Madhya Pradesh

The Maheshwari community in Gwalior has decided not to use plastic disposals in parties organised for marriages and other purposes. They have also declared the Maheswari Bhawan there as a 'non-plastic zone'. Instead they will use pattal (plates made of leaves) and daunas (cups made of leaves). This

In a development bound to bring cheer to wildlife conservationists, the images of a tigress and its four cubs have been captured by a camera trap in Madhya Pradesh’s Kheoni wildlife sanctuary from the area where a village used to exist till its 100-odd inhabitants were relocated a year-and-a-half

TWENTY-FOUR youngsters, including three women, most of them tribals from the backward and conflict-torn Gadchiroli, will board a bus to Mumbai next week to collect diplomas from Mumbai University’s School of Economics and Public Policy. Many of them never got around to completing their Class 12, but

In a move that will make wood poachers think twice before felling a tree in a protected reserve, for the first time in the country, Madhya Pradesh’s Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary has started collecting DNA samples of standing trees, stumps and logs. This smart use of technology will not only

IT WAS not just the rumours and allegations over tampering of voting machines that the Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh had to overcome in the days leading up to counting of votes in one of the most closely fought assembly elections in recent times. He was battling a personal loss, too

His house does not have electricity or a toilet and his father collects garbage to make ends meet. The odds were always against 18-year-old Asharam Choudhary, but he battled all challenges and cleared the prestigious AIIMS entrance exam in the first attempt. Choudhary, who hails from Dewas in Madhya

Minor millets have bought a major change in the lives of over 5000 women in the tribal districts of Mandla and Dindori, situated some 400 km east of Bhopal. Eking out a hand to mouth existence earlier, they are now financially and socially empowered, in better health and inspiring others in the

Inmates of Apna Ghar old-age home in Kolar are a bit busy these days. Taking up the cause of imbibing traditional values and culture to the Gen-X. From sharing their expertise in day-to-day household cores like cooking to the fine philosophy in the verses of Vedas and Puranas, the senior citizens

Seeking to show the world that he is as capable as the next person, disabled swimmer Satendra Singh created history on Sunday by crossing the Englsih Channel on Sunday. He was the part of a swimming relay team which, for the first time saw four para swimmers from India cross the English Channel. He

The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR) at Bhopal as a Society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 under the aegis of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. The estimated cumulative cost of the project

He may not be Gaya’s mountain man, Dashrath Manjhi, but this 70-year-old from Chhatarpur is no less. His spirit is equally indomitable. Sitaram Lodhi single-handedly dug a 33-feet deep well in 18 months in parched Chhatarpur district of Bundelkhand region to tackle the water crisis ignoring the

GoI, Govt of Madhya Pradesh and the World Bank today signed a $210 million loan agreement for the Madhya Pradesh Rural Connectivity Project. The project is expected to improve the durability, resilience and safety of the gravel surfaced rural roads and enhance the capacity of the state to manage its