Date:17/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/17/stories/2006091712680400.htm

Madhya Pradesh comes to Delhi

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan inaugurated an exhibition of tribal Gond paintings at Lalit Kala Akademi here on Saturday. He also released two books, "Jangadh Kalam'' and "Madhya Pradesh Mein Chitrakala''.

The Chief Minister said his Government was planning to commemorate the contributions of tribal freedom fighters. State Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah presided over the function.

Five-day camp for plot allottees ends

NEW DELHI: A five-day camp to hand over possession papers to allottees of plots under the reallocation scheme in Bawana Industrial Complex here ended on Friday. The camp was organised under the supervision of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructural Development Corporation (DSIIDC) executive director Rita Kumar.

Possession papers to 325 allottees were issued during the camp. As many as 251 allottees also took physical possession of their plots during the camp.

DSIIDC plans to hold more such camps in the future.

U.S. University fair held in the Capital

NEW DELHI: A U.S. University Fair was held at Taj Palace Hotel here on Saturday. Organised by the Washington-based Linden Educational Services, it was open to the public free of charge. The first hour of the fair was devoted to undergraduate students.

Students and parents interested in finding out more about studying in the U.S. got an opportunity to meet representatives of over two dozen American institutions at the fair. Last year over 572,000 international students pursued their higher education in the U.S., of whom more than 80,000 were from India.

Training programme for dengue control

NEW DELHI: Dengue can be controlled only with active public cooperation, said Delhi Health Minister Yoganand Shastri here over the weekend. He was speaking after inaugurating a training programme for nodal officers of the Government, private organisations and residents' welfare organisations on prevention and control of dengue.

The training programme was organised by the Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

"Avoid unnecessary medication"

NEW DELHI: "Medicines should be avoided unless they are necessary," said Heart Care Foundation of India president K. K. Aggarwal here on Saturday. According to Dr. Aggarwal, medicine should always be taken in the right dose, at the right time and for the right duration.

"Unnecessary medicines can cause side effects and may be harmful to the body. Unless specified by the doctors, if a dose is missed then the next dose should not be doubled,'' he added.