New Delhi: The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police on Saturday raided the residence of a senior IPS officer and found cash and jewellery worth crores. The police reportedly recovered nearly Rs 25 crore worth of cash and jewellery from the Sagar and Bhopal residences of Umesh Gandhi, DIG, Prisons. Lokayukta inspector Naveen Avasthi said, "Around 25 crore worth wealth has been recovered. Various papers of the allotted land has been recovered....
01:33 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Bhopal: Bhopal police is assessing the threat perception to Sultan Masood, father and chief prosecution witness in the slain RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case, who has demanded a security cover. "We have asked the concerned police station (Koh-e-Fiza) to assess the threat perception to Sultan and will take a decision on it after studying its report," Bhopal Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Yogesh Choudhary said. "I had met the state...
12:59 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Bhopal: Two notices, sent to former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson at his US addresses by a probe panel, were returned by the authorities concerned on the ground of "person unidentified and insufficient address", sources said on Wednesday. The two notices were sent through the government of India to Greenwich and New York addresses of Anderson, but both were returned to the Union Carbide Poisonous Gas Leak Probe Commission headed...
12:08 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Bhopal: A 35-year-old woman committed suicide after she was allegedly gangraped in the neighbouring Raisen district, police said on Wednesday. The woman was picked up by four persons near Bhopal in a jeep on Tuesday who later allegedly raped her in Badi forest area and then dumped her on the road, police said. The victim, who was feeling dejected, somehow reached her village and later set herself on fire. She...
04:32 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Bhopal: A major fire broke out at the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited's (BHEL) plant in Bhopal on Wednesday morning, a company official said. The fire started from BHEL's transformer block number three around 10 AM, spokesperson of the company said. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident so far, he said. Fire tenders from the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, city airport and BHEL's own fire station were pressed into...
02:47 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Bhopal: The victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy and their families are back on a protest. They claim that the Bhopal Memorial Hospital, specially set up for the victims, is on the verge of closure. The hospital built to take care of the victims of the 1984 gas tragedy is itself in the need of rescue. In 2010, following a CNN-IBN report, which showed administrative apathy, the union government took...
09:52 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Bhopal: A 13-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide after his younger brother, who was watching a cartoon channel on television, refused to allow him to watch a programme of his choice, police said on Monday. The incident occurred in Barkheda area under Govindpura Police Station when their parents had gone to the market, police said. On Saturday night, Pandi had a fight with his brother Anees (9) over the issue of...
07:20 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has hauled up the Centre on clinical drug trials in the country. Issuing notices to all state governments on Monday, the apex court asked them if they were being kept in the loop by the government on the clinical trials. The court further sought details from the Centre on four aspects of the trials. These included: The number of clinical trials that have taken place...
12:21 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Bhopal: Congress workers in Madhya Pradesh were lathicharged on Thursday as they tried to march to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence protesting against coal block allocation. Other than their batons, the police used a water cannon to disperse the crowd as well. The protestors were holding a public rally. However, when they tried to march to the Chief Minister's residence, the police denied them permission and stooped...
03:53 PM, Oct 04, 2012
The victim was allegedly raped and killed on September 28 and later her body was dumped near the Budhni Ghat. ...
07:53 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Bhopal: Tension gripped the Mansarovar Complex area in Bhopal on Monday after people set afire shops and damaged vehicles over the alleged rape and killing of a minor girl, a senior police official said. The victim was allegedly raped and killed by some persons on September 28 and later her body was dumped near the Budhni Ghat which was recovered by police on Sunday. On Monday, when people of the...
06:30 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Bhopal: A class 9 student was allegedly thrashed by his class 11 seniors at the Sanskar Valley school in Bhopal. The boy has been admitted to a local hospital with a fractured nose and head injury. The school has so far not taken any action against the seniors. The police say they have registered a case against the three accused but are yet to question them. "I was beaten and...
12:04 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Bhopal: Solid toxic waste has been lying at the site of the gas tragedy in Bhopal, the union carbide factory, for over 30 years. A new study of groundwater in and around Bhopal reveals a high level of contamination. Activists are demanding that the state government takes action. A solar evaporation pond in the deserted union carbide factory is aptly called 'Zehreela talaab' (poisonous pond) by the locals. Toxic waste...
10:59 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Bangalore: Defending champions Haryana opened their campaign with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Bhopal in a Pool A match of the senior National hockey championship that commenced here Sunday. Bhopal took the lead with a 10th minute goal by Affan Yousuf, but Haryana bounced back to score twice through Didar Singh (20th) and Mandeep Antil (51st) to pick up three points. In contrast, Punjab drubbed Jammu and Kashmir 12-1 in...
04:11 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Bhopal: In a major setback for Bhopal, a German company has pulled out of the project to clean 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide Plant, saying it is too hazardous. The plant was the site of the world's worst disaster in which 15,000 people were killed in 1984. India was going to pay the German government firm GIZ $ 4.5 million for the job. The company has...
09:16 AM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey Bhopal (HB), which has been admitted as a new associate member of Hockey India (HI), will now take part in all national championships under the latter. It will make its debut in the HI national championship for senior men in Bangalore from September 24. "We are happy to induct HB in our fold and are delighted that 1968 Olympic Games bronze medal winning player Inam-ur-Rahman is its...
05:02 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Bhopal: Witnesses in the Shehla Masood murder case are expected to depose in an Indore court on Monday. Non-bailable warrants were issued against the RTI activist's father and a relative of hers after they failed to appear at the last hearing in the case. Shehla was killed in Bhopal in 2011. ...
09:45 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Bhopal: A sessions court on Tuesday upheld a 2010 verdict of a trial court in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy case while dismissing the CBI's petition seeking re-trial and enhancement of sentence awarded to former Union Carbide officials. The revision petition seeking enhancement of sentence under the new section of 304-II of IPC, which provided for a maximum sentence of 10 years' imprisonment, was rejected by the district and sessions...
01:45 AM, Aug 29, 2012
Bhopal: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal will be in Bhopal on Tuesday to stage a sit-in protest outside Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence. A few India Against Corruption (IAC) members were lathicharged outside the CM's residence on Sunday when they protested there. The protest was a part of the rally called in by Kejriwal to protest against the government over coalgate. ...
11:35 AM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Alleging that there is no "Opposition" left in the country, activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he will sit on a dharna outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal to protest the police action against his supporters there. He alleged people were "beaten up very badly" in Bhopal while protesting against corruption by Chouhan. "Is there any difference between UPA in Centre...
11:33 PM, Aug 26, 2012
