BHOPAL: Two ‘forest watchers’ at Kanha National Park in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh have been arrested and booked under UAPA for alleged ties with Maoists, triggering unrest among forest staff. Many are seeking transfer for fear of getting caught between Maoists and police.‘Watchers’ are the ones who patrol the forest on foot, venturing into…
PM Modi’s Monday: Breakfast in MP, lunch in Bihar and dinner in Assam (Pic credit: ANI) The weeks following Delhi polls were supposed to be a lean season politically, with no Parliament session and no electoral battles looming. But not so for PM Narendra Modi who swung by three states on Monday – having breakfast…
NEW DELHI: At least six people were killed, and two others sustained injuries when a speeding jeep collided with a private bus in Madhya Pradesh‘s Jabalpur district on Monday morning, officials said. The tragic accident occurred near Pahreva village under Khitoula police station limits. According to Jabalpur collector Deepak Saxena, the Karnataka-registered jeep was returning…
Congress is facing consequences of its ‘own karma’, said MP CM Mohan Yadav in an exclusive interview with TOI’s Akhilesh Singh and Prasenjit Mund. Criticising the opposition for its devotion to a single family, he suggests it should have democratised its structure instead. Ahead of hosting an investment summit in Bhopal, Yadav exuded confidence in…
NASHIK: A constable at Jalgaon, Maharashtra, was abducted and at least four police personnel sustained injuries when a mob of country gun makers of Madhya Pradesh‘s Umarti village attacked a police team for arresting one of their associates on Saturday. The two state police officials coordinated to secure the constable’s release, reports Santosh Sonawane.“The state…
NEW DELHI: A twin-seater Mirage-2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday while it was on a routine training sortie. A court of inquiry is being ordered to ascertain the cause of the crash, according to defence officials. Source link
INDORE: The anti-narcotics department on Sunday seized 1.1kg of MD (mephedrone) worth over Rs 2 crore and confiscated equipment used in its production. Two men were arrested, while a third – a former sarpanch – is on the run. SP Suraj Verma of Neemuch district’s narcotics cell said that police intercepted a motorcycle, following a…
Jyotiraditya Scindia and Digvijaya Singh (R) NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Monday brushed aside Union minister Jyotiraditya Scinda’s recent remarks against him, referring to the latter as just a “child”.Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, highlighted his role in bringing Jyotiraditya’s father, the late Madhavrao Scindia, into the…
NEW DELHI: Two cubs born to cheetah Neerva at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, Sheopur, were found dead on Wednesday, with their mutilated carcasses recovered by forest officials.Earlier on Monday Neerva gave birth to four cubs which was hailed as a significant milestone in the Cheetah Reintroduction Project. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav had…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Sunday ordered suspension of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve field director Gaurav Chaudhary and in-charge assistant conservator of forests Fateh Singh Ninama for negligence over the deaths of 10 wild elephants in Umaria district. He also ordered the constitution of an Elephant Task Force.While reviewing the jumbo deaths in Bandhavgarh…
