Bhopal

12-arms and 1,700 years old: UdayagiriDurga is Central Indiaís oldest goddess idol

By Shagun Shukla : JUST 60 km away from Bhopal, hides a marvel of ancient India. In the historic Udayagiri caves of Vidisha district, archaeologists have confirmed the oldest and clearest evidence of Shakti worship in Central India - a 12..

3rd India vs WI T20I: When the way was given to an ambulance...

Senior Special Correspondent : THIRD T20I match of the fivegame series between India and the West Indies (WI) at Indore marked with Indorites civic sense. There was incident when their duty prevailed over their enthusiasm for a game. As..

Rs 30 crore lifeline: Katara Road to become 6-lane with street lights, inspection done

Staff Reporter : HUZUR MLA Rameshwar Sharma on Sunday conducted a detailed site inspection for the proposed six-laning of Katara Road, a key project aimed at easing traffic congestion in the rapidly expanding Kolar-Katara belt. Accompani..

Bhawani Temple: Devotional zeal marks BEGINNING OF NAVRATRI

Staff Reporter : DEVOTEES throng the shrine for rituals and aarti, seeking blessings of Goddess Durga The Navratri festival began with religious fervour and devotion at Bhawani Temple in Bhawani Chowk, located in the old city of Bhopal. D..

FOOD POISONING HORROR RETURNS AT MANIT, 40 hospitalised as FDA finds unlicensed mess, filthy kitchen

Staff Reporter : FOOD safety alarm bells are ringing again at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) after nearly 40 students were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning following dinner at Hostel No. 10. Students of t..

Dowry-related charges not dropped against Giribala Singh, clarifies CBI

Legal Correspondent : THE Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court heard Giribala Singh’s bail plea in the Twisha Sharma death case on Thursday. During the hearing, the CBI clarified that the dowry death charges have not been..

1,000 driver constable posts open, applications from 15th

Staff Reporter : IN Amajor boost for police aspirants, the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board (MPESB) has announced direct recruitment for 1,000 Constable (Driver) posts. The recruitment, on behalf of the Police Headquarters, will..

IndiGo’s Jabalpur-Indore direct flight faces winter schedule turbulence, passengers cry foul

Staff Reporter : AIR travellers from Mahakoshal and Vindhya regions have been hit by reports that IndiGo will withdraw its sole direct flight between Jabalpur and Indore from October 25 as part of its winter schedule. The 1 hour 40 minut..

3-hour New Market fire guts five shops, 2 injured

Staff Reporter : A MASSIVEfire at a chhole-bhature eatery in New Market on Thursday afternoon gutted five shops and injured two people. The blaze broke out around 2.45 pm and was brought under control after nearly three hours following a firef..

Sunny skies, cool nights await city

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL is set to wake up to clear, pleasant weather on Thursday, as Madhya Pradesh completes its transition into the post-monsoon phase. According to the latest bulletin from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Met..

First Bhopal Metro TUNNEL to be ready by Nov first week

Staff Reporter : TUNNELLING work on Bhopal Metro’s first underground corridor between the railway station and Pul Patra has entered its final phase. Around 350 metres of the 500-metre stretch has been completed, with the remaining..

SHOCKING: Doctor opens fire on ex-girlfriend, cousin

Staff Reporter : A DOCTORallegedly opened fire on his 28-year-old former girlfriend and her cousin in Gandhi Nagar on Tuesday night using a .32-bore pistol. The woman doctor escaped after a bullet grazed her head, while her cousin suffer..

CM Dr Mohan Yadav releases two cheetahs in Durgavati Tiger Reserve

Correspondent : AFTER Kuno National Park and Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, now Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve has become another address for Cheetahs in the State. Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav has released two cheetahs from Kuno into th..

NHRCís Festive Shield: No eviction of vendors during Navratri-Diwali-Chhath

By Shagun Shukla : BRINGING a major festive relief to small traders in Bhopal and across Madhya Pradesh, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to ensure that street vendors, hawke..

1 lakh Govt jobs next year, 3,357 employees get promotions: CM

Staff Reporter : CHIEFMinister Dr Mohan Yadav said that the State Government has extended promotion benefits to 3,357 employees associated with the agriculture sector. He was speaking in a programme at Ravindra Bhavan on Monday organised..

Bhopal schools face 45-day crunch ashalf-yearly exams pre-poned to Nov

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL’S Government schools have entered a high-pressure academic sprint, with the Directorate of Public Instruction, Bhopal, proposing half-yearly examinations from next month and ordering 60% syllabus completion before..

Indian born cheetah gives birth to FIVE cubs in Kuno Cheetah population rises to 60 in the country

By Bhavana : ANOTHER historic and joyous moment has been achieved under ‘Project Cheetah’ at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on Monday another generation of cheetahs was born in the State. A 32- month-old female nam..

27,152 challans in 5 months, but zero for drunk driving

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL traffic police issued 27,152 challans over the past five months for various traffic violations, including signal jumping and speeding. However, not a single private vehicle driver was booked for driving under the influen..

PCC work of supercritical unit of ATPS, Chachai turbine site commences

CHACHAI : CONSTRUCTION of the 1×660 MW new supercritical unit at Amarkantak Thermal Power Station (ATPS), Chachai, has entered another important phase with the commencement of Plain Cement Concrete (PCC) work at the turbine site. Se..

There will be no short comings in Pandhurna’s infra devpt: CM

PANDHURNA : CHIEF Minister Dr Mohan Yadav was in Pandhurna on Sunday and attended several programmes in the district. During his visit, at Sandipani School, Chief Minister Dr Yadav honoured the elderly by presenting them with shawls, shr..

Bhopal Plan pushes mixed use, but roads may not take the load

Staff Reporter : THE draft Bhopal Master Plan 2047 provides for mixed-use and non-residential activities across several land-use categories, including residential, public and semi-public, mixeduse, CMU, TOD and agricultural areas. It also..

Rs 62.50 hike, 2.27% pain: Food vendors pay price as LPG touches Rs 2,815

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL’Sstreet food and catering economy is feeling fresh heat after oil companies hiked 19-kg commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 62.50 from Oct 1. In Bhopal, a cylinder now costs Rs 2,815, up from Rs 2,752.50 in Septem..

Retired IAS Agrawal’s murder probe finds Rs 5 crore dispute

Staff Reporter : THE murder investigation of retired IAS officer Rakesh Agrawal has uncovered two fraud cases involving alleged losses of around Rs 5 crore. Agrawal had filed a case against Ajit Patni over an alleged Rs 1 crore fraud and..

Bhopal to get extra night patrols ahead of Navratri

Staff Reporter : POLICE in Bhopal will deploy personnel attached to the police lines and various offices for night patrols to curb crimes during late hours. The additional force will patrol all 38 police station areas from midnight to 5..

1,016 sq km Bhopal Plan raises water, drainage concerns

Staff Reporter : BHOPALis set for a major expansion under the proposed Development Plan-2047, with the planning area widening to 1,016.90 sq km and covering 254 villages. The scale-up from the previous plan’s 601 sq km and 146 vill..

Govt must take care of medical needs of tribals: Rahul Gandhi

BALAGHAT : ON THURSDAY, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met Baiga tribal community members in Jagla village in Balaghat district on Thursday. He arrived here to meet the families of children who had lost their lives to illness. After an one..

Nine students injured after school van collides with car in Jabalpur

Staff Reporter : A SEVERE collision between a school van carrying children and a car took place on Subhash Nagar Garha-Purwa Road in Jabalpur on Thursday morning, resulting in minor to serious injuries to at least 9 students from Dhanwantri Nagar bra..

BMC set to resume SEALING drive

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL Municipal Corporation (BMC) is preparing to resume action against commercial establishments operating in residential areas, nearly a month after its sealing drive was halted. Officials are working on a fresh action..

Former Govt assistant’s Rs 1.64 crore properties attached by ED

Staff Reporter : ENFORCEMENT Directorate (ED), Bhopal Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth around Rs 1.64 crore belonging to former Madhya Pradesh Government assistant Mahendra Pratap Singh and his wife, Re..

NGT orders to strictly comply with CPCB guidelines on idol immersions

Staff Reporter : NATIONAL Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Central Zone Bench in Bhopal has directed concerned departments to strictly comply with Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) guidelines on idol immersion in Bhoj Wetland, including..

City hit by cyber fraud, 28 CASES REPORTED IN ONE DAY

BHOPAL : BHOPAL has reported 28 cyber fraud cases involving losses of more than Rs 29 lakh, with victims ranging from students to senior citizens. Fraudsters allegedly used credit card upgrades, electricity bill warnings, fake jobs, onli..

Amit Shah to inaugurate Rs 16.8 cr dairy plant on Oct 3

Staff Reporter : A FERMENTED products dairy plant built at a cost of Rs 16.80 crore at the Bhopal Cooperative Milk Union campus will be inaugurated on October 3 by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah. The facility has been deve..

MAJOR TURN IN 19-DAY CHITA PROTEST Amit Bhatnagar arrested with some other protesters

Shukla : WHILE local administration reports that relief has been distributed to eligible families, activists including leader Amit Bhatnagar continued to press for accountability, transparency, and a review of the revised rehabilitation..

Giribala Singh bail plea hearing likely in Jabalpur HC today

Staff Reporter : THEregular bail plea of former district judge Giribala Singh, who is in judicial custody in the Twisha Sharma death case, is likely to be heard by the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday, Septembe..

MP’s first hi-tech dairy lab ready in Bhopal to put milk to 100+ tests

Staff Reporter : MADHYA Pradesh has got its first co-operative sector state-level dairy testing laboratory to crack down on milk adulteration. Built at a cost of Rs 12.40 crore inside the Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy Federation..

5 police stations emerge as cyber fraud hotspots

Staff Reporter : CYBER fraud cases have been reported most frequently from five police station areas in Bhopal in the first eight months of the year. Of 585 cases registered across 38 police station areas, residents collectively lost Rs..

Cabinet clears Rs 24,500 crore proposals

Staff Reporter : THE Madhya Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav at Mantralaya on Tuesday, approved development and welfare proposals worth more than Rs 24,500 crore. The decisions cover youth employment, education, h..

State capital braces for a dramatic twist; sun, clouds, thunder on cards!

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL, get ready for a day of two faces. After a hazy, partly cloudy Monday, the City of Lakes wakes up to an active monsoon surprise tomorrow. The India Meteorological Department has issued a fresh alert for September..

60% poles face maintenance concerns, 3 deaths in 45 days

Staff Reporter : BHOPAL is estimated to have between one lakh and 1.5 lakh electricity and street-light poles, including around 70,000 to 90,000 power distribution poles and more than 50,000 street-light and octagonal poles in municipal..

NO TET, NO TRACKING: Teachers boycott forms, threaten shutdown as stir enters day 3

Staff Reporter : THE teachers’ agitation against the mandatory Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) intensified at Neelam Park in Bhopal, with the indefinite dharna set to enter its third day on Tuesday. Organised by the Madhya Pradesh Adhyapak..

BMC seals 10, Bhopal opens 100: The great sealing farce

Staff Reporter : THE Bhopal Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) sealing drive against illegal commercial use of residential land is facing embarrassment as sealed shops and outlets are openly running again, even after the Supreme Court&#..

Bhopal on high alert for Ganesh immersion today

Staff Reporter : THEBhopal district administration and Police Department have finalised extensive security arrangements across the State capital ahead of the Ganesh idol immersions scheduled for Anant Chaturdashi on Friday. With thousands..

Bhopal to get new local SOPfor installing mobile towers

Staff Reporter : MOBILEtowers in the State capital will no longer be cleared merely on availability of land. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Zonal Bench, has directed the Urban Development Department and Bhopal Municipal Corpor..

MP revives public bus service after20 yrs, 351 buses to be launched today

Staff Reporter MADHYA Pradesh is set to resume its public bus service after around two decades, with the Mukhyamantri Sugam Parivahan Seva scheduled to be launched on Friday. Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari wi..

From Ideas to Innovation: Young minds build tomorrow’s technology

Staff Reporter : INNOVATIONS developed by students and researchers emerged as key attractions on the third day of the 13th Bhopal Science Fair currently underway at the Barkatullah University campus. Among the prominent exhibits was a pr..

BMC sealing drive still on hold,markets continue operations

Staff Reporter : THE Bhopal Municipal Corporation(BMC) is yet to resume its sealing drive against commercial establishments operating in residential areas, even after the Supreme Court expressed concern over sealed premises allegedly reo..

Seasonal surge grips Bhopal: Swine flucases hit 72, dengue tally climbs to 81

Staff Reporter : A SHARP spike in seasonal illnesses has put Bhopal on high alert, with swine flu and dengue cases rising rapidly amid fluctuating weather conditions. According to district health department data, the cumulative count of..

Lawyers protest after advocate’salleged assault; 3 cops suspended

Staff Reporter : A DISPUTE involving advocate Rakesh Rawal and police personnel at Jahangirabad police station on Tuesday night led to protests by lawyers on Wednesday and disrupted traffic around the District Court. Following the incide..

ROADS TURNING FROM BAD TO WORSE, Bumpy Ride Ahead: Crumbling roads threaten festival processions

By Bhupendra Singh : AS THE city gear up for grand festive celebrations, crumbling roads and gaping potholes across major procession routes threaten to derail religious tableaux (jhankis) and endanger thousands of devotees. The crisis is..

BMC sets up neighbourhood immersion hubs for Dhol Gyaras, Hundreds immerse household Lord Ganesh idols

Staff Reporter : TO ENSURE a hassle-free and eco-friendly festival experience, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) established temporary idol immersion centres at key city intersections and neighbourhood spots on the auspicious occasi..