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PM to lay foundation stone for Sant Ravidas temple, address rally in MP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100-crore temple dedicated to 14th century mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, where he will also address a public meeting, a state BJP minister said.This will be PM's second visit to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state, where assembly polls are due by the year-end, in just over a month. On July 1, Modi interacted with tribal leaders, women who were members of self-help groups and young football players at Pakaria village in Shahdol district. "Modiji will arrive in Khajuraho from New Delhi and take a helicopter to reach the Badtuma area in Sagar district around 2 pm to lay the foundation stone for a temple (dedicated to Sant Ravidas) and a museum coming up at a cost Rs 100 crore," MP Cooperative and Public Services Minister Arvind Bhadoria told PTI over the phone on Friday. Half an hour later, he will reach the venue of the public meeting .

Anyone who casts a covetous eye on women will be hanged: CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that anyone casting a covetous eye on women or committing atrocities on them will be hanged. If anyone casts his covetous eye on sisters or commits atrocities on them will be hanged, he said addressing a Ladli Behna Yojana' function at Lahar. Under the Ladli Behna programme, 1.25 crore women in MP are getting a monthly aid of Rs 1,000 for the past three months. I am going to connect with the women of the state on August 27. The sisters will hear me speaking at 2 pm (on TV or radio). The world will marvel at the Rakhi festival this time around, he announced. According to BJP insiders, the MP government is mulling hiking the dole under Ladli Behna to Rs 1,250 a month for women ahead of Raksha Bandhan, which will be celebrated on August 30. Assembly elections will likely be held in MP in a few months. Chouhan also appealed to women to join the mainstream. We will change the future, he said. The number of women voter

Women to handle toll booth ops with a turnover of Rs 2 cr annually in MP

Recently, the Council of Ministers approved the policy for collection of consumer charges at toll booths by women self-help groups

MP election 2023: Congress identifies 106 candidates for upcoming polls

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: The Congress party has refrained from publicly revealing the names of the candidates as of now

MP election: Former 'Bandit King' Malkhan Singh quits BJP, joins Congress

Malkhan Singh stated that BJP will be routed in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections and that the grand old party would form the government

Seven-month-old female tiger cub found dead at Bandhavgarh Reserve in MP

A seven-month-old female tiger cub was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, officials said on Wednesday.According to the Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, FS Ninama, it is suspected that the cub was killed during a fight with another tiger.The pugmarks of another tiger were found near the carcass of deceased cub, the official said.Further, officials informed that dog squads were brought in to aid the ongoing investigation into the incident.Last month, Madhya Pradesh had emerged as a tiger state yet again, inhabiting 785 big cats.According to the latest data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on the occasion of International Tiger Day - titled 'Status of Tigers Co-predators & Prey in India, 2022' - the state has topped the list of the highest number of tigers and again became the tiger state.Madhya Pradesh tops the country in tiger population at 785, followed by Karnataka at 563, ...

Hinduja Renewables bags 80 MW project along banks of Narmada in MP

Hinduja Renewables on Wednesday said it has bagged an 80 MW tender in the world's largest floating solar park along the banks of Narmada at Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh. "Hinduja Renewables was declared the successful bidder for Unit C in the Phase II of the project at a tariff of Rs 3.89/kWh yesterday (8th August 2023) by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), the solar park developer and the tendering authority for this project. RUMSL is a joint venture between the Solar Energy Corporation of India and Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam," a company statement said. Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding the common infrastructure of this project. The world's largest single-location floating solar park will be developed in two phases with a total installed capacity of 600 MW, along the banks of the holy Narmada River at Omkareshwar Reservoir in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Hinduja Renewables has won the tender for 80 MW, it stated. It has already achieved GW scale capacity wi

Eye on polls, BJP to carry out Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, along with Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram, will hold crucial assembly elections later this year

NTPC Renewable Energy wins bid for 80 MW solar project in Khandwa

NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd on Tuesday emerged as the successful bidder for an 80-megawatt floating solar project at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. The energy generated from the project will be supplied to Madhya Pradesh discoms, NTPC said in a statement. NTPC Renewable Energy is a subsidiary of power producer NTPC. "The bidding was conducted on August 8, 2023, by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, a joint venture of Solar Energy Corporation of India and MP Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. The discovered tariff is Rs 3.80/kWh," it said. NTPC Group has 3.3 GW renewable energy (RE) operational capacity, while another 20 GW RE capacity is in the pipeline, including 4 GW energy storage system and the country's first green hydrogen-based piped natural gas blending project. NTPC aims to achieve 60 GW of RE capacity by 2032.

MP election: Congress MLA's demand for tribal CM heats up politics in state

For the tribals of Madhya Pradesh, a member of this community has to be on the chief minister's chair, said Congress MLA Umang Singhar

Madhya Pradesh: Eye on polls, BJP, Congress woo voters with poll promises

BJP and Congress are locked into a spiralling fight to outdo the other in wooing the citizens with poll promises ahead of the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

No plan for cheetah relocation from Kuno National Park: Bhupender Yadav

Union minister Bhupender Yadav has said there is no plan to relocate cheetahs from the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district. The government accepts the sensitivity of the (cheetah reintroduction) project and wants it to be a complete success, the minister for environment, forest and climate change told reporters on Saturday. Notably, nine cheetahs, including three cubs, have died at the KNP since March this year. To a query on relocation of cheetahs from the KNP, Yadav said, "There is no plan going on for this...Naturally, the infection caused by insects due to monsoon has also come to our notice. We have lost two cheetahs due to the infection. We have also shared information with experts from South Africa, Namibia and we are moving forward on its management." All forest officials and veterinarians are working very hard at the KNP, he said. This is the first year since the cheetahs have been translocated (from Namibia and South Africa in September 2022 and

No plan for cheetah relocation, want it to be success: Bhupender Yadav

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday said there was no plan to relocate cheetahs from Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur, his statement coming amid the death of nine felines since March this year. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change said the government accepted the sensitivity of the ambitious project and wants it to be a complete success. "There is no plan going on for this (relocation)...Naturally the infection caused by insects due to monsoon has also come to our notice. We have lost two cheetahs due to the infection. We have also shared information with experts from South Africa, Namibia and we are moving forward on its management, Yadav told reporters. Asserting that all forest officials and veterinarians were working very hard at KNP, Yadav said this was the first year since the cheetahs were translocated (from Namibia and South Africa in September last year and February this year respectively) and added that continuous work was goin

10 held for hunting, encroachment of forest land near Kuno National Park

Ten persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in forest crimes, including hunting and tree-cutting, near the Kuno National Park (KNP), the home of cheetahs, in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district, officials said on Saturday. These persons were arrested from the Karahal forest range, some 40 km from KNP boundaries, officials said. The accused, including four from Rajasthan, were taken into custody in connection with tree-cutting, encroachment and hunting, the forest department said in a press release. Two axes, a gofan' (sling) and five nooses that are used in hunting were seized from their possession, it said. Karahal's Forest Range Officer Satyendra Singh Dhakad said that the accused have been booked under Indian Forest Act and Wildlife (Protection) Act. They were presented before a court before being sent to jail, he said. KNP has been under the spotlight ever since eight Namibian cheetahs five female and three male were released into enclosures there last Septemb

Madhya Pradesh state to reserve 20% plots for SC/ST entrepreneurs

The Cabinet has also approved 50 per cent exemption in premium and development fee to these entrepreneurs

India should go for younger cheetahs habituated to human presence: Experts

Younger cheetahs that are habituated to management vehicles and human presence are preferred candidates for relocation to India, international experts involved in the Project Cheetah have told the government based on the lessons learnt from the initial experience in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. In a status report submitted to the government recently, the experts said these attributes enable easier monitoring of health-related issues, simplify stress-free veterinary and management intervention, and enhance tourism value. Kuno, where two batches of cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa have been introduced, is set to open for tourism and these qualities in cheetahs can enhance the park's appeal to visitors, they said. They emphasised that young adult cheetahs are more adaptable to their new environments and have higher survival rates compared to older cheetahs. Younger males display "lower aggression" towards other cheetahs, reducing the risk of intraspecific competition ...

Over 4 mn voters increased in MP; final roll to be released on Oct 4

During the last assembly polls, the total number of voters was around 50.4 million which has now increased to 544,52,522 voters in the state so far

1 more cheetah dies at Kuno National Park, death toll climbs to 9 since Mar

One more cheetah has died at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, making it the sixth adult feline to have died since March, according to a statement from the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department on Wednesday. "This morning, one of the female cheetahs - Dhatri (Tiblisi) -- was found dead. To determine the cause of the death, a post-mortem is being conducted," the statement read. While 14 cheetahs -- seven males, six females and one female cub -- are kept in the bomas in Kuno, a female cheetah is out in the open and is being intensively monitored by a team. Efforts are on to bring her back to the boma for a health examination, the statement said.

Coal India plans two thermal plants with Rs 21,547 crore investment

State-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) is planing to set up two thermal plants with an investment totaling Rs 21,547 crore in Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, an official statement said on Wednesday. While one project is planned near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh, the other is at Sundergarh district, in Odisha. "CIL has planned to set up two thermal power plants. One is being set up as a joint venture with the Madhya Pradesh government near Amarkantak," the Ministry of Coal said. It will be a 1 x 660 MW plant at an estimated cost of Rs 5,600 crore, the Ministry said adding the project is in advanced stages of approval. South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), a subsidiary of CIL, will invest Rs 857 crore as equity in the project to be implemented in a joint venture between SECL and Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Ltd, it added. The work on the project is likely to start by the end of this financial year and is likely to be completed by 2028. The Ministry further said Mahanadi Coalfields .

Cheetahs developing thick coats in anticipation of African winter: Experts

The natural process of cheetahs developing thick coats of fur in anticipation of African winter appears to be proving fatal in India's wet and hot conditions, international experts involved in the Project Cheetah have said. In a report to the government, they suggested interventions such as shaving off the winter coats to deal with fatal infections and prevent any more death. Six of the 20 adult cheetahs relocated to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh from Africa have died since March this year -- the latest being on Wednesday. The experts said that the thicker coats, high parasite load and moisture create a perfect recipe for dermatitis with fly strike on top of it compounding the infection and compromising the skin's integrity. Infections can spread and the contaminated fluids can run down the spine when the cheetahs sit up on their haunches, they said. A government official associated with the project said that not all the felines have developed thicker coats. "Some of th