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  • Indore metro’s swift construction sets new records in India’s metro rail development

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: Indore, the cleanest and smartest city in India, has added a new chapter to its rich history with the successful inaugural trial run of its first metro train on Saturday. The trial run covered a distance of 6 km from Gandhi Nagar to Super Corridor stations, with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, officials, and people’s representatives taking part in the maiden ride.

    The CM congratulated the residents of Indore and all those responsible for the successful trial run. He also announced the creation of the Metropolitan Authority in Indore and the extension of the Indore Metro to Pithampur and Ujjain via Sanwer by the next Simhastha in Ujjain in 2028.

    Once the Rs 7,500 crore project is completed and opened for the public, as many as seven lakh people will be able to commute daily by the new mode of transport. The three-coach train will run at a speed of 90 kmph and will have suitable space for specially-abled people. The full air-conditioned metro train will also have sitting space for 50 passengers and standing space for 300 people.

    The metro service will be available in more than 31 km area and will house 28 stations, including seven underground and 21 elevated stations. There will be a system of automatic ticketing on the National Common Mobility Card.

    The construction of the 6.3 km long metro viaduct, including 2 monsoon seasons, was completed in just 484 days. The track laying was completed in 4 months, and the construction of 3 track turnouts was completed in just 27 days, which is a record in the country. The three turnouts of the track were electrified in 8 days, and the construction of the metro rail coach was completed in just 5 months after design approval. The entire work of the traction third rail system was completed in just 45 days. Additionally, 4 escalators were installed in 23 days.

    The Indore metro railway service will see the Yellow Ring Line connecting Gandhi Nagar, Bhanwar Sala Square, Vijay Nagar Square, Khajrana Square, Bengali Square, Railway Station, Rajwada, Bada Ganpati, Airport and Gandhi Nagar. In the first phase – Gandhi Nagar to Super Corridor – trial operation of trains has started on a 6.3 km long route between 3 stations. Residents of Indore and Bhopal will start getting metro facilities on the first two tracks from June 2024, and the entire work of the metro projects of both the cities will be completed by December 2026.

    The successful first trial run of the metro train in Indore on Saturday has assumed particular significance as it happened two months ahead of assembly polls in the BJP-ruled state.

    BHOPAL: Indore, the cleanest and smartest city in India, has added a new chapter to its rich history with the successful inaugural trial run of its first metro train on Saturday. The trial run covered a distance of 6 km from Gandhi Nagar to Super Corridor stations, with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, officials, and people’s representatives taking part in the maiden ride.

    The CM congratulated the residents of Indore and all those responsible for the successful trial run. He also announced the creation of the Metropolitan Authority in Indore and the extension of the Indore Metro to Pithampur and Ujjain via Sanwer by the next Simhastha in Ujjain in 2028.

    Once the Rs 7,500 crore project is completed and opened for the public, as many as seven lakh people will be able to commute daily by the new mode of transport. The three-coach train will run at a speed of 90 kmph and will have suitable space for specially-abled people. The full air-conditioned metro train will also have sitting space for 50 passengers and standing space for 300 people.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    The metro service will be available in more than 31 km area and will house 28 stations, including seven underground and 21 elevated stations. There will be a system of automatic ticketing on the National Common Mobility Card.

    The construction of the 6.3 km long metro viaduct, including 2 monsoon seasons, was completed in just 484 days. The track laying was completed in 4 months, and the construction of 3 track turnouts was completed in just 27 days, which is a record in the country. The three turnouts of the track were electrified in 8 days, and the construction of the metro rail coach was completed in just 5 months after design approval. The entire work of the traction third rail system was completed in just 45 days. Additionally, 4 escalators were installed in 23 days.

    The Indore metro railway service will see the Yellow Ring Line connecting Gandhi Nagar, Bhanwar Sala Square, Vijay Nagar Square, Khajrana Square, Bengali Square, Railway Station, Rajwada, Bada Ganpati, Airport and Gandhi Nagar. In the first phase – Gandhi Nagar to Super Corridor – trial operation of trains has started on a 6.3 km long route between 3 stations. Residents of Indore and Bhopal will start getting metro facilities on the first two tracks from June 2024, and the entire work of the metro projects of both the cities will be completed by December 2026.

    The successful first trial run of the metro train in Indore on Saturday has assumed particular significance as it happened two months ahead of assembly polls in the BJP-ruled state.

  • IndiGo’s flight lands at Indore airport due to medical emergency, passenger dies

    By PTI

    INDORE: An IndiGo flight from Madurai to Delhi was diverted to the Indore airport after a 60-year-old passenger’s health deteriorated mid-air on Saturday evening, a senior official said.

    After the flight landed at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar international airport, the passenger was taken to a hospital near the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

    “As per the initial information, Atul Gupta (60), who was on board the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2088, was bleeding from the mouth and his condition deteriorated midway through the journey,” Prabodh Chandra Sharma, Director in-charge of the airport, told PTI.

    Due to a medical emergency, the Madurai-Delhi flight was diverted to Indore and it landed at the local airport around 5:30 pm.

    Gupta was sent to a private hospital from the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, Sharma said.

    “According to a doctor who took Gupta from the airport to the hospital, he was already suffering from a heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes,” Sharma said.

    He said the flight took off for its destination (New Delhi) at 6:40 pm.

    A sub-inspector of Aerodrome police station said the deceased Gupta was a resident of Noida. His body would be handed over to his relatives after postmortem, he added.

    INDORE: An IndiGo flight from Madurai to Delhi was diverted to the Indore airport after a 60-year-old passenger’s health deteriorated mid-air on Saturday evening, a senior official said.

    After the flight landed at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar international airport, the passenger was taken to a hospital near the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

    “As per the initial information, Atul Gupta (60), who was on board the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E-2088, was bleeding from the mouth and his condition deteriorated midway through the journey,” Prabodh Chandra Sharma, Director in-charge of the airport, told PTI.

    Due to a medical emergency, the Madurai-Delhi flight was diverted to Indore and it landed at the local airport around 5:30 pm.

    Gupta was sent to a private hospital from the airport where doctors declared him brought dead, Sharma said.

    “According to a doctor who took Gupta from the airport to the hospital, he was already suffering from a heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes,” Sharma said.

    He said the flight took off for its destination (New Delhi) at 6:40 pm.

    A sub-inspector of Aerodrome police station said the deceased Gupta was a resident of Noida. His body would be handed over to his relatives after postmortem, he added.

  • One dead, 41 injured as two buses collide in MP’s Indore

    By PTI

    INDORE: A 25-year-old passenger died, while 41 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a collision between two private buses on the Indore-Khandwa road in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police and health officials said.

    The accident took place under Simrol police station limits in Indore district when two buses coming from opposite directions collided with each other, a police official said.

    At least 42 passengers travelling in the vehicles were injured in the crash and admitted to the government-run Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH) in Indore for treatment, he said.

    MYH superintendent Dr Pramendra Thakur said one of the passengers succumbed to injuries during treatment.

    The deceased was identified only as Rahul (25), a resident of Khandwa district, Thakur said.

    Four of the 41 injured are in serious condition, he added.

    An eyewitness, Sunil Kumar Shukla, said, “I was travelling in one of the buses which was going from Khandwa to Indore. The bus was packed with passengers and was moving with high speed. While trying to take over a vehicle, it collided with another bus coming from the opposite direction injuring many passengers who were screaming for help.”

    INDORE: A 25-year-old passenger died, while 41 others were injured, four of them seriously, in a collision between two private buses on the Indore-Khandwa road in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, police and health officials said.

    The accident took place under Simrol police station limits in Indore district when two buses coming from opposite directions collided with each other, a police official said.

    At least 42 passengers travelling in the vehicles were injured in the crash and admitted to the government-run Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital (MYH) in Indore for treatment, he said.

    MYH superintendent Dr Pramendra Thakur said one of the passengers succumbed to injuries during treatment.

    The deceased was identified only as Rahul (25), a resident of Khandwa district, Thakur said.

    Four of the 41 injured are in serious condition, he added.

    An eyewitness, Sunil Kumar Shukla, said, “I was travelling in one of the buses which was going from Khandwa to Indore. The bus was packed with passengers and was moving with high speed. While trying to take over a vehicle, it collided with another bus coming from the opposite direction injuring many passengers who were screaming for help.”

  • After farmer falls to death from rope bridge, MP minister promises permanent structure over nullah

    By PTI

    INDORE: Residents of a village in Indore in Madhya Pradesh have dismantled a rope bridge over a nullah (major drain) from which a farmer fell and died recently after state minister Tulsiram Silawat promised to replace it with a permanent structure, a panchayat official said on Friday.

    Farmer Premnarayan Patel (45) of Silotia village had fallen off the bridge and into the nullah on Monday, leading to Tilwat, the state’s water resources minister, visiting the spot on Thursday.

    Silwat announced he would sanction Rs 15 lakh for the new bridge and also handed over Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia to Patel’s kin, as per local officials.

    “After Silawat’s announcement to build a permanent bridge, people here have dismantled the rope bridge.

    We have been demanding a permanent structure over the nullah for the past two decades,” Silotia village sarpanch Kamal Patel said.

    “People crossed the two-rope bridge with difficulty and risk. They used the bridge to avoid a 6-kilometre road travel to get to their farms,” sarpanch Patel added.

    Silotia is part of Silawat’s Sanver Assembly constituency.

    INDORE: Residents of a village in Indore in Madhya Pradesh have dismantled a rope bridge over a nullah (major drain) from which a farmer fell and died recently after state minister Tulsiram Silawat promised to replace it with a permanent structure, a panchayat official said on Friday.

    Farmer Premnarayan Patel (45) of Silotia village had fallen off the bridge and into the nullah on Monday, leading to Tilwat, the state’s water resources minister, visiting the spot on Thursday.

    Silwat announced he would sanction Rs 15 lakh for the new bridge and also handed over Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia to Patel’s kin, as per local officials.

    “After Silawat’s announcement to build a permanent bridge, people here have dismantled the rope bridge.

    We have been demanding a permanent structure over the nullah for the past two decades,” Silotia village sarpanch Kamal Patel said.

    “People crossed the two-rope bridge with difficulty and risk. They used the bridge to avoid a 6-kilometre road travel to get to their farms,” sarpanch Patel added.

    Silotia is part of Silawat’s Sanver Assembly constituency.

  • Indore: Police detain 3 suspects for thrashing, dragging two boys by vehicle over ‘theft’

    By PTI

    INDORE: Police have detained three suspects and are searching for the main accused in a case of torturing two boys who were beaten up and dragged by a vehicle for allegedly stealing cash in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, an official said on Monday.

    The incident took place on Saturday and a video of it had surfaced on social media.

    Rajendra Nagar police station in-charge Ajay Kumar Mishra said three persons have been taken into custody on the suspicion of being involved in torturing the two boys, aged between 13 and 17 years, for allegedly stealing money from a vehicle.

    The main accused, a vegetable trader from Khandwa district, is absconding since the incident, he said.

    “The trader’s house was locked and his family members were also missing. We are searching for him,” the official said.

    MP: 2 boys beaten, dragged by vehicle for theft in IndoreA video of 2 minor boys getting beaten up went viral, incident occurred at 8am today. These boys were caught by workers nearby, stealing from a car. Medical exam underway; we’ll take further action on basis of probe: ACP pic.twitter.com/32aQDaCt1C
    — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) October 29, 2022
    Another police official said the trader had reached Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar fruit-vegetable market on Saturday carrying sacks of onion in a small freight vehicle.

    The boys were charged with stealing cash kept in the vehicle, he said.

    A purported video of the incident showed the boys being tied to the vehicle with a rope and questioned about the stolen cash using abusive words.

    The video showed the vehicle suddenly starting and the boys being dragged on the ground some distance along with it.

    Some onlookers then started shouting and stopped the vehicle.

    INDORE: Police have detained three suspects and are searching for the main accused in a case of torturing two boys who were beaten up and dragged by a vehicle for allegedly stealing cash in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, an official said on Monday.

    The incident took place on Saturday and a video of it had surfaced on social media.

    Rajendra Nagar police station in-charge Ajay Kumar Mishra said three persons have been taken into custody on the suspicion of being involved in torturing the two boys, aged between 13 and 17 years, for allegedly stealing money from a vehicle.

    The main accused, a vegetable trader from Khandwa district, is absconding since the incident, he said.

    “The trader’s house was locked and his family members were also missing. We are searching for him,” the official said.

    MP: 2 boys beaten, dragged by vehicle for theft in Indore
    A video of 2 minor boys getting beaten up went viral, incident occurred at 8am today. These boys were caught by workers nearby, stealing from a car. Medical exam underway; we’ll take further action on basis of probe: ACP pic.twitter.com/32aQDaCt1C
    — ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) October 29, 2022
    Another police official said the trader had reached Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar fruit-vegetable market on Saturday carrying sacks of onion in a small freight vehicle.

    The boys were charged with stealing cash kept in the vehicle, he said.

    A purported video of the incident showed the boys being tied to the vehicle with a rope and questioned about the stolen cash using abusive words.

    The video showed the vehicle suddenly starting and the boys being dragged on the ground some distance along with it.

    Some onlookers then started shouting and stopped the vehicle.

  • 11-year-old girl hit by bullet at Garba pandal, dies in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore

    By PTI

    INDORE: An 11-year-old girl died after being hit by a bullet while watching Garba in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, police said on Wednesday.

    The incident took place on late Tuesday night at a Garba pandal in Sharda Nagar locality, said an official.

    The girl, Mahi Shinde (11), who was watching Garba dance with her brother and mother, suddenly collapsed to the ground, said sub-inspector Kamal Kishore of the Hirnagar police station.

    She was wounded in the head and bleeding profusely, he said.

    Event organisers and family members took her to a private hospital where she succumbed to the injury, he said.

    The police official said the initial post-mortem report received on Wednesday evening suggested a bullet had hit her in the head which led to her death.

    CCTV (closed-circuit television) footage of the area and the buildings are being scanned to find out who fired the bullet, the official said.

    Police are investigating the case, Kishore said. The girl’s father, Santosh Shinde, said the cause of injury to his daughter was not known when she was taken to the hospital and the doctor on duty suggested a CT scan of her head.

    The scan revealed a bullet-like metallic object in her skull, he said.

    The ‘garba’ and ‘dandiya’ programmes added a unique flavour to Durga Puja celebration

    INDORE: An 11-year-old girl died after being hit by a bullet while watching Garba in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city, police said on Wednesday.

    The incident took place on late Tuesday night at a Garba pandal in Sharda Nagar locality, said an official.

    The girl, Mahi Shinde (11), who was watching Garba dance with her brother and mother, suddenly collapsed to the ground, said sub-inspector Kamal Kishore of the Hirnagar police station.

    She was wounded in the head and bleeding profusely, he said.

    Event organisers and family members took her to a private hospital where she succumbed to the injury, he said.

    The police official said the initial post-mortem report received on Wednesday evening suggested a bullet had hit her in the head which led to her death.

    CCTV (closed-circuit television) footage of the area and the buildings are being scanned to find out who fired the bullet, the official said.

    Police are investigating the case, Kishore said. The girl’s father, Santosh Shinde, said the cause of injury to his daughter was not known when she was taken to the hospital and the doctor on duty suggested a CT scan of her head.

    The scan revealed a bullet-like metallic object in her skull, he said.

    The ‘garba’ and ‘dandiya’ programmes added a unique flavour to Durga Puja celebration

  • Indore adjudged as India’s cleanest city for 6th time in a row; MP best-performing state

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Indore was adjudged India’s cleanest city for the sixth time in a row, while Surat and Navi Mumbai followed it on the next two spots in the Central government’s annual cleanliness survey, which also declared Madhya Pradesh as the best-performing state.

    In the ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022’, announced on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh is followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra respectively in the category of best performing states. Chhattisgarh was ranked first last year.

    In the state category with fewer 100 urban local bodies, Tripura has been ranked first followed by Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. While Indore and Surat retained their top positions among cities, Vijaywada lost its third spot to Navi Mumbai.

    The 10 top-ranked cities with a population of more than one lakh are: Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai, GVM Visakhapatnam, Vijaywada, Bhopal, Tirupati, Mysore, New Delhi and Ambikapur.

    Agra was at the bottom in the list of 100 cities in this segment. Madhya Pradesh’s Gadarwara was at the bottom in the category of cities with less than one lakh population.

    President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave away the awards to the winners at an event here also attended by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and others.

    In the category of cities having a population of less than one lakh, Maharashtra’s Panchgani was ranked number one, followed by Chhattisgarh’s Patan (Nagar Palika) and Maharashtra’s Karhad.

    Haridwar was adjudged the cleanest Ganga town in the category of more than 1 lakh population, followed by Varanasi and Rishikesh. Bijnor was ranked at the top among Ganga towns with fewer than one lakh population. followed by Kannauj and Garhmukhteshwar respectively.

    In the survey, Maharashtra’s Deolali was adjudged the country’s cleanest Cantonment Board, followed by Ahmedabad and Mhow (Madhya Pradesh).

    The New Delhi Municipal Council area was ranked first in the “country’s cleanest small city” category, having a population between 1 lakh and 3 lakh.

    Noida emerged as the country’s “best self-sustainable medium city” in the category of 3-10 lakh population. Tirupati bagged the first award in the category of ”Safaimitra Surakshit Sahar”.

    Chandigarh has secured the first position in the category of “Fastest Mover State/National Capital or UT” while Vijayawada has emerged as the winner in the category of “Cleanest State/National Capital or UT”.

    The seventh edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) based on various cleanliness and sanitation parameters.

    The Survekshan has evolved from being an assessment of 73 cities in 2016 to covering 4,354 cities this year, including 91 Ganga towns and 62 contonment zones).

    The assessment was conducted in three phases — July-August, September-October and November 2021 to January 2022. According to the government, 126 ULBs from West Bengal did not participate in the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Central government. Over 19 lakh people gave face-to-face feedback.

    Nine crore citizen feedback was captured through various sources like Swachhatta app, Vote for your city app and my gov app among others during the survey that was 100 per cent digitised, with complete online submission for all documents by ULBs through a dedicated online portal, officials said.

    Vishakhapatnam got the first position as India’s “cleanest big city” in the category of 10-40 lakh population. Meerut has emerged as the “Fastest Mover Big City” with population between 10 lakh and 40 lakh.

    In the category of “Best City in Maximum Citizen”s Participation” with more than lakh population, Ujjain has been ranked first. President Murmu congratulated the winners.

    Union minister Puri told the event urban India has become open-defecation free with 35 states and Union territories.

    “Nearly 600 of our cities have become ‘Safaimitra Surakshit’, with complete mechanisation of sewer and septic tank cleaning operations.

    ‘Manholes’ have now become ‘machine holes’ in these cities. Municipal Solid Waste processing has gone up from 18 per cent in 2014 to 73 per cent today,” the minister said.

    According to the ministry, the overall marks for ‘Swachh Survekshan- 2022’ assessments, were 7,500.

    The survekshan is made up of three components “– service level progress (3000), certification (2,250) and citizen voice (2,250)”, the ministry said.

    NEW DELHI: Indore was adjudged India’s cleanest city for the sixth time in a row, while Surat and Navi Mumbai followed it on the next two spots in the Central government’s annual cleanliness survey, which also declared Madhya Pradesh as the best-performing state.

    In the ‘Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022’, announced on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh is followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra respectively in the category of best performing states. Chhattisgarh was ranked first last year.

    In the state category with fewer 100 urban local bodies, Tripura has been ranked first followed by Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. While Indore and Surat retained their top positions among cities, Vijaywada lost its third spot to Navi Mumbai.

    The 10 top-ranked cities with a population of more than one lakh are: Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai, GVM Visakhapatnam, Vijaywada, Bhopal, Tirupati, Mysore, New Delhi and Ambikapur.

    Agra was at the bottom in the list of 100 cities in this segment. Madhya Pradesh’s Gadarwara was at the bottom in the category of cities with less than one lakh population.

    President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave away the awards to the winners at an event here also attended by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and others.

    In the category of cities having a population of less than one lakh, Maharashtra’s Panchgani was ranked number one, followed by Chhattisgarh’s Patan (Nagar Palika) and Maharashtra’s Karhad.

    Haridwar was adjudged the cleanest Ganga town in the category of more than 1 lakh population, followed by Varanasi and Rishikesh. Bijnor was ranked at the top among Ganga towns with fewer than one lakh population. followed by Kannauj and Garhmukhteshwar respectively.

    In the survey, Maharashtra’s Deolali was adjudged the country’s cleanest Cantonment Board, followed by Ahmedabad and Mhow (Madhya Pradesh).

    The New Delhi Municipal Council area was ranked first in the “country’s cleanest small city” category, having a population between 1 lakh and 3 lakh.

    Noida emerged as the country’s “best self-sustainable medium city” in the category of 3-10 lakh population. Tirupati bagged the first award in the category of ”Safaimitra Surakshit Sahar”.

    Chandigarh has secured the first position in the category of “Fastest Mover State/National Capital or UT” while Vijayawada has emerged as the winner in the category of “Cleanest State/National Capital or UT”.

    The seventh edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) based on various cleanliness and sanitation parameters.

    The Survekshan has evolved from being an assessment of 73 cities in 2016 to covering 4,354 cities this year, including 91 Ganga towns and 62 contonment zones).

    The assessment was conducted in three phases — July-August, September-October and November 2021 to January 2022. According to the government, 126 ULBs from West Bengal did not participate in the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Central government. Over 19 lakh people gave face-to-face feedback.

    Nine crore citizen feedback was captured through various sources like Swachhatta app, Vote for your city app and my gov app among others during the survey that was 100 per cent digitised, with complete online submission for all documents by ULBs through a dedicated online portal, officials said.

    Vishakhapatnam got the first position as India’s “cleanest big city” in the category of 10-40 lakh population. Meerut has emerged as the “Fastest Mover Big City” with population between 10 lakh and 40 lakh.

    In the category of “Best City in Maximum Citizen”s Participation” with more than lakh population, Ujjain has been ranked first. President Murmu congratulated the winners.

    Union minister Puri told the event urban India has become open-defecation free with 35 states and Union territories.

    “Nearly 600 of our cities have become ‘Safaimitra Surakshit’, with complete mechanisation of sewer and septic tank cleaning operations.

    ‘Manholes’ have now become ‘machine holes’ in these cities. Municipal Solid Waste processing has gone up from 18 per cent in 2014 to 73 per cent today,” the minister said.

    According to the ministry, the overall marks for ‘Swachh Survekshan- 2022’ assessments, were 7,500.

    The survekshan is made up of three components “– service level progress (3000), certification (2,250) and citizen voice (2,250)”, the ministry said.

  • 7 charred to death after fire breaks out in Indore residential building

    By ANI

    INDORE: Seven persons were charred to death after a massive fire broke out in a double-storey building in Indore’s Swarna Bagh Colony in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

    According to preliminary information, the blaze is suspected to have been triggered by an electric short circuit inside a house, Indore Police Commissioner Harinarayan Chari Mishra who was present at the site told ANI.

    The Police Commissioner said, “Seven people have died and nine people have so fare been rescued by officials present at the spot.”

    A fire department official said: “The fire might have started due a short circuit. It took us three hours to bring the fire under control.”

    Further investigation is underway. 

  • Man thrashed for ‘sporting moustache’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore

    By PTI

    INDORE: A 30-year-old man was allegedly abused and thrashed for sporting a moustache in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, police said on Wednesday.

    The man, Ravi Tirodia (30), lodged a complaint at Malharganj police station in connection with the incident that occurred late on Tuesday night, a police officer said.

    The accused in the case, Bunty Godha, his brother Naveen Godha and an accomplice Tarachand alias Bam, were agitated over Tirodia’s moustache, and used abusive words against him, the policeman said quoting the complaint.

    When Tirodia opposed the abused hurled at him, one of the accused thrashed him with a stick, he said.

    “When Tirodia raised an alarm, two of his brothers reached the spot and intervened, following which the accused fled after threatening the victim,” officer said.

    He said that the police is investigating the matter in detail and the accused have not been arrested so far.

  • Patalpani railway station in Indore to be named after tribal icon Tantya Bhil: Madhya Pradesh CM Chouhan

    By PTI

    BHOPAL: Continuing the tribal outreach and accusing Congress of crediting only one family for achieving Independence, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced to name Patalpani railway station in Indore and two other landmarks in that city after tribal icon Tantya Bhil.

    Notably, Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station was recently named after Rani Kamalapati, a tribal queen.

    Accusing the previous governments of ignoring the tribal history, Chouhan on Monday said that Indore’s Bhanwar Kuan intersection and MR 10 bus stand, being developed at the cost of Rs 53 crore, will also be named after Tantya Bhil.

    “Like Bhopal’s Rani Kamalapati station, Patalpani railway station (in Indore district) will be named after Tantya Bhil, who had sacrificed his life,” Chouhan said while addressing a tribal gathering, marking the conclusion of the week-long ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ celebrations.

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    On the occasion of the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ on November 15, which was observed on the birth anniversary of revered tribal leader and freedom fighter Birsa Munda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken a veiled swipe at Congress saying previous governments had ignored the history and contribution of tribals.

    Chouhan said tribes in the country and Madhya Pradesh have a glorious past and tribal heroes played a very important role in the freedom struggle.

    The British had made all efforts to end the pride of our tribes.

    The state government will restore that pride, he added.

    “The history about the contribution of the Gondwana kingdom in the freedom struggle and battle against the Mughals was not taught properly. The wrong history about the freedom struggle was taught and they talked only about one family saying we got freedom because of Nehru ji (Jawaharlal Nehru) and Indira ji (Indira Gandhi). The contribution of tribal icons like Raja Shankar Shah, Raghunath Shah, Tantya Mama (Bhil), Bhima Nayak was never told,” he alleged.

    Chouhan said “petty and false” cases against tribals will be withdrawn.

    “Youngsters from tribal communities would be trained so that they can clear the competitive Army recruitment exams,” he said.

    The CM said a medical college will be opened in Mandla in the name of king Hirde Shah, a freedom fighter.

    Known as the “Indian Robin Hood” by tribals, Tantya Bhil is hailed as one of the revolutionaries who waged an armed struggle against the British rule for 12 years.

    It is said that Tantya used to loot the treasuries of the British government and distribute the wealth among the poor.