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MP: Indore civic body commences 'No Thu Thu' anti-spitting campaign

The civic body of Madhya Pradesh's Indore, which has been ranked the country's cleanest city for the past six years in the Centre's Swachh Survekshan initiative, on Monday launched its 'No Thu Thu' campaign to curb spitting in public. In the first phase, people will be advised against spitting gutkha and paan etc in public, while the second phase will see fines being imposed, Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, who launched the campaign, said. The mayor launched the campaign from Mhow Naka intersection here by cleaning a road divider. "Indore is the leader in cleanliness across the country, but the habit of spitting paan-gutkha on the roads and their dividers as well as at intersections and other public places still exists. This results in red spots at public places," he said.

Madhya Pradesh set to organise global investors summit in Indore

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said MP's policy of providing facilities to investors was the best in the country. The state government has committed itself to extending full cooperation to investors

Indore plans nation's first retail municipal bond for solar power project

Indore Municipal Corp. seeks to raise as much as 2.6 billion rupees ($31.8 million) via a 10-year bond sale next month

FMCG major Dabur announces investment of Rs 325.87 crore in Indore plant

Home-grown FMCG major Dabur on Wednesday said it will invest Rs 325.87 crore in its Indore plant. The company will manufacture red toothpaste and one-litre juice packs, and increase the production capacity of portion packs of its range of juices. "The Board of Directors have approved the Capital Expenditure of Rs 325.87 crore for its Indore Project in Madhya Pradesh," the company said in a regulator filing. The work for capacity addition would be completed in the next 1.5 years, and production would start in March 2024, the FMCG firm said. This capex would be financed through internal accruals, Dabur added. Earlier this year, during an investors' call, Dabur said it has planned a capex of Rs 400 crore to Rs 450 crore in FY23 to expand its manufacturing capacity. Last year, Dabur India announced an investment of Rs 550 crore at its Indore plant.

69.50 sq ft shop in Indore attracts Rs 1.72-crore bid for 30-year lease

A puja material selling shop ad measuring just 69.50 square feet and located in the famous Khajrana Ganesh Temple complex in Indore city has attracted a whopping bid of Rs 1.72 crore for a 30-year-lease, way above the base price of Rs 30 lakh, an official of the shrine said on Wednesday. This makes it one of the highest rates offered for a commercial property in the country, he said. Participating in the tendering process for the property, a local resident offered to pay Rs 1.72 crore for the shop '1-A', the highest bid received for the outlet, for taking it on lease for a period of 30 years, the official said. The temple is the owner of the shop and its actual area is 69.50 square feet, which means the man has paid Rs 2.47 lakh per square foot, he said. As per lease conditions, the shop can be used only for selling flowers, 'prasad' (devotional offering) and other puja material, the official said. The tendering process was completed under the supervision of the Indore Development

Indore cleanest due to civic workers, citizens, not officials: Vijayvargiya

The credit for Indore getting top rank for the sixth time in a row in the Centre's 'Swachh Survekshan' awards must go to 'safai mitras' (cleanliness and conservancy workers) and citizens instead of officials, senior Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said. Indore was followed by Surat in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra in the cleanest city category of the 2022 edition of the awards. "Nobody has the courage to say so except me. Sometimes one must speak bitterly too. As per me, the credit for the win goes to safai mitras and secondly the citizens. They are very cultured and disciplined due to their ancestors," the BJP national general secretary said at a function to felicitate civic workers on Thursday. Asserting that one need not "massage (the ego of)" officials, Vijayvargiya asked if the collector of Indore managed to get Ujjain top rank in the cleanliness category when he was posted there. "Indore is first because of its citizens and not becau

IND vs SA, 3rd T20I Highlights: Rossouw 100 helps Proteas win by 49 runs

India vs South Africa Highlights: South Africa saved themselves from getting whitewashed as Rilee Rossouw's maiden T20I hundred took them 227 and the bowlers did well to defend it and win by 49 runs

Indore adjudged cleanest city for 6th consecutive time, Surat on 2nd

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, the results of which were announced Saturday. In the category of best performing states in 'Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022', Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position, followed by Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Indore and Surat retained their top positions in the big cities category this year, while Vijaywada lost its third spot to Navi Mumbai. Among the states having fewer than 100 urban local bodies, Tripura has bagged the top rank, according to the survey results. 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 population fewer than one lakh, Maharashtra's Panchgani was ranked number one, followed by Chhattisgarh's Patan (NP) and

Lumpy virus: 2 cows infected in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, alert issued

Two cows in the Depalpur village of Madhya Pradesh's Indore district were found infected with the Lumpy virus. Their treatment is being carried out by the veterinary department.

Indore to soon start working 24X7 to facilitate IT, BPO sectors, start-ups

The Indore district administration in Madhya Pradesh is all set to open round-the-clock working activities in areas around the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridors to attract investment especially in the Information Technology sector, an official said. Efforts are being made to start this within a week, he said. Local administration held a meeting with police officials, business establishments and elected representatives on Saturday in Indore to discuss the roadmap for opening of such activities in certain areas of the state's biggest city. After the meeting, Indore Collector Manish Singh told reporters that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had in a workshop announced to make Indore the start-up capital of the state. "It was suggested to open round-the-clock working not only to support IT companies, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) establishments, but also to strengthen the city economy. The CM had issued directives to work in this direction, he said. The issue was dela

12-year-old killed, 15 injured in bomb blast in Indore's Berchha

A 12-year-old child died and 15 others were injured in a bomb blast in the Berchha area of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Sunday evening, said police.The incident happened when 12-year-old child Vaibhav threw a bomb, which's used in Berchha firing range of the Army, into a crowd due to an internal fight.Sashikant Kankane, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said, "On Sunday evening, a 12-year-old child, Vaibhav, brought a bomb used in the Army's Berchha firing range and threw it in the middle of the crowd due to an internal fight. Vaibhav died when the bomb exploded near him, while about 15 people were injured. The injured include women, men and children, who have been admitted to the hospital in Mhow.""There was an internal dispute between two groups, one group among them hurled some explosive material & an explosion took place. 12-14 people were injured & were admitted to the hospital. 1 person died. Further probe underway," he added.Further details are

MPPSC aspirants protest in Indore against non-declaration of results

Thousands of Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) aspirants took to streets on Friday to protest against non-declaration of exams' results of 2019 and 2020

NSA invoked against Indore man accused of assaulting tribal student

The administration invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against one of the accused allegedly involved in torturing a 21-year-old tribal student in Indore last week, officials said.

Lapcare Successfully Conducted Dhamaka 2.0 Lucky Draw Event in Indore on 15th June 2022

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Anti-Agnipath stir turns violent in Indore as protestors hurl stones

Protests over the Centre's Agnipath defence recruitment scheme turned violent in Indore morning after hundreds of protesters gathered on tracks near a railway station and hurled stones

Train services affected amid protests against Agnipath scheme in Indore

Hundreds of youths on Friday demonstrated against the Centre's new military recruitment policy, Agnipath at the Indore railway station forcing cancellation of several trains

Covid-19 cases surge in Indore, officials caution people to wear masks

With the number of Covid cases witnessing a sudden spike in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, the health officials in the city have cautioned the people to wear masks and follow Covid guidelines.

Modi condoles loss of 14 lives in Mathura accident, Indore fire tragedy

Seven people died and two were injured in a car accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura on Saturday morning

MP sees 31 Covid-19 cases, no death; only 323 vaccinated due to Holi

Indore and Bhopal, the two worst coronavirus-hit cities of Madhya Pradesh, registered five and two cases, respectively, during the past 24 hours, a health department official said

Pinnacle to invest Rs 2k cr to build EV manufacturing units in Pune, Indore

The Pune-based company, which has been into automotive seatings, interiors for speciality vehicles since 1996, has already set up an electric vehicle unit under the Eka label