Bhopal, April 19 (IANS) In a significant boost to tourism and religious pilgrimage in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will inaugurate a new sector connecting Bhopal with the historic towns of Chanderi and Orchha under the ambitious ‘PM Shri Heli Tourism’ service. The event will take place as the Chief Minister flags off the helicopter and personally distributes boarding passes to the first batch of passengers. This new route, operating as Sector-2 of the service, aims to make travel s…
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Maihar (Madhya Pradesh), April 11 (IANS) At least 15 people were injured in a road accident on National Highway 30 near Rigra Bridge in the temple town, Maihar, on Saturday morning, officials said. The collision occurred under the jurisdiction of Nadan Police Station when a speeding trailer violently rammed into the rear of a stationary tractor-trolley parked on the roadside after it reportedly ran out of fuel (diesel).Public anger erupted over the delayed response from local police. Nadan Polic…
Bhopal, April 9 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has issued a major reshuffle of senior Indian Administrative Service officers, transferring commissioners and collectors across key departments and districts. The order, issued on Thursday, reflects a wide-ranging administrative restructuring aimed at strengthening governance and balancing responsibilities among officers.In the new postings, senior officer Krishna Gopal Tiwari (2008 batch), Commissioner of Narmadapuram Division, has been…
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Devotees gathered in large numbers on Thursday at prominent temples across the country to celebrate the first day of the Chaitra Navratri festival which is dedicated to the worship of ‘Maa Shailputri’.The nine-day festival is significant for the worship of the nine forms of Goddess Durga and marks the beginning of the Hindu lunar year. The festival will conclude with Ram Navami.In Varanasi’s Durgakund, devotees thronged the temples to worship ‘Mata Shailputri’ and ‘Mat…
Jabalpur, Feb 19 (IANS) A Special NDPS Court in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Thursday sentenced three drug traffickers to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh each for interstate activities involving Ganja (Cannabis), an NCB official said. The three convicts were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Bhopal Zonal Unit in 2000 for their involvement in the trafficking of over 870 kg of Ganja from Odisha to Madhya Pradesh via Chhattisgarh, said a statement issu…
Maihar (Madhya Pradesh), Jan 30 (IANS) The in-charge principal of a government-run school in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar district has been suspended after students were served the mid-day meal on scraps of paper, including torn notebook pages, during Republic Day celebrations.According to an official notification issued on Thursday night by Rewa Divisional Commissioner B.S. Jamod, the incident occurred due to the negligence of the school’s in-charge principal, Sunil Kumar Tripathi.The order stat…
Maihar, Dec 30 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 12 others were severely injured in a road accident on National Highway-30 in Maihar district, said officials on Tuesday.The incident on Monday evening occurred near Tiloura village under the Nadan police station area when a speeding passenger vehicle, carrying members of the Patel family from Padariya village in neighbouring Katni district, crashed into a container truck.The collision was not head-on but from behind, yet the impact was s…
Bhopa/Maihar, Dec 25 (IANS) Three young labourers lost their lives in a devastating road accident near the Gujra toll plaza in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar district. A speeding motorcycle carrying the trio collided violently with a tractor-trolley parked on the roadside close to the Indian Gas Agency under the Mukundpur police outpost of the district.The impact was catastrophic, destroying the motorcycle completely and throwing the riders onto the road, where they succumbed to their injuries instantl…