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  • Madhya Pradesh government to groom budding sportspersons for 2024, 2028 Olympics: CM Chouhan

    By PTI

    BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government will train budding sportspersons for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said.

    Under a talent search programme, the government has started looking for sportspersons so that they can be groomed in 18 sports academies in the state for the world’s largest sporting event.

    In a statement, Chouhan said that Indian players, who made a record in the Tokyo Olympics, have opened the doors for future possibilities and their brilliant performance has been inspiring.

    “Therefore, we have decided to look for new talented players under a campaign and train them in 18 sports academies of Madhya Pradesh. We will churn out not one but many such players, who will bring laurels to the country and the state in the Olympics besides in national and international competitions,” he said.

    So far, around 50,000 youths have registered their names under the talent search programme, he added.

    Chouhan said the state government has set its eyes on the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Madhya Pradesh’s sportspersons will win medals for the country there.

    He urged the youths interested in sports to register themselves for the talent search campaign of the Madhya Pradesh government.

    “This will help in nurturing and training budding players in bringing glory to the country. The youths should register themselves and participate in talent search programmes,” he said.

    Recently, Chouhan had offered Vivek Sagar, midfielder in the Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team, service in MP Police as a DSP.

    Sagar hails from Itarsi in the state.

  • Illegal mining continues in MP as entire family of CM Chouhan is engaged in it: Digivijaya Singh

    The Congress leader said the virus does not spread in Bharatiya Janta Party meetings and programs but it spreads only in those of the general public.

  • Bird flu: Madhya Pradesh govt bans chicken trade with some southern states

    By PTI
    BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government has banned chicken trade with a few southern states for a limited period in view of the bird flu outbreak in parts of MP, a government official said on Wednesday.

    The official, however, did not specify the states.

    In the morning, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the bird flu situation in the state and directed officials concerned to take necessary preventive measures.

    Chouhan also directed the officials to step-up vigil at poultries in the districts where bird deaths have been reported.

    “As a precautionary measure, chicken trade with a few southern states will remain banned for a limited period,” a public relations department official said.

    “The ban is enforced as a precaution after reports of death of crows were received from Indore, Agar Malwa and Mandsaur,” he said.

    “There is no problem as such in the state.

    Precautionary measures have been taken, which include informing districts about the guidelines issued by the Centre,” the official said.

    After Indore, bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of mass death of crows in Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts of Madhya Pradesh.

    During the review meeting in the morning, Chouhan directed officials to ensure that guidelines are followed and also asked the animal husbandry department and other allied agencies to remain alert.

    State Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang and other senior officials were present in the meeting.

    On Tuesday, an official report confirmed bird flu as the cause of mass death of crows in Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts, after Indore.

    Presence of H5N8 virus (a variant of avian influenza or bird flu) was found in the carcasses of crows in Mandsaur and Agar Malwa districts, an official said, citing test results of samples sent for laboratory analysis.

    A total of 155 dead crows in Indore have been found with the H5N8 virus since the pathogen was first detected in the state’s commercial hub a week back.

    Since December 23, 2020, about 400 avian deaths have been reported across 10 districts of Madhya Pradesh, the PR department official said.

    Apart from Indore, Agar Malwa and Mandsaur, samples of dead avians were collected from Ujjain, Sehore, Dewas, Guna, Shajapur, Khargone and Neemuch districts and sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal for testing, the official said.

    Several states on Tuesday sounded an alert to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu and sent samples for testing while Kerala began culling of chickens and ducks.

    Karnataka and Tamil Nadu stepped up surveillance and formed guidelines following the outbreak of the viral infection in neighbouring Kerala, where around 1,700 ducks have died due to the flu.

     

  • Pragya Thakur backs MP govt on law against stone-pelters

    By ANI
    MUMBAI: Backing Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the Madhya Pradesh law against stone pelters, BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Monday said that the BJP government is giving a befitting reply to those who are attacking ‘Ram bhakts’ collecting funds for the construction of Ram temple and a law should be made to punish such people.

    “Madhya Pradesh government is giving a befitting reply to those who are attacking Ram bhakts collecting funds for the construction of Ram temple. These attacks are an attempt by the Left to disturb communal peace. A law should be made to punish such people,” said Thakur while speaking to the media.

    Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that strict action and law are needed against those who indulge in stone-pelting.

    Reportedly, the new Madhya Pradesh law will have a provision for auctioning the assets of stone pelters to repay for any damage caused to public property or an individual.

    The law comes in the wake of a recent incident of stone-pelting, after which more than 24 people were arrested in Gautampura area of Indore on December 29.

    A public awareness rally was reportedly organised from Dharmat to Chandkhedi, Kanwasa, Sunala back to Rudrakhya via Khadotya in connection with the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya where an incident of stone-pelting occurred after some people opposed the rally.

    The comments of Thakur came after she appeared before Special NIA Court today, in connection with 2008 Malegaon blast case. Special NIA Court in Mumbai has been adjourned for tomorrow the hearing in 2008 Malegaon blast case.