Bhopal

After Congress corporator Shafiq Khan questioned how the contractors have been paid escalation amount to the tune of around Rs. 30 crore for the delay in various projects under Bhopal Municipal Corporation, speaker Kailash Mishra constituted a five-member committee to probe the matter.

Corporators from both Congress and BJP complained about the bad restoration work after laying of the pipelines in Bhopal which has led to messy situation with fresh monsoon showers. HT reports.

After two days of extreme shortage of petrol and diesel at petrol pumps in Bhopal, the situation improved significantly on Monday with Reliance Depot resuming fuel supply. HT reports.

Madhya Pradesh’s first laser show, musical fountain and auditorium at Neelam Park, which had been developed on the lines of Hyderabad’s Lumbini Park, is incurring Bhopal Municipal Corporation a loss of around Rs. 6 lakh annually. HT reports.

A 22-year-old man was severely thrashed by advocates on the district court premises under MP Nagar Police station on Monday.

The Madhya Pradesh state government on Monday announced the creation of 10 posts of financial advisors for 10 key departments. The matter was under consideration for quite some time. Most ministries under the Union government have financial advisors.

Taking serious note of sand mines auctioned and renewal in district Betul, MP high court on Monday directed the State Mining department and the Betul Collector to look into the issue. HT reports.

To ensure the quick response on receipt of information and control crime in the state, the state police department has decided to establish a police control room like 108 ambulance service. The phone number of police control room will remain 100.

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set up emergency control rooms at headquarters and zone levels to deal with any situations arising out of heavy rain.

We are expecting far greater turnout in the second round of counselling that would commence on July 3.

 12-year- old boy was electrocuted when he came in contact with an electric wire under Kolar police station area yesterday.

MP high court yesterday directed the petitioners to submit a representation to the Central government over extending services of chief secretary R Parasuram for six months.

Five months after the MP High Court directed the state government to fill up the vacant posts of the chief information commissioner (CIC) and information commissioners in state, the general administration department came out with an advertisement for the same yesterday.

More than 800 children and adults participated in a painting competition organised at Jawahar Bal Bhawan on Sunday.