Madhya Pradesh
13 May 2021
MP announces free education for children orphaned due to COVID-19
The Madhya Pradesh government will provide free education and a pension of Rs. 5,000 per month to children whose parents died of COVID-19, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday.
10 May 2021
MP prepares for third COVID-19 wave with ICUs for kids
The Madhya Pradesh government will set up 360 ICU beds for children in hospitals across the state as part of its preparations for the third wave of COVID-19, BJP Leader and Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang said on Monday.
07 May 2021
MP: Three booked for spreading COVID-19 at wedding in Niwari
A case has been registered against three men, including two COVID-19 patients, for allegedly breaking quarantine rules and spreading COVID-19 at a wedding in Madhya Pradesh's Niwari district, police said on Friday.
07 May 2021
MP: Crash landing of plane carrying Remdesivir to be probed
Aviation experts will conduct a probe into the crash-landing of a Madhya Pradesh government plane carrying a stock of anti-viral drug Remdesivir at Gwalior Airport following a technical snag, a senior official said on Friday.
05 May 2021
MP: Enthusiasm marks first day of vaccination for 18-44 group
Several people in the age group of 18 to 44 queued up outside inoculation centers in Madhya Pradesh as the COVID-19 vaccination drive for this category began in the state on Wednesday.
01 May 2021
Truck laden with COVAXIN abandoned for 12 hours, driver missing
A truck carrying 2.40 lakh doses of COVAXIN worth Rs. 8 crore was left parked for nearly 12 hours after its driver went missing under mysterious circumstances in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district.
27 Apr 2021
MP proposes special package for industries to increase oxygen production
The Madhya Pradesh government is planning to offer a special package to industrial units to increase oxygen production and set up new plants of the life-saving gas amidst a surge in COVID-19 cases, a senior official said on Tuesday.
23 Apr 2021
COVID-19 patient's dead body falls off ambulance in MP
In a shocking incident captured on camera, the dead body of a COVID-19 patient fell on the road from an ambulance in the Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh.
23 Apr 2021
'Do khayega': BJP minister tells son seeking oxygen for mother
At a time when people are running from pillars to posts looking for help for their infected family members, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel told a man that he would slap him.
21 Apr 2021
Chhattisgarh, MP announce free COVID-19 vaccines for all 18+ persons
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday announced that the state government will cover the cost of vaccination against COVID-19 for all people above the age of 18.
20 Apr 2021
MP's largest COVID-19 care center set up in Indore
Madhya Pradesh's largest COVID-19 care center has come up in Indore with various items like clothes for patients, beddings, and oxygen machines worth Rs. 5 crore donated by people, a senior state official said.
17 Apr 2021
Two held for ATM fraud amounting to Rs. 92.39 lakh
Two persons were arrested in an ATM cash withdrawal fraud amounting to Rs. 92.39 lakh in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, police said on Saturday.
15 Apr 2021
MP: COVID-19 patient dies; family says ward-boy cut oxygen supply
The family of a COVID-19 patient who died at a government hospital in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, has alleged that a ward boy cut off the patient's oxygen supply before he passed.
15 Apr 2021
'Old people have to die': BJP minister's shocker on COVID-deaths
While families continue to be devastated by the second wave of coronavirus, a minister from Madhya Pradesh has passed a distasteful remark about those who died.
14 Apr 2021
Is Madhya Pradesh under-reporting its COVID-19 death toll?
Even as the dreadful second wave of COVID-19 continues unabated across India, the Madhya Pradesh government is allegedly under-reporting its daily death toll.
13 Apr 2021
MP: People test themselves for COVID-19, gardener collects samples
In an instance of utter negligence amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, a gardener at a government hospital in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh was allegedly assigned to collect samples for COVID-19 tests.
13 Apr 2021
COVID-19 patient's family creates ruckus at hospital over bed shortage
Angry about not getting a bed, family members of a COVID-19 patient allegedly created a ruckus and abused the staff of a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, an official said on Tuesday.
13 Apr 2021
Week-long 'corona curfew' imposed in Bhopal
A week-long "corona curfew" was imposed in Bhopal city on Monday night to curb the rising cases of COVID-19 in the Madhya Pradesh capital.
11 Apr 2021
Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA misbehaves with doctor after patient's death
A government hospital doctor in Madhya Pradesh resigned on Saturday after Congress MLA PC Sharma allegedly misbehaved with him.
10 Apr 2021
Expect one lakh active COVID-19 cases by April-end: MP CM
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state might reach one lakh by the end of April, given the spike. "We will try to stop this. We have started adopting measures, including lockdown," he said.
10 Apr 2021
MP: BJP minister performs 'puja' to ward off coronavirus
Usha Thakur, the Minister for Culture and Tourism in Madhya Pradesh, was on Friday spotted conducting a puja at Indore Airport to ward off coronavirus. Ironically, Thakur herself was not wearing a mask.
09 Apr 2021
MP: Health worker transporting COVID-19 patient stops at juice shop
In an incident highlighting the shocking callousness toward the raging coronavirus pandemic, a health worker dressed in a PPE suit stopped an ambulance carrying a COVID-19 patient to order some sugarcane juice in Madhya Pradesh, NDTV reported.
08 Apr 2021
Coronavirus: Madhya Pradesh orders 60-hour lockdown in urban areas
The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday ordered a 60-hour lockdown in all urban areas.
08 Apr 2021
60-hour weekend lockdown in all MP cities: CM Chouhan
A lockdown will be enforced in all Madhya Pradesh cities from 6 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday to check the spread of COVID-19, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday.
07 Apr 2021
MP suspends bus operations with Chhattisgarh till April 15
The Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday suspended bus operations with Chhattisgarh till April 15 in the wake of a rise in COVID-19 cases in the neighboring state.
07 Apr 2021
Man, whose mask slipped, beaten severely by cops in MP
A shocking incident has come to the fore where a 35-year-old man was severely beaten up by two policemen in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly for not wearing a face mask properly.
03 Apr 2021
MP train derailment: Sabotage angle being probed
A railway committee has started probing sabotage and other angles into the recent derailment of Itarsi-Cheoki (Prayagraj) special passenger train's coach in Madhya Pradesh after a piece of the iron rod was found at the incident site, an official said on Saturday.
31 Mar 2021
SAF jawan kills fiance's brother over her refusal to marry
A 28-year-old jawan of the Madhya Pradesh police's special armed force (SAF) allegedly shot his fiance's brother dead after the woman refused to marry him, police said on Wednesday.
31 Mar 2021
Man held for hacking account, morphing cousin's fiance's photos
A Madhya Pradesh police team arrested a man from Central Delhi's Patel Nagar on Tuesday for allegedly hacking into the social media account of his cousin's fiance and morphing her photos, officials said.
27 Mar 2021
Kin of laborers run over by train await death certificates
Nearly 10 months after 16 migrant laborers —11 from Shahdol District and five from neighboring Umaria District of Madhya Pradesh, were crushed to death by a goods train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district while they were returning to Madhya Pradesh during the coronavirus-triggered lockdown, their families in Shahdol are still waiting to get their death certificates.
26 Mar 2021
Munawar Faruqui case co-accused now works as a laborer
Nalin Yadav loved spreading smiles through his comedy shows but an incident earlier this year upended his life, so much so that he is now forced to work as a laborer to make ends meet.
23 Mar 2021
MP: CM Chouhan launches 'Sankalp,' a campaign to combat coronavirus
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday launched Sankalp, a campaign to raise awareness about COVID-19, and appealed to people to follow important steps such as wearing masks and social distancing to protect themselves.
23 Mar 2021
Madhya Pradesh: 13 killed in auto rickshaw-bus collision
Twelve women and a man were killed after the auto-rickshaw carrying them collided with a speeding bus in the Old Chawni area of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday morning.
20 Mar 2021
Woman cuts off man's genitals for attempting to rape her
A 45-year-old woman chopped off the genitals of a man, who had allegedly tried to rape her by sneaking into her house in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district, police said on Saturday.
18 Mar 2021
Supreme Court sets aside 'rakhi-for-bail' order in sexual assault case
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a sexual assault case wherein the accused was asked to get a "rakhi" tied by the victim to get bail.
17 Mar 2021
Congress leader shot dead in MP's Chhatarpur district, six booked
Indra Pratap Singh Parmar, Block President of Congress Party, was allegedly shot dead by six men in Badamalhara town of Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, police said on Wednesday.
16 Mar 2021
MP to impose night curfew in Bhopal, Indore from tomorrow
In light of a rise in the number of coronavirus infections, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered fresh curbs.
16 Mar 2021
Flying to MP from Maharashtra? Carry a negative COVID-19 report
Indore District Magistrate Manish Singh, on Monday, issued guidelines which said air passengers coming from Maharashtra must produce a negative RT-PCR test carried out no more than 48 hours before, on arrival at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
11 Mar 2021
Bhopal: Man gets life imprisonment for raping minor daughter
A special court in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his five-year-old daughter.
10 Mar 2021
Bhopal: Suspecting infidelity, man axes wife's leg and hand
A 32-year-old man allegedly attacked his wife with an axe over suspicion of an extramarital affair in Madhya Pradesh's capital city Bhopal on Tuesday night.
