Area sown to wheat, the main rabi crop, rose 3.36 per cent to 138.35 lakh hectare so far in the current rabi season from 133.84 lakh hectare in the year-ago period, according to the agriculture ministry. Rabi sowing begins from October while harvesting starts from March onwards. Besides wheat, gram and mustard are the other … Read more
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of being involved in the fall of Congress government in Madhya Pradesh and trying to do it in Rajasthan too last year. Gehlot made the allegation while referring to the crisis over the stability of his government in 2020 and said the Congress … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday joined the ruling BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at an election rally for Khandwa Lok Sabha bypoll. Birla had won the Assembly election on a Congress ticket from Badwah seat in Khargone district in 2018. Badwah Assembly seat represented by Birla falls … Read more
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the ‘honey trap‘ case in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday could not record a statement of state Congress president Kamal Nath as he was not available in Bhopal, an official said. The ‘honey-trap scandal, which came to light in 2019, was an organised racket wherein a gang used to lure … Read more
Expressing concern over rise in animal feed prices in the domestic market, the All India Poultry Breeders Association (AIPBA) on Sunday demanded the government to reduce import duty on soybean meal to zero for at least five months. Soybean meal remains the most common protein source for all compound feeds for poultry, dairy cattle and … Read more
India’s cumulative recoveries have surged to 1,36,48,159 with 1,93,279 recoveries being registered in a span of 24 hours. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan reported 75.01 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases registered in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. India added a … Read more
India has more than 12 lakh active cases at the present. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh) Coronavirus India Lockdown LIVE tracker, Covid Live updates: The ugly reality of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has hit home as India overtook Brazil to become the second worst-hit nation in the world. India has arrived at … Read more
The report noted the lack of confidence as well as trust building among the villagers and the forest department was one of the major reasons for shutting of this project. (Representative Image) To improve the population of tigers in some parts of India, a tiger relocation project had been rolled out among Indian states. The … Read more
The night safari can be experienced by tourists at the Bandhavgarh National Park between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm. (Representational image) Madhya Pradesh Tourism: Madhya Pradesh, which is known for its robust tourism industry, has now given another push to the sector! Starting Thursday, the state introduced night safaris in three of the national parks … Read more
New Delhi: The centre, on Wednesday, confirmed outbreak of bird flu in poultry across 9 states – Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Fresh cases in poultry birds were reported in 7 districts in Maharashtra and one each in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh. However, the spread has been contained to … Read more