Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will visit Seoni district on Wednesday to participate in the state-level “Dhan Mahotsav” (Rice Festival), where he is expected to announce a significant boost to the region’s development and farmer welfare. In a key highlight of the visit, CM Yadav will directly transfer incentive payments totalling Rs 282.99 crore to 3,941 Kodo-Kutki (millet) producers. The amount, disbursed at the rate of Rs 1,000 per quintal, will be credi…
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Bhopal, Jun 29 (IANS) In a significant boost to Madhya Pradesh’s horticultural heritage, the iconic Jumbo Custard Apple (Sitafal) from Seoni district has been officially granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai. The certification, issued in June, recognises the unique qualities of these giant fruits cultivated primarily in the wild and natural tracts of the Bhutbandhani area within the Chhapara block of Seoni.Unlike the earlier confusion …
Bhopal/Seoni, June 4 (IANS) Congress MLA Yogendra Singh ‘Baba’ and two others, including his security guard, had a narrow escape on Thursday morning after his Scorpio SUV crashed into a school boundary wall and caught fire on National Highway-34 in Seoni district, police said. The accident occurred around 7:00 AM near Banjari village when the MLA was travelling from Jabalpur to Ghurwara village.The vehicle went out of control while attempting to avoid hitting a cow on the highway and rammed into…
Bhopal/Seoni, May 13 (IANS) The Lokayukta Police from Jabalpur have successfully executed two separate trap operations in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh to combat administrative corruption. In the first significant action, a team caught Dinesh Raghuvanshi, an acting Assistant Sub-Inspector posted at the Kotwali Police Station in Seoni, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. This decisive operation was carried out under the specific directives of Director General of Police …
Bhopal, April 5 (IANS) Nature unleashed its fury across Bhind district on Saturday as a sudden spell of fierce storms, torrential rain and severe hailstorms disrupted normal life, claiming two lives and injuring at least half a dozen people, including a female councillor.Thick layers of hailstones blanketed fields and roads, turning rural areas into scenes of devastation. The unseasonal weather, triggered by a Western Disturbance, brought strong winds, lightning and hail as large as lemons and c…