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 ..

 Staff Reporter: Panna Tiger Reserve is welcoming new tiger cubs in its jungle areas after starting the rehabilitation project. About one month back, a tigress had given birth to three cubs which increased the number of tigers at Panna from 42 to 45. Talking about the birth of cubs, Panna officials said that they are worried about the tigress and three cubs as there is no radio collar on their neck. They said that though patrolling guard and field staff have been deployed to ensure safety ..

 Staff Reporter:  Under ‘Carry Your Own Bag’ (CYOB) campaign, in various areas, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started centres to make eco-friendly bags. Various organisations like Mahashakti Seva Kendra is going door to door to collect old clothes from public. The centres have started working at New Market, 10 number market. The clothes collected from the denizens are made into carry bags free of charge by these volunteers of the organisation.  This campaign ..

Staff ReporterUnder the aegis of Short Pitch Cricket Federation of India, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (LNCT) University inaugurated 2nd Dr Abdul Kalam Cup and Babu Genu Cup Short Pitch National Cricket Tournament. The competition witnessed remarkable start of Madhya Pradesh where the State team won both the matches showcasing wonderful performances. Earlier, the competition was inaugurated by Dr Anupam Chouksey, President, SPKA, MP, Shweta Chouksey, Vice President, Indian Women Football Associatio..

 Staff ReporterLast rites of martyr Sandeep Yadav were performed with State honour at his hometown Kulala village in Dewas district on Friday. CRPF jawan Sandeep Yadav had lost his life in a terrorist attack at Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on June 12, in which five other jawans were killed.   Public Works and Environment Minister Sajjan Singh Verma and Higher Education and Sports and Youth Welfare Minister and district incharge Minister Jeetu Patwari paid floral tributes ..

 Staff Reporter: Tarun Pithode, IAS Officer from 2009 batch, took charge as new Bhopal Collector on Thursday. Incharge Collector and Municipal Commissioner Vijay Dutta handed over charge to him. Chief Executive Officer of District Panchayat Satish Kumar and other senior officers were present.  After assuming the charge, Tarun Pithode apprised himself of pre-monsoon preparedness and the places which often witness water-logging during rainfall season. He directed to identify water-logging ..

 Staff Reporter: In yet another freak road accident in State capital, a low-floor bus of Bhopal city link limited (BCLL) went out of control after its break failed and hit the boundary wall of Shahjahanabad police station on Thursday. The TR-4 bus was plying between Mandideep to Gandhi Nagar. A 45-year-old man sustained injuries in the hit while a minor girl and another person escaped with bruises. At the time, over a dozen passengers were onboard in the low-floor bus but fortunately none ..

  Rare species of birds and animals, including Hippopotamus, to be kept in zooThe zoo worth Rs 10 crore is proposed to be ready for visitors by the year 2020  By Ankita Garg Wildlife wing of Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has given green signal for setting up of a zoo on Raisen road under Van Vihar Phase-2. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the proposed zoo has been sent to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) for final nod.  If all goes well, visitors will have ..

 State Energy Minister, Priyavrat Singh addressing a press conference. (Pic by Anil Tiwari)  “Bharatiya Janata Party’s leaders are trying to defame the Congress-led Madhya Pradesh Government by levelling fake charges in the name of failure in quality electricity supply.   The fact is that, the number of unscheduled shutdowns and tripping cases are less than previous year throughout the State. Power companies have supplied 10 to 15 percent increased electricity ..

 Staff Reporter: Residents in Aishbgah area started running in fear after they saw a newly-constructed building at 80-feet road developed cracks in the pillars and tilted dangerously to one side. The four-storyed building was under construction for a few months only. As news about the building spread in the neighbourhood, a nearby hospital that lies adjoining to the building which is on the verge of collapse was being evacuated as a precautionary measure.  It was yet to be revealed ..

 Staff Reporter: BHEL in collaboration with Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) organised anti-polythene campaign at Vijay Market Berkheda. The BMC squad seized around 15 kilogram of polythene and complaints against 15 shopkeepers has been registered for use of polythene. The campaign is being launched from past one week in which various awareness programmes are also being held at BHEL markets to encourage shop keepers to not to use polythene . The polythene bags used in haat bazaar ..

 Staff Reporter;  Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh, ex-minister Umashankar Gupta, Mayor Alok Sharma took out candle march in protest of rape and murder of a 10 years old girl in State capital on Monday evening. They took out candle march at Roshanpura Square.  Large number of people including children also turned up in candle march. They were carrying the placards on which slogans like don’t kill girls, give death punishment to rapists etc were written. One of the placards ..

 Accused Sandeep Richhariya  Staff Reporter: A 28-year-old woman trainee DSP of PTRI, Bhauri, lodged a complaint with Khajuri police station against a Tikamgarh-based youth in connection of stalking and sending obscene messages to her on mobile phone. The accused also reached PTRI, Bhauri, on Sunday and sent her a message that he wanted to meet her. The lady cop then informed FRV Dial 100 police after which the accused was nabbed from outside the gate of PTRI and was taken to the ..

 Staff Reporter: In the wake of gruesome murder of a 10-year-old girl after rape in Kotara area of Bhopal, a delegation of BJP led by MP Pragya Singh Thakur, BJP District President Vikas Virani met Governor Anandiben Patel and submitted memorandum to her. BJP said that, along with Bhopal, criminal incidents are increasing in entire Madhya Pradesh. Cases of abduction, loot and murder are happening frequently and this is a matter of serious concern.  BJP delegation said that, recently, ..

 Staff Reporter:  The multiple increase in demand for packaged mineral water during the persisting summer season has created ample scope for local manufacturers, who defy all norms of quality and supply inferior quality water in packed bottles of established companies  Apparently the cold water supplied in bottles and plastic pouches cannot be termed safe for consumption. The present spell of scorching climate increases demand for cold packaged mineral water in railway stations, ..

 Staff Reporter: The core committee meeting of Congress was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Kamal Nath at CM House in the State capital on Saturday. The reasons of defeat in Lok Sabha elections were discussed in detail.  The core committee members, including Jyotiraditya Scindia, spoke at length about party’s dismal show in general elections and also pointed out fingers towards reasons responsible for party’s drubbing. While coming out of CM House, Jyotiraditya ..

 Staff Reporter: Due to heavy shortage of nurses and over load of work patients treatment are getting affected in Hamidia Hospital. A K Shrivastava, Superintendent of Hamidia Hospital, while talking to ‘The Hitavada’ said that nurses are over burdened but that cannot be taken as a reason for not performing during duty hours and accordingly notices have been issued to a few nurses. Nurses Association of Madhya Pradesh’s President Dhanraj Nagar said that nurses in Hamidia ..

 Like Delhi NCR, Bhopal Capital Area and Indore Metropolitan Area will be developed. Mandideep, Obaidullaganj, Sehore will be included in Bhopal Capital Area, while Dewas, Pithampur and Mhow will be included in Indore Metropolitan Area. Discussion and planning in this direction should be made. This was stated by Urban Development and Housing Minister, Jaivardhan Singh at the Academy of Administration during a Madhya Pradesh Housing Board workshop on ‘Quality Assurance and Quality Monitoring ..

 Staff Reporter:  Memorandum submitted to Chief Secretary Mohanty  With the water crisis reeling in city, Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma has demanded for Rs 100 crore budget allocation with the higher authorities to facilitate BMC to deal with the emergency situation. On Thursday, Mayor Sharma discussed water crisis issues with Chief Secretary S R Mohanty. He also handed over a memorandum seeking Rs 100 crore budget allocation to ensure proper water supply in all the affected areas. ..

 Staff Reporter: Yogesh Deshmukh, (1995) batch IPS Officer of MP cadre assumed charge as Inspector General of Police (IG) Bhopal (urban range) on Thursday. He took charge from IG Jaideep Prasad, who has been transferred to Railways in the same capacity. Deshmukh is widely considered as a versatile officer due to his efficient working capacities. After assuming the charge from outgoing officer, Jaideep Prasad on Tuesday afternoon later he interacted with mediapersons and highlighted his priorities ..

  Staff Reporter: The TT Nagar police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang of three vehicle-lifters from whom they recovered 48 vehicles, including 6 cars and 42 motorbikes, worth Rs 30 lakh from their possession. According to the police, in the month of April a three-members gang was found near TT Nagar Stadium and two of them were nabbed while one managed to escape. Police said that in the investigation it was found that nabbed Vikas Kaitvas (32) and Deepak Nayak alias Kaka ..

  Staff Reporter:  Inspite of changes made in timings in OPD (Out Patient Department) patient’s treatment is getting delayed at JP Hospital. Especially, the patients who come in afternoon have to wait for long hours to get treatment. Scorching heat and unavailability of doctors are adding to the problem. Ritika Mathur, a localite who has come for treatment for her teenage son, says that thought OPD timings have been changed it is very tough to get doctors in afternoon. Sometime ..

There is no end of problems for people living in water scarcity hit areas of Madhya Pradesh. They are getting water after a gap of two to three days. Even State Government is helpless in meeting the demand and is looking forward for the onset of monsoon to get rid of the complex problem. The information obtained from Urban Administration Development Department states that out of 358 local bodies, daily water supply is in only 258 local bodies...

  Staff Reporter: Bairasia police have arrested three out of the total four accused on Saturday who were involved in murder case of a 45-year-old farmer, who was kidnapped on May 24 from his home in Taswariya area in Bairasia and was found dead in Vidisha next day. He was burnt to death before his body was thrown out of the city limits by father of woman with whom deceased’s son has eloped. The deceased’s son had eloped with married daughter of the accused and later, killed ..

Bhakti Sharma  Staff Reporter: Sarpanch of Barkhedi Abdullah, Bhakti Sharma, is among 100 impactful women, who have been invited to the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum-SPIEF 2019 that is going to organised in Russia. This forum is organised every year for discussing financial and business issues. The event will be organised in Saint Petersburg from June 6 to June 8.  Apart from Bhakti Sharma, around 10,000 representatives from 120 countries will be participating in ..

  Staff Reporter; Two persons were killed on the spot whereas three others escaped with injuries after the car they were travelling in collided head-on with a speeding dumper near a toll plaza at Sukhisewania area on Saturday afternoon. Such was the impact of collision that the car skidded of the road and fell into the roadside ditch. The car was later pulled by Sukhisewania police while the dumper was also seized. Police said that the deceased were residents of Surkhi area in Sagar ..

 Staff Reporter:  Bhopal Merger Day celebrations were organised at Shaheed Gate in which Bhopal Mayor Alok Sharma also participated. Floral tributes were paid to the martyrs, freedom fighters and social reformers. Colourful balloons were released into the sky on the occasion. Addressing the gathering, he informed that India got freedom in 1947. However, Bhopal was freed after two years.  With the adamant attitude of Nawab, people of Bhopal had to agitate for merger. Remembering the ..

 Staff Reporter: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath led the group recitation of national song Vande Mataram and national anthem at Sardar Patel Park in front of State Secretariat on Saturday. Public Relations Minister P C Sharma also participated the Police Band march past along with general public from Saurya Samarak to Sardar Patel Park.  Home Minister Bala Bachchan, Chief Secretary S R Mohanty and other officials were present in the group recitation of national song and national ..

Staff Reporter DGP V K Singh presenting a bouquet to Head Constable Kalaadhar Sharma on latter’s retirement at PHQ in State capital on Friday.  After serving for 35 years in the Police Department, Head Constable Kalaadhar Sharma retired from service on Friday. Police family bid adieu to him by organising farewell programme for him. DGP V K Singh presented a bouquet and memento to Kalaadhar Sharma and wished him a healthy and happy life. Originally hailing from Argakhachi district ..

Staff ReporterFire broke out inside operation theatre (OT) of Jeevan Shri Hospital on Friday afternoon. Within no time, smoke spread inside the hospital, starting to choke the breath of patients. However, two cops risked their lives to save the patients and brought out from the hospital.  (Left) A cop rescuing a patient from a hospital which caught fire in Karondh area of Nishatpura on Friday. Fire extinguishers made hole into the wall of a hospital to control the fire inside operation theatre.&n..

 Staff Reporter: Congratulating Megha Parmar for climbing the world’s highest peak ‘Mount Everest’, Sports Minister Jitu Patwari said that firm decision, a will to do something different and passion makes every path easier. Parmar scaled Mt Everest on May 22 at 5 am. On May 22, Megha Parmar of Bhoj Nagar, a small village in Sehore district, climbed the 29,028 feet, world’s highest mountain peak ‘’Mount Everest’, known as Sagarmatha.  Megha left ..

 Staff Reporter: Bhopal Municipal commissioner (BMC) Vijay Datta inspected various development works in zone number 7. He has directed for proper channelisation for sewages before monsoon. He also inspected offices in BMC. Water tanker, filter plant, hand pump, tubewell, etc.  BMC Commissioner Vjay Datta also inspected Civil park and compost unit near Nutan college area and directed officials to complete the work within stipulated time frame. Along with other BMC officials he inspected ..

 Staff Reporter: A fire broke out as a result of short circuit on the second floor of a shopping complex located at Hoshangabad Road under Misrod police station on Wednesday evening. The visitors in Aashima Mall were taken aback when they heard fire sirens blowing on all the floors and were then asked to evacuate and the entry inside the mall was confined.  Only firefighters were allowed to enter inside to douse the fire and the mall management stopped entry of media-persons reached ..

 Staff Reporter;  Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has assigned Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) to prepare detailed project report (DPR) for rejuvenation of 13 major Indian rivers through forestry interventions.  The task for preparation of DPR of river Narmada has been allocated to Tropical Forest Research Institute, (TFRI) Jabalpur. To initiate the work, a consultative meeting is being organized at TFRI, Jabalpur on May ..

 Staff Reporter: Crime branch police have arrested a 20-year-old youth from Bhopal Railway Station and recovered 18 kg of cannabis worth Rs 2 lakh from his possession on Monday. According to ASP (Crime), Nischal Jhariya, acting on a tip-off, a youth who used to transport drugs illegally and would travel in trains from southern states and would carry drugs to Vidisha was trapped near Kiran lodge near Bhopal Railway Station and when he was searched, cannabis weighing 18 kg worth Rs 2 lakh ..

 By Ankita Garg; With aim to keep tab on quality of food at railway stations and in moving train, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has set up live streaming kitchen at Bhopal Railway Station. Concept of live kitchen streaming will be helpful in maintaining hygiene level of food and also, satisfaction level of the customers. The IRCTC-based kitchen has been set up at platform number one of the Bhopal Railway Station and official inauguration of the same will be held ..

 Staff Reporter: An injured tigress T-69 was given treatment at Reserve Compartment No-312 in Chhapri Beat of Khatia Circle in Kanha Tiger Reserve on Monday. Later, injured tigress along with her three cubs were released in the wild and a special team is monitoring their movement as precautionary measure. On May 20, T-69 tigress was spotted in an injured condition in a camera trap. Khatia Circle Officer immediately informed the Field Director of Kanha Tiger Reserve about the injured tigress. ..

  Staff Reporter: Women and Child Development Minister Imarti Devi flagged off ‘Mahwari Swachhata Rath’ in the State capital on Monday. Notably, Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed on May 28. State-level programme will be held at Ravindra Bhavan on Tuesday.  Speaking on the occasion, Imarti Devi said that awareness campaign will be launched across the State. She said that adolescent girls and women will be made aware about paying attention towards menstrual hygiene and health. ..

 Staff Reporter;  Anant, in collaboration with ‘Go Rurban’ organised ‘Anant Mandi Farm Fest’ at Gandhi Bhawan. The organic fest was organised with an aim to promote practice of organic farming and kitchen gardening in urb..

 Staff Reporter:  Have tourism-friendly attitude, design effective strategies  Focus on creating job opportunities   Chief Minister Kamal Nath has told the concerning authorities to encourage tourism-friendly attitude and have special attention on development of requisite infrastructure to make Madhya Pradesh as a Tourism State. The Chief Minister said that the tourism promotion publicity ventures and marketing of the tourist sites must focus on ‘mouth publicity’ ..

 Staff Reporter: Make CM Helpline More Effective   Chief Minister Kamal Nath has said that addressing the problems of common people should be done promptly, sensitively and satisfactorily. This is the priority of the Government. He said that the officials efficiently addressing complaints should be encouraged while those committing laxity should be punished. Nath was reviewing ‘CM Helpline’ at Mantralaya on Saturday.   The Chief Minister said that it ..

With the objective to reduce coal transportation by road, the Northern Coalfields Limited has commissioned a new wharfwall at MGR route line of company’s Nigahi coal producing area on Wednesday. The said route line is used by Nigahi for transporting coal to India’s largest power station, NTPC Vindhyachal. The new wharfwall will help supply additional 3-4 rakes (approximately 9000 to 12,000 tonnes of coal to NTPC Vindhyachal. The additional supplies of coal through wharfwall will halve ..

 The celebrations by the Bharatiya Janata Party workers to mark party’s historic victory continued even on Friday in State capital. BJP workers celebrated win in many parts of city. They were wearing Modi masks and danced to the tunes of drums. One such celebration took place in JP Nagar area of old city. While dancing, they also chanted the slogans of party and Modi Modi. A group of BJP workers also assembled in Nariyalkheda and started to celebrate party’s grand success in ..

BJP workers celebrating party’s thumping victory at the party office in Bhopal on Thursday. (right) BJP women workers dancing to express their happiness on party’s success in Lok Sabha elections at party office in the State capital.  Staff Reporter: State BJP chief Rakesh Singh demands resignation from Chief Minister Kamal Nath  BJP office premises in the State capital was reverberating with slogans of Modi Modi as soon as the Lok Sabha election result trend showed ..

 Staff Reporter: Nirman Parivartan Samiti organised a motivational seminar for slum children at Nehru Nagar. Under this, special quiz was organized for children. ASP Bhopal Police Shraddha Joshi was present as chief guest in the function. Addressing the children and students aspiring to crack competitive exams, ASP Joshi said that one should not be afraid of diversity in life and poverty can be removed only through education. She also stressed on the need to become aware of issues and challenges ..

 Staff Reporter; State’s Bhawna Dheriya became the first and youngest female mountaineer from Madhya Pradesh to climb the highest peak Mount Everest. According to the sources, Bhawna covered distance of 8,848 kilometers at the age of 27. On Wednesday morning, she completed summit of Mount Everest and hoisted the Indian National Flag and made the State and country proud.  Bhawna hails from Tamia in Chhindwara district and pursuing her post-graduation in physical education from ..

 Staff Reporter: Two apartments of a residential building reportedly caught fire in Kolar area after a gas kit car caught fire while refilling gas near a shopping mall on Wednesday late evening. Firefighters were called when the vehicle caught fire but till the fire tenders reached the spot, the fire engulfed houses on the first and second floor as the wind then took the fire to the houses. According to Kolar police, the incident took place around 9:30 pm at Sterling Homes Apartment located ..

 Staff Reporter:  In a joint operation conducted by teams of Bhopal Childline, Child Welfare Committee and Crime Branch, as many as 44 children who were brought from Kanpur and Hyderabad to Bhopal and were forced into begging, were rescued from CI Colony of Jehangirabad and Ashoka Garden area respectively on Tuesday. As many as 23 adults were also taken into custody alongwith the children who were accompanying these children in begging. However, these adults claimed they are parents of these ..

Chief Minister, Kamal Nath gets annoyed of party’s possible defeat in Lok Sabha elections. And in a fit of anger, he is playing gimmicks and taking immoral steps. Earlier, he got registered fake cases against BJP workers and now, getting them arrested so that he could do everything needed for victory during counting of votes, alleged Rakesh Singh, State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rakesh Singh, while talking to media over arrest of BJP candidate of Chhindwara Assembly by-election, Banti ..

 Staff Reporter:  “Today the world community is trying to unite people for world peace but Indian saints are spreading this message since ancient times through Vasudev Kutumbkam. Keeping aside all kind of differences, unity of people is the only means to bring peace and prosperity in the society and strengthening the nation”, says Shivram Samdariya, Prant Pracharak Pramukh. Shivram Samdariya was addressing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)’s Mahakaushal Prant (Ghosh) Prakat ..

 Staff Reporter: Talaiya police on Monday claimed to have nabbed a Rajasthan-based man standing near a hotel along with his aide who was involved in duping banks using ATM cards at different locations of the country. However, one of the accused managed to escape. The latest ATM fraud has taken Bhopal police by storm due to its ingeniously effortless technique.  Nabbed accused along with his accomplice used to withdraw money from ATM kiosks of nationalised banks, right under the nose ..

 By Ashish Rajput: Rampant use of social networking sites is proving vulnerable to the privacy of the users due to dearth of awareness among them about its security features. Advanced information technology like WhatsApp proved a boon for modern society and making the lifestyle easier, but its misuse has emerged as the biggest privacy flaw. In a recent instance, unidentified person used the profile and display picture of SHO of Omti police station and started threatening other persons posing ..

 Staff Reporter: Divyang voters of Neemuch district exercised their franchise with zeal. 69-year-old visually-impaired Ramkanya Rathore of Jawasa village, Rameshwar Dhangar, a physically handicapped of Borkhedi Paneri and 85-year-old Mandikini with the help of wheelchair casted their votes.  ..

 Staff Reporter;  Awadhpuri police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a habitual thief from Awadhpuri area during vehicle checking and recovered valuables worth over Rs 3.20 lakh from his possession late in the evening on Friday. The accused will be taken on three-day police remand to ascertain his involvement in similar incidents in the past. Additional Superintendent of Police (Zone-2) Sanjay Sahu said that during a routine vehicle checking drive, accused was traced with his bike ..

 Staff Reporter: Rabindranath Tagore University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nishham General Academy, Bhopal, the other day. As per the signed MoU, university and academy’s expert will provide campus recruitment training to the students.  Apart from this, personality development training will also be provided to the students. This will help students to prepare for the campus placement. The students will also be given classes for other competitive examinations ..

Staff ReporterBhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is continuing the work of desilting of Upper Lake in Bhadbhada area. It is using JCB machines, porcelain machines and dumpers in digging and transportation of excavated silt.   The disiltation work is being done to deepen the bed of Upper Lake so that water holding capacity of lake gets increased. This work is going on from several days. On Friday, 143 trips silt was excavated. Even public participation is being taken in this regard. The ..

Staff ReporterFormer Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Vice President Shivraj Singh Chouhan on last day of election campaigning addressed election public meetings and roadshow at different places in Shajapur and Indore Parliamentary constituencies on Friday.   Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that telling lies has been tradition of Congress and it has been profession of Congressmen from generations. Earlier, Chouhan participated in an election public meeting of Prime ..

 Staff Reporter: While tigers and leopard are continuously being stray out in residential areas from Shahpura to Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), forest circle offices are demanding more field staff. There are about 20 big cats active around Bhopal jungles. To monitor these predators there is about 200 field staff deployed on several beats 24X7. Even cameras are placed at several points to check the entry and exit of animals. Monitoring of all these cameras and file patrolling ..

 Staff Reporter; Under the ongoing summer Nature Study Programme Green Cub, Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal, is organising various interesting learning workshops for the children participants. On Thursday, the museum organised Workshop-cum-Origami-Practices programme for the participants where they would learn about creation of learning material.  The workshop was attended by many children where they learned enthusiastically. During the programme, Jalaz Kumar Verma, Subject ..

 Staff Reporter;  Address rallies in Ambua and Petlawad of Alirajpur  Chief Minister Kamal Nath attacked BJP in harsh manner during the rallies in Ambua and Petlawad of Alirajpur District on Wednesday. He addressed rallies in support of party’s Lok Sabha candidate Kantilal Bhuria. Training guns towards BJP, Kamal Nath told that BJP exploited farmers and people of State. If BJP has been concerned about people then so many farmers might not have ended lives by hanging. There ..

 Staff Reporter: A 17-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging self at his residence located in Rajeev Nagar under Ashoka Garden police station in the early morning hours of Wednesday. He was a student of high school and had appeared in board exams this year through private mode. According to investigation officer ASI Kaushlendra Singh, the deceased has been identified as Sonu alias Bhanupratap, 17, son of Kailash Nath Shakya, who basically hails from Shyampur of Sehore district, and presently ..

 Staff Reporter:  Names of the accused are Ashish Massey, owner of Oscar Polytechnic Institute at New Delhi, and Manoj Jyoti Borah, the then Junior Assistant, National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Guwahati.  Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against an owner of a private polytechnic institute based in New Delhi and the then Junior Assistant of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Guwahati, in the Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, ..

 Staff Reporter: National carrier Air India, on Monday, announced that it will start direct flight between Bhopal and Pune from next month i.e June. There was no direct flight connectivity between the State capital and Pune till now. From June 6, the flight will be operated six days a week from Raja Bhoj Airport here except on Saturday. As per the schedule, the new flight will depart from Bhopal at 10:45 am and land in Pune at 12:05 pm. The 150-seater flight would have 12 seats of business ..

Representatives of political parties in front of Old Jail on Monday, Police personnel deployed for the security and monitoring at Old Jail premises.  Staff Reporter; Collector and District Returning Officer Dr Sudam Khade following the directives of Election Commission of India, has ensured security at the strong room situated at Old Jail, where EVMs and VVPAT machines have been kept in the State capital.  District Returning Officer has deputed executive magistrate/ gazetted ..

  “Madhya Pradesh State Bar Council is an organisation working for welfare of advocates. The council has decided to provide monthly pension of Rs 5,000 to the advocates, who stop practice after 50 years of age and providing library facility to advocates of recognised bar associations,” declared Shivendra Upadhyay, President of State Bar Council of Madhya Pradesh while addressing a press conference, on Saturday.   Upadhyay said that, last meeting of Bar Council was organised ..

 On the occasion of most lovely celebration of beautiful bond of mother and children and mother’s unconditional love for her wards and was celebrated as ‘Mother’s Day’ on Sunday. The State capital witnessed auspicious celebration of the adorable day. Various big and small celebrations, small get together, Mother’s Day theme based parties, mothers’ felicitation programme were held on the day. The celebration was observed at many places in the city. Parties were ..

 By Ankita Garg:  Housekeeping staff in premier trains from Bhopal to click selfie before and after cleaning the mess  Irked over several complaints regarding cleanliness at the railway stations and in running trains, Bhopal Railway Division has now initiated ‘Selfie on Duty’ assignment for the housekeeping staff. So, don’t get surprised when you spot any housekeeping staff at railway station or in running trains taking selfie with the mess in the coach. Taking ..

 Staff Reporter:  “Every woman should be empowered today. Besides, the young girls must come forward to serve the nation”, these were the motivational words of Defence Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman during a discussion programme ‘Shakti Samvad’ organised at Manas Bhavan. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was present as chief guest of the programme, stressed on women’s empowerment. In her address, she stated “Every woman should be empowered. ..

 Head of Kalki Peeth, Acharya Pramod Krishnam said that it is probably the first general election after independence that thousands of saints, who earlier used to be on the side of BJP, are standing with the Congress. The reason behind is that BJP did not fulfill promises over Ram Temple, cow protection, cleaning of Ganga, Section-370 etc. Addressing a press conference at Congress office, Acharya said that he supports the candidature of Digvijay Singh in Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency. He ..

 As Friday was the last day of active canvassing, hence, BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Congress candidate Digvijay Singh remained on toes throughout the day and did intense mass contact programme. They visited various parts of Bhopal Constituency to lure the voters. Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur did mass contact programme by sitting pillion on bike. She was welcomed by the people with great warmth. Clad in saffron clothes, she asked people to vote for BJP to realise the dream ..

 Staff Reporter: Rahul Gandhi had claimed that loans of former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s relatives, including brother Rohit Singh Chouhan and uncle’s son Niranjan Singh Chouhan, have been waived off by Kamal Nath Government. BJP has denied all such claims  REACTING to the claims of Rahul Gandhi that loans of former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s relatives, including brother Rohit Singh Chouhan and uncle’s son Niranjan Singh Chouhan, have been waived off by ..

 Staff Reporter: BAIRAGARH police have finally registered an FIR against Huzur MLA Rameshwar Sharma and a BJP worker Sonu Tomar on Thursday. The action was taken based on the complaint filed against Bhagwan Das Israni, President of Central Sindhi Panchayat and Susheel Waswani in November last year. SHO of Bairagarh Ajay Kumar Mishra said that an audio went viral on social media on November 27, 2018, in which MLA Rameshwar Sharma who was contesting election from Huzur constituency from BJP ..

 Staff Reporter: Amit Shah holds roadshow in support of party candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur  The slogans of Modi-Modi reverberated the air in Bhopal during roadshow of BJP National President Amit Shah in Bhopal on Wednesday evening. The roads were packed with the sea of people during the roadshow. Amit Shah took out roadshow in support of party candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh. The roadshow of Amit Shah started with recital of sacred hymns by pundits. Thousands of people swarmed ..

 Our Correspondent: Singrauli, May 8 Residents of Morwa are facing severe water crisis. The problem has become so pathetic that locals are not receiving water even for drinking purposes in the wards. As the bore-well dug by Municipal Corporation went out of order, availability of water in main market and other wards becomes null. Residents with big utensils and containers, waiting on the roadsides has become a common view now a days.  Although the Corporation normally ensured water ..

  Staff Reporter: A Congress delegation, led by former Union Minister and Congress leader Suresh Pachouri and state minister P C Sharma, reached the residence of former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday along with the farmers’ loan waiver documents. They presented documents before Chouhan as proof of farmers’ loan wavier. Congress leaders claimed that they have submitted documents, including names of the farmers whose loans have been waive off, contact number, ..

 Staff Reporter: CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not holding any press conference and bringing transparency of his report card to public. He said that demonetisation disrupted ordinary life across the country. The worst hit were those in rural areas, where access to banking and internet is comparatively low. Baghel was addressing a press conference in Bhopal on Sunday. He alleged that now BJP workers are seeking vote in the name of Prime ..

  Staff Reporter:  The difficulty level was slightly high this year as most of the questions involved lengthy calculations. Mostly examinees found the difficulty level higher. According to them, the overall exam was moderately tough owing to Physics and Biology, however, Chemistry was the easiest section  This year, for the first time National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination was conducted by National Test Agency at various determined centers including Bhopal. ..

  Staff Reporter; Namdeo Das Tyagi alias Computer Baba, former minister in BJP Government, announced his support to the Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Saturday. Computer Baba pitted against the BJP Government and said that over 7,000 saints from across country will be arriving in State capital Bhopal to take out rally and conference in support of Congress in Lok Sabha election from May 7 to 9. He said that a special ‘anusthan’ will be conducted on May 7 wishing victory ..

  Staff Reporter: Former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s son, Anil Shastri (senior leader of INC), who was in the City of Lakes on Saturday, while interacting with mediapersons at PCC office has expressed his views about stalwart Digvijay Singh contesting from Bhopal seat in Lok Sabha elections. Shastri said that he feels naming Digvijay as Congress candidate from Bhopal is good move of Chief Minister Kamal Nath whereas Pragya Thakur, who came from outside and contesting ..

Staff ReporterWeek-long faculty development programme on ‘Research methodology with the use of SPSS’ concluded at MP Bhoj (Open) University on Friday. Dr DN Sansanwal was the main speaker of this programme. University Vice Chancellor Dr Jayant Sonwalkar, registrar Dr HS Tripathi, Assistant registrar and Dr Arun Singh Chauhan were also present.More than 50 participants from several States gathered to attend the programme.  Guests during Research methodology programme at Bhoj University..

Staff ReporterUnion Minister Uma Bharti said that Congress started to sweat when BJP fielded Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat. Moreover, she said that even a man could not bear the atrocities which Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur went through in her life.   BJP leader Uma Bharti addressing a public rally in support of Sadhvi Pragya Singh in Nehru Nagar of State capital on Friday. She was addressing a public meeting in support of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in Nehru ..

 Staff ReporterA woman along with her two daughters committed suicide by jumping into Upper Lake in Shyamla Hills on Friday. Police said that woman was under depression due to family’s poor financial situation. Police fished out bodies of all three deceased and sent for autopsy.   Shyamla Hills police said that Laxmi Bai Shakya (30), wife of Avinash Shakya, jumped into Upper Lake along with two daughters, Monica (11) and Riya (8). Laxmi Bai Shakya, a resident of Bainsakhedi, ..

  Staff Reporter: GH Raisoni University, School of Agriculture Sciences, organised day-long workshop on ‘Recent techniques for bamboo production’. The programme was inaugurated by Rajshekhar Patil, Progressive Bamboo Producer, Professor Sudhir Meshram, and Vice Chancellor GH Raisoni University. There were agriculture faculties, farmers from various villages on Thursday. During the bamboo workshop Rajshekhar Patil displayed ‘hoe’, the wonder grass called bamboo ..

 Staff Reporter: In presence of Chief Minister Kamal Nath, a group recital of the national Song ‘Vande Mataram’ and National Anthem took place at 11 am at Sardar Patel Park in front of the Mantralaya on Wednesday. Before this, group march along with police band moved towards the Mantralaya at 10.40 a.m. People in large number took part in the march A group of Mantralaya employees recited the national song, Vande Mataram and the police band played tune of the national anthem. ..

 Staff Reporter:  Gandhi also said that Congress would give 33 per cent reservation to women in Central Government services apart from 33 per cent in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Sabhas  Congress National President Rahul Gandhi claimed that the party was going to come to power in the country and when that happened, farmers would not go to jail for non-payment of loans as law would be changed. He was addressing a public rally in Piparia in Hoshangabad constituency on Wednesday. ..

  Staff Reporter: BJP Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur is on toes and doing hectic canvassing. On Tuesday, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur canvassed in Idgah Hills, Lal Ghati, Ramanand Colony, Teelajamalpura areas and sought support from voters. Later, she also reached District Court and met advocates. She said that she underwent a lot of atrocities and now she wants justice. She hoped that people of Bhopal and advocates will help in getting the justice. She continues to make ..

  Staff Reporter: Congress President Rahul Gandhi made a blistering attack on Modi government in his rallies held in Jatara (Tikamgarh), Patharia (Damoh) and Amanganj (Panna) on Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi told the gathering that PM Narendra Modi failed to bring back black money and speaks lies. Mincing no words to criticise Modi government, Rahul Gandhi told that it is farmers, labourers, poor people who are the real owners of the nation. Training guns towards BJP, he alleged that Prime ..

  Staff Reporter: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur went to the residence of Union Minister Uma Bharti and had a cordial discussion in State capital on Monday. Uma Bharti welcomed her with great warmth and there was great happiness on the faces of both of them. Uma Bharti offered famous Indian dish ‘Halwa’ to her. To the surprise of everyone, Uma Bharti offered Halwa by her hands to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.  The meeting ..

  Staff Reporter: Under voters awareness campaign for the Lok Sabha elections 2019, ‘Coffee ki Mej Pe Charcha’ programme was organised at Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya (MVM) on Monday. In this programme large number of youngsters gathered to present their views. Divya Naga, SVEEP campus ambassador said election is a free platform where one can select his or her own leader. She said it is not important to select a leader while choosing vision of a leader is most important. ..

   Staff Reporter: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani addressed ‘Prabudhjan Sammelan’ in Sagar on Sunday. He said that now people have started to talk about development as development era has commenced in country in the leadership of PM Narendra Modi.  Lashing out on Congress, he said that through the hollow promises and lies, Congress remained in power for sixty long years and made lofty claims to remove poverty but to no avail. He asserted that during UPA regime, ..

  Staff Reporter: Republican Party of India (A) Ramdas Athawale said that BJP led NDA is likely to get more than 350 seats in Lok Sabha elections in country. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP is expected to grab around 26 lok sabha seats. He was addressing a press conference announced to inform that RPI (A) has fielded five candidates from Madhya Pradesh.  Ramkripal Basore is contesting election from Sidhi, Kuldeep Ahirwar from Jabalpur, Patiram Shakya from Morena, Ramniwas Sen from Satna, ..

  Staff Reporter: On Saturday, Bhopal city recorded maximum temperature at 42 degrees Celsius which was three degrees above normal and minimum temperature was at 25 degrees Celsius. Wind velocity was recorded at 18 km per hour. Meteorological Department has issued heat wave warning for Indore and Hoshangabad divisions. Khargone recorded highest temperature at 47 degree Celsius. In last twenty four hours, heat wave conditions were witnessed at Sagar, Hoshangabad and Indore divisions. ..

  Staff Reporter: The MP IAS Officers’ Association organised book launch event on Saturday. Book titled The Steel Frame:-A history of the IAS written by Dr Deepak Gupta was discussed in the event organised at RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration and Management. Former Director of Union Public Service Commission and 1974 batch officer of Indian Administrative Services, Dr Deepak Gupta said that the officers of the Civil Services are responsible for the implementation of the plans, ..

Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Vijay Datta made inspection of developmental works at different places in the State capital on Friday. Datta visited Fatehgarh, Imami Gate Shopping Complex, Motiya Talab, Golghar, Sanjay Taran Pushkar, Idgah Hills, Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital, Barela village, Koh-e-Fiza, Vajpayee Nagar, Idgah Filter, etc. and inspected cleanliness, drinking water facility and developmental works. BMC Commissioner also visited registration office of birth and ..

 PRIME Minister Narendra Modi said that Lok Sabha election-2019 is not to elect a Member of Parliament or Prime Minister but it is the election to make India a developed, prosperous and secure nation. This election will ensure a secure future for children and provide better status to the country on the world map. Crores of first-time voters will decide their fate and choose a better future by voting for a strong and visionary Government in Lok Sabha election.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing ..

  Staff Reporter; BOTH BJP and Congress have intensified campaigning, political activities have reached crescendo in Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency. BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Congress candidate Digvijay Singh are busy in hectic poll campaigns. On Thursday, Digvijay Singh reached among Saharia tribals in Berasia and said that promise included in Vachan Patra in connection with backward tribals will be fulfilled by Kamal Nath Government. Along with other backward tribal ..