Madhya Pradesh

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MP govt signs MoU with Centre for metro rail projects

9:06 pm August 19, 2019

New Delhi: Metro trains will soon be plying in Madhya Pradesh as the state government on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for metro rail systems in Bhopal and Indore, officials said. The MoU was signed here in the presence of Madhya Pradesh’s minister for Urban Development and Housing Jaivardhan Singh […]

CBI books Ratul Puri in Rs 354-crore bank fraud case

10:35 pm August 18, 2019

New Delhi: The CBI has booked Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri, the then former executive director of Moser Baer, and others in connection with a Rs-354 crore bank fraud case filed by Central Bank of India, officials said on Sunday. Besides Ratul and the company, his father and Managing Director Deepak […]

Several rivers in flood in Madhya Pradesh, four dead

11:54 pm August 14, 2019

Bhopal/Mandsaur/Betul: Four people, including a woman and her daughter, drowned in Mandsaur and Betul districts of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday as around 3,000 people were shifted following heavy rains and floods. Almost the entire state is receiving rains, and some areas are expected to have “very heavy to extremely heavy” rain by Thursday morning, the […]

Air India to launch direct Khajuraho-New Delhi flight

6:55 pm August 9, 2019

Bhopal: Disinvestment-bound national carrier Air India plans to connect directly international tourist destination Khajuraho with a daily flight from New Delhi, starting October. At present, the airline operates services to the temple town in Madhya Pradesh via Varanasi and Agra three times a week. “We will be rescheduling the existing Khajuraho flight from October 27 […]

Foreign tourists hit by shut-down in Khajuraho

11:39 pm August 8, 2019

Bhopal: Awestruck foreign tourists walking among ancient temples known for exquisitely carved erotic sculptures is not an unfamiliar sight in Khajuraho. But foreigners quenching their thirst by working road-side handpumps is. However, these scenes were witnessed in this famous Madhya Pradesh town on Thursday as local residents observed indefinite shut-down to press the demand of […]