The cheetah could walk again - in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - More than 60 years after the cheetah, the world’s fastest land animal, was wiped out from India due to unbridled hunting, hectic efforts are on in Madhya Pradesh to ensure that the first translocated cheetah is introduced in its Palpur Kuno park in Sheopur district. Madhya Pradesh sugar traders threaten strike from Oct 1BHOPAL - Sugar traders in Madhya Pradesh have stopped procuring fresh stock from mills and threatened to go on strike from Oct 1 in protest against the state government’s move to confiscate the commodity from wholesalers and introducing license for them. Bhopal residents resort to begging for repairing a roadBHOPAL - Failed by authorities, residents of Bhopal resorted to begging to collect money for repairing a road. CBI asked to probe death of Madhya Pradesh officialLUCKNOW/BHOPAL - The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the mysterious death of Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Madan Gopal Rusia, whose body was found on a railway track some distance from Agra railway station Sep 10. Madhya Pradesh opposes mooted MOU on tiger conservationBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government is opposed to the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on tiger consrvation, especially to the mooted clause that makes directors of tiger reserves accountable for any lapses, a state official has said. Chouhan asks for CBI probe into official’s deathBHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of a state official in Agra, official sources said Sunday. Dalit man set on fireBHOPAL - A 65-year-old Dalit man was battling for life Sunday after allegedly being set on fire in Madhya Pradesh for cultivating his farmland that a moneylender had confiscated, police said Sunday. Bees kill man at wife’s cremationBHOPAL - A 50-year-old man died after being stung by a swarm of honeybees while he was cremating his wife in a Madhya Pradesh village, police said Sunday. Madhya Pradesh institutes awards for social service, cultureBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government has instituted five national awards for social service and achievements in academic and cultural fields, state Culture and Public Relations Minister Laxmikant Sharma announced Friday. Mobiles replace wake-up call for pre-Ramzan fast mealBHOPAL - “Roza rakhne walon jag jao, Sehri ka waqt ho chuka hai (Wake up all those who have to keep the fast, it’s time for breakfast) — the call from an old “Sehri Awakener” which used to awaken people during the Ramzan month is now yielding place to mobile phones. One more tigress dies in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - One more tigress was found dead at the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, an official said Friday. White tiger cub dies at Indore zooBHOPAL - One of the three white tiger cubs In Indore zoo which fell ill when authorities allegedly released it prematurely for viewing in a bid to attract more tourists, died Thursday. Politics over tribal killing in Madhya Pradesh hots upBHOPAL - Leaders from various political parties descended on Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori town Thursday to protest the police firing Tuesday that killed three tribals. Six killed in house collapse in Madhya Pradesh townBHOPAL - At least six people, including a man and his two sons, were killed when a three-storied house collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni town early Thursday. Two Madhya Pradesh officials suspended for police firingBHOPAL - Taking serious note of the Dindori police firing incident in which three people were killed, the Madhya Pradesh government has suspended two officials for alleged dereliction of duty, official sources said Thursday. Dalit family in Madhya Pradesh ostracised, no action takenBHOPAL - More than three weeks have passed since a Dalit family was ostracised and forced to leave their village in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district. But, according to media reports, the police and the administration have failed to either rehabilitate them or to take action against anyone. Strike in Madhya Pradesh town after three dead in police firingBHOPAL - A strike was observed Wednesday in Dindori town of Madhya Pradesh where three people were killed in police firing after a mob blocked traffic and pelted stones at police injuring 11 cops, officials said. Government to build memorial for Bhopal gas tragedy victimsBHOPAL - Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday that the government is planning to construct a memorial for the victims of the 1989 Bhopal Gas tragedy. MBA aspirant alleges irregularities in online counsellingBHOPAL - An MBA aspirant in Madhya Pradesh has filed a police complaint alleging that irregularities were being made in online counselling, with the help of internet caf operators, to benefit certain management colleges. Heavy rain disrupts life in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Normal life in several towns and cities of Madhya Pradesh was disrupted Thursday due to incessant rains in the last 24 hours. Police, army in stand-off over rioting at Indore collegeBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh Police and the army authorities here are locked in a row over the ransacking of a medical college hostel, allegedly by armymen. Shivraj Chouhan seeks more funds for educational schemesBHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for more funds to achieve the task of providing free and compulsory education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, an official said Thursday. Abandoned by children, inmates of an old-age perform ‘Shraadh’ in BhopalBHOPAL - Abandoned by their own children, many elderly people at an old-age home in Bhopal, performed ‘Shraadh’ for themselves during the ongoing ‘Pitrapaksha’. Ragging fallout: 150 army men booked for rioting in Indore collegeBHOPAL - Cases have been registered against around 150 army men from Mhow, a cantonment town near Indore in Madhya Pradesh, for rioting and obstructing government servants in Indore, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred after two army officers were beaten up for objecting to ragging in a medical college. Army authorities launch probe into ransacking incidentBHOPAL - Indian Army authorities at the Military Headquarters of War (MHOW) in Madhya Pradesh said Tuesday that they had launched an investigation to find out if their officials had allegedly ransacked furniture at a medical college in Indore Monday night, officials said. Teachers’ strike cripples work in Madhya Pradesh collegesBHOPAL - Normal functioning in most colleges and universities in Madhya Pradesh came to a standstill Tuesday as more teachers’ bodies joined an ongoing strike by professors demanding a revised pay package. Two engineering students abducted in Bhopal, one rapedBHOPAL - Two women, who are students of an engineering college here, were abducted by a relative and his friends and one of them was raped, police said Monday. Chouhan’s chopper undergoes checks after YSR accidentBHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s helicopter is being subjected to thorough checks as the state government doesn’t want to take “any chances” following Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s death in a chopper crash, an official said. Unable to meet Katrina, youth commits suicideBHOPAL - A youth, part of a large crowd gathered to watch Katrina Kaif shoot for her upcoming film here, is suspected to have jumped into a lake and committed suicide after he was unable to meet the Bollywood actress. Police, however, were unable to verify the reason for the youth’s death. Man jailed for keeping an owl captiveBHOPAL - A Madhya Pradesh court has sentenced a man to three years’ imprisonment for clipping the wings of an owl and keeping it captive in his house in Chhindwara district for three years. |