Rahul Gandhi’s long-delayed elevation as party chief is almost over as he was on Monday elected Congress President at a time when the party is facing an “existential crisis”. His main challenge remains the revamping of party organisation, apart from electoral battles in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha[Read More…]
Tag: Madhya Pradesh
Political Circus: BJP needs to rein in the Hindutva hotheads
The rise in the growth rate to the moderately satisfactory 6.3 per cent from the depressingly low 5.7 per cent is good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a time when the Prime Minister reminded the audience at a function organised by a media house about former President[Read More…]
BSP can come to power in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday said public sentiment were against the BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and her party can come to power if its workers made some efforts. “People in these states are under stress due to the BJP rule. It is party workers’[Read More…]
MP bypoll: 50% polling in Chitrakoot in 7 hours
Nearly 50 per cent polling was recorded in seven hours for the Chitrakoot assembly bypoll in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. The voting, which began at 8 a.m. on a slow note at 257 polling stations, will continue till 5 pm. The counting will be taken up on November[Read More…]
I was clean, so clean chit was obvious: Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Vyapam
A day after the CBI gave him a clean chit in the Vyapam scam case, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slammed the opposition for levelling “false” allegations and said he was clean. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function to observe the state’s foundation day on[Read More…]
92% of US roads in bad shape, our roads world class: Shivraj Chouhan
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was in the news for unfavourably comparing American roads with those in his state, on Sunday attributed “studies” to claim that 92 per cent of US roads are in bad shape. “My tour has been in news a bit too much this[Read More…]
After Maharashtra and Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh slashes VAT on petrol by 3 %
Following the lead of Maharashtra and Gujarat, the Madhya Pradesh Government on Friday slashed the Value-Added Tax (VAT) on prices of petrol by 3 % and diesel by 5 %. An additional Rs. 1.50 have also been reduced on the same. Earlier the Centre had announced that the excise duty[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Jyotiraditya Scindia will be the face of Congress in polls next year
Jyotiraditya Scindia will lead the Congress party in Madhya Pradesh polls next year, said senior party leader Kamal Nath in Guna, the Lok Sabha constituency of Scindia on Wednesday. “There was no opposition to the name of Scindia as the leader of the party in the state,” Zee News quoted[Read More…]
Congress MLA Mahendra Singh Kalukheda dies at 72
Congress MLA and former minister, Mahendra Singh Kalukheda dies on Monday at the age of 72. The MLA was admitted in hospital for 21 days. He will be cremated in Kalukheda village on Tuesday. Along with chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vidhan Sabha speaker Dr Sitasaran Sharma, leader of[Read More…]
Our govt ensures that teachers get fair salaries: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Speaking at an event on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Tuesday said that he, in his tenure, has ensured that teachers in the state receive a respectable amount as their salaries. While addressing the gathering, he said, “We changed the culture here.[Read More…]
Cop runs one km with 10 kg bomb in hand to save 400 school kids in Madhya Pradesh
A constable in Madhya Pradesh saved lives of nearly 400 school kids by running away with 10 kg bomb tucked in his arms. Identified as Abhishek Patel, the head constable found unexploded artillery shell near a school in Chitora village of Sagar district, in MP. He saved several lives with[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Six-year-old Dalit girl forced to lift excreta by upper caste man
A six-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly forced to lift her excreta with hands by an upper caste man outside her school at Gudhora under Lavkushgagar tehsil in Madhya Pradesh. The incident happened last evening when the girl went to answer nature’s call in an open area near the government primary[Read More…]
Delhi police busts Madhya Pradesh based gang of pistol suppliers
The Delhi Police busted a gang of pistol suppliers on Saturday. According to a tweet by DCP of Delhi Police Madhur Verma, the gang, allegedly based out of Madhya Pradesh supplied sophisticated pistols and were busted by the crime branch of Delhi. According to the reports, the gangsters used code-names[Read More…]
Indore: Two men marry each other to please Rain Gods
Two men married each other on Thursday to appease the Rain Gods in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. Sakaram and Rakesh got married to each other in front of their relatives. The wedding was done in accordance to the Hindu rituals and was performed by a priest. The two men also took[Read More…]
MP: Pregnant woman walks 20 km, delivers baby on road, newborn dies
In an instance of unavailability of ambulance, a pregnant woman walked for 20 km and delivered baby on the road in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. The newborn baby girl died. Beena, resident of Barmani village, walked the long distance along with her husband to the community health[Read More…]
Vyapam accused Praveen Yadav commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena
One of the accused in the Vyapam scam allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Wednesday. He has been identified as Praveen Yadav. The scam is related to alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in entrance tests organised by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, also[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Astrologers will now provide medical consultancy
While technology is taking centre stage, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh will flag off astrology out-patient departments in which astrologers and soothsayers will provide consultation to patients. The Shivraj Singh Chauhan government will launch astrology OPDs where the staff will comprise qualified soothsayers under the aegis of the Maharashi[Read More…]
Activists create eco-friendly rakhis from desi cotton seeds
A group of young artists is engaged in making a unique kind of Rakhi for the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan. They are turning desi cotton seeds from the villages of Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh and nearby Maharashtra into ‘eco-friendly’ rakhis. The group of local artists/musicians from village Paradsinga[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh farmer uses daughters to pull plough
Shortage of money hit a farmer’s family in Madhya Pradesh so hard that they were reduced to make use of the two daughters of the family instead of oxen to pull the plough across the farmland. This incident is reported from Sehore’s Basantpur Pangri village, where the farmer, Sardar Kahla[Read More…]
22 states abolish check posts after GST rollout
Just three days after the GST rollout, as many as 22 states have removed check posts. With the implementation of Goods and Services Tax GST, states such as Delhi, West Bengal and Maharashtra have abolished check-posts; while states, including Assam, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and some north-eastern states, are also in[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: 40 Mentally ill people rescued from acute torture
On Sunday, the Madhya Pradesh Police rescued as many as 40 mentally ill people who were kept locked up awful circumstances. They were often beaten and chained up said the police after the force rescued the victims from Ratlam district of the state. The victims were allegedly brought to the[Read More…]
India’s War on Drugs – The nation is ‘high’, but do we care?
This International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, let’s take out some time to analyse our country’s “War on Drugs”. While, many of us are too hooked on to America’s War on Drugs, it is about time we introspect what is going on in our own country! It is[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: 15 held for celebrating Pak’s win, families say ‘targeted for not voting BJP’
Nearly 15 youth detained in Mohad village of Madhya Pradesh for ‘celebrating’ Pakistan’s win over India. The accused alleged conspiracy on part of the government. Their families said that they have been targeted for not voting for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. While talking to Hindustan Times, the families alleged[Read More…]
Congress workers perform ‘shavaasana’ to mark protest against farmer killings
Marking their protest against the deaths of farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur, the Congress on Wednesday performed the ‘Shavaasana’ on the occasion of International Yoga Day. The party workers gathered at an installation in Bhopal and decided to perform this aasana to show their protest against the farmer killings. The[Read More…]
Another farmer hangs himself in Madhya Pradesh, suicide toll reaches 13
A 60-year old farmer allegedly hanged himself on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh. Pyare Lal Oud of Pipiliya Vyas village hanged himself from the branch of a tree in his field in Neemuch district. The recent death took the death toll of agriculture-related suicides in Madhya Pradesh to 13 since the[Read More…]