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MP's Bhopal gets state's first women and child-friendly police station

Madhya Pradesh's first women and child-friendly police station is being set up in Jahangirabad, Bhopal, officials said on Sunday

MP cabinet approves new excise policy; discourages liquor consumption

The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has approved the new excise policy under which 'ahatas', or areas for drinking attached to liquor outlets, and shop bars will be closed. State Home Minister Narottam Mishra made the announcement after the cabinet meeting on Sunday evening and said the new excise policy is designed to discourage liquor consumption. This comes amid senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti's demand for a "controlled liquor policy" in MP. Bharti, who started her campaign with the demand for total prohibition, has now been asking for regularisation of liquor sale in the state, where the Assembly polls are due this year-end. "All ahatas and shop bars are being shut in the state. Now, only liquor will be sold at the shops and places of drinking will not be allowed," Mishra, who is also the state government's spokesperson, said after the cabinet meeting. The distance of liquor shops from educational institutions, girls' hostels and religious places is being increase

As Madhya Pradesh election nears, focus back on tribal communities

PESA is not just an Act, it is a campaign to change the lives of tribal communities, Chouhan said

They mislead and lie just to get votes: MP CM Chouhan hits out at Congress

'I have asked 10 questions to reveal the truth. Congress and former CM Kamal Nath have not answered even a single question. It means that they mislead and tell lies just to get votes'

Senior citizens to also have flight travel option for pilgrimage: Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said senior citizens of the state will also have the option to travel by flights on pilgrimage from next month as part of a government scheme. He was speaking in Bhind on Sunday to mark the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas and to launch the Chambal division 'vikas yatra'. "The birthplace of Sant Ravidas will also be included in this government pilgrimage scheme, known as Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana. We will also take senior citizens by flights for pilgrimage," Chouhan said. Under the 'Mukhyamantri Tirth Darshan Yojana', eligible senior citizens above 60 years of age can visit any of the listed pilgrimage places on government expenses. While addressing the gathering, Chouhan also said that Bhind, which has a municipal council at present, will be upgraded as a municipal corporation, and the city would also get a medical college. The 'vikas yatra' will go to all wards and villages in the state and provide benefits of ...

MP govt to take senior citizens by air under pilgrimage scheme: CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said senior citizens of the state will be sent for pilgrimage onboard flights as part of a government scheme from March. He was speaking in Bhind to mark the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas and to launch the Chambal division 'vikas yatra'. "The birthplace of Sant Ravidas will also be included in this government pilgrimage scheme, known as Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana. We will also take senior citizens by flights for pilgrimage," he said. Under the 'Mukhyamantri Tirth Darshan Yojana', eligible senior citizens above 60 years of age can visit any of the listed pilgrimage places on government expenses. While addressing the gathering, Chouhan also said Bhind, which has a municipal council at present, will be upgraded to have a municipal corporation, and the city would also get a medical college. The 'vikas yatra' will go to all wards and provide benefits of government schemes to eligible people, while inauguration and

3 more members of banned PFI arrested in MP for 'conspiracy against govt'

The Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested three members of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) on charges of conspiring against the government and indulging in unlawful activities, an official said on Sunday. With this, the police have taken into custody four members of the banned outfit in the last couple of days. In the latest action, two PFI members were arrested in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Saturday while the third one was arrested after being brought on production warrant from Aurangabad (in Maharashtra) in connection with a case registered by the MP Police's Special Task Force last year, the official said. The three accused have been identified as Gulam Rasool Shah (37), a resident of Dhar district, Sajid Khan aka Gulam Nabi (56), a resident of Indore, and Parvez Khan (30), from Aurangabad, he said. They were booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 121A (conspiracy to wage war against government), 153B (assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 120B

REC to provide aid to MP discoms, MPPMCL, Rewa Ultra Mega Solar project

REC has inked three separate pacts with MP Power Management Company Limited (MPPMCL), discoms in Madhya Pradesh and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd to this effect

GIS participants expressed intentions to invest Rs 15.42 trn in MP: CM

The state government will also launch a "plug and play" facility for small investors under which they will be provided ready infrastructure to start their units

Investors excited about investing in Madhya Pradesh, says CM Chouhan

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that the investors are excited and keen about investing in Madhya Pradesh

Investors summit will be a milestone for state, says MP CM Chouhan

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the Global Investors Summit which is being organised in Indore on January 11 and 12 will prove to be a milestone for the state's $550 billion economy

Tribal economy set to get a fillip; Madhya Pradesh govt notifies PESA Act

According to the state forest minister Vijay Shah, in this year's Van Mela, forest products worth Rs 3 crore were sold

Abundant resources, govt policies make Madhya Pradesh investors' haven

Ravi Jhunjhunwala, chairman and managing director (CMD) of HEG Mandideep, said that Madhya Pradesh has a great atmosphere to work in the field of industrial investment

Madhya Pradesh govt targets jump on the 'India Innovation Index'

Also in a bid to attract industrial investment, the government has decided to allot 2,458 acres in the Mohasa-Babai industrial area, Narmadapuram district

Tax sops for craft paper, textile, pharma units in Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh government is leaving no stone unturned to facilitate investment assistance to various sectors

Madhya Pradesh set to organise global investors summit in Indore

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said MP's policy of providing facilities to investors was the best in the country. The state government has committed itself to extending full cooperation to investors

State govt is constantly trying to lay a network of roads: MP CM Chouhan

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the State Government is making continuous efforts to lay the road network everywhere

PM asks Raj, Guj, MP, Maha govts to prepare roadmap to develop Mangarh Dham

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the governments of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to hold detailed discussions and prepare a roadmap to develop the Mangarh Dham. The dham, a memorial for around 1,500 tribals massacred by the British army in 1913, is located in Rajasthan's Banswara district on the Gujarat and the desert state's border, a region with a large tribal population. The four states together under the leadership of the Centre can develop the memorial more so that tribal leader Govind Guru's place, Mangarh Dham, can create an identity at the global level, Modi said addressing a gathering. The tribals massacred in 1913 were being led by social reformer and tribal leader Govind Guru. "These four states and the government of India has to take it (the dham) to a new height. In that direction, the government is fully committed," he said while addressing a gathering at the memorial. He said that it can be called a national monument or any other n

Cheetahs to move to bigger enclosure in Kuno park in Nov: Task force member

The eight cheetahs flown to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) from Namibia in mid-September will be moved to an acclimatization enclosure in November before being released in the wild, a member of the Centre's task force on the big cats said on Monday. The task force formed to monitor the cheetahs in KNP in Sheopur district and take a call on their shifting from quarantine zones to a larger enclosure spread over an area of more than five square km held a meeting on Monday. At the meeting, it was decided that the spotted cats from the African country will be shifted to the acclimatization 'boma' (enclosure) in November, the task force member told PTI on condition of anonymity. He said the cheetahs will be released in a phased manner in the acclimatization enclosure and added the task force took the decision after lengthy discussions. He said two members of the Centre-appointed body could not attend the meeting due to unavoidable reasons. Earlier meetings had remained ...

Madhya Pradesh CM Chouhan performs bhoomipujan of Meghdoot Forest in Ujjain

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan performed bhoomipujan for the proposed Meghdoot Forest in Ujjain on Tuesday. He came here to review the facilities of Shri Mahakal Lok