With sighting of five pairs of tigers in different areas of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR), park officials are delighted enough. If all goes well, about 20 new tiger cubs are expected in the park by end of October this year...

The Cyber Crime Cell of Madhya Pradesh police has busted an inter-state gang of fraudsters which uses fake websites to dupe victims across the country and nabbed two members of the gang from Delhi and Mumbai...

Shiv Sena activists, led by Madhya Pradesh Vice President, Rajiv Chaturvedi staged protest against the discriminatory attitude of school owners, burnt effigy of School Education Department at Mata Mandir Chouraha in the State capital on Sunday...

“Drug in the society has become a big problem and evil in which the children and youth are the target and become prey and we all have to solve this problem together...

 Staff Reporter: Japanese Consulate General Michio Harada in a courtesy visit in the state capital called on DGP VK Singh on Thursday. Michio Harada during his visit appreciated working of Madhya Pradesh Police. On this occasion, ADG(ATS) Sanjeev Shami, IG(vigilance) Makarand Deuskar and other representatives belonging to Japan were present on the occasion. ..

 Staff Reporter: Keeping in view the day by day increasing demand of Panchakarma and Shirodhara being done in Pt Khushilal Sharma Shaskiya Ayurved Mahavidyalaya evam Sansthan, Minister for Medical Education and Ayush Dr Vijaylaxmi Sadho has directed to start Panchakarma and Shirodhara in district hospitals too. A total of 73,223 patients have received benefit of this treatment being done in the institute till now in the current year. There is a long waiting list of patients for the next ..

 Staff Reporter: Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot said that promises made to farmers by Congress Government will be fulfilled at any cost. Besides, Ram Gaman Path will be constructed. Bhanot was addressing a press conference after presenting budget in Assembly on Wednesday. He added that State Government has received around Rs 2,700 crore less from Centre. Now all states are questioning the economic policies of centre.  He was of the view that as centre did not get expected response in ..

  Our Correspondent: Sagar Sagar police have arrested the main accused and his accomplice in the loot incident in May month in broad daylight at Gedaji Complex, Sagar city. A Katni-based businessman was divtested of Rs 6 lakh. The other accused of this sensational loot incident were arrested earlier. The absconding main accused Ankit Tiwari, resident of Sagar and his accomplice, Nikki were arrested by Sagar police from Bhandara, Maharastra. Special police team including ASI Gaurav ..

 Staff Reporter: Minister Rathore at ‘Union Budget and GST’ seminar  Addressing a seminar on ‘Union Budget and GST’, the Minister for Commercial Taxes Brijendra Singh Rathore said that the State Government is committed to give relief in taxes to common man of the State. A positive initiative has already been taken in this direction. Informing about the amendments related to stamp fee, he said that 2.5 per cent stamp fee was charged till now on property division ..

 Staff Reporter: Rubina Francis is the only player from Madhya Pradesh among 11 players in the Indian team, who has been selected for the World Shooting Para Sports World Cup. In the World Cup, Rubina will participate in Para 10 meter Air Pistol Competition of Girl’s category  Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy Para player Rubina Francis will represent Indian team in the World Shooting Para Sports World Cup to be held at Osijek, Croatia from July 22 to 31, 2019.  ..

 Staff Reporter: Officials and employees led by Regional Commissioner S K Suman of Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Bhopal, under plantation programme organised by Capital Project, Forest Division, Bhopal planted saplings at Arera Hills in the state capital on Monday. Regional Commissioner S K Suman said that all employees and officials had decided to plant saplings adjacent to their houses and office because of increasing temperature of Bhopal. Suman said that the employees and officials ..

 Staff Reporter: Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Vijay Datta took inspection of cleanliness near Bhopal talkies area on Monday. He instructed to slap spot fine on those traders who threw waste of their shop on road. A sum of Rs 7000 was recovered as fine from four traders. Likewise, he also directed to slap fine of those people who instead of throwing household waste in dustbin used public place to dump the waste. He is almost on daily basis visiting various areas during ..

 Our Correspondent: SEONI Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal gave instructions to senior Railway officers for carrying out survey of railway line from Ramtek to Shikara. Railway Minister Goyal met MP Dr Dhalsingh Bisen. They have discussion over construction of railway line for said route to lessen the time of travel to Nagpur. During this meeting, Railway Minister Goyal immediately instructed railway officers for survey and gave assurance to Dr. Bisen for seriously having construction ..

 Staff Reporter: CHIEF Minister Kamal Nath said that we all have to make combined efforts to enrol education deprived children in schools. This is a collective responsibility. He further said that how to secure children’s future is a biggest challenge before us today. Nath was addressing ‘School Chale Hum’ Abhiyan in Chhindwara on Sunday. Nath mentioned that education is essential for prosperity of a country, state and society. Therefore, we all should make efforts to identify ..

Staff ReporterWith a view to teach skill development and capacity building, the Madhya Pradesh Police DGP Research and Policy Cell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an international-level NGO FXB, India Suraksha, New Delhi, on Thursday. Special Director General (Training) Sanjay Rana and the representative of NGO FXB, India Suraksha, New Delhi, at Police Headquarters.  MP Police Special DG (Training) Sanjay Rana and NGO FXB India’s representative Mamata Bogoyari signing ..

Staff ReporterSouth-West monsoon has covered entire Madhya Pradesh. Now sky is replete with dark black clouds and rains have battered many places during last twenty four hours. Even during day time on Friday, light to moderate rains lashed several places of State.  A woman riding pillion trying to protect bike rider by providing umbrella cover to him in the State capital on Friday.   During the day time on Friday, light to moderate rains lashed many parts of state. Tikamgarh recorded ..

 Staff Reporter: DISHEARTENED and frustrated by indifferent approach of MPBSE officials in giving grace marks needed to pass a subject, a Singrauli-based student who appeared in class X Board exam last year created ruckus outside Education Minister’s bungalow and threatened to immolate self on Thursday. Talking to the media at the venue, 21-year-old student, Shyam Das, claimed to be visiting State capital several times along with his class 10 failed marksheet for over an year and met ..

 Staff Reporter: Collector Tarun Pithode holding a review meeting of the officials belonging to Food and Drug Administration, Measurement Department and Food and Civil Supplies departments at Collectorate on Thursday. Pithode warned the officials concerned to take samples four times more than the given target for testing of food items and take strict action against the guilty. He directed that field staff should remain in field and he would make surprise inspection.  Collector Pithode ..

 Staff Reporter: House of a chemist located at Ayodhya Nagar area was targeted by thieves who made away with cash, gold and silver ornaments over Rs 1 lakh, police told on Wednesday. SHO Mahendra Kulhara said that the victim Yogendra Tiwari, 37, son of Motilal Tiwari, lives in EWS-199, Phase 5 in Ayodhya Nagar, and runs a medical shop at Bajrang Market, Barkheda in Piplani area.  A complaint was lodged by the victim with the Ayodhya Nagar police and in his complaint, he stated that ..

 Staff Reporter: A Dial 100 police team on night vigil foiled an attempt to break an ATM kiosk of the State Bank of India (SBI) in Parwalia area in the city on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. Although the burglars carrying pistol also fired in the air to warn their accomplices that a police team was around, the cops could not retaliate because they failed to locate the criminals due to darkness and cloudy sky. None of the accused was held and now the sleuths are busy gathering ..

 Staff Reporter: Unearths disproportionate assets, documents  Bhopal Lokayukta Police conducted raid against Water Resources Department’s Executive Engineer (EE) posted in Sidhi. Along with Sidhi, raid was also conducted at two houses of accused in state capital. Cash, ornaments, silver and land documents have been seized in the raid and investigative offices fathom that there is possibility of recovery of some more incriminating documents. An official of Bhopal Lokayukta ..

 Staff Reporter: With the arrest of one of the accused, police have solved the blind murder case of a man on Monday. Accused killed their victim over the money related dispute. Hunt is on to nab other accused. Police said that body of deceased Gajraj Singh, 40, was found in a field at bypass road area of Sukhisevania on June 26. To reach till bottom of case, call details of deceased’s mobile was taken out. In investigation, it came to fore that Gajraj Singh used to work as a confectioner. ..

 Staff Reporter: Governor Anandiben Patel distributed the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Swasthya Yojana golden cards to the employees of Raj Bhavan and their families on the occasion of Doctor’s Day. The Governor said that, the objective of the scheme is to provide health insurance to the economically weaker sections, so that they can lead a healthy life without worries. She told that, nine Government and 40 private hospitals of Bhopal have been listed under this scheme. She told ..

 Staff Reporter: Global School of Excellence a chain of schools has opened its new branch in district Sehore. This is the third branch after Raisen and Obedullganj. Sehore MLA Sudes Rai, Sehore collector Ajay Gupta and Joint Commissioner, Income tax Prashant Mishra inaugurated the new campus of the school in Sehore. The programme was started with the lightning of lamp in front of Goddess Saraswati. Students of junior classes performed a dance on welcome song to welcome the guests.  Global ..

 Our Correspondent:  Mandla Finance Minister and district incharge, Tarun Bhanot said that transperancy is must in administrative works. The better result of any project would be received when officers and public representatives world work in co-ordination. In developmental works, particpation of public representatives would be ensured. Minister Bhanot issued these instructions in the meeting of District Planning Committee held at DPC building. This meeting was attended by Union Minister ..

 By Ashish Rajput; Natural biodiversity of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve is under threat due to deteriorating vegetation in the dense forest. Diminishing soil fertility of Sal forest in the biosphere is a matter of grave concern for the Government and other concerned agencies for sustainability of rich forest and maintaining the existence of rivers Narmada, Son and Johila. Increasing biotic interferences, mainly the human interference in forest fringes of Amarkantak, is badly hampering ..

 Staff Reporter: 19th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting C’ship   In the 19th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting Championship in New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh shooter Rubina Francis clinched two gold medals. She won gold medals in junior and senior category of 10 meter air pistol para women competition. In this championship, Madhya Pradesh shooters won 17 medals so far.  Rifle players won three gold, five silver and five bronze medals while pistol players clinched ..

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA)activists organised a press conference in state capital on Friday with regards to the rehabilitation issues of dam out sees .They alleged that the total amount spent on Sardar Sarovar was Rs 60,000 crores, while the original commission for the Planning Commission was only for Rs 6488 crores.  The scheme was completed by showing the benefits of power to the drought-hit farmers of Gujarat. But today the reality is that Gujarat governmnet has not been paying the ..

  Dear young colleagues, India has two great qualities. Firstly, it is the world’s largest democracy and secondly, it is world’s youngest nation. It is but natural that the country has greater expectations from the elected young representatives. Why not? We have a glorious heritage of democracy.  The full-grown banyan tree of Indian democracy we are witnessing today has deep roots. The seeds of sacrifice were sown deeper and today it stands as source of inspiration ..

ON SECOND consecutive day, action of traffic police continued against those cops who violated traffic norms either by not wearing helmet or jumping traffic signals. During vehicle checking drive conducted in police line area of Nehru Nagar on Thursday, five cops were fined for not wearing helmet and violating traffic norms.   On Wednesday, 35 cops were fined for violating traffic norms. Traffic police also stopped those people who were riding two wheelers by covering their face with scarf ..

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Session will run from July 8 to 26 TO MAINTAIN peace, law and order during Assembly Session, Collector and District Magistrate Tarun Kumar Pithode has issued an order to impose Section-144 under CrPC Act-1973 from July 8 to 26. According to the order, five or above people cannot gather at public places in the above mentioned area. Once the Section 144 is imposed then no person will be allowed to lead or participate in any procession or demonstration. Moreover, no meeting will ..

 Staff Reporter: Budget passed with voice vote. No new tax imposed in budget   Mayor Alok Sharma tabled the last budget of his tenure during the BMC General Council meeting on Wednesday. After a long debate, the budgetary demands were passed with voice vote. No new tax has been levied on the public. The BMC General Council meet started with an uproar on stray dog menace. As the meeting started, Congress Corporator Rafiq Qureshi raising the issue of dog menace said that there have ..

 Staff Reporter: Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor remains to be a thorny issue owing to increasing accident cases. Now, the State Government is seriously contemplating to check its utility and to see that whether it is necessary to demolish it. To reach till any conclusion, Government has decided to take the help of an expert. Addressing the press conference, Urban Administration and Development Minister Jaivardhan Singh told that help of Central Road Research Institute’s Senior ..

Survey to omit ineligible from Sambal scheme soon: Sisodia..

 Staff Reporter: The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has come up with ambitious plan of rehabilitating Black Panther in State. The Forest Department has proposed to bring two pairs of panther from African countries after settling the project of lion at Kuno Palpur. According to forest officials, the proposal to bring Black Panther was sent to the ministry in the year 2016. After a few months of this proposal, lion project at Kuno Palpur became other issue to be addressed on priority basis. ..

 Staff Reporter: District Collector Tarun Pithode while appraising the Dastak Abhiyan told the officials concerned that one must carry out the campaign in such a manner as if every child is their own child, only then the goal can be achieved cent percent.  He also mentioned that children are supposed to be the future of this nation, hence, the Dastak Abhiyan should be carried out with immense concentration and intensity as prioritising their health is important. In the meeting it was ..

 Staff Reporter: FOUR prisoners escaped from Neemuch jail by scaling the wall during wee hours of Sunday. Following the incident, Jailer, Assistant Jailer and three constables have been suspended with immediate effect. Neemuch Police Control Room told ‘The Hitavada’ that accused have been identified as Nar Singh (20), Dubey Lal Dhruve (19), Pankaj Mongia (21) and Lekhram (29). A senior officer of Jail Department also informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the accused were lodged ..

  Staff Reporter: Deputy Secretary of MPSLSA Arvind Shrivastava informed that MPSLSA provides free of cost legal aid to weaker sections of the society, economically weak, helpless and victims.  The programmes and schemes are implemented through four-level arrangement   Deputy Secretary, Madhya Pradesh State Legal Service Authority, Arvind Shrivastava, on Saturday said as per Section 39 (A) of the Indian Constitution, it is the duty of the Government to ensure that no citizen, ..

 Staff Reporter: In last twenty-four hours, showers were witnessed in many areas including Shadol, Ujjain, Indore and Rewa, Bhopal, Hoshangabad and Jabalpur divisions. Weather Department has issued heavy rains warning for Anuppur, Dindori, Jabalpur, Katni, Singrauli and Shahdol. Maximum temperature recorded at Bhopal has come down to 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday which was five degree above normal and minimum temperature recorded was 28 degrees Celsius which was two degree above normal. ..

 By Ankita Garg:  Leopard, enlisted as schedule one animal in Wildlife Protection Act 1972, is still chasing behind its safety and conservation plans in Madhya Pradesh. The population of leopard surpasses tigers in State and their death ratio is too high. Within four months of year 2019, more than 40 leopards have died in the State for several reasons but the Forest Department is yet to chalk out action plans. While four leopards were killed by tigress in several forest areas, three leopards ..

 Pre-monsoon activities continue to provide light to moderate showers to isolated places of State. As of now, sky is dotted with partial cloud cover. In last twenty four hours, some places were battered by rains. Weather Department has forecasted rains in many parts of State in next twenty four hours. As month is inching towards its end, people are anxiously waiting for arrival of south west monsoon. It is being anticipated that monsoon may make its entry in couple of days. Unlike Thursday, ..

BJP workers, led by ex-Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan staged a dharna at Bharat Mata square and sought justice to parents of Shivam, who died in police custody recently. Shivam’s parents also participated in dharna. Expressing concern over death of Shivam Mishra, Chouhan told that he is deeply pained by seeing the situation of Shivam’s parent. Accusing police of killing Shivam, Chouhan told that such kind of things would not be tolerated. The fight is not against police rather ..

 Staff Reporter: To stage dharna at Bharat Mata square today  National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party and ex-Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met the parents of deceased Shivam Mishra in police line situated in Bhadbhada area of State capital on Thursday. While consoling the parents of Shivam, Chouhan said that he demands CBI probe into the incident which claimed life of Shivam. Notably, Shivam Mishra died in police custody of Bairagarh police station during the ..

 Staff Reporter: Initiating towards Green and clean environment, MP Forest Department has started home delivery of plants at nominal charges of Rs 10 per sapling under ‘tree at your door’ campaign. The department has initiated this nobel step to promote plantation drive in state. Pre-monsoon has already knocked the city door and this year weather department is expecting good rain from June 22 onwards. Officials of forest department said with starting of Monsoon people starts ..

 Staff Reporter: Revenue and Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput has said that major innovative steps have been taken by his departments to reduce the problems faced by people in land-related cases and transport -related things. Now it is mandatory for patwaris to sit at the headquarters for two days in a week and if any patwari does not follow the norm then he will have to face the music. Meanwhile, his department has decided to take back unused 1000 acre land from BHEL so that it could ..

 Staff Reporter: On Monday, Sehore Collector Ajay Gupta chaired time limit meeting at Collectorate meeting hall. He discussed problem of drinking water, monsoon, cleanliness, health and revenue cases. The meeting was attended by Chief Executive Officer of Zila Panchayat Arun Vishvakarma, ADM Vinod Chaturvedi and all the officers of concerning departments.  The Collector directed all the departmental officers that as the meeting of scheduled caste/Tribal Vigilance Evaluation Committee ..

Family members of patients gathered at Hamidia Hospital.       One of the patients being taken for treatment at Hamidia Hospital premises. Staff Reporter:  Patients were seen running from pillar to post to get treatment but to no avail. Even there are reports that doctors have not attended patients operated day before yesterday and they lived without care of doctors  The doctors’ strike in various hospitals paralysed health facilities and left patients ..

Doctors protesting at Hamdia Hospital on Monday.  Doctors sitting on dharna at AIIMS Hospital.    Staff Reporter: In support of their demand for security at work place, doctors protested at all the hospitals in State capital on Monday. Doctors gathered at their respective hospitals by holding placards in their hands and raising slogans. They demanded that Government should ensure security for doctors at work place. Doctors gathered outside their offices to discuss the burning ..

 Rajya Sabha Member R K Sinha, ex DGP N K Tripathi, etc felicitating Chief Reporter of The Hitavada, Rajan Raikwar during the function held to mark 30th Foundation Day of Janparishad in State capital on Sunday.  Staff Reporter:  Rajya Sabha Member R K Sinha, ex DGP N K Tripathi conferred ‘Man of the Media Award’ on Rajan Raikwar  Janparishad felicitated Chief Reporter of ‘The Hitavada’, Rajan Raikwar during a function held at State ..

 Staff Reporter: Gunga police nabbed two miscreants from Ratua village, who were involved in stealing fuel from vehicles and recovered 50 litres of diesel; one of the gang members is absconding. According to the police, acting on a tip off regarding miscreants involved in stealing fuel from the vehicles, police team reached market of Ratua village and nabbed two accused while one of the accused managed to escape. The nabbed miscreants were identified as Khemchand Kushwaha(38), son of Lalaram ..