Saurabh Sharma DA case: Recommended for health department not RTO, says ex-MP Minister

Saurabh Sharma DA case: Recommended for health department not RTO, says ex-MP Minister

Bhopal, Jan 3 (IANS) A fresh controversy has erupted over the appointment of former RTO constable Saurabh Sharma, who has been booked in a disproportionate assets (DA) case after raids conducted by multiple agencies in the past few weeks. A Bhopal-based RTI activist Sanket Shahu has claimed that Saurabh Sharma’s appointment was done on the … Read more

Bhopal gas tragedy waste containers parked in Pithampur for 24 hrs, bandh called today

Bhopal gas tragedy waste containers parked in Pithampur for 24 hrs, bandh called today

Bhopal, Jan 3 (IANS) For over 24 hours, container trucks carrying hazardous chemical waste from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant in Bhopal have remained parked at the premises of the Ramki factory in the Ashapura area of Pithampur, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh. The toxic waste, a grim reminder of the world’s largest industrial … Read more

Mohan Yadav govt replaces Transport Commissioner following seizures from ex-RTO constable's premises

Mohan Yadav govt replaces Transport Commissioner following seizures from ex-RTO constable's premises

Bhopal, Jan 2 (IANS) In a reshuffle that came days after the seizure and recovery of assets worth crores from the premises linked to ex-RTO constable Saurabh Sharma, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav-led Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday transferred/reposted three senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, including state Transport Commissioner D.P. Gupta. The 1994-batch IPS officer … Read more

Mohan Yadav urges 'no politics' over dumping of Bhopal gas tragedy site waste amid protests

Mohan Yadav urges 'no politics' over dumping of Bhopal gas tragedy site waste amid protests

Bhopal, Jan 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday stressed that there should be no politics over the matter of shifting hazardous chemical waste from the spot of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to the Pithampur dumping site, saying that all official and environmental norms are being followed to shift and dispose the … Read more

Toxic waste from UCIL will be disposed of as per environmental norms: MP CM

Toxic waste from UCIL will be disposed of as per environmental norms: MP CM

Bhopal, Jan 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav assured on Thursday that toxic chemical waste of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) will be disposed of adhering to all environmental standards. He emphasised that the chemical waste will be disposed of in a way that there is no harmful impact on air or soil. … Read more

MP govt claims Pithampur the only site suitable for Union Carbide waste disposal

MP govt claims Pithampur the only site suitable for Union Carbide waste disposal

Bhopal, Jan 1 (IANS) As the Madhya Pradesh government is all set to dispose of chemical and toxic waste of defunct Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) from Bhopal, it said on Tuesday that Pithampur is the only suitable dumping site of hazardous waste in the state. The State Gas Relief and Rehabilitation Department said that … Read more

Retired IAS officer Manoj Shrivastava is new MP State Election Commissioner

Retired IAS officer Manoj Shrivastava is new MP State Election Commissioner

Bhopal, Jan 1 (IANS) Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Manoj Kumar Shrivastava has been appointed as the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commissioner (SEC). Shrivastava, a retired IAS officer of the 1987 batch will replace outgoing Madhya Pradesh SEC Basant Pratap Singh, whose extension period for the post expired on Tuesday (Dec 31). The General … Read more

Green corridor to shift toxic waste from Bhopal's UCIL to Pithampur

Green corridor to shift toxic waste from Bhopal's UCIL to Pithampur

Bhopal, Dec 31 (IANS) Over 12 containers, carrying around 337 tonnes of toxic waste, from the premises of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) will drive to Indore’s Pithampur area from Bhopal, for which a green corridor has been created. All the containers will move together through a green corridor of around 250 km between the … Read more

MP govt to set up cell to monitor Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act implementation

MP govt to set up cell to monitor Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act implementation

Bhopal, Dec 28 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government is planning to set up a special cell to monitor the schemes under the provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act. The upcoming unit (cell) will function under the state’s Tribal Affairs Department, which will be tasked to monitor the effective implementation of the PESA … Read more