Tag: Madhya Pradesh

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, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Stalin Mishra won the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Professional Excellence Award 2018 in social work and youth empowerment. Mishra, who works in an IT company in Bengaluru, was honoured during an international seminar held at Chandra Sehkhar Azad Government PG College in Sehore of Madhya Pradesh. The award was jointly given by APJ […]

At least 45 people were arrested in connection with a clash during the Hanuman Jayanti Hindu festival in a town in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch district while curfew remained in force as a precautionary measure, police said

The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Cement, emerging as the highest bidder on the first day of coal block auctions, today won the Sial Ghoghri mine in Madhya Pradesh containing 5.61 million tonne of reserves

New Delhi: Newly appointed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Rishi Kumar Shukla took charge of the probe agency on Monday. Shukla, 59, took over the reigns as the agency clashed with the Kolkata Police on Sunday over questioning of its Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar over a ponzi scheme scam. The confrontation has led to […]

Jabalpur: An Odisha man, who was summoned by CBI in connection with irregularities in manufacturing of Dhanush artillery gun at Jabalpur Gun Carriage Factory (GCF), was murdered, revealed autopsy report today. Sarada Charan Khatua of Kokilpur village of Jagatsingpur, who was working as a Junior Works Manager (JWM) at the Gun Carriage Factory in Jabalpur […]