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Bhopal-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express breaches speed limit of 160 kmph

The maximum speed of the Bhopal-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express reached 161 kilometres per hour during its launch run on Saturday, breaching its expected speed limit of 160 kmph, officials said. The train that cuts the travel time between Bhopal and New Delhi by an hour, touched the speed of 161 kmph between Raja ki Mandi in Agra and Mathura, they added. A small stretch of the track between the Agra Cantonment and Nizamuddin railway stations has been designed in a manner to fit the speed limit. Earlier, the Ministry of Railways had said in an order that the Rani Kamalapati-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express train can run up to a maximum speed of 160 kmph over the Agra Cantonment-Tuglakabad section. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the 11th Vande Bharat Express train on Saturday. The semi-high speed train was flagged off from the Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal in the afternoon in the presence of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Pate

PM Modi to flag off Vande Bharat Express, attend conference in Bhopal today

During his visit, the Prime Minister will attend the Combined Commanders' Conference-2023 at the Kushabhau Thakre Hall in Bhopal

PM to visit Bhopal on April 1 to attend combined commanders' conference

The three-day conference of military commanders began this morning and will continue till April 1. It is being held on the theme "Ready, Resurgent, Relevant"

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Madhya Pradesh reports first H3N2 infection, patient in home isolation

Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang on Thursday confirmed that the first case of H3N2 infection had been reported in the state capital, Bhopal

Bhopal, Indore Metro set for September trial run: Bhupendra Singh

Alstom is proposed to manufacture 81 coaches (27 trains of three coaches) for Bhopal and 75 coaches (25 trains of three coaches) for Indore

President Murmu inaugurates 7th International Dharma Dhamma Conference

President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Seventh International Dharma Dhamma Conference, organised by the India Foundation in collaboration with the Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies

President Murmu to inaugurate 7th Dharma-Dhamma Conference in Bhopal

President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the seventh International Dharma-Dhamma Conference in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Friday, an official has said. The three-day conference with the theme 'Eastern Humanism for the New Era' has been organised by India Foundation in collaboration with Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, and aims to bring together religious, political and thought leaders from Dharma-Dhamma traditions to ponder over building a philosophical framework for the emerging new world order. The president is scheduled to inaugurate the conference at 12.15 pm, the official said. The conference will have 45 speakers in the inaugural session, a ministers' session, keynote session and five plenary sessions to discuss various sub-themes, along with 115 paper presentations by experts from India and abroad in 15 sessions, he said. "Fifteen countries will be participating in the conference. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouha

Local bodies going green through climate bonds in Madhya Pradesh

The state is also installing three floating solar power plants in different reservoirs with a total investment of Rs 7,500 crore

Experts to discuss trade, value chains on concluding day of 'Think-20' meet

Around 300 delegates and experts, including 94 foreign guests from 22 countries, have been taking part in the conclave

Two-day meet under G20 begins today in Bhopal; 94 representatives to attend

A 'Think-20' meeting under the G20 will begin in Bhopal on Monday during which experts and foreign guests will discuss various topics including 'Global Governance with LiFE, Values, and Wellbeing', officials said. The two-day meeting will be attended by 94 representatives from different countries, besides intellectuals and officials from India, an official release said. The main speaker at the inaugural session will be Tetsushi Sonobe, Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will attend the inaugural function of the event, to be held at Kushabhau Thackeray International Convention Centre in Bhopal. Other speakers during the inaugural session will be Indonesia's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Law, Defence and Security Slamet Soedarsono, Chief Coordinator for India's G20 Presidency Harsh Vardhan Shringla and NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Suman Bery, the release said. The session will also be addressed by

Bhopal gas tragedy: SC reserves order on plea challenging compensation

The Curative Petition filed by the Union of India was being heard by the Constitution Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul for three days from January 10, 2023

23,000 acres of land freed from mafia in Madhya Pradesh in 2022: Govt

More than 23,000 acres of land worth Rs 15,000 crore was freed from the clutches of land mafia in Madhya Pradesh in 2022, the state government said on Friday. "'Suraj Colonies' for the poor homeless families would come up on this land, and work has started on one such project in Neelbad area in Bhopal, said an official release.

Over 1,000 families on streets as illegal houses demolished in Bhopal

Over 1,000 Muslim families living barely half a km away from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal have been made to survive under the open sky as their homes built in an illegal colony were demolished

WHO backs plan to turn Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal into a 'healthy city'

Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal is called the 'city of lakes', for which, the World Health Organization (WHO) has started preparations to make it a 'healthy city'.

38 yrs on, 120,000 Bhopal locals carry gas tragedy scars, fight for justice

Reports also suggested that thousands of children are being born with birth defects

38 years on, UK's Labour MPs drum up support for Bhopal gas tragedy victims

'Known as the greatest industrial disaster in history, the tragedy struck 38 years ago when over half-a-million people were exposed to 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas'

Prez Droupadi Murmu, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan visit tribal museum in Bhopal

President Murmu who is on a two-day visit to Madhya Pradesh from November 15 said that the people of Madhya Pradesh have made invaluable contributions to Indian culture and developmental journey

7 fall sick after chlorine gas leaks at water filtration plant in Bhopal

Seven people fell sick after chlorine gas leaked from a cylinder at a water filtration plant in Bhopal, bringing back grim memories of the 1984 gas tragedy in the Madhya Pradesh capital. A 900 kg chlorine cylinder leaked on Wednesday at the water treatment plant of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation at the Idgah Hills, Shahjanabad area's Assistant Commissioner of Police Umesh Mishra told PTI on Thursday. Seven people living in slums near the plant complained of some health issues. They were shifted to hospital, he said. Local residents said after the gas leak, some people complained of breathing difficulties, coughing and vomiting due to the foul smell. Mishra said after the gas leak was noticed, the cylinder was thrown in water at the filtration plant. The snag at the plant has been fixed, he said. Thousands of people were killed and more than five lakh affected after inhaling a toxic gas that spewed out from the now defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the intervening night

Seven injured in blast at BPCL oil depot near Bhopal, says official

Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a blast that occurred when petrol was being filled in the container of a tanker at a Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's (BPCL) depot on the outskirts of Bhopal, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday evening at the oil depot located in Bakania area, Khajuri police station in-charge Sandhya Mishra said. The "unexpected fire" was being investigated, BPCL said in a statement later. "Seven persons were injured in the blast. While six of them are either drivers or helpers of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) who were there to get fuel filled in their tankers, one is an employee of BPCL," she said. Two of them were seriously injured and undergoing treatment at a private hospital, Mishra added. While the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the police official said a short-circuit could be the reason. In a statement, the state-run BPCL said, "An unexpected fire occurred at our PO