Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that coronavirus cases are decreasing continuously in State. New Corona cases in State have come down by 6000 while weekly positivity rate in 20 districts has come down by 10 per cent. He instructed that ‘Mucormycosis’ or Black Fungus disease should be tested and treated at early stage in state. Necessary equipment ‘Nasoendoscope', injections and medicines should be made available for this. It should be given the shape of a mass movement. Black fungus ..

The second dose of Covishied will be administered 12 to 16 weeks after the shot of first dose has been given. “The National Technical Advisory Group has recommended increasing the duration of the gap between the two doses of the Covishield vaccine. The interval between the two doses of Covaxin will remain 28 to 42 days, as before. There is no change in the duration of the Covaxin,” State Immunisation Officer Dr Santosh Shukla. For Covishield vaccine, now, online or on-site appointments will be accepted ..

Action will be taken against Chirayu Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), which is empanelled with Ayushman Bharat Scheme, and had denied treatment to the beneficiaries of scheme – saying that all the authorities have been instructed about it. A notice has been issued by District Administration to CMCH and soon a strict action will be taken against the hospital. In a viral video about the incident where the hospital manager Gaurav Bajaj is heard saying, “This is Chirayu Medical College and Hospital ..

It would not be tolerated if any private hospital affiliated under the Mukhyamantri Covid Upchar Yojana refuses free treatment to any Covid patient who is eligible for the scheme if their beds are empty, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday. The Chief Minister made the above statement while holding discussions with members of the Corona Control Core Group through video conferencing from his residence on Sunday...

A tiger carcass in a decomposed condition was found in Barkhedi beat of Manpur Buffer forest circle under Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on Friday morning. ..

After getting show cause notices some days back in wake of party’s defeat in recently held by-election of Damoh Assembly seat, former Finance Minister Jayant Mallaiya met BJP State President V D Sharma at his residence in State capital on Friday. ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a virtual discussion with members of development block and village level disaster management committee of all districts of divisions from Rewa headquarters. He said that residents of Vindhya region, are determined and committed to their decisions. Now everyone has resolved to break the corona chain. He added that with the co-operation of all, we will get success in breaking the chain of corona infection in the month of May itself. Control of corona infection ..

A virtual meeting of sports trainers of all sports academy run by Sports and Youth Welfare department was held on Thursday. Director, Sports and Youth Welfare Pawan Jain chaired the meeting and discussed in length regarding sports activities and future activities. Pawan Jain spoke to every sports trainer and took information about workout, studies, vaccination of players. Sports trainers informed that currently players are doing online workout by remaining at their homes. They are also sharing ..

On International Nurses Day, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressed nursing staff of State through video conferencing and webcasting on Wednesday. Praising the work done by nurses during corona pandemic, he said that he salutes their service spirit and courage. He said that Florence Nightingale ‘Lady with the Lamp’ started the great tradition of nursing, 200 years ago. She used to find and treat the wounded soldiers while carrying lanterns with her during the war. International Nursing Day ..

A total of 12,119 doses of vaccine were administered in the State capital on Wednesday. Expanding the inoculation sites for beneficiaries of 18-44 years, 49 sessions were held with a capacity of 100 doses each. In this way, a target was set to inoculate 4,900 people (18-44 years) on Wednesday. Covishield vaccine was administered at 16 centres while Covaxin shots were given at the remaining centres...

Mukhyamantri Covid Upchar Yojana was ratified in a virtual meeting of Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday. Cabinet decided to increase contribution of State Government (employer) from 10 per cent to 14 per cent in the National Pension System Scheme from April 1, 2021. Cabinet approved creation of post of Deputy Chairman by dedicating post of Director General of Atal Behari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis. Deputy Chairman ..

With continued efforts, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is conducting a massive drain cleaning drive in the city. On Tuesday, BMC workers went on to clean several drains of the city. In the cleaning works workers are being helped by heavy machines as well. BMC does this practice every year under pre-monsoon preparedness drive. The cleaning work de-silts choked drains before arrival of monsoon. Notably, big drains get cleaned with the help of Poclian machine and JCB whereas small drains are getting ..

On the instructions of District Collector Avinash Lavania, Covid Assistance Centres have been set-up outside 6 hospitals in the State capital for the convenience of Covid-19 infected patients and their families. These help centres will help the citizens to avail the necessary information set-up outside six big hospitals in the city. The district administration and Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Limited started assistance centres for patients and their families affected by COVID-19 from ..

  Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that corona infection should be strictly prevented by creating micro-containment zones in villages where there is infection. Committees should be formed in all villages and every patient should be identified and treated immediately after conducting house-to-house survey. He said that implementation of Mukhya Mantri Covid Upchar Yojana should be started immediately in State and its benefits should also be given to already admitted patients. ..

 IN continuation of declining trend of daily cases being witnessed in Madhya Pradesh, at least 11,708 fresh cases were detected on Friday. The daily coronavirus recovery cases in Madhya Pradesh continued to outnumber the fresh cases. Total cumulative recoveries stand at 5,47,447 with 4,815 new patients recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours, while with 11,708 new cases the state tally of infections neared 6.49 lakhs. To a little respite the active tally of COVID-19 cases in the State is ..

After a day-long protest of Junior Doctors’ Association (JuDA) (MP), by suspending OPD facilities of Hamidia Hospital and five other Covid hospitals in the State, the Minister for Medical Education Vishwas Sarang assured to meet the JuDA’s demands and later the protest was called off. The office-bearers of JuDA met Minister Sarang on Thursday evening at his residential office, after which Sarang made it certain that he would fulfill the long-pending demands of the MP JuDA. Notably, more than 3,500 ..

Former Minister and Congress MLA P C Sharma has written a letter to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan requesting to increase discretionary fund of MLAs from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 50 lakh. He said that through this discretionary fund, MLAs can distribute ration to poor people, can do financial assistance, can help people in treatment etc. He demanded that discretionary fund should be increased immediately. In the meantime, he also distributed milk to people who got vaccinated. He said milk helps in increasing ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that people of State and country are being provided with a safety shield of vaccination to prevent corona infection. He was having a virtual discussions with youths in age group of 18 years and up to 45 years regarding their experiences before and after vaccination from Wednesday onwards. He informed that about 5.16 crore vaccine doses will be required in State. He informed that 45,000 Remdesivir injections have also been received on Tuesday. They are being ..

Vaccination for 18+ beneficiaries began in Madhya Pradesh, amid a vaccine crunch on Wednesday, while permitting only 100 doses to registered beneficiaries at a centre each in all district headquarters. Besides, vaccine administration continued for those above 45 years of age. State Immunisation Officer Dr Santosh Shukla said that vaccination centre’s for 18+ beneficiaries were made at a higher secondary school in all district headquarters. The officer also said that the vaccine was administered ..

BAKSA, a wooden box collected from the community of folk of Himachal Pradesh, from 1979, has been displayed under the latest and popular online series of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) on Monday. This is the 50th exhibition under the Exhibit of the Week displayed in the audience as The first Exhibit of the Month of May, through official website, Facebook, Instagram and twitter page of the IGRMS. In this regard Director of IGRMS Dr Praveen Kumar Mishra, said that Indira Gandhi ..

On Monday, sanitisation carried out in containment areas near banks , grocery shops. With four multi-noozle spray sanitization spray carried out in Shahjehanabad Police Control Room, Palamari Hospital, Bank Colony, 6 number stop, Kotra Sultanabad, Bhadbada road, Nehru Nagar, Ibrahimpura, Moti Masjid, Purushottam Nagar, Budwara, Naveen nagar etc. Special sanitisation campaigns wearing PPE kits carried out in containment zones. All precautions is being taken while carrying out sanitisation at pavements ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the only way to break the chain of corona is that where there is infection, it has to be stopped there itself. Create a micro containment zone and stop corona there itself if there are cases of infection in villages, mohallas, streets. Chief Minister Chouhan gave the above remarks while addressing a meeting of Corona Control Core Group from his residence on Sunday. All the ministers and officials concerned were present in the meeting. Chouhan said ..

Continuing Sehore inspection till Saturday late night, Divisional Commissioner Kavindra Kiyawat visited Community Health Centre, Rehti and also took stock of arrangements made to enforce ‘Corona Curfew’. Divisional Commissioner Kavindra Kiyawat directed Nasrullaganj Tehsil Sub Divisional Officer Dinesh Tomar to form a team of Asha and Anganwadi workers, teachers to launch a door-to-door survey in urban and rural areas so that the persons infected with the corona can be identified early...

A grocery shop was sealed in the State capital’s Chunabhatti area for the owner opened it amid the lockdown that has been imposed to contain the novel coronavirus. Seeing a shop named Kabuliwala open many citizens gathered at the shop to buy necessities. As soon as this information reached to the officials of district administration, a team was sent here to take action. Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) TT Nagar, Sanjay Shrivastava, along with officials of district administration and of police department ..

Bhopal and Indore continue to remain worst-affected from corona pandemic. Both are having highest number of corona patients in comparison to any other parts of State. Even the detection of new patients per day is more in both cities in comparison to other cities. Earlier, Bhopal used to report lesser cases than Indore. But now, it seems, Bhopal is competing neck to neck with Indore in terms of reporting of new corona patients per day. Now there is hardly any difference between the new cases reported ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that large oxygen plants should be set up in all divisional headquarters of state. He instructed officers to take immediate action in this regard. He was addressing a review meeting with core group from residence through video conference on Tuesday. Members of the Covid Core committee, ministers and officials attended the meeting online...

Isolation coaches installed at platform number 6 of Bhopal Railway Station started admission and treatment of COVID-19 patients on Sunday. There are 20 isolation coaches with 320 beds for patients. Patients will be admitted on these beds with consent of district administration. Bhopal railway has also arranged doctors, nurses, pharmacists and attendants for further treatment of patients...

The mismanaged installation of barricades in the State capital, done to restrict unnecessary movement, continued to hassle even those allowed moving during the lockdown. With the onset of Corona Curfew the city was turned to nothing less than a cantonment zone. Each and every road and square saw barricading and police patrolling. This was done by the administration with intent to limit Bhopalites to their doorsteps citing the Covid-19 spread...

Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra on Sunday reviewed the measures for strengthening arrangements to deal with the corona epidemic with senior officials at the police headquarters. He instructed to form a task force to stop the black marketing of oxygen and Remdesivir injections. Director General of Police Vivek Johri and other top officials were present in the meeting. Dr Mishra gave instructions to make necessary arrangements while expressing his anxiety about the jawans doing duty in the police headquarte..

State BJP President V D Sharma and BJP State Organisation General secretary Suhas Bhagat virtually addressed party office-bearers, elected representatives and workers in meeting convened in connection with ‘Seva Hi Sanghathan Abhiyan -2’ on Saturday. They said that present time is tough than the previous corona wave. Henceforth, party workers and office bearers should keep themselves safe and get involve into work to ensure success to ‘Seva Hi Sanghathan Abhiyan -2’ by striking balance with government ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that action should be taken against black marketeers of Remdesivir injection under ‘Rasuka’, National Security Act (NSA). For those who give false rumours and misleading information regarding oxygen supply, action should also be taken against them. He was virtually addressing high-level meeting on status of corona transition from residence. Corona Curfew effective with public support. He said that the way public has come forward for Corona Curfew and everyone ..

A 500-bed COVID Care Centre was started at a college of Sagar Groups in Ratibad area for the treatment of asymptomatic corona patients. Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang along with District Collector Avinash Lavania and other officials inspected the arrangements made there for the patients. Sarang said that those corona patients who are facing problem in getting isolated at their homes and those with mild symptoms can get admitted to this COVID Care Centre. The facility of 300 beds had already ..

More than fifty COVID-idiots were locked in the police jail van for violating the ‘Corona Curfew’ imposed in State capital to contain the novel coronavirus. Collector Avinash Lavania and DIG Irshad Wali themselves took to the street and asked the people seen on roads, their reason to come out of the house. Notably, the Collector has given strict instructions to all the officials that people should stay inside their homes and not come out unnecessarily, wear face masks, to follow social distance and ..

Second wave of COVID-19 pandemic is proving troublesome for defence production at Ordnance Factory Khamaria. Most of the officers and employees are quarantined or undergoing treatment after being infected with COVID-19. Absence of majority of the staff had badly hampered defence production work to meet annual production target for year 2021-22. OFK has been given annual production target worth above Rs 1,700 crore but including around Rs 1,200 crore for the Indian Army, Rs 300 crore for Air Force, ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that effective implementation of Janata curfew is necessary in every city, street-locality, village till April 30 to break the chain of corona infection. The Chief Minister said that he himself will talk to corona patients living in home isolation to get information regarding guidance, treatment, medical kit and their level of satisfaction. The in-charge ministers have also been instructed to monitor the arrangements of the District Command and Control Centre ..

Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) office will remain open only for five days in a week. Due to rise in corona cases, this measure has been taken to avoid overcrowding in the office.Besides, efforts will also be made to ensure proper health check and screening of BMC officials. Sanitisation is also being carried out at ward offices. The BMC Health Squad working in containment areas has been asked to undergo screening regularly. Municipal Commissioner KVS Chaudhary has issued these instructions to ..

In the ongoing battle against corona infection, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that all eligible poor consumers of State will get three months ration free from fair price shops. In the meantime, he said that infection should be prevented in cities and towns as well as villages of the state. Those who are safe in villages be safe and should not go out. Ensure infection control by creating a containment zone where there are more infected patients. In every situation, chain of transmission ..

“All necessary facilities should remain available at all the Fever clinics being operated in the district and it should be ensured that the Covid-19 patients receive their corona report within one day after the test,” said Divisional Commissioner on Monday. The Divisional Commissioner issued the above instructions to the Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Prabhakar Tiwari and other health officials in the district. Kiyawat has directed the Chief Medical and Health Officer to ensure data feeding of ..

Bhopal City Link Limited (BCLL) looks after the transportation of the passengers in the city and provides them with safe and comfortable journey. In the tough times of COVID-19 pandemic BCLL assisted students who have their centres for National Defence Academy (NDA and NA-I) examinations in the city here on Sunday. BCLL is working in a joint effort with Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) who is conducting this exam. The students from all over the countrytook part in the examination...

On the occasion of World Heritage Day, a webinar on ‘Heritage - Perspectives for the Future’ was organised jointly by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board. Principal Secretary Culture, Tourism and Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, Sheo Shekhar Shukla informed that this webinar was organised for public awareness of cultural, historical and natural heritage of the country and the state to protect, promote and preserve them. In the webinar, important ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that number of corona tests should be increased and its report should be ensured within 24 hours. The system of home isolation should be strengthened and free medical kit should be given to every patient living in home isolation. He said that facilities of beds, oxygen, injections, medicines, etc. should be provided unhindered in hospitals in State for treatment of corona. Also, information about these facilities should be made available to the public through ..

To check unnecessary movement of people in city, police personnel are stopping every vehicle and if reasons are not valid then action is being taken against vehicle riders under Section 188. Since March 20 till date, action has been taken against 1,550 people. On Saturday, action was taken against 60 people for violating Section 144 rule. Since 9 pm Monday till 8 pm Saturday, action was taken against 600 people. This is being done to strictly enforce corona curfew. Likewise, police is also cracking ..

More barricades have been placed in many areas in the city to curb traffic. Barricades have been placed on main roads and narrow regions in containment zones of Kolar, Shahpura and Govindpura. In MP Nagar, access to main areas to zones 1 and 2 has been restricted. In Sant Hirdaram Nagar, the major intersections have been barricaded, big barricades were also placed on small squares and streets...

Even as flow of traffic became less on roads due to on going Corona Curfew but vehicles, comparatively less in number to normal days, continued to move on roads. Cops have barricaded the main roads to prevent unnecessary movement of vehicles. Moreover, cops kept checking vehicle to ensure that no one should move unnecessarily on road. Cops were seen stopping vehicles and asking that where they were going and in connection with which work. Some people were also returned to their home when they failed ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said, “The Government is making every possible effort to deal with corona crisis, but without the active support of public, we will not be able to win this battle. It is necessary that every person becomes aware to end corona infection. Everyone has to understand that to wear a mask, keeping a distance of 2 yards, washing hands frequently and not leaving the house until necessary is very important till corona infection ends.” The Chief Minister said that it ..

The National Co-operative Development Corporation (NCDC) has secured Euro 68.87 million (Rs 600 cr) loan from Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest bank, for onward lending to co-operatives in the country. An agreement was inked between NCDC and the German bank in this regard in presence of the Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar in New Delhi. The minister also presided another first, signing of an agreement between the Indian Chamber of Commerce and NCDC to boost farmers linkages with ..

On Tuesday, around 3,106 people were vaccinated in different wards in city. Bhopal Municipal Corporation Commissioner KVS Chaudhary reviewed the arrangement in wards and ensured that COVID -19 compliance is being followed by the employees and hospital personnels deployed in wards. The vaccination centres have been started in all 85 wards in the city in 19 zones. Other facilities like sitting arrangements, water supply and other basic amenities in these centres are also being monitored on daily ..

The corona nodal officer and medical specialist of JP Hospital, Dr Yogendra Shrivastava submitted his resignation alleging misbehaviour by Congress leaders after a patient died here on Saturday. The family members of the patient, Takht Singh Shakya (40), have claimed alleged negligence in treatment by the doctors. A video footage of the incident went viral over social media in which Congress MLA, P C Sharma and former corporator Yogendra Singh Guddu are seen talking to the doctor. Dr Shrivastava is ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that corona crisis in the State is unprecedented. Conditions are more serious than last year. State Government is constantly active towards arranging for treatment, spreading public awareness, but real fight against corona is being fought only by nurses, paramedical staff, anganwadi workers, ASHA workers. The Chief Minister was addressing the health sector personnel of all districts of the State including nurses, paramedical staff, compounders, ward boys, ..

  Madhya Pradesh reported the biggest spurt of 4,882 daily COVID-19 infections on Friday, crossing the 4,000 figure for the third consecutive day.  With Friday’s addition, the State now has over 3.27 lakh confirmed infections and 23 more fatalities, pushed the death toll to 4,136. Just in the first nine days of this month, Madhya Pradesh has detected more than 31,000 cases, adding, on an average, 3,000 cases every day, data released by the State Government shows. The ..