Umaria, July 9 (IANS) Five members of a family, including a child and three women, were killed after their car rammed into a truck on National Highway-43 in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district in the early hours of Thursday, police said. The accident occurred between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. near Bharaula village in the Siddha Baba area under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police station.The impact was so severe that the car was completely mangled, leaving one of the occupants trapped inside the wreckage.Acc…
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Bhopal, May 30 (IANS) Large parts of Madhya Pradesh continue to reel under severe heatwave conditions, with temperatures ranging between 42 and 46 degrees Celsius in several districts, officials said on Saturday. The intense heat has triggered an acute drinking water crisis, which has now become a major political issue between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Groundwater levels have declined sharply across the state.Water supply has also become irregular in many urban and rural …
Bhopal, May 25 (IANS) A second autopsy of the tiger that killed a woman and injured three members of her family in Kherwa Tola locality of Panpatha village near Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve was performed on Monday. After the attack, the tiger retreated into the forest but later returned to the village in an unusual manner and was found lying motionless, officials said.Forest officials launched a rescue operation and darted the animal. However, it was found dead during the operation.A second post-mo…
Vidisha, May 23 (IANS) At least two persons lost their lives and around 20 others, including several children, were injured after a tractor-trolley overloaded with migrant labourers overturned in the Kurwai police station area of Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district on Saturday.The tractor-trolley was carrying around 22 people, mostly migrant labourers from Umaria district along with their young children. The accident occurred on Bina Road between Layra and Maliyakheda villages while the group was …