Farmers’ protest which was till now confined to Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will now take a nationwide turn with 62 farmers’ organisations to hold a nationwide protest from Sunday. The action was decided in a meeting held in Delhi a day before. It is scheduled that from June 11 until[Read More…]
On the second day of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s fast, he swore to solve farmers’ problems. And he also ensured that he would take stern actions against the culprits. Last night, the families of four of the 6 farmers, who were killed in the police firing in[Read More…]
On Saturday, Congress asked for the imposition of President’s Rule in Madhya Pradesh, saying Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has no right to continue as he is evading from his constitutional duties. Lashing at the state government, Opposition in MP Assembly Ajay Singh, said that instead of consoling the families[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Power Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shrikant Sharma on Saturday blamed Congress for politicising the farmers’ issue in Madhya Pradesh. He said that Congress was not able to come to terms with the developmental works done for the farmers by the saffron party. The public knows[Read More…]
At the back of the farmer’s protest in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress lashed out at the Centre, saying that they would stand with the farmers and if that is politics, then they are playing it. “As long as the farmers are in distress or in any kind of[Read More…]
On Thursday, Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh commenting on the farmers’ protest said that yoga was the answer to the farmers’ problems. In Bihar, on a 3-day yoga festival organised by Baba Ramdev, when Singh was asked about the five farmers who have been killed in the protest, Singh[Read More…]
Shivkumar Sharma, former RSS leader and national convener of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh, who has organised leadership of farmers’ protest in Madhya Pradesh, had also led a farmers’ protest against shortage of gunny bags in Bareli town. This was in 2012 while he was the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh’s (BKS), general[Read More…]
On Thursday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has been detained at the Neemuch border while on his way to violence-hit Mandsaur. He was to meet families of five people who died in police firing during farmers’ protests on Tuesday. Rahul Gandhi on Thursday left Delhi for Mandsaur even as the local[Read More…]
Amidst the ongoing tension in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Thursday confirmed that five farmers have died in the region because of police firing. The confirmation of this news comes after the probe and the government suspended two top district officials. Manoj Kumar Singh, SP Neemuch, said[Read More…]
On Wednesday, an explosion at a firecracker factory killed at least 23 people in Balaghat, Bhopal. The blast sparked a blaze around 3 pm, which firefighters tamed in two hours. Police SP Amit Sanghi told the media that the incident happened at the Barsa fire cracker factory in Khari village,[Read More…]
On Wednesday morning, hundreds of people protesting under the leadership of social activist Medha Patkar have been detained by the Gujarat Police while they were moving from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra via Gujarat. The protestors have been stopped at the Gujarat Border and are not allowed to cross the Gujarat[Read More…]
Tension abounds Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur after the death of 5 protesting farmers. On Wednesday, as the District Collector went to placate protesters, he was slapped and chased away. Swantra Singh had visited the site where agitators are protesting with the dead body of one of the farmers killed in yesterday’s[Read More…]
On Tuesday, two farmers were killed and four others were injured in firing during a protest in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday. However, it is unclear yet who opened fire. The government has ordered a probe into the incident. The Rashtriya Kisaan Mazdoor Sangh has called for a state-wide bandh[Read More…]
A tense situation emerged in Bhopal after arson and stone pelting. The situation occurred due to differences between Muslims and Hindus over the right to pray inside Hamidia Hospital complex on Tuesday night. While there were two rounds of stone pelting, at least four vehicles were ablaze near Peer Gate.[Read More…]
At least 9 people were booked for kidnapping children by Ratlam Government Railway Police on Tuesday. The accused were taking 60 tribal children to Nagpur. They were booked under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act. Nine accused including two women were detained at Ratlam railway station by the Railway[Read More…]
BJP state media coordinator of its scheduled caste cell, Neeraj Shakya has been expelled from the party after he was arrested by the Bhopal Police cyber cell for allegedly running a sex racket. Neeraj along with eight of his associates was arrested on Friday as the police rescued four girls who[Read More…]
In a disturbing incident that could have endangered the health of many, in Anganwadi centres in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh, a lizard was found in the mid-day meal. Notably, Angwadis are mother and child care centre in rural India. They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as[Read More…]
On Monday addressing a crowd on the final day of the Namami Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra, PM Modi expressed his concerns over the condition of rivers in the country. “Many rivers in the country are on the map but do not have any water in them,” Modi said at the[Read More…]
On Monday, PM Modi will reveal a guide map for steps to be taken for the conservation of the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh. The event which will be held at Anooppur district, where the river originates is called Amarkantak and will mark the conclusion of ‘Namami Devi Narmade Sewa[Read More…]
The Police have arrested two men for allegedly creating a ruckus in MP Nagar, Bhopal on Saturday night. They allegedly smashed the windshields of 25 cars and killed a 25-year-old man after brutally thrashing him. Initially, all the four accused fled the scene, but two of them were nabbed by[Read More…]
Swachh Survekshan, 2017, a huge survey, rating the cleanliness efforts put in by the municipalities in 500 Indian cities has released a list on Thursday. According to the list, Indore and Bhopal were among the top two spots of India’s cleanest cities. Also, the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’ ranked Gonda in Uttar Pradesh as[Read More…]
If you can’t decide on what to gift your married friend, Madhya Pradesh panchayat and rural development minister Gopal Bhargava has a solution for you. Recently, he gifted wooden bats/mogri to nearly 700 brides at a mass marriage ceremony. Though this wooden plank/mogri is made to wash clothes, but Bhargava[Read More…]
A caste panchayat of the Banjara community in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh had ordered a man to get his seven-year-old girl married to an eight-year-old boy as punishment for killing a calf three years ago, New Indian Express reported. Jagdish Banjara, had already been punished when the incident happened[Read More…]
A BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh sparked controversy after he said that the country’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, was given to “undeserving” people before 1990. It was the same time when the then VP Singh government conferred the honour to dalit icon BR Ambedkar posthumously. The statement attracted[Read More…]
