Indore

MP tehsildar suggests launching suicide scheme for Modi-baiters

Barely a fortnight after Barwani ex-collector Ajay Singh Gangwar was shunted for praising former Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru on Facebook, a tehsildar from Ratlam district has kicked off a controversy through a post on a ‘Rajiv Gandhi Atmahatya Yojana’ (Rajiv Gandhi Suicide Scheme).

Kataria murder: Indore police arrest small-time mechanic

Police in Indore on Wednesday said they had solved the murder of Rajkumari Kataria, adding that the weapon used is yet to be recovered and will be searched for after the accused is quizzing.

Malwa-Nimad may get monsoon showers by June 23: Met dept

With monsoon reaching Kerala, Tamil Nadu and interior parts of Karnataka on Wednesday, the meteorological department said Indore and surrounding areas might receive first monsoon showers by June 23.

‘Indore hospital docs kept my dead son on ventilator for over a day’

The father of a baby who recently died at the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital has accused doctors of keeping his dead son on ventilator for more than 35 hours to avoid media glare.

Pharma units reduce production as water crisis hits Pithampur

The water crisis that hit the Pithampur industrial area early this year has gone from bad to worse, forcing many units, including those in special economic zone, to curtail production.

Indore: Mahak Jain qualifies for $10,000 Madrid tournament

Mahak Jain of Indore has qualified for the International Tennis Federation’s $10,000 women’s tournament being played at Ciudad De La Raqueta club in Madrid.

German team visit may boost Indore Smart City plan

Germany is likely to extend technical support to Indore in designing and executing the Smart City project.

I-T raid reveals wider hawala network in Indore

The income tax department’s search at the offices of financiers and courier service providers at RNT Marg in Indore on June 2-3 has revealed that hawala operations are not confined to Sarafa or Jail Road but are spread across the city and its outskirts.

Heat wave sweeps Malwa-Nimad region

Indore’s neighbouring Shajapur’s day temperature at 46 degrees Celsius was the highest recorded in Madhya Pradesh on Monday as Malwa-Nimad region singed under hot winds for the second consecutive day.

‘Indore roads biggest killer, most injuries reported from Bhopal’

Roads in Indore proved be the most fatal, while the ones in Bhopal turned out to be the most injurious for commuters in 2015. Road accidents in Madhya Pradesh claimed 9,758 lives in 2015 compared to 9,292 fatalities in 2014.

Kataria murder case: Indore police clear family from list of suspects

Five days after starting probe into the murder of bullion trader Rajendra Kataria’s wife Rajkumari Kataria, Indore police on Sunday cleared names of her family members from the list of suspects.

Deserted by hubby, woman gets new lease of life via liver transplant

Rupali Tyagi from Lucknow was deserted by her husband and in-laws after she was diagnosed with liver ailment. Doctors told her that a liver transplant is the only option. Admitted to the Institute for Liver and Bile Sciences, New Delhi, she was lucky to get a donor and has now freed herself from death and bigotry.

MP: Teacher turns barren school premises into green spot

A handful of small children from a village school in Madhya Pradesh were sweating and panting under the harsh sun and having their mid-day meal four summers ago.

Infertility third largest health problem among women in Indore

A recent survey conducted by the MP health department to map the health standards of women in Indore under the ‘Gram Uday se Bharat Uday’ scheme revealed that infertility is the third largest health problem affecting women in Indore.

Indore airport runway repair work timings irk airlines

The way the re-carpeting work of the runway of Indore airport, which has developed two faults within a month causing disruption to flights, is being carried out has raised many questions, according to sources.

Maheshwar hydel project may revive as PFC raises stake

There is a ray of hope for out-of-work employees of Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd as Power Finance Corp has raised its stake in the company and the new management plans to sanction funds for revival of the project.

Pollution in Indore gets an intervention

A recent study by the World Health Organisation may have placed Indore as the 68th most polluted city of the world but district officials say that a number of steps have been taken to reduce pollution levels in the city over the year.

Save water, earn money: Dewas farmers script a success story

Lives of thousands of farmers in Dewas district have taken a turn for the better in the last 10 years, courtesy an idea of farm land introduced in 2006-07 by the then collector Umakant Umrao.

This village’s unique rain water harvesting plan has revived a dry pond

The tribal population of Jhabua village dug up contour trenches on hillocks around the lake at regular intervals to allow rainwater to percolate and raise the water table.

Beating up criminals and parading them in public is not new in MP

The incident of beating up and parading of an accused after tying him to a police van in Ujjain’s Mahidpur, has raised questions about human rights violation by the police in the state.

HC notice to govt over child deaths at Indore’s MY Hospital

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday slapped notices on the state government and senior officials in connection with the death of two children, who were administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen, at the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital last week.

MY Hospital case: Operation theatre used without ‘clearance test’

A child’s death in a newly-built operation theatre of Indore’s MY hospital appears to be an alleged case of protocol negligence as the theatre didn’t undergo the mandatory trial run safety lab tests, insiders said on Sunday.

Bhopal, Indore to have light metro rail, not metro rail

Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal and Indore will have driverless light metro rail instead of metro rail which the Japan International Cooperation Agency has agreed to finance, according to officials of the Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Company.

35 babies rescued after fire breaks out in Morena hospital

Thirty-five newborn babies had a narrow escape after a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of Morena government hospital on Sunday.

Cooperative societies in Indore avoid giving loans fearing defaults

Loans disbursed by Indore district’s leading urban cooperative banks and credit societies are not more than 50% of their total deposits or assets. They invest more in other financial institutions, data accessed by Hindustan Times show.

MP: Children of ‘IS letter writer’ rusticated from school

The two children of Usmaan, who was booked for allegedly sending an Islamic State (IS) letter to their school principal in MP’s Dewas, were rusticated on Friday.

Given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen, baby dies in Indore hospital

An infant admitted to the MY Hospital in Indore died on Saturday after staffers accidentally administered nitrous oxide instead of oxygen during a surgery conducted at its paediatric intensive care unit.

35-year-old woman gang raped over ‘land dispute’ in Bhopal

Indore: Man who disguised himself as eunuch arrested after 8 years

Tukoganj police in Indore on Friday arrested a man who was living in the city as a eunuch after committing a crime about eight years back.