Tag: Madhya Pradesh

New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday sent five additional battalions of paramilitary forces to Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur where fresh violence erupted as protesting farmers indulged in arson, a day after at least five farmers were killed in police firing. Official sources said five more battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force and Rapid Acton […]

Mandsaur/Indore: Hundreds of angry farmers on Wednesday blockaded roads and attacked two top officials at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh as their leaders claimed that eight people died in police firing a day earlier. Mandsaur District Magistrate Swatantra Kumar Singh and Indore Superintendent of Police O.P. Tripathi were roughed up by a mob when they reached Barkheda […]

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said on Sunday that those who call him “insane” should first try to find answers to the issues raised by him. “The easiest way to avoid answering the issues I raise is to call me insane,” Digvijay told PTI.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said those living in rented houses will also get free water and subsidised electricity if the AAP comes to power in the civic corporations. “Those staying in rented houses don’t get benefit of low water and electricity tariff. After municipal elections, we will make sure even […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asked the Election Commission to re-examine the process concerning use of EVMs in view of report of its tampering from a constituency facing a bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the poll panel should revert back to the system of ballot papers if political parties are not convinced about […]

This stampede-like situation was witnessed in a vaccination centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district.

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Tuesday said the Centre should waive farm loans across the country like the Congress has done after coming to power recently in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. He also said a farmers’ rally will be organised in the state soon, and the details will be finalised after a discussion with […]

New Delhi: In the wake of BJP’s defeat in three big states which many attributed to growing farm distress, the party-led Maharasthra government is considering a host of measures like ex-gratia grant and transport subsidy for onion growers to provide them relief against sliding prices. The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has suffered a rural drubbing […]

New Delhi: Counting of votes for five state assemblies began on Tuesday amid tight security. In the multi-phase polling, Chhattisgarh voted on November 12 (18 seats) and November 20 (72 seats); Madhya Pradesh (230 seats) and Mizoram (40 seats) on November 28; and Rajasthan (199 seats) and Telangana (119 seats) on December 7. Over 8,500 […]

New Delhi: Exit polls Friday predicted a tight finish between the BJP and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and a win for the opposition party in Rajasthan. They also predicted that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Telangana will retain power. Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan are all ruled by the BJP presently. […]

Bhopal: Noted music composers Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik and playback singers Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan have been selected for the Madhya Pradesh government’s prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar Award. The artistes will be honoured for their contribution in the field of music composition and singing, an official said today. “The award, instituted in […]

Umaria/Seoni: A tigress and a male cub died in different forest areas of Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, officials said today. A two-year-old tigress was yesterday found dead in a well in the area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Umaria district. “The tigress might have fallen into the well while running away […]

Bhopal: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today petitioned the police here seeking action in connection with what it called a big scam in National Institute of Open Schooling, under which 1,200 candidates in Madhya Pradesh who did not even write the exam were allegedly declared pass in June this year. “Even before the AAP’s intervention, […]

Bhopal: A class 8 Sanskrit textbook being taught in the CBSE-affiliated schools in Madhya Pradesh has got the facts wrong about the 1962 Sino-Indian war, as it claims that India had defeated China. A chapter on the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in the textbook titled ‘Sukritika’, says “with Nehru’s efforts, India defeated China”. […]

Bargarh: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal today laid the foundation stone for establishment of the second generation (2G) ethanol Bio-Refinery, first in the country to produce ethanol from rice straw at Baulasingha village under Bhatli in Bargarh district. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas (PNG) Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Handloom and Textiles of State Snehangini Chhuria, […]