Booking 90 days ago

Bhopal, Jan 31: The advance-booking time frame for railway reservation will be 90 days from February 1. Earlier, this was 60 days only. Thus, travelers can book their ticket on Feb 01, for May 01 journey.

Beef seized in Dhar

Dhar, Jan 31: Analysis of samples has confirmed that 175 tonnes of beef, seized from 13 containers in this district, was that of cows and buffaloes. “The containers were seized on January 27 here and in Dhamnod. A dozen people were arrested,” Superintendent of Police Chanchal Shekhar told media persons.

Former minister dies

Khargone, Jan 31: Former Madhya Pradesh minister and Congress leader Chandmal Lunia died at a private hospital at Indore last night following a brief illness. He was 85. Lunia, who was a minister in the Shyama Charan Shukla cabinet after his election from Anjad constituency in 1967.

Delayed Betul by-poll dismays Congress

Bhopal, Jan 31: The much awaited Betul Lok Sabh by-election is likely to be delayed till May. This delay has dismayed Congressmen, who were hoping for ‘Khargone effect’ in Betul election. It is expected that the party would not perform well in the election if delayed few more months. After the death of Member of Parliament Vijay Khandelwal on November 13, 2007, the seat fell vacant and within six months, by-election has to be done by the end of May.

Strategy to general 5910 MW electricity

Bhopal, Jan 31: The state government, which has been constantly working in the direction of increasing power generation in the state, has started working on the strategy of generating 5810 megawatt more power. A target of 10 months has been fixed for giving final touches to the strategy. The state government is fully geared up to make all out efforts on its level not to let consumers face any power crunch.

No clue to abducted nine-year-old boy

Gwalior, Jan 31: The miscreants kidnapped a nine-year-old boy of a cement trader Nand Kishore Goyal from Anupam Nagar under University police station area last evening. The boy Utkarsh alias Raja is a student of class IV in Gwalior Glory School. On receipt of information the police stated search of red car in which the offenders were seen.

Emerging Trends in IT and Transformational Initiatives

Indore, Jan 31: The EXE-PGP participants of Indian Institute of Management at Indore organized a Guest Lecture on “Emerging Trends in IT and Transformational Initiatives” on January 31. The speaker of the programme was Neeta Nagar, Global Business Unit Head for Private and Corporate Banking in HCL Technologies Limited.

Awareness on ‘Wetlands and Amphibians’

Bhopal, Jan 31: Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal has organized an awareness programme on ‘Wetlands and Amphibians’ to mark the ‘World Wetlands Day- February 2, 2008 at Bhopal-the city of lakes, the most appropriate city for such wetland ecology. Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People is the suggested theme for World Wetlands Day, February 2, 2008.