The followers arrived here to seek blessings of Kabir on the occasion of Aghan Purnima which is being celebrated today. These followers come from various regions and they walked for about 15 kilometres on foot in dense forests to reach the Taposthali. After that they bow down their heads and offer prayers at the Kabir's Taposthali.

Severe cold conditions prevails in parts of MP including Umaria, Raisen, Nowgong, and Khajuraho for the last three days, with minimum temperatures dipping to single digits.

Officials said that the temperature is likely to drop to single digits at some places.

A tiger was found dead during patrolling in Badwar beat of Dhamokhar range at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Umaria on Saturday

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 25 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department ( IMD) has predicted heavy rain over the eastern part of Madhya Pradesh over the next 2-3 days.

New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a red alert for heavy rainfall in 39 districts including Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Ratlam, Neemuch and Mandsaur.

New Delhi [India] August 21 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday informed that a deep depression over northwest Chhattisgarh, adjoining Madhya Pradesh and southeast Uttar Pradesh has weakened into a depression.

Bhopal Mar 31 PTI A severe heat wave swept Gwalior Tikamgarh and parts of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday as the temperature climbed to 43 degrees Celsius at some places there the India Meteorological Department IMD said here Heat wave conditions prevailed in 14 other districts it said The highest maximum temperature of 43 degrees was recorded in Khandwa and Damoh districts as well as at Khajuraho and Nowgaon in Chhatarpur district said P K Saha the senior-most meteorologist at the IMD Bhopal office But the conditions could improve on Friday due to the change in the wind pattern he added The Nagpur-based Regional Meteorological Centre said that heat wave conditions were very likely at a few pockets on Friday but it did not forecast a severe heat wave The 14 districts which experienced heat wave on Thursday were Bhopal Jabalpur Guna Khargone Rajgarh Ratlam Chhindwara Khajuraho in Chhatarpur district Mandla Rewa Satna Seoni Sidhi and Umaria Saha said The maximum temperatures in four major cities were as follows Bhopal 404 five degrees above normal Indore 389 three degrees above normal Jabalpur 407 five degrees above normal and Gwalior 418 degrees seven degrees above normal The IMD forecast advised people to take precautions such as covering the head with a cap or cloth and drinking adequate water to beat the heat PTI LAL KRK KRK

Umaria (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): The Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district will remain closed for tourists on Holi, according to BS Annigeri, the tiger reserve's field director on Thursday.

Bhopal Feb 28 PTI Following the death of two boys after falling into open borewells in the past four days in Umaria and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh the state government on Monday directed officials to ensure all such sites are covered While 3-year-old Prince Athya died after he fell into a 30-feet deep dry borewell in Barkera Bes village in Damoh on Sunday noon a 3-year-old boy died in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday after falling into a 200-feet deep borewell in Badarchad village in Umaria The two deaths are extremely sad Instructions have been issued to all Janpad Panchayat Chief Executive Officers CEOs and Public Health Engineering PHE to cover open borewells to prevent such incidents state Home minister Narottam Mishra who is also the state governments spokesperson told reporters on Monday While the futile rescue operation in Damoh took five hours the one in Umaria went on for 16 hours officials had said PTI ADU BNM BNM BNM