Madhya Pradesh

Body of man found near railway tracks in Nadia

Lockdown 2020: Over 8,700 people died on railway tracks during year, many of them migrants

11:59 pm June 3, 2021

New Delhi: Over 8,700 people were mowed down on railway tracks in 2020 even though passenger train services were severely curtailed due to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with officials saying many of the victims were migrant workers. The Railway Board shared the data on such deaths for the period between January and December 2020 in […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

MP: Woman gives birth to baby girl weighing over five kg

8:03 pm May 30, 2021

Mandla: A 29-year-old woman has given birth to a baby girl, who weighs 5.1 kilograms, at a primary health centre in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, a doctor said on Sunday. This is a rare case as the normal weight of a newborn baby is between 2.5 kg and 3.7 kg, he said. “The woman, […]

Two held in MP for killing two Punjab ASIs: Police

9:47 pm May 29, 2021

Ludhiana: On the run after allegedly killing two Punjab policemen here, two men were on Saturday arrested from Madhya Pradesh minutes before taking a train to Maharashtra. A team of the Organised Crime Control Unit of the Punjab police arrested the duo with the help from the Madhya Pradesh police from Dabra railway station near […]

MP to reopen national parks, tiger reserves from June 1

9:43 pm May 29, 2021

Bhopal: National parks and tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh, which had been shut amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be kept open from June 1 to June 30, state forest minister Vijay Shah said on Saturday. National parks and tiger reserves have remained shut since the last two months as a precautionary […]

Cong weakening India’s fight against Covid: BJP

9:31 pm May 29, 2021

New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday accused the Congress of working to “weaken” India’s fight against COVID-19, and alleged that the opposition party “provided” tools to countries like Pakistan to defame India. Citing the alleged remarks of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath that India is not great but infamous following the spread of […]