased the dog after it snatched a bag of mutton and was trying to run away, police said on Monday. The dog entered the house of Jagdish Chauhan alias Thakur (40) on Sunday and escaped with a bag of mutton kept for cooking in the morning, Vijay Nagar police station in-charge Tehzeeb Qazi said. Chauhan chased the animal with a stick and beat it to death, Qazi said. The man was booked under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and IPC provisions on the complaint of People for Animals Indore unit president Priyanshu Jain. Animal lovers Hritik and Kartik had noted the incident in Ram Nagar ground and further reported to unit president for registering the complaint. “It’s heart breaking to see how inhuman people have...

येस यू कैन विषय पर अवि शर्मा , अथर्व वर्मा और गुरुबक्स सिंह ने अपने एक्सपीरियंस शेयर किये वही फील्ड चुने जो आपको अच्छी लगती है क्यूंकि कोई काम छोटा नही होता बस पेशेंस रखेंगे तो उसका फल हमे अच्छा ही मिलेगा इंदौर येस यू कैन विषय पर क्रिएट स्टोरीज सोशल वेलफेयर सोसाइटी द्वारा आयोजित सेशन में शहर के ही 12 साल के अवि शर्मा , 15 साल के अथर्व वर्मा एवं 13 साल के गुरुबक्स सिंह ने अपने कुछ रियल लाइफ एक्सपीरियंस शेयर किए । संचालन दीपक शर्मा ने किया । इनकी जिंदगी के कुछ एक्सपीरियंस इन्ही के शब्दों में – लाइफ में चैलेंज से डरे नहीं आगे बढे - अवि शर्मा अवि शर्मा , 12 वर्ष – जब मैं ढाई साला का था और जैसा मम्मी बताती है मैं तुतलती भाषा में सभी श्लोक बोल देता था एवं जीके के सवाल भी मेरे को आ जाते थे तो इन सबका क्रेडिट मेरे पेरेंट्स को जाता है क्योंकि जो मैं आज हूं उन्ही के ट्रस्ट की वजह से हूं । आज मैं एक एंकर , एक्टर , स्टोरीटेलर , वैदिक मैथ्स का यंगेस्ट मेंटर हूं मैं पूरे भारत का यंगेस्ट न्यूज एंकर भी हूं । लॉकडाउन में मैंने तकरीबन 150 से ज्यादा बच्चों को निः शुल्क वैदिक मैथ्स भी पढ़ाया क्योंकि मेरे...

Youth and Vocation Commission of Catholic Diocese of Indore organized ‘Angels Gathering’ Meet for Catholic children at St Paul High Secondary School, Indore, on Monday. Participants included around 120 children of different parishes of Indore – Nanda Nagar, Pushpnagar, Sukhlia, Palda, and Cathedral - Red Church. There were 15 teachers and 15 volunteers, sisters, animators present in the event. The aim of the program was to organize a one-day program for the children who received the First Holy Communion sacraments. This meet was conducted after a long break enforced to gathering because of covid– 19 pandemic. This conference was for the children of Indore Diocese of Indore who received the First Holy Communion sacraments. Sr Ross trained the children using a telecast. Director of the commission Fr Sumit Tahir congratulated all the children present who received First Holy Communion sacraments and said that this sacrament is an important sacrament for our life. “This sacrament is a sacre...

Kirtan Diwan was decorated celebrating Prakash Parv of Guru Nanak Dev on Sunday in various Gurudwaras of the city. Prakash Parv is celebrated every year. However, the date varies each time. According to the Lunar calendar, Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated 15 days after Diwali on the auspicious occasion of Kartik Purnima. As this date varies and collective celebrations are organised at Khalsa College every year, Gurudwaras organise celebrations in their premises on the following Sunday. A special diwan was decorated in the Gurdwara Shri Nanak Satsang Darbar, located in LIG Colony, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev. During this, around 10,000 to 15,000 devotees decorated the diwan in the morning and night, paid obeisance in the court. At the same time, the diwan was decorated in the night too. The accompaniment was enlivened by Harmandar Sahib Amritsar Ragi Satdarbir Singh Nathe. The Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee greeted the Ragi Jathas by presenting them with saropa...

Feast of Christ The universal Catholic Church celebrated the feast of Christ the King on Sunday, Nov 21, in Indore. The celebrations were noted in the Red church as well as all other catholic churches observed this day. Community members in honour of Christ the king conducted the Holy Mass. This was followed by short procession around the church. In Red Church Indore, on this auspicious occasion Fr Sibi joseph and Fr John Bosco were felicitated on the silver jubilee of their priestly ordination. They were felicitated by Father Suresh Somani and Neelu Sebastian respectively At 4 pm, Reverend Bishop Chacko of Indore Catholic diocese offered holy mass at the grotto of mother Mary at Palasiya Indore. After the religious ceremonies, the Indore diocesan catholic community head felicitated 25 meritorious students of the community In his discourse, Bishop Chacko of Indore Diocese said, “In 1925, Pope Pius XI introduced the celebration of Christ the King in the Catholic Church.” He added that ...

Are we ready to open schools in full swing? Gear up parents! Schools are all set to open in full swing with no option for online classes soon. As per the latest statements from government and department, there is a chance that schools will soon open with no online classes in the coming weeks. In Madhya Pradesh, parents from class 1 to class 5 need to gear up to send their children to school. A proposal to open the school at full capacity has been sent to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar has also expressed the same intention. In the proposal, it was recommended to open all the schools soon, but due to the main three points, orders could not be issued on Sunday. Following the proposal, the government is discussing whether there will be compulsion to take permission of parents or not. Secondly, will sports activities be allowed in schools or not. Finally, the question arouse whether schools will be organising prayers or not in the schools,...