People have now developed the habit of maintaining social distancing when they go to purchase medicines and other household items. When they go out they themselves stand at a distance from each other. In the meantime, people are also following the lockdown in letter and spirit. The result is this that roads continue to wear a deserted look in city during day time...

Full body sanitisation machine has been installed in Smart city control room in the State capital. The employees will be able to enter the office after passing through full body santisation. At an extremely stressful time when the State Government is on a war front to prevent the possible spread of Corona pandemic,..

Many samaritans have come forward to lend their support in the tough time of lockdown due to corona spread. Like many others, villagers of Kajlas village, near Eintkhedhi Chhap, are also volunteering in the food distribution done on Bhopal Indore- Highway. A theatre artist cum social worker Bhavna Singh is bridging the gap between these villagers, willing to volunteer, and the needy with her NGO Group-Yuva, which is running ‘Food for All’ campaign...

Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited (BSCDCL) has also started Help Desk for prevention of coronavirus on its Bhopal Plus App on Thursday. On one click, anyone can seek answers to his queries related to corona disease or can avail help by sitting at home itself. Citizens can track the report related to COVID-19 and get update information related to COVID-19 incident by filling one simple form. The information on app is available both in English and Hindi. CEO of Bhopal Smart City Development ..

Wholesale markets of Jumerati and Hanumanganj will remain completely closed from April 2 to April 5 to avoid unnecessary gatherings in the wake of cornavirus. A meeting between the wholesale traders, retailers (Thok Evum Futkar Vyapari) and administration officials was held on Wednesday and it was decided that the markets will be kept closed for the ensuing four days. General Secretary of Vyapari Mandal Mahasangh Anupam Agrawal said, “Today, we convened a meeting and decision has been taken unanimously ..

After several incidents of shutdown violations, failed preventive measures and surging numbers of COVID-19 cases, the Bhopal administration, and senior cops together decided to opt for an absolute lockdown in the city beginning Tuesday. The decision was taken as many people in the city are still not taking the lockdown seriously and not following the instructions properly...

On Tuesday, the seventh day of lockdown, denizens preferred not going out to vegetables and other essential ration items instead they are option for the door to door service. Considering the seriousness of the situation they were seen sticking to their homes as the ‘Apki Sabji Apke Dwar’ initiative made their lives easier. Raj Kumar, a ‘panipuri’ vendor, says that now in the handcart they are selling vegetable which is also helping them to get revenue...

To contain spread of coronavirus every single possible measure is taken by the district administration and to protect the residents from COVID-19 infection, on Monday, District Collector issued orders to seal all the boundaries of Bhopal district and every person entering the district will be quarantined. According to the order of District Magistrate and Collector Bhopal Tarun Pithode, all possible measures will be taken to prevent the residents of Bhopal from corona infection and all the boundaries ..

Following the norms of social distancing, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited a few places of BHEL and Old Bhopal on Monday and sought information about the facilities being provided to the common man during the lockdown. He first reached the Triveni Women’s Hostel in BHEL area and met working women residing there. The women informed CM that they are receiving the essential commodities. The Chief Minister told them that they should not have to worry at all; the food items and other essentials ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has issued instructions to take concrete steps for prevention of Corona infection and treatment of affected people. He said that everyone must make all possible efforts to deal with this disaster. Chouhan was reviewing the state-wide situation at a meeting of senior officials held in Mantralaya. Chief Minister Chouhan instructed to provide the desired treatment facilities in time to the people affected by Corona infection and said that effective efforts should ..

In order to deal with the spread of Corona virus across country, railway has decided to convert the vacant coaches as isolation ward for further use of corona patient. Railway officials said as corona patients are rising continuously across the country there would be need of more facilities of isolation. In such circumstances, railway coaches are vacant and it could be use as isolation ward. It would help country to increase its capacity of medical facilities and isolation ward for the corona outbreak. ..

The COVID-19 positive patients in Madhya Pradesh rose to 34 after four new patients were tested positive in Indore on Friday night and a BSF Lt Colonel was tested positive with deadly coronavirus in Gwalior on Saturday. The patient in Gwalior lives with his family at BSF Training Academy in Tekanpur. His wife and his son had recently returned from Germany, their samples have been taken and reports are awaited. All three of them are quarantined at the academy itself. So far, only two people were tested ..

Rashida Bi of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, said that they got special permission from police to screen gas survivors and also provide them with health check-up facilities to ensure corona prevention...

Governor Lalji Tandon apprised the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind about the prevailing condition of coronavirus in the State and about the medical arrangements along with measures being taken to control the pandemic, through video-conferencing on Friday. The President, Vice President and Governor were reviewing the action being taken to control the corona threat at national through a video-conference from their respective residences. He said that the citizens of the State are co-operating by ..

ADG Upendra Jain assumed the charge of IG Bhopal on Friday. He received charge from outgoing ADG-cum-IG Bhopal Adarsh Katiyar. On this occasion, DIG Irshad Wali, DIG Rural Dr Ashish, ASP Sanjay Sahu, ASP Sandesh Jain, RI Deepak Patil etc were present. It was on Thursday that Government went for minor IPS reshuffle. Adarsh Katiyar is now ADG Intelligence. Rajiv Tandon, ADG CID, had been posted as in charge DG EOW. He replaces Sushobhan Banerjee who is now ADG JNPA Sagar. Dr S W Naqbi, ADG Intelligence, ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has appealed to all the people of the State to take full precautions to prevent the outbreak of coronavirus. He said that we will not let the deadly coronavirus spread in Madhya Pradesh under any condition...

Fruit and vegetable markets continue to witness flood of purchasers but now people are becoming more cautious in purchasing the items. They are desisting from jostling with each other or say panic buying is now being seen in city. People know better manner that they needs to avoid in coming with physical contact with anyone if they want to keep themselves safe from deadly corona virus. They are now showing calm composure when they go to shop house hold items...

As Bhopalites embrace the national lockdown to counter the coronavirus pandemic, many a shopkeeper and medical store owners are turning responsible by ensuring that customers maintain social distancing, the only effective measure to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown ahead of COVID-19 pandemic, people rushed to stock goods as they were unsure if local shops will run out of supplies in the coming days. As the shopkeepers struggle ..

The grocery shops which remained open for a few hours during morning period are witnessing sea of buyers as everyone wants to stock necessary items in his home by seeing lock down period of 21 days. Many items in shops have started to fall short against the mega demand. The shortage of eatable and other necessary stuff is making people to run from one shop to another. However, shopkeepers are telling people that they should not go for mad purchasing fearing shortage in near future as shops will remain ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted a detailed review of measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state for the second day in Mantralaya here on Tuesday. During the review, it was told that one case was found positive in Gwalior and one in Shivpuri. Taking this seriously, Chouhan instructed to impose curfew in Shivpuri as well...

Sanchi milk parlour and it’s nearby shops were gutted in a fire at corner of Press Complex, near post office under MP Nagar police station late in the night on Monday. The shops were not insured. No one was injured in the fire as the fire broke out in the night but items worth Rs 2 lakh are estimated to have been damaged. It was said that spark from high tension (HT) line messed up with eucalyptus tree and reportedly caused the mishap..

Despite Government predetermining the price of masks and sanitisers on account of coronavirus outbreak, these essential commodities are being sold at much higher price in Bhopal. The medical store owners say there is shortage in supply of face masks and hand sanitisers in the State capital. The Government on March 20 announced that the prices of the masks and sanitisers will be fixed. Masks are will be sold at Rs 8 and not more than Rs 10, whereas 200ml of sanitiser will be sold at Rs 100...

‘Janata’ curfew evoked massive response in Sagar with co-operation from the administration and people. At public places, police were present. District Collector Priti Maithail Nayak and SP Amit Sanghi visited the city during Janata Curfew. The appeal of Government of India for ‘Janata Curfew’ was followed by all residents and eerie silence prevailed in all public places including Bus Stand, railway station and roads. Collector Priti Maithail Nayak informed that Sagar district has no positive case ..

LAKHS of Bhopalites came out in their balconies, windows and on the terrace of their houses clapping, banging utensils to salute the selfless heroes who are battling on the forefront against COVID-19. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the nation on Thursday, had appealed to the people to observe Janata Curfew from 7 am to 9 pm on Sunday to practice social distancing to prevent further spread of coronavirus...

To prevent spread of coronavirus, Bhopal Police distributed sanitisers to police personnel of all police stations in the State capital who are exposed to thousands of citizens daily. As a part of preventive measures, all police stations are instructed to provide sanitisers to all police staff of police stations...

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to public to stay at home on March 22 and to observe Janata Curfew, Bhopalites have advanced their plans and decided to remain at home. Hundreds of people thronged the markets on Saturday evening to get necessary items like medicines and other commodities. Collector Tarun Pithode has also appealed to citizens to co-operate with the administration and remain inside their homes. He appealed to fight the coronavirus scare, the contribution of public is mandatory, ..

A day after resigning as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, who is caretaker CM, went to New Delhi and met senior national leaders of Congress on Saturday. His visit to Delhi is a harbinger that Congress may take some major decision in coming days. Sources said that during his Delhi visit, Kamal Nath met Sonia Gandhi and discussed the political scenario of Madhya Pradesh. What could be the future strategy of Congress is not known...

Diwali-like celebration broke out at BJP headquarters after the collapse of Kamal Nath Government on Friday. BJP workers burst crackers, lit fireworks and distributed sweets to celebrate the occasion which finally paved way for formation of BJP Government in Madhya Pradesh. Soon after CM Kamal Nath announced his resignation, BJP leaders and workers started to rush to party headquarters. BJP workers danced on beats of drums to express their happiness...

To avoid panic and scare of coronavirus among the board examinees, Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) has taken a great initiative of providing counselling to the high school and higher secondary examinees by its academic panel. The academic panel including counsellors, psychologists and subject experts is counselling the students to not panic and remain stress-free and at peace. The panel is suggesting the students to be calm and prepare for their examinations which have been postponed ..

A state-level meeting of the Road Safety Cell was organised at the Police Training and Research Institute under the chairmanship of Assistant Inspector General of Police Amrit Meena. Meena said that efforts should be made to make people strictly adhere to the road safety rules in actual terms...

The nomination forms of Congress party’s Rajya Sabha candidates including Digvijay Singh, Phol Singh Baraiya and BJP’s Rajya Sabha Candidate Ranjana Bhagel were found to be valid and accepted. The scrutiny of nomination papers was done on Monday. The nomination papers of Independent candidate Ramdas Dahiwale was found invalid and was rejected...

Congress MLAs squad meeting was held at CM House on Tuesday evening. Chief Minister Kamal Nath presided over the meeting. He discussed current political situation with party MLAs and also about the attempts being made by BJP to wrest from Congress...

LEADER of Opposition Gopal Bhargava and Chief Whip Dr Narottam Mishra met Governor Lalji Tandon and requested him to change the procedure for floor test on Sunday. Both of them said that floor test by pressing button is not possible in Madhya Pradesh Assembly as necessary technology is not available. They requested the Governor that instead of voting by pressing the button, voting should be done by raising hands. Notably, a BJP delegation had met the Governor on Saturday and demanded that floor test ..

BHOPAL is known for co-existence of big cats and humans but deforestation being done for urban planning is affecting this balance. Several trees are being chopped in many areas especially in Chandanpura and Mendora region. Movement of tigers and leopards is common in these areas but hundreds of trees have been chopped in these regions for urban planning. Master Plan 2031 includes permission to residential construction in Mendora and Chandanpura under Public Semi Public (PSP) where movement of big ..

 Seven samples taken by the Mobile Food Testing Laboratory of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) failed the tests and were found adulterated.Nearly 19 samples of various edibles were taken by the Mobi-Lab from the Haat Bazar in Nayapura Banjari and Lalita Nagar areas in Kolar on Friday.Five samples of spices including turmeric were found adulterated with dust, a sample of pea and of aniseed was foundadulterated with added colour.Three nearby residents also reached the laboratory to get their ..