Tag: Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: Engineers in the Madhya Pradesh central electricity distribution company on Tuesday demanded the removal of discom Managing Director Sanjay Goyal after he reportedly called them “anti-nationals” and “dogs”, and threatened a protest if he was not sacked. Madhya Pradesh engineers’ union General Secretary V.K.S. Parihar wrote to the Chief Secretary of the Power Department on […]

Bhopal: At least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured. According to a Railway Ministry official, the fire was detected in the B-6 coach around 11.50 a.m. The fire then spread to the B-7 coach, Ved Prakash, a Railway Ministry spokesperson, […]

Bhopal: Responding to questions about his age, newly appointed Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kamal Nath on Thursday said he is ready to fight electoral battles against BJP rivals who are in the age group of 50-60. “I do not hide my age. Age has nothing to do with your work,” said the 72-year-old Congress leader. […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday appointed former Union minister Kamal Nath as President of its state unit in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Party MP Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed Chairman of the Campaign Committee. Kamal Nath, a MP from Chhindwara, has replaced Arun Yadav as the state Congress chief. Besides Kamal Nath, the party also […]

Bhopal: At least 21 members of a wedding party were killed after a bus they were travelling in fell into the Son river in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district, an official said on Wednesday. The accident in which more than 20 others were injured, occurred late on Tuesday when the driver lost control of the vehicle […]

Indore: President Ram Nath Kovind will celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti on Saturday in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow, the birthplace of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, an official said on Friday. The three-day celebration in Mhow — also known as Dr Ambedkar Nagar — to mark the birth anniversary of Ambedkar kicked off on Thursday, the official said here. Divisional […]

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that his government will establish a Rs 20,000-crore defence industrial production corridor in Bundelkhand — a region divided between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh — that will generate 250,000 jobs and bring development to one of the most impoverished regions of the country. “I am making an […]

Bhopal: Days after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that people in India should use words “Mata” and “Pita” for their parents, a state minister has announced that from now onwards, the students will have to answer their roll-call with “Jai Hind”. While addressing NCC cadets on the National Cadet Corps Day on […]

Dewas: Inspired by the central government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh mortgaged her jewellery to build a toilet in her house. Annapurna Bai lives in Amodiya village with four children, including two daughters, and her husband, a labourer. She says she did not like defecating in the open so without waiting for […]

Bhopal: Congress candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi was on Sunday declared elected to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly from Chitrakoot constituency, defeating the BJP by 14,133 votes. Chaturvedi led right from the start of vote count at 8 a.m. and kept increasing his winning lead, officials said. After 19 rounds of counting, he worsted the Bharatiya Janata Party’s […]

Damoh: Two girl students were allegedly forced to undress in a school in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh by a teacher who wanted to conduct a check after a student complained her Rs 70 was stolen, an official said on Saturday. District Education Officer (DEO) Ajab Singh Thakur told IANS: “A Class 10 student of […]

Bhopal: Police in Madhya Pradesh arrested a youth for posting provocative messages on WhatsApp, an official said on Thursday. “A youth named Aslam posted provocative messages on a WhatsApp group. The group’s administrator lodged a police complaint in this regard,” Pritam Thakur, officer in-charge of Jahangirabad police station, told IANS. “Aslam was sent to jail […]

Bhopal: A 17-year-old teenager has committed suicide in Damoh in Madhya Pradesh by jumping in front of a running train allegedly to complete the deadly online Blue Whale Challenge game, officials said. Satvik Pandey, a Class 11 student, committed suicide on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. A CCTV camera installed at a house near […]

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): Around 260 people were injured in the stone-pelting at centuries-old traditional “Gotmar Fair” in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The condition of four persons is stated to be serious. As the situation worsened, police lobbed teargas shells and cane-charged the crowd to disperse them. An enraged crowd damaged an ambulance and a […]

Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): In protest against jailing of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NDA) leader Medha Patkar after “framing her in false charges”, the office-bearers of Kadmal unit of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Friday resigned en masse. Patkar is fighting for those living along the river Narmada and facing inundation due to […]