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Twitter Gate: Congress will take action against Tharoor at the appropriate time: Tewari

New Delhi, Sep.18 (ANI): The Congress party on Friday said it would take appropriate action against Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor for his “cattle class” comments through the medium of Twitter at the appropriate time.

Addressing a party news [...]

Madhya Pradesh gets over hundred crore grant for tribal development

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has sanctioned a grant in aid of Rs. 116.90,50,000/- for Madhya Pradesh as regular allocation to bring rapid development in tribal areas of the state.

The first instalment of grant-in-aid of [...]

Flood situation grim in Madhya Pradesh

Hoshangabad (MP), Sep 12 (ANI): Floods situation continued to remain grim in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh.

Incessant rains, which have lashed Madhya Pradesh for last few days, have led to water overflowing many dams, submerging low lying areas.

State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made [...]

Nepal PM assuages India’s concerns, says won’t allow fake note smuggling

Kathmandu, Sep 9 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar has said his government is really concerned about the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and would take proper action against anyone who indulges in the practice.

Talking to reporters in Birganj in the Terai plains [...]

‘Ex-Nepal prince involved in fake currency racke’

New Delhi, Aug. 31 (ANI): Nepali nationals caught by the Madhya Pradesh ATS in connection with fake currency racket have revealed Nepal’s former prince Paras’s link to India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.

Paras is the son of the former Nepal king Gyanendra, who has [...]

Cabinet approves 50 percent reservation for women in panchayats

New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved fifty percent reservation for women in panchayats all across the country.

“The Cabinet has approved the amendment of Article 243 (d) of the Constitution to reserve 50 per cent of the total number of seats in panchayats filled by [...]

CBSE to make Class X boards optional in 2010-11

New Delhi, Aug.27 (ANI): The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to announce on Friday that from the coming academic year (2010-11), Class X board exams will become optional in all CBSE-run schools.

The board will make a formal announcement once the blueprint of the new system to replace the board exams is [...]

Gwalior opium farmers stage protest for re-allotment of their lands

Gwalior, Aug 25 (ANI): More than 100 opium farmers here took to the streets demanding their lands back.

Farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan gathered in front of the office of the local Narcotics Commissioner.

Their demands include the revival of their cancelled land deeds, raising minimum support price for their crop and license [...]

BJP announces list for assembly by elections

New Delhi, Aug 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced the list of candidates to the by elections to be held at four states of Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Party General Secretary Ananth Kumar released the [...]

Panna Diamond Mine in Madhya Pradesh reopens after four years

Panna (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 21(ANI): Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh on Friday rededicated the Panna Diamond Mine of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NDMC) in Madhya Pradesh.

The mine had remained closed for about [...]

Swine flu-scared people take to facemasks

Kolkata, Aug 19 (ANI): People in Kolkata are taking precautions against swine flu or H1N1 influenza as the number of cases is on rise in the country.

Residents are wearing facemasks or covering their faces, especially at crowded places like airports, taxi stands and hospitals as a precautionary measure.

“I am wearing this mask as a [...]

Farmers stage protest seeking Gwalior region be declared as drought-hit

Gwalior, Aug 18(ANI): Thousands of farmers accompanied by workers of the Congress party took to the streets in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district to stage a protest on Monday to demand the 150 villages of the district be declared as drought-hit.

The farmers wanted [...]

Madhya Pradesh Govt. seizes hoarded sugar

Gwalior, Aug 18 (ANI): The food and civil supplies department of the Madhya Pradesh Government has seized illegally stocked sugar from godowns across the state.

Food and civil supplies officials backed by state police have raided sugar mills and godowns across Madhya Pradesh in the last three days.

In the [...]

Deficit rainfall further aggravates water scarcity in Madhya Pradesh

Datia (Madhya Pradesh), Aug. 9(ANI): Farmers are a worried lot in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia district as they are experiencing acute water scarcity, which has been further aggravated by deficit rainfall leading to a drought like situation in the region.

“Due to inadequate rains we are sitting idle. [...]

Major fire at a cotton godown in Jabalpur city

Jabalpur, Aug.8 (ANI): A major fire at a cotton godown on Saturday evening gutted property worth millions of rupees in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur city. No casualty was reported in the incident.

The incident occurred at about 5.00 p.m in [...]

Pre-historic cave discovered in Madhya Pradesh

Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), July 16 (ANI): A cave, which is of great archaeological interest and could hold immense tourism potential, has been discovered at Patni village of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The one-mile long cave known as Mrigendranath cave sits underneath the green and partially rocky hill of Patni village. Locals had known it for [...]

Police cane-charge violent Congress workers in Bhopal

Bhopal, July 15 (ANI): Police baton charged hundreds of Congress party protesting workers who were trying to lay a siege on the State Legislative Assembly.

The protestors blamed the Madhya Pradesh government for being inefficient in fighting crime, corruption, and [...]

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Solar eclipse popularises astro-tourism in India

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): After space tourism, it is astro-tourism that is catching up people’s fancy, courtesy the ensuing total solar eclipse.

Air charter and tourist operators in India are receiving an overwhelming response for chartered flights to view total solar eclipse of longest duration in 21st century.

All set to take place on [...]

Acute water crisis in Uttarakhand

Haldwani (Uttarakhand)/Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh), July 7 (ANI): Residents in Haldwani in Uttarakhand are facing acute water shortage.

Streams are on verge of drying up and water levels in the dams have been depleted severely.

There is limited supply of water in various parts [...]