Bhopal: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday did not rule out an arrangement with the Congress in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. Talking to media persons, he said that his party would only field candidates in seats where it was confident of their chances while revealing talks were[Read More…]
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BIMARU states top in non/partially-immunized children: UN agencies
New Delhi: The ‘BIMARU’ Indian states – Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh – have the highest numbers of partially immunized and non-immunized children, according to UN bodies WHO and Unicef. According to data shared by the UN bodies on Monday, the national average for full immunization is 62[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath writes ‘open letter’ to Lord Shiva to end Shivraj’s ‘misrule’
Just days before Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s Jan Aashirwad Yatra, MPCC president Kamal Nath has written a letter to Lord Mahakal to end his political adversary’s ‘misrule’ in Madhya Pradesh. CM Shivraj is all set to begin a state-wide tour amid people in order to run a poll campaign[Read More…]
Congress to field 30 pc new faces in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh): Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said the party will field at least 30 per cent new faces in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections due at the end of this year. Scindia, who heads the party’s Election Campaign Committee, said the aspiring candidates must have been[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh polls turn virtual with BJPs ‘Cyber Yodhas’ and Congress’ ‘Rajiv ke Sipahi’
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh’s poll battle has turned virtual with bot h BJP and Congress ready to take on each other with Cyber Yodhas and Rajiv ke Sipahi respectively. At the district level, both the parties have full-fledged plans. While the BJP has planned workshops to equip and educate its cyber[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Amid protest, women farmers play football with Shivraj’s photo on it
Amid the spate of ongoing FIFA world cup, few farmers of the silk industry, who had been on strike for not getting wages, were seen playing football with the photos of MP’s CM Shivraj Singh stuck around the ball. On arrival of such reports to the police, the football game[Read More…]
Nation must unite to protect children: Rahul Gandhi on Mandsaur gang rape
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday voiced his angst against the brutal gang rape and assault of an eight-year-old schoolgirl in Madhya Pradesh and said the nation must come together to protect the children. In Mandsaur an eight-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang raped, and is battling for[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh reports maximum decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh on Friday emerged as the surprise first among states who have recorded the maximum percentage of decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), it was announced on Friday. Uttarakhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh follow the state with a remarkable decline in their MMR, Union Health and[Read More…]
Spiritual guru Bhaiyyuji Maharaj shoots himself dead
Indore: Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, a Madhya Pradesh-based spiritual guru who had prominent followers from different political parties, committed suicide on Tuesday by shooting himself at his residence. The 50-year-old guru, who was recently given the status of a Minister of State by the government in a controversial decision which he had[Read More…]
EC forms 4 teams to probe bogus voter allegations in MP
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Sunday formed four teams to look into allegation levelled by Congress that lakhs of bogus voters were registered in Madhya Pradesh. The EC has formed teams consisting of two members each to verify electoral rolls in Narela, Bhojpur, Hoshangabad and Seoni Malwa Assembly constituencies.[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to address farmers in Mandsaur on June 6
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address a farmer’s rally in Mandsaur of Madhya Pradesh on June 6 — the day seven farmers had died in a police firing last year. Gandhi threw his weight behind the farmers’ protest in several states between June 1 and June 10, to[Read More…]
No CM face in Madhya Pradesh, hints Kamal Nath
Bhopal: Congress’ Madhya Pradesh chief Kamal Nath on Sunday indicated that the party would not have a chief ministerial face in the upcoming assembly elections. The state’s oppressed farmer, unprotected women and the jobless youth would be the party’s face. The Congress would fight the election with these lakh of[Read More…]
Not hungry to become CM, says newly appointed MPPCC chief Kamal Nath
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath, who was Thursday appointed party chief in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh party chief, said he was not “hungry” for the Chief Minister’s post and his selection came as the party believed he could “take everyone along”. The former Union Minister also said that his selection[Read More…]
Electricity to all MP villages by October: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Mandla: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday claimed all villages in the state will be electrified by October and Rs 2 lakh crore spent on development of tribals in five years. Speaking at the National Panchayati Raj Day event in Ramnagar here in the presence of Prime Minister[Read More…]
Infant raped, killed in MP; 1 arrested
Indore: A four-month-old girl was sexually assaulted and murdered in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore town, police said, adding that the accused has been arrested. The incident occurred in the M.G. Road area. The infant was abducted, raped and killed in a vacant basement space just 50m away from where her parents[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Former BJP MLA joins Congress
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Madhya Pradesh Abhay Mishra joined the Congress on Monday. Mishra was an MLA from Semariya in Rewa and is currently Zila Panchayat President in Rewa. His wife is a sitting MLA from Semariya. “We welcome him in the Congress party. He has[Read More…]
Nearly 45% polling recorded in MP bypolls
Bhopal: More than 45 per cent polling was reported in five hours in two assembly by-elections in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday that were being keenly contested by the ruling BJP and its rival Congress. An Election Commission official here said that while Mungaoli in Ashoknagar district reported 47 per cent[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Bypolls: High Prestige Battle before Year end Assembly Polls
Before and after Chitrakoot, there have been 10 Bypolls since 2013 and Shivraj Singh Chauhan government has managed to win 9 out of 10. However, the results of Ater and Chitrakoot Assembly constituencies just a year before 15th Assembly elections have surprised the BJP. Congress managed to win both Assembly[Read More…]
Congress approaches EC over voters list ‘discrepancies’ in MP
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday approached the Election Commission to complain of “massive discrepancies” in the voters list ahead of the two assembly bypolls in Madhya Pradesh, accusing the state’s BJP government of “conspiring to murder democracy”. The party delegation, which included party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala, Mohan Prakash, R.P.N[Read More…]
Anandiben Patel takes oath as new MP Governor
Bhopal: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Tuesday took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Hemant Gupta administered the oath of office to Patel in a function at the Raj Bhavan. Parliament Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh BJP leader calls Shivraj Singh Chouhan ‘liar’, faces action
The BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit is mulling action against party leader and former legislator Parashuram Mudral, who called Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan a “liar”, party sources said on Wednesday. Talking to a private TV news channel, Mudral said: “His (Chouhan’s) government never fulfils the promises it makes. As far[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: CM Chouhan’s son launches bid in state politics
Kartikey Singh Chouhan, son of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, formally launched his career in state politics on Sunday. Addressing a rally in Shivpuri, where bypolls are due, Kartikey Chouhan without naming the local MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, of the Congress, said “an MP has asked my father to[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Bhagwat, Shah meet in Ujjain, changes likely in state BJP
Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh, better known for its Mahakaleshwar temple, has turned into the centre of political activities these days, with both RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and BJP president Amit Shah present there. While Bhagwat has been camping in Ujjain since December 30, Shah arrived in the city on[Read More…]
2017: Opposition parties showed some unity, face formidable challenges
Opposition parties face a daunting task to check the BJP’s rise and expansion under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the coming year presents them opportunities to do so in eight states that go to the polls. It will also test them for their ability to build up the momentum against[Read More…]
Christians attacked in MP over alleged conversion, 30 detained
Right-wing Hindutva activists attacked Catholic carol singers in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district and also set a priest’s car ablaze, accusing them of religious conversion. The police detained over 30 members of the Catholic choir group, including priests. The incident occurred on Thursday evening. Instead of taking action against the attackers,[Read More…]