Bhopal

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation’s unique 'Kitab Ghar' initiative is collecting books from residents and redistributing them to underprivileged children. Partnering with Kabadiwala – a doorstep scrap collecting portal, the civic body provides the books and notebooks collected to BMC-run libraries, and also recycles some of them for environmental cause. Started under the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, the initiative garnered huge support from Bhopalis… read-more

Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal and two other cities - Jabalpur and Indore - will go under 'weekend lockdown' every week from March 21 until further notification. Owing to the fresh surge in the COVID-19 cases, the State Home Department has barred travel through buses from Maharashtra. Moreover, it also ordered the closure of schools in the three cities till March 31. The lockdown will be imposed from every Saturday 10PM and remain till … read-more

Suffering from age-related ailments, Madhya Pradesh's famous male tiger 'Munna' passed away at 19 in Bhopal’s Van Vihar. Munna had suffered back-to-back paralysis attack which left him immobile as he became unable to maintain his regular diet. Rescued from West Mandla forest, he was shifted to Bhopal's Van Vihar in 2019. Interestingly, for stripes on his head that resembled the word 'CAT', he was MP's most recognized and Kanha National Park’s… read-more

The Bhopal Police on February 14 arrested 17 people, including ex-BJP MLA Surendra Nath Singh and Shiv Sena activists, for vandalizing restaurants on Valentine's Day. One of the eatery, located in posh area of Arera colony, was vandalised by 10 Shiv Sena activists. Arrested among other 7 in another case of vandalism, MLA Surendra said the campaign "halla bol" was just a wake-up call against love jihad and hookah bars.

Bhopal's district administration on January 17 imposed a curfew in three areas after a construction work was initiated by an RSS-linked trust on a disputed land. After receiving SDM’s order in its favour, the trust had started constructing boundary around the 20,000 sq ft disputed plot, which has been claimed as a graveyard by MP Waqf Board. The curfew was imposed in Teela Jamalpura, Hanumanganj and Gautam Nagar police stations' areas.