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Chouhan to lead assembly elections in MP
Gwalior, Jan 05: Lauding the functioning of the Madhya Pradesh
government, BJP President Rajnath Singh said the BJP will fight
next year's Assembly elections in the state under the leadership
of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Singh told reporters
here that the government was doing commendable work especially
in road and power sectors. He claimed that Madhya Pradesh would
soon join the league of developed states.
Cultural programmes decentralised
Bhopal, Jan 05: Cultural programmes in Madhya Pradesh have been
decentralised with a view that such programmes can also be held
at small towns along with big cities. Culture Department is
providing utmost opportunities to folk artists of Bundelkhand,
Malwa and Mahakaushal in accordance with the culture of these
areas. This information was given by Culture, Public Relations
and Mineral Resources Minister Laxmikant Sharma at live phone-in
programme 'Hello Akashwani' which was broadcast live from
Akashwani Kendra Bhopal on Friday.
Statewide pulse polio drive on Sunday
Bhopal, Jan 05: Lakhs of children up to five years of age will
be administered Pulse Polio drops in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday,
January 6, 2008. A target of administering polio drops to 97
lakh children has been set for the Pulse Polio campaign to he
held on Sunday. For this one crore 42 vaccine dozes have been
sent to districts. Adequate arrangements of cold chain have also
been made to with a view to keeping the polio dozes intact.
After administering polio doze at polio booths on Sunday,
remaining children would be given the dozes at their houses on
Monday and Tuesday, January 7 and 8, 2008. During the last one
year no new polio case has been found in Madhya Pradesh.
Successful G2G initiative by Higher Education
Bhopal, Jan 05: In government files are very important things.
For all sincere and well meaning efforts the number of files,
somehow, keeps increasing due, inter alia, to their processing
at four-five levels in offices. With a view to quickening the
disposal of long pending files, the Principal Secretary, Higher
Education and Technical Education, Snehlata Shrivastava, hit
upon an idea to take a novel G2G initiative.
Women empowerment in the state
Bhopal, Jan 05: With a view to increasing access of meritorious
girls of families subsisting below the poverty line in urban
areas to higher education, the State Government has introduced
an innovative scheme 'Pratibha Kiran Yojana' which could be
described as another step forward towards women empowerment in
the state. Applications have been invited upto January 31, 2008
from the girls desirous of seeking benefits of the newly
introduced scheme during the current academic session.
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