Though Van Vihar National Park resumed nature trail for tourist, the unprecedented challenge of Covid-19 has spoiled the plan. The first day of nature trail witnessed number of tourist below average. The nature train will be provided only on Saturdays. On this trail, visitors will get to know about flora and fauna along with scenic beauty. The trail is about 2.4 km long with 20 selfie points. The nature trail begins from Samsar sight (Upper Lake) and passing through Bird Center, Butter Fly Park, Snake ..

Bamboo crop is safer and more profitable compared to other crops. The specialty of bamboo crop is that it does not get damaged in any season. Principal Secretary, Forest Ashok Varnwal said this in a one-day workshop of farmers for bamboo plantation in Harda on Thursday. Principal Secretary Varnwal said that bamboo crop is also better in the sense that once planted, its production is obtained every year. Along with the low cost, it also involves less human labour. As many as 625 saplings can be planted ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today remembered Swami Vivekananda's contribution on his anniversary. Chief Minister Chouhan said that Swami Vivekananda did the work of enhancing the prestige of the nation. He did an important job of acquainting the world with the best ancient traditions and Sanatan culture of India. The vision of Swami Vivekananda was full of foresight. Swamiji had said in the 19th century that the 21st century would increase the prestige of India in the whole world...

Mithi Gobindram Public School celebrated Swami Vivekanand’s birth anniversary through virtual medium on Wednesday. On this occasion, Siddh Bhau urged the students and teachers to follow the invaluable words of Swami Vivekananda ‘Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is achieved’. Throwing light on the teachings of Vivekananda, he said that morning time is the best for studies, physical, wealth and mental growth, so students should study with concentration by ensuring early morning time for studies...

Bhopal Municipal Corporation is acting tough against those traders and shopkeepers who are using banned polythene. On Tuesday, it recovered fine of Rs 22,850 in 112 cases. It had in December month announced that substandard polythene causing severe threat to environment will be banned and action will be taken against those who are find using them, storing them and selling them. From the start of January month, BMC has embarked on the drive to check storage of prohibited polythene and is slapping fine ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Commercial Tax Department has an important role to play in achieving the goal of self-reliant Madhya Pradesh. Along with work in other areas, revenue growth is also necessary, for which measures should be found. Along with work in other areas, revenue growth is also necessary, for which measures should be found. Make concerted efforts to increase revenue through effective control on tax evasion, continuous action in cases of illicit liquor, simplification ..

Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) acted with iron fist against those traders who were found selling and using banned polythene on Monday. In thirty seven cases, BMC squad confiscated more than two quintal banned polythene and recovered fine of Rs 27, 500 from the violators. BMC Squad did action in Ghodda Nakkas, Bal Vihar, Jumerati, Azad Market and recovered fine of Rs 24,700 in eight cases. Along with this, it seized 2.20 quintal polythene. In Karond Mandi, BMC squad took action against 29 shopkeepers, ..

“Undoubtedly, BJP will improve its victory graph in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022. Residents of Uttar Pradesh are now understanding the definition of development better under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as they had never witnessed pace of infrastructural development, law and order arrangements and communal harmony earlier,” claimed Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh while interacting with ..

“Bamboo plantation may play a significant role in boosting rural economy and increasing income of farmers. Unique collection of rare bamboo species at Green Bamboo Nursery is a commendable job of its Director Subhash Bhatia. The innovative collection and hard work of Bhatia is an inspiration for farmers to increase their income and a big contribution for environment protection,” said Giriraj Singh, Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. Union Minister Giriraj Singh, accompanied by ..

The joint team of district administration, police and of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) freed a piece of land worth Rs 3.54 crore from the illegal occupancy of a habitual offender. As many as half-a-dozen cases including those of gambling, NSA have been registered at Khajuri police station against the encroacher Saeed Khan Patel. On the instructions of Collector ..

Energy Minister Pradyuman Singh Tomar made citizens aware of cleanliness by offering Shramdaan himself during a special cleanliness drive in Shinde ki Chhawni area of Gwalior. He said that cleanliness is the daily work of all of us. We should not feel any kind of shame in this. He appealed to the citizens to take care of cleanliness around them and stay healthy. During the special cleanliness drive run by the Municipal Corporation from Shinde ki Chhawni Square to Ramdas Ghati, Energy Minister Tomar ..

Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the research findings of scholars in the field of economy and prominent economists will be made the basis in the determination of the upcoming budget of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh will contribute more and more in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve of five trillion dollars. He was addressing the Economy of Madhya Pradesh session on the second day of the National Convention of the Indian Economy Association at the Golden Jubilee auditorium of the Academy ..

After confirming the movement of leopard in Kolar area of Bhopal, cages have been installed around Swarn Jayanti Park by Van Vihar National Park to rescue the animal. Forest team search for the suspected animal on Saturday where pug marks of leopard was found in the Swarn Jayanti Park. Officials said that leopard might be entered to the park while following a pig or dog after crossing the Kaliyasot river. Forest has installed cage in the park and also tied a goat to lure the animal. A team is monitoring ..

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has expedited its efforts and innovations to ensure hygiene across the State capital in view of the upcoming Cleanliness Survey 2022. Under the same initiative, the sanitation workers of Zone-6, Daroga, door-to-door workers, supervisors as well as NGO employees were provided training at Nehru Nagar to ramp up the hygiene measures in the city on Thursday. Assistant Health official Jagdish Tank and Yogesh Dubey imparted training in the programme...

A grand Christmas celebration was held in campus of St Joseph Co-ed School on Wednesday. The newly-installed Archbishop of Bhopal, Dr A A S Durairaj was welcomed in school during the occasion. After formal inauguration and lamp lighting, prayer was held for peace across the globe. Under cultural activities, students presented fusion of Bharatnattayam and Kathak dance in traditional attire. Archbishop distributed blankets to the poor. Students from KG section presented dance on English song and primary ..

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha will appoint one village farmer co-ordinator and four assistant cordinator’s in every village of the State. They will represent Kisan Morcha in their villages and will take every farmer welfare scheme of the State and the Centre to the farmers. This was stated by BJP Kisan Morcha State President Chaudhary Darshan Singh during the meeting of organisation office-bearers on Tuesday. This meeting was organised at party office. Chaudhary Darshan Singh also had ..

Governor Mangubhai Patel said that it is the moral responsibility of all to maintain the spirit of public service in our conduct. Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that everyone’s development will take place only with everyone’s co-operation and everyone’s faith. The efforts of all of us are equally important in this direction. It is the result of these efforts that a small sapling planted by the founder of Shri Aurobindo University Vinod Bhandari has become a tree today...

World Champion Pankaj Advani will face former Asia champion Dhruv Sitwal in the final of the National Billiards Championship in Bhopal and the sub-junior final will be played between Sumehar Mago and Shayan Rajmi of Maharashtra. Apart from this, the match for the third place will be played between Brijesh Damani and B Bhaskar. In this tournament being organised by Madhya Pradesh Billiards and Snooker Association under the aegis of Billiards and Snooker Federation of India, title contender Pankaj Advani ..

Municipal Commissioner KVS Chaudhary gave various tips to sanitation workers regarding cleanliness on Monday. He gave cleanliness tips during the training programme organized for “Safai Mitra” (Cleanliness Friend) at Zone 14. Along with giving cleanliness tips, he also apprised sanitation workers about the parameters of Cleanliness Survey 2022. He directed to constantly keep cleanliness work at high level and emphasized on segregation of waste during the collection of garbage. He said that mixed ..

Collector Avinash Lavania and Municipal Commissioner KVS Chauhdary inspected different Rain Baseras in the State Capital including the one on the Hamidia Hospital premises. The top officials expressed satisfaction on the arrangements made for night stay and for food and instructed to make better arrangements to avoid cold and burn bonfire. Collector Lavania directed to add beds to accommodate more people. He also discussed with the people staying there about their experiences and if they felt comfortable ..

Superintendent of Police, Siddharth Bahuguna (IPS) flagged off an awareness campaign pertaining to stop illegal money laundering practices in the district, on Saturday. SP, Bahuguna informed that Jabalpur Police have started a special campaign to put-up vigilant check on illegal money laundering practice in the district. He informed about strict action against a money launder by razing his encroachments on Government lands in Panagar and several other money launders were promptly arrested after registering ..

A seminar focused on spreading awareness about AIDS was organised at SECT University, Bhopal on the occasion of World AIDS Day. While welcoming the guests to the programme, the Principal of SECT University, Dr Satyendra Khare, propagated the message of safeguarding against AIDS to all the students present on the occasion. Guests present on the occasion were, State Director, MP and Rajasthan Lepra Society, Naveen Saatle, Account Assistant, DAPCU, Bhopal, Priyanshi Jain, ICTC Counsellor, JP Hospital, ..

To bring Bhopal into the category of ‘water plus’, an awareness rally was taken out on Monday. The rally was organised in presence of Bhopal Municipal Corporation Commissioner (BMC) KVS Chaudhary and others including NCC Naval Wing, Additional Commissioner of BMC Pawan Singh etc. Participants of rally were also carrying banners in their hands. Bhopal Municipal Corporation is trying regularly to make city as water plus and it was in this connection that awareness rally was taken out. In the meantime, ..

Higher Education Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has said that Kshipra River is important and centre of faith for all of us. Every effort will be made to make Kshipra clean, pure and pollution free. Discussions have also been held with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Water Resources Minister Tulsi Ram Silawat in this regard. Minister Dr Yadav was discussing with the Sant Samaj at Datta Akhara in Ujjain on Monday. Higher Education Minister Dr Yadav said that all-round efforts are being made to keep ..

The players of Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy mounted flags of victory in the events held on Thursday, on the second-last day of 64th National Rifle Shooting Championship, ongoing at MP Shooting Academy, Bisankhedi, Bhopal. The splendid shooters from MP bagged a total of 10 medals, including 8 gold medals in the 50-m Prone competition which took place on Thursday. With this acquisition, the total medal tally of Madhya Pradesh stands at 42. Ace shooter of MP Academy, Bandhvi Singh, laid her hands ..

The Raisen Feeder Center emerged as the champion in the girl’s category, while Hoshangabad was crowned the champion in boy’s category at the Inter-feeder Center Hockey Tournament organised in State Capital. A Central Zone level hockey competition was organised under the aegis of Sports and Youth Welfare Department at Major Dhyanchand ground located in Bhopal, in which the Bhopal, Betul, Sehore, Hoshangabad and Raisen teams participated. In the girl’s category, the final face-off was played between ..

Municipal Commissioner KVS Chaudhary on Wednesday conducted inspections of sewage networking works as well as the process of providing sewage connections to every home at Sarvadharm colony and Mandakini colony, situated at Kolar road. Post inspection, he issued instructions to rev up the speed of the said works while ensuring complete efficiency in providing connections...

An athlete couple in the city, Preeti Mishra and Sanjay Mishra exhibited stellar performances at the State Masters Athletics Championship, which was organised at the BHEL-located CISF Athletics track on Tuesday. Where on one hand, the state-famous skating coach Sanjay Mishra bagged a silver medal in long jump and a bronze medal at the 200-meter race in the championship, his wife Preeti Mishra captured a gold medal in the 400-m and 800-m running event. Notably, the couple takes active part in the ..

Governor Mangubhai Patel said, “Mukundpur Tiger Safari is one of the picturesque places of Vindhyas. The white tiger is the gift of Rewa to the world. Mukundpur Tiger Safari fully brings to life this historic achievement.” Governor made the above remarks during his visit to Maharaja Martand Singh Judeo White Tiger Safari Mukundpur of Rewa district. He first saw the Royal Bengal Tiger. Later, he observed white tigers. He also observed the tiger safari bears, chital, sambar and other wild animals. He ..

After the possible third wave of Omicron variant of Covid-19, screening and testing of passengers at railway stations has been increased. Team has been deployed at both platform no 1 and 5 of Rani Kamlapati Railway station in three different shifts. The team is specially focusing on passengers coming from other states. Officials said that in lack of cooperation from passengers, the 3T (track, test and treat) policy seem to be failing. They said many people are avoiding the screening and looking for ..

Chrysanthemum flower has steal the show of flower exhibition at Gulab Udyan, Link Road 1 that began on December 4. The exhibition will be displayed their till December 6. Large numbers of people are visiting the park to click photographs with the colourful flowers. There are more than 200 varieties of small, medium and hybrid flowers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, flower exhibition could not be displayed in the park for two years. This year there is Guldaudi (Chrysanthemum) flower exhibition and competitio..

Dramas propagating a serious message for concern towards the environment and the planet were staged at the Shadow Box Festival, 2021 on Sunday. Notably, the festival is being celebrated to mark the 20th anniversary of Shadow Box and the Sunday performances were staged specially for children. The R2G2 drama was staged in Sunday’s performance, which was brought forth by Dhanendra Kavande from Balaghat. Prior to the staging of the drama, he shed light on the details of the drama and stated, “All of us ..

Home Minister Narottam Mishra tried his hands in batting while inaugurating 5th Master Cup (Veteran) competition at Old Campion Ground in Bhopal on Thursday. Later, he tweeted that it was after a long time that he got the chance to try his hands in batting. He said that batting is necessary for physical and mental development. Before inauguration of tournament, he took introduction from members of Media Masters and second inning Masters. He congratulated everyone for the tournament. Veteran Masters ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that public service is our promise, welfare of people and uplift of the country is paramount for us. New schools are being opened in Madhya Pradesh to provide good education, so that children get better and modern education. Devaranya Yojana has been launched in Madhya Pradesh for Ayurvedic medicines...

‘Surahi’ a traditional pot to serve water or liquor of Usta Community has been showcased under popular museum series ‘Exhibit of the Month’ of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya on Wednesday. Exhibit, collected from Bikaner, Rajasthan, is on display in indoor exhibition building – Veethi Sankul. The exhibit of the month was inaugurated by Director IGRMS, Dr P K Mishra. This exhibit of the month had been composed and collected by Museum Associate, Garima Anand Dubey. About the exhibit displayed ..

To spread awareness among villagers about cleanliness, Bhopal Collector Avinash Lavania, organised a quiz ‘Kaun Banega Vijeta’, on the lines of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) at Sukhi Sewaniya Gram Panchayat on Wednesday. Many students took part in the quiz organised in the premises of Mangal Pandey High School and won prizes. In the quiz, Collector Avinash Lavania asked questions related to cleanliness to Kumari Shivkumari, a student. For answering 9 questions correctly by the student, the Collector ..

As per Pradhanmantri Poshan Shakti Nirmaan Yojana, warm and easy-to-digest mid-day meals are being served to the students of all the government schools falling under village areas. Classes are being conducted in the schools while adhering to Covid-appropriate behavior. Under the same initiative, on Tuesday, the students of the government schools located in Phanda and Berasia development blocks were distributed warm mid-day meals. Teacher of Government primary school, Harrakheda, Bhupendra Sharma informed ..

The online 21-day practical and experimental training on Remote Sensing and GIS held at Agriculture Engineering College located at Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University by National Agriculture Higher Education Project (NAHEP) concluded on Tuesday. The training programme was organised for the scientists, professors and students associated with agriculture universities in different States including Acharya N G Ranga, Anand, Mahatma Phule, Parbhani, Navsari, Indian Council of Agricultural Research ..

Continuing their stellar performance in the ongoing 64th National Pistol Shooting Championship 2021, players of Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy clinched four medals including a gold medal on Monday. Academy’s Udit Joshi bagged one gold medal, silver and in team event, Madhya Pradesh pocketed two bronze medals. The shooting championship is being organised in New Delhi from November 18 till December 6. Sports Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia has congratulated the winner players of academy. In the individual ..

The good performance of Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy’s Mansi Sudhir Singh Katheth is continuing in 64th National Rifle Shooting Championship 2021. At the same time, Madhya Pradesh’s Gautmi Bhanot and Ashi Chawksey are also in the race of competition. On Tuesday, finals of 10 meter Air Rifle Women Junior and Youth category will be held. This championship is being organised by Sports and Youth Welfare Department and Indian National Rifle Association at Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy in Bisenkhedi ..

Revenue and Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput has requested the Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for expansion of air services for the development of Madhya Pradesh. Minister Rajput, in his letter to Union Minister Scindia, has make the services of Air India’s night flights from Bhopal to New Delhi, 3 days a week, to 5 days as they were operated earlier. Similarly, he said that air service should be started from Bhopal to Rewa, Gwalior, and Jabalpur. Connect Bhopal air services ..

Star Shooter of MP Shooting Academy and outstanding Olympian Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar gained accolades for the state by clinching gold medals at the shooting events held on Sunday at the 64th National Shooting Championship. Alongside Aishwarya, Shooter of MP Academy Avinash also fared well at the Sunday events to seize the gold medal as well. Both Aishwarya and Avinash won 3 gold medals each under the individual and team events. Elaborating the events held on ..

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal, is organising a special lecture to mark World Heritage Day. Under the lecture series titled ‘Himalayi Vastukala: Iski Bhavyata aur Mehetv’, Professor Tapan K Chakravarti qualified and registered Architectural Practician, Urban Designer and trained educator presented a special lecture on topic ‘Studies in Vernacular Architecture: Glimpses from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh’. Director of IGRMS Dr P K Mishra presiding over the programme ..

Rabindranath Tagore University (RNTU), Bhopal, organised a conference in Katha auditorium of its AIC premises on Tuesday to inform about the third edition of the upcoming cultural programme ‘Vishwarang-2021’ which will commence on Thursday and would continue till Sunday. Director of Tagore International Art and Culture Centre Vinay Upadhyay welcomed all mediapersons and reflected on bygone COVID-19 era, owing to which, Vishwarang 2020 was conducted in the blended mode (virtually and physically) and ..

Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) teams are consistently conducting door-to-door surveys and spraying insecticides and other chemicals through fogging and manually-operated machines in a bid to curb seasonal diseases and restrain the growth of Dengue larva in various households across the state capital. As per the same initiative, the BMC teams conducted fogging and fumigation drives and sprayed insecticides on Tuesday as well...

The 64th National 50-meter Rifle Shooting Championship is slated to begin at the Bisankhedi-situated Gora Gaon shooting range from November 25. In view of the same, the shooters started preparing for the championship and practiced range testing on Thursday. Sports and Youth Welare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia and other sports officials were also present during the same. Notably, the championship is being organised under the joint aegis of Department of Sports and Youth Welfare and National Rifle ..

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), in the 75th step of its online exhibition series, presented ‘Mogra Dev: Ek Janjatiya Devta’ on Thursday. In this regard, Director of IGRMS Praveen Kumar Mishra informed that religious beliefs and practices are found in all known contemporary societies. There appears to be no general agreement among scholars as to why people needed religion, or how spirits, gods, and other supernatural beings and forces came into existence, yet there is a general ..

Governor Mangubhai Patel said that the new education policy has given an opportunity to learn and teach the art of life. He said that universities should make efforts to coordinate India’s tradition, heritage, cultural values, technical knowledge and skill development in the education system. He was addressing the second convocation ceremony of Rabindranath Tagore University on Tuesday. He said that university should present the ideal of necessary changes in the education system to enhance the originality ..

The world class facilities like escalator, elevator, proper space and beautification with clean environment began at Rani Kamlapati Railway Station earlier known as Habibganj. On Tuesday, many people were seen taking selfies and videos of the railway station after entrance. On the inauguration day on Monday, general people were not allowed on platform 1 for safety issues of the Prime Minister. On Tuesday when people entered to the station they were almost surprised to see the scene. No one boarded ..

Tight arrangements were made for the security for the mega event of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city. Entry was given from 13 gates at Jambooree Maidan and the public had to pass first through thermal screening for detection of Covid-19, afterwards through door frame and hand held metal detectors to enter the premises. More than 4,000 police officers and jawans were deployed at various places in the city including Jamboree ground, railway station. Security was also tight during the tribal ..