Tag: Bhopal

Well-known documentary maker Siddharth Kak and actor Rajeev Verma will be the chief guests at the festival, held under the aegis of the Vigyan Prasar initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Actress Shweta Tiwari was recently spotted at Mumbai airport while returning from Bhopal after the recent explosive promotional event for her upcoming web series.

"The fire broke out at around 9 pm and 8 to 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames."

Puri: The Bhopal police on Tuesday arrested an online fraudster from Puri for duping people after promising them attractive returns on their investments. The accused, identified as Manoj Banjara hailing from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was nabbed from the Kakatpur area in Puri. As per reports, Manoj lured people with different fraudulent schemes and convinced […]

Rourkela: After a brief lull, bird flu scare resurfaced in the steel city again after number of crows were found dead near Sector 9 park and a nearby temple. On being informed, the administration buried the dead birds and sent the samples to High Security Animal Disease Lab (HSADL) in Bhopal for examination. Some days […]

Bhopal: All the eight terrorists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) who escaped from Bhopal Central Jail were killed in a gunfight on the outskirts of the city, police said on Monday. “All eight SIMI terrorists were killed in an encounter near Manikhedi Pathar village,” a senior police officer said. “We located […]

Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for the BJP candidates in Madhya Pradesh, and hold 10 public meetings over 5 days in the poll-bound state. State BJP President Rakesh Singh said that between November 16 and November 25, Modi will tour the state, addressing people in several districts. Voting for the 230-seat Madhya Pradesh […]

Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is committed to rid the country of illegal migrants, party President Amit Shah said on Tuesday. Speaking here at the party’s ‘Karyakarta Mahakumbh’ ahead of Assembly election, Shah mentioned the National Register of Citizens in Assam in which over 40 lakh individuals were found to be “illegal”. He said […]

Bhopal: A robbery attempt on board Sampark Kranti Express near here was foiled by passengers, leading to the arrest of two goons, police said on Friday. One passenger was injured in firing that occurred during the incident. Late on Thursday, four robbers tried to loot passengers in the general coach of the Yeshwantpur-Nizamuddin train when […]

Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday fielded Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to the polls in the sixth phase on May 12. The announcement was made hours after Sadhvi Pragya joined the BJP and […]

United Nations: The 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy which killed thousands of people is among the world’s “major industrial accidents” of the 20th century, a UN report has said, warning that 2.78 million workers die from occupational accidents and work-related diseases each year. The report released by the the UN labour agency International Labour Organization (ILO) […]

New Delhi: With some of the 100 selected Smart Cities lagging behind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi will guide Amritsar and Ahmedabad will help Chandigarh in implementing projects under the mission. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities with the 20 bottom cities and they will […]

Bhopal: Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy that struck the Madhya Pradesh city over 35 years ago have been hit hard by the coronavirus as 17 of the 20 casualties reported here are from among this vulnerable section of society. Poisonous methyl isocynate gas had leaked from the Union Carbide factory in the state capital […]

New Delhi: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel showed the human face of the force, as he went beyond his duty to arrange milk for a four-month-old infant travelling in the Belgaum-Gorakhpur Shramik Special train, officials said on Thursday. A railway ministry official here said that on May 31 at 8.45 p.m. a Shramik Special […]