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Eight Cabinet Ministers and two Ministers of State administered oath
Lucknow: October 17, 2007 In a brief expansion of State Cabinet,the Uttar Pradesh Governor, Mr.T.V. Rajeswar administered oath of office and secrecy to eight Cabinet Ministers and two Ministers of State (Independent charge) in a simple programme organized here today at Raj Bhawan. The Cabinet Ministers are βMr.Badshah Singh, Mr. Rangnath Mishra, Mr.Nand Gopal GuptaβNandiβ, Mr. Kamla Kant Gautam, Mr. Chandra Dev Ram Yadav and Mr. Ashok Kumar,besides the new Ministers of State, Mr. Bhagwati Prasad Sagar and Mr. Jaiveer Singh. Mr.Badshah Singh (Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion), Mr. Rangnath Mishra (Rural Engineering Services),Mr.Anant Kumar Mishra(Medical and Health) were working as Ministers of State (Independent charge) and Mr. Abdul Mannan (Agriculture Foreign Trade and Agriculture Export) was the Minister of the State. All these four Ministers were promoted as Cabinet Ministers. Mr. Bhagwati Prasad Sagar and Mr. Jaiveer Singh took the oath as the Ministers of the State (Independent charge). Mr.Nand Gopal GuptaβNandiβ, Mr. Kamla Kant Gautam, Mr. Chandra Dev Ram Yadav and Ashok Kumar have been included for the first time in the Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretary Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh conducted the programme of oath taking ceremony. On this occasion, the Chief Minister Km. Mayawati, Cabinet Ministers Mr. S.C. Mishra, Mr. Naseemuddin Siddqui, Mr. Babu Singh Kushwaha including other Ministers, party office bearers, MPs, MLAs, were present besides senior officers and eminent citizens. ********
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Thursday, Oct 18, 2007
AMU institutes international award in memory of Sir Syed
ALIGARH: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has instituted an international award for communal harmony in memory of its founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
A Sir Syed Chair will also be created at the university, Vice-Chancellor P. K. Abdul Azis said while addressing the 190th birth anniversary of the educationist.
He emphasised the relevance of Sir Syedβs thoughts for the larger society and outlined AMUβs contribution to the ideals of quality education and peaceful co-existence which the Muslim reformist professed and practised.
Cash prize
The Sir Syed Award, carrying a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh, will be selected by a national jury, said a university release quoting Mr. Azis.
The university will organise cultural festivals of various states so that a cultural rapport can be stitched among students from across the country, an idea cherished by Sir Syed, he said.
On the occasion, the first biography of Sir Syed in Bangla, authored by the chairman of the Department of Modern Indian Languages, T. B. Chakraborty, was released. An exhibition on Sir Syedβs writings and books was also inaugurated at the Sir Syed Academy.
Later Mr. Azis distributed prizes to the winners of an all-India essay writing competition on Sir Syed, his life and contributions.
- PTI