New Delhi/Dewas, May 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the Tonkkala firecracker factory blast case, Dewas police have arrested the main accused, Mukesh Vij, from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, an official said.Vij was returning from Guangzhou, China, when the special police team nabbed him on Thursday morning using a Look Out Circular and other intelligence inputs. A tragic incident recently occurred at a firecracker unit in Tonkkala area of Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, …
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Dewas, May 16 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh administration on Saturday suspended two revenue officials for alleged negligence in connection with the deadly firecracker factory explosion in Dewas district that killed five workers and left several others seriously injured. Ujjain Divisional Commissioner Ashish Singh suspended Tonkhurd SDM Sanjeev Saxena and Naib Tehsildar Ravi Sharma under provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Civil Services Rules, citing serious lapses in inspection and monitoring of the …
Dewas/Indore, May 15 (IANS) The death toll in the firecracker factory explosion in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district has risen to five after two more severely injured workers died during treatment, officials said on Friday.The two victims succumbed to their injuries late on Thursday night.Chief Minister Mohan Yadav travelled directly from New Delhi to Indore late Thursday night and visited hospitals to meet the injured. He first reached Choithram Hospital, where he interacted with victims of the…
Dewas, May 14 (IANS) The district administration in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district has invoked the National Security Act against Anil Malviya, owner of the firecracker manufacturing unit in Tonkkala village, where a powerful explosion killed three persons and injured more than 15 others, officials said on Thursday. Malviya has been arrested, and the factory has been sealed following the incident.Dewas District Collector Rituraj Singh said stringent action was taken on the basis of a pol…
Bhopal/Dewas, May 14 (IANS) Several persons were killed, and many others were injured in a massive explosion at a firecracker factory in Tonkkala in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district. Some of the survivors were critically injured, police said, adding that they had been admitted to hospitals.Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief and wrote on his X handle, “The news of several people being killed or injured in the explosion at a firecracker factory in Tonk Kala, Dewas district, is heart-wrenc…
Bhopal/Dewas, April 12 (IANS) At least three persons were killed, and one was critically injured in a horrific road accident on the Dewas-Bhopal Highway near Nevri Phata in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, officials said on Sunday.The tragic incident occurred around 1.30 a.m. when a speeding car carrying four youths from Gunai village in Sonkach area went out of control, overturned, and crashed on the roadside.The impact was so severe that the vehicle was completely wrecked. Three young men di…
Indore, April 6 (IANS) At least four people were killed and over half a dozen critically injured when the car they were travelling in crashed into the rear of a truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, police said on Monday.According to initial information, the tragic accident occurred between 1.30 a.m. and 2 a.m. on the Indore-Nemawar Road.The victims were returning to Indore after attending a wedding in the neighbouring Dewas district when their multi-utility vehicle (MUV) collided with a truck, kill…
Bhopal, March 25 (IANS) In a remarkable achievement under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), hundreds of residents in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh are receiving daily medical treatment, including free dialysis at the district hospital. The beneficiaries of Ayushman Yojana, primarily from poor and marginalised families, are receiving free healthcare services at the hospital. Patients are recovering from serious illnesses at minimal cost, leaving their family m…