Madhya Pradesh

Tiger kills two cubs in MP’s Bandhavgarh

11:20 pm June 14, 2020

Umaria (MP): Two tiger cubs, around 15 days old, were killed by an adult big cat in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. A patrolling team reached the spot after being informed that an adult tiger has killed two cubs in Kathli beat of Tala area of the reserve […]

MP: Bride jumps into river

8:11 pm June 14, 2020

Sheopur (MP): A 20-year-old newly-wed woman jumped into the Chambal river from a bridge on Sunday in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said. Search is on to trace the woman, an official said. The incident occurred around 7 am, nearly 30 minutes after the ‘bidaai’ (bride send-off) ceremony was held in a village in […]

Record spike of 28,701 COVID-19 cases takes India's tally to 8,78,254

India’s COVID-19 cases jump from 2 lakh to 3 lakh in 10 days as it records worst daily spike

5:02 pm June 13, 2020

New Delhi: Ten days after recording two lakh COVID-19 cases, India surpassed the three lakh-mark on Saturday with the worst daily spike of 11,458 infections, while the death toll too climbed to 8,884 with 386 new fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. India took 64 days to cross the 1 lakh-mark from 100 cases, then […]

MP: With lockdown impacting business, grocer kills self

11:50 pm June 8, 2020

Khandwa: A 47-year-old grocery shop owner committed suicide apparently after he incurred losses in business after his locality was declared a containment zone here in Madhya Pradesh, his kin and police said on Monday. The shopkeeper, Balchand Jhamwani, hanged himself at his residence on Sunday night, said district superintendent of police Vivek Singh. City Superintendent […]

232 new coronavirus cases in MP, 15 deaths

11:27 pm June 6, 2020

Bhopal: 232 new coronavirus patients were reported in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, taking the count of cases in the state to 9,228, health officials said. The virus also claimed 15 lives on the Saturday, increasing the death toll in the state to 399. Indore district accounts for 153 of these deaths. Four persons from Indore, […]