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The bodies of a five-year-old boy and his uncle were recovered from Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Sunday morning, raising the death toll in the cruise boat tragedy to 13, police said. The boat, around 20 years old and operated by the state tourism department, capsized during a storm on Thursday evening. "The bodies of Mayuram (5) and his uncle Kamraj (around 50), an employee of the Ordnance Factory in Khamaria, were found floating and were fished out of the dam," Bargi Sub Divisional Officer of Police Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI over the phone. All 13 missing persons identified have now been accounted for, he said, adding the bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem. Teams comprising around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, along with personnel from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force and local divers, were involved in the search operation, the police said. Of the 41 identified passengers on board the vessel, 2
Army divers and disaster response teams on Saturday expanded their search at Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh to locate a man and three children still missing after the cruise boat tragedy that claimed nine lives two days ago, officials said. With 28 of the 41 identified passengers onboard the ill-fated cruise boat rescued safely, police are preparing to register an FIR in connection with the accident that occurred at the reservoir in Jabalpur district on Thursday evening, they said. The search radius has been expanded to 5 km in the backwaters of the Bargi Dam, located downstream of the Narmada River, area sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI. Nine people drowned in the incident, while 28 were rescued, and efforts are ongoing to trace the missing persons, he said. According to the police, more than 200 rescuers, including around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, began the search operation at 5 am on Saturday to trace Kamraj, an employee of the Ordnance
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday passed a government resolution to grant 33 per cent reservation to women in legislative bodies after completing the delimitation exercise, in the absence of MLAs of the main opposition Congress who staged a walkout. Replying to the day-long debate on the issue during the one-day special session of the assembly, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav accused the Congress of adopting a chronic negative attitude towards women's empowerment. He said that the Congress party has insulted women, alleging that a female Prime Minister of Congress, apparently referring to Indira Gandhi, killed women's rights and stabbed women's aspirations in the back. On the contrary, after coming to power, the BJP not only restored women's rights but also enhanced their respect by appointing them to positions of power, he said. Later, the Assembly passed a government resolution for overall development and the empowerment of women by granting a 33 per cent (one-third) reservation i
A four-storey building collapsed in Kotma town in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday evening, trapping at least six persons in the debris, police said. An official identified the ill-fated building as 'Aggarwal Lodge' located near a bus stand. The incident occurred at 5:30 pm, eyewitnesses said, adding a loud explosion-like sound was heard when the structure collapsed, triggering massive dust clouds. At the time of the incident, the area had passengers of the bus stand as well as those involved in construction work on an adjacent plot, officials added. "The building was approximately 10 years old. The ongoing work nearby may have contributed to the incident," Superintendent of Police Moti ur Rehman said. The district administration called in expert rescue teams from SECL's facility in Jamuna Kotma and also from JMS, a coal mining firm. "SECL teams and modern machinery have been deployed in rescue and relief operations. The Kotma and Anuppur district hospitals have bee
Export of basmati and boiled non-basmati rice from Madhya Pradesh to several countries has been severely impacted by the West Asia crisis, stakeholders in the sector said on Saturday. Basmati rice from Raisen and boiled non-basmati rice from Balaghat have a distinct identity and are exported to many foreign countries, including the Gulf, they pointed out. "Basmati rice destined for export from Raisen district is stuck in ports, factories and warehouses. Freight rates have increased by 30 per cent, and there is a shortage of containers. Exporters are also facing backlog of goods at ports. All this has made it difficult to fulfil orders on time," Ajay Bhalotia, All India Rice Exporters Association general secretary, told PTI. More than two dozen rice factories operate in Mandideep, Satlapur, Obedullaganj, Raisen, Bareilly, Udaypura, and Umraoganj areas of Raisen district, with high-quality basmati rice making its way to markets in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Dubai, etc, he ...
Seven persons were killed when a fire broke out after an explosion at an electric car charging point outside a three-storey house in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city early on Wednesday, officials said. Some cooking gas cylinders inside the house also exploded, which further intensified the fire, they said. The blaze erupted at the house located in Brajeshwari Annex Colony between 3.30 am and 4.30 am, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Kundan Mandloi told PTI. Seven persons were killed in the fire, he said. A child was reported missing following the incident and was being searched, the ACP said. Police Commissioner Santosh Kumar Singh said a car was being charged outside the three-storey house. "There was an explosion at the charging point, and the subsequent fire in the car engulfed the house," he said. The house doors were fitted with electronic locks, making it difficult for the police to break in, the official said. Cooking gas cylinders inside the house also exploded, which
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday urged the Madhya Pradesh administration to immediately restore a limited supply of commercial LPG cylinders to prevent the "complete shutdown" of the hospitality and food service sector in Bhopal. The traders' body warned that if the supply is not restored within days, the entire hospitality sector in the state capital could face closure, threatening thousands of livelihoods and disrupting the food supply. CAIT Bhopal district president Dharmendra Sharma, in a statement, said that the hospitality sector should be treated as an essential service, similar to its status during the COVID-19 pandemic. The West Asia conflict has impacted the supply of crude oil and petroleum products, following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow water passage between Iran and Oman. With the ongoing crisis in West Asia causing an LPG crunch in the country, the CAIT urged authorities to take a pragmatic approach to prevent the hospitality