Tag: Madhya Pradesh

India’s southwest monsoon has opened September with intense thunderstorm activity over eastern India, with dense cloud clusters developing across West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand. A well-marked low-pressure area is expected to move west-northwest, bringing heavy rain risks to Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and later Delhi-NCR.

The Ahmedabad-Bhagalpur Amrit Bharat Express is scheduled to begin weekly service on August 26, 2026, connecting Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with major stops including Kota, Patna, Jamalpur and Bhagalpur.

Two Madhya Pradesh temples celebrated Independence Day on August 11 instead of August 15 in 2026, following a Hindu lunar-calendar tradition linked to the date India gained independence in 1947.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has named 1989-batch IAS officer Anurag Jain as the new CEO of NITI Aayog. The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary will lead the government's policy think tank for a two-year term, focusing on implementation, state coordination and long-term development initiatives.