Rajesh Choudhary assumed charge as General Manager, Gun Carriage Factory and chaired a meeting with officers and representatives of employees’ unions and associations. Choudhary was transferred from General Manager, Ordnance Factory, Bolangir. Right after assuming charge, he addressed a meeting with senior officers and employees’ representatives...

THREE miscreants trying to intimidate people with a country-made revolver near Kripal Chowk under Gorakhpur police station were apprehended by a joint team of Crime Branch and Gorakhpur police. The success was an outcome of information given to SP Jabalpur about some unidentified miscreants near Kripal Chowk were excessively hostile with people passing through the area. Cops have apprehended three miscreants while one r..

In the ongoing lockdown to cut pandemic COVID-19 a large number of labourers and poor families are facing crises after losing their employment and facing problem in earning their livelihood. The Government is making all sort of arrangements to ensure availability of necessary commodities to affected people. Contributing relief aid in arrangements the Dharmashatra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur has provided relief aid as per direction of Chan..

The sale of ‘matka’, earthen pots witnessed lowest sales in the ongoing summer season. Despite high temperatures touching upto 44 degree centigrade in the ongoing Nautapa the sale of this important accessory in houses witnessed low demand. Following lockdown to cut the spread of coronavirus epidemic like other businesses the business of earthen pots and terracotta utensils like surahi, water filter, curd plates and bowls, etc faced hit. In different centres of city this year sale of traditional earthen ..

In a major breakthrough, combined team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Special Task Force (STF) Jabalpur nabbed three accused involved in trade of wildlife body parts and seized 15.70 kilograms of pangolin scales, a Scooty and a motorcycle from them. The accused have been identified as Nauman Rangrez, Mohammed Naeem Qura..

Former minister and Jabalpur East (MLA) Lakhan Ghanghoria pertaining to notice for vacating Government residence handed over a letter to Divisional Commissioner Mahesh Chandra Choudhary apprised that according to rule of Government an MLA can demand MIG 1 house for MLA and that has been demanded by him as Minister and was allotted by the than Divisional Commissioner. MLA Lakhan Ghanghoria informed that the Forest Division Jabalpur office has sent him a lett..

Members of Muslim community celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr marking conclusion of month-long fasting of Ramadan month by keeping Roza with devotional fervour, offering Namaj and rituals maintaining social distancing and following regulations of lockdown, on Monday. Following lockdown the members of Muslim community offered Nafil Namaz at their houses...

Collector Bharat Yadav informed that, more than 30,000 migrated labourers who returned from different districts and states have been given employment under MNREGA projects while registration of more labourers has been started under Sambal Yojana for providing them employment and benefits under several government schemes.He informed that, the locust attack has been reported in Hoshangabad and administration is all set to protect Urad and Moong crops at around 30,000 hectares area in Shahpura, Bargi ..

LOCKDOWN has proved cumbersome to people belonging to various sections of society but has left serious impact on religious priests and temple caretakers who were solely dependent on offering made by people. Temple priest and temple caretakers are not given any aid from the Government hence facing tough time. Taking gravity of the situation, Gopal Lalji Trust has initiated a move under which..

Former Leader of Opposition and MLA, Rehli Gopal Bhargava distributed PPE kits to doctors of private hospitals who are rendering their valuable health services to the residents. It may be noted that Gopal Bhargava is continuously distribution relief materials to poor persons and food to migrated labourers during the lockdown period. Gopal Bhargava handed over the stock of PPE kits to senior social worker Devraj Soni for its distribution to doctors of private hospit..

Multi-cuisine Bhandara for migrant labourers organised by former Leader of Opposition and senior BJP leader Gopal Bhargava is a unique in the state. Around 5 to 7 lakh migrant labourers were delighted to get food at special Bhandara at Garhakota bus stand in Rehli. The Bhandara is first of its kind in which labourers are being given variety of dishes, including three kinds of vegetables, chapati, mango pickle, papad, sweet dish like gulab jamum and lauki ka halwa. Besides, Amul milk packets were given ..

A delegation of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Mahakoshal Unit (BKS) met former Bharatiya Janata Party State President and Member of Parliament Rakesh Singh and apprised him about ongoing problems to farmers in procurement of Chickpea and also demanded that government should procure Moong and Urad. Members pressing demand to open more ..

Reportedly, the Health Ministry have asserted that owing to severity caused due to COVID-19 people will have to learn to live with the virus with mandatory preventive steps of social distancing, use of face mask and to keep ones surrounding optimally clean. Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) in tune with district administration have taken up the responsibility to make people, abide by the preventive steps or else would be severely penalised...

A fire broke out in a bakery at Russell Chowk on Wednesday evening. The colossal fire accounted for loss of property worth around Rs2.5 lakh. Fire Department personnel had tough time to extinguish the fire as the shop was closed. Rescue work gathered momentum only after the shutter of the shop was dismantled by the team. According to information, property worth Rs 2.5 lakh was completely gutted on Wednesday evening at Russell Chowk when fire bro..

Thanks to act of compassion by Jabalpur Division of WCR that migrant labourers travelling in Shramik Express trains are being provided with necessary hospitability in form of supply of breakfast, food packets along with water bottles. Reportedly the migrants who board their respective train from originating station are left hardly with any money to procure eatables and till Jabalpur reportedly starve for want of food and water. On Wednesday more than 1000 m..

THE district administration officials inspected LPG Gas Crematorium at the Gupteshwar Muktidham, on Sunday. Collector Bharat Yadav was accompanied by the Municipal Commissioner Ashish Kumar and other officials inspected the new system installed using LPG gas in the cremation system. The new system has been installed with the investment of Rs 32 lakh at the crematorium, where the body could be disposed off within 60 to 70 minutes...

SOIL testing for construction of the State’s longest flyover has been started in Madan Mahal area, on Monday. Construction of the flyover is targeted to be completed within three years. Once the soil testing is completed, design of the flyover will be prepared for starting land acquisition and base construction works. Central road of the flyover will be 12.90 metre wide between Damoh Naka - Ranital - Madan Mahal. Ramp road between Ranital to Garha will be 414-metre long and width will be 8.40 metre. ..

MADHYA Pradesh Forest Department released a notification to keep all national parks, tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries closed for tourists till May 31. The Department said further tourism activities will be permitted after analysing the situation of..

Mahesh Chandra Choudhary Divisional Commissioner Jabalpur visited Bhedaghat by-pass, the junction spot for large number of migrants coming from Maharashtra and other states who get down at by-pass for their onward journey. During his inspection carried out he praised the efforts being carried out by social organisation in providing hospitality to poor migrants. According to information, Divisional Commissioner Choudhary carr..

Grahastha Yogi Saint Devprabhakar Shastri ‘Daddaji’ was brought back to Jabalpur at 9 pm on Saturday and his condition is reported to be critical till the late report came in. He was brought by a special plane from New Delhi at Dumna Airport. Receiving the information, a large number of his followers and members of Daddaji Shishya Mandal gathered out of Dumna Airport to catch a glimpse of their spiritual guru...

Continuing with act of charity for the migrants traveling in Shramik Express returning back tot heir native places, 1,144 migrants who boarded Pune-Rewa train arrived at Jabalpur station. The migrants were offered hospitality at Jabalpur station. As on Saturday 10 Shramik Express trains passed through Jabalpur consequently some 12,000 migrant were given food packets and water bottles. According to information, the Jabalpur division of WCR continuing support for large number of migrants traveling in ..

An important meeting of the Board of Directors (BoD) of Jabalpur Smart City Limited was organised on Friday. Collector and Chairman of the company, Bharat Yadav chaired the meeting. Operators, living outside the city, attended the meeting through video conferencing and held detailed discussion on the agenda. During the meeting, the BoD approved operation of the newly-constructed cultural theatre at Bhawartal garden...

The work in office of the Registrar at the Collectorate resumed after a long gap since March 23 since lockdown has been imposed in the country. After a long time such a halt was witnessed in the property registration work in the district. In last days of the third phase of lockdown on May 15, the functioning for registry of rural and urban properties, plots, houses have been restored. ..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan transferred a sum of Rs 451 crore to 1,78,417 beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Rural by a single click from Mantralaya on Thursday. This includes Rs 360 crore to 1,44,152 beneficiaries as the first installment for house building at the rate of Rs 25,000 each. A sum of Rs 91 crore was transferred to 34,2..

Inspired by the great deeds of Swami Vivekanand, a social worker Jagat Bahadur Singh Annu and his team are serving the society and making them aware about ongoing fight against coronavirus in time of crisis. Since lockdown was imposed in the country, Jagat Bahadur Singh Annu with his team comprising of 75 youths and related social welfare organisationsm are providing relief to affected people. In last 52 days of lockdown, the team not only provided relief material, food..

IPS officer and six other policemen, who fought against COVID-19 and were discharged from isolation ward after being cured, were accorded a rousing welcome at Police Control Room, on Wednesday. Police corona fighters were welcomed with flowers by senior officers and cops. Inspector General of Police (Jabalpur Zone), Bhagwat Singh Chouhan (IPS), DIG (Jabalpur), Manohar Verma (IPS), Superintendent of Police, Siddharth Bahuguna (IPS), Addition..

Collector Bharat Yadav carried out surprise inspection of the Procurement Centres at Shahpura and Patan tehsil, on Wednesday. He started inspection from Shahpura procurement centre. He also inspected the Basedi Wheat procurement centre, Sehsan and Patan procurement centre. Collector weight a sack on electronic weight machine and instructed that no e..

KIND gesture of MLA Ashok Rohani and members of Mukhya Mantri Jankalyan Yojana helped 13 labourers reach their hometown in Uttar Pradesh. Stranded labourers were sent to Muzaffarpur district in Uttar Pradesh by buses. MLA Ashok Rohani informed that Mukhya Mantri Jankalyan Prakostha, State Vice-President Sonu Bachvani informed that 13 labourers who had come from Uttar Pradesh to work in the district were stranded due to lockdown...

BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) leaders distributed ayurvedic kadha, tablets and masks amongst poor and needy persons to protect from coronavirus at Machuavala Compound and Agrawal Compound in Dayanand Saraswati Ward, on Tuesday. On the occasion, former Minister and MLA, Sharad Jain, MLA, Ashok Rohani, State Working Committee member, Deepankar Banerjee and party workers were present. Senior leaders encouraged the residents for following lockdown norms and informed about maintaining hygiene and social ..

TO BRING back industrial production on track, the administration has given conditional permission to the industrial units to start from Monday. The permissions to start the industrial units have been progiven by the district administration on condition of following set conditions...

“COVID-19 death toll touched five with the death of a woman while seven new patients were detected in the city, on Sunday. Number of COVID-19 patients increased to 129 while total 33 patients were discharged after being cured from isolation ward. Five COVID-19 patients were discharged after being cured from isolation ward of Super Specialty Hospital. The woman patient was found positive after death undergoing treatment at Netaji Subhash Chandr..

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed district collectors to extend maximum facilities to labourers, who are passing through Madhya Pradesh to reach other states on foot. Chouhan issued directives through video conferencing to make food and shelter arrangement for labourers reaching different districts of the state from other states and arrangement of transport for their further journey. The State Government has also discussed with the officials of the concerned states as regard to facilitate ..

SATURDAY brought huge respite for Jabalpurians as 11 people were discharged from the isolation ward, Super Speciality Hospital, NSCB Medical College and Hospital after being cured completely. With 11 people discharged on Saturday, total number of discharged people after recovering completely rose to 29. It is a great news amidst continuously rising COVID-19 graph in the city as number of infected patients in Jabalpur has reached 119...

POOR people and labourers are worst hit by the pandemic. Hence, to succor those suffering, the State Government has arranged ration in advance for needy and destitute. Besides, it is also taking all necessary measures to prevent citizens from getting infected. Under these efforts, the Government is also bringing back labourers stranded in other states. Negligence and overlooking of local authorities is proving costly to Government’s efforts...

 Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has expressed profound grief over the death of labourers in a train accident near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. These labourers belong to Shahdol, Umaria and other districts of Madhya Pradesh. He discussed about the accident with Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and also requested for maximum co-operation to help the labourers. Chouhan has directed officials to provide financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the ..