Bhopal News

With Liquor Shops Shut, Some In Bhopal Turn To "Cheaper" Hand Sanitizers

Written by Anurag Dwary | Friday May 01, 2020, Bhopal

Alcohol-based hand sanitizers - dubbed as one of the key products to keep the virus at bay- are in high demand since the outbreak of COVID-19, caused by a novel coronavirus. However, with liquor shops shut after the imposition of the nationwide lockdown, some alcoholics in Madhya Pradesh's capital city, Bhopal, are turning to the sanitizers due to the significant percentage of alcohol in them.

2 Civil Servants Of Madhya Pradesh Health Department Recover From COVID-19

Press Trust of India | Saturday April 18, 2020, Bhopal

Two senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in Madhya Pradesh, who had earlier tested positive for coronavirus, were discharged from hospital on Saturday after they recovered from the infection.

53-Year-Old Bank Manager Allegedly Raped In Her Bhopal Home Amid Lockdown

Written by Anurag Dwary | Saturday April 18, 2020, Bhopal

A 53-year-old manager of a state-run bank was allegedly raped inside her flat by an unidentified man in the posh Shahpura area of Bhopal in the early hours on Friday.

50-Year-Old Man Dies After Accidentally Drinking Acid In Madhya Pradesh

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 15, 2020, Bhopal

In an act of sheer desperation, a 50-year-old man died after he accidentally consumed some acid stored in a beer bottle at Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city, police said on Wednesday.

Case In Bhopal Against 64 Foreigners Linked To Delhi Islamic Sect Congregation

Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday April 11, 2020, Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case against 64 foreign nationals linked to the Delhi congregation of Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat, which is the largest cluster of coronavirus cases in the country.

2 Women Doctors Among 14 Test Positive For Coronavirus In Bhopal: Report

Press Trust of India | Friday April 10, 2020, Bhopal

Fourteen more persons, including two women doctors, tested positive for coronavirus in Bhopal today, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the state capital to 112 and overall tally in Madhya Pradesh to 453, a health official said.

Bhopal Doctors On COVID-19 Duty Live In Their Cars To Protect Families

Written by Anurag Dwary | Thursday April 09, 2020, New Delhi

As they work almost 24/7 with coronavirus patients, two doctors in Bhopal have each moved into a space that is cramped, uncomfortable and barely enough for one. Their temporary "apartment" also has wheels.

Madhya Pradesh Officers Accused Of Dodging COVID-19 Checks, Served Notice

Written by Anurag Dwary , Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday April 08, 2020, Bhopal

With at least 40 of the 85 coronavirus cases in Bhopal reported within the Madhya Pradesh health department, senior government officials in the state have found themselves under scrutiny over allegations that they sidestepped rules framed to check the spread of the disease.

"Any Problems Here?" Shivraj Chouhan Assures Help To Girls' Hostel In Bhopal

Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 31, 2020, Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited a girls' hostel in Bhopal on Monday and enquired about the well-being of its inmates in view of the lockdown in force due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Madhya Pradesh Congress On Brink As Resignations Of Rebel MLAs Accepted

Written by Anurag Dwary | Friday March 20, 2020, Bhopal

Making the collapse of the government in Madhya Pradesh all but certain, state assembly speaker Narmada Prasad Prajapati late Thursday night accepted the resignations of the remaining 16 rebel Congress MLAs who have been in Bengaluru since March 9.

Congress Workers Clash With BJP In Bhopal Over Digvijaya Singh's Detention

Written by Anurag Dwary | Thursday March 19, 2020, Bhopal

Dozens of workers of the ruling Congress were detained on Wednesday for trying to force their way into the offices of the BJP in Bhopal despite a ban on large gatherings in the Madhya Pradesh capital. The Congress activists clashed with their BJP counterparts forcing the police to use batons.