Rae Bareli: Priyanka Gandhi on Monday committed a faux pas naming Madhya Pradesh, ruled by arch rival BJP, as one of the fast developing states, a 'slip of the tongue' she corrected immediately. Blaming the BSP government in Uttar Pradesh for lack of development, she said while the state has not progressed for last 22 years. "You have seen Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. All these states are progressing...
06:37 PM, Feb 13, 2012
4444 students from 25 schools met up at ITM University campus in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on February 8 and formed the largest human-made 'smiley face'. The formation broke the previous record 2,961 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada set on July 2011. PTI Photo ...
05:02 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: A latest report prepared by the civil aviation ministry has made some startling revelations. The report indicates that a mere 14 per cent of scheduled flights which operate in the country cater to a mammoth 55 per cent of the nation's total population. The report states that Haryana, Sikkim, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli have almost zero connectivity, while 11 states - Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,...
09:31 AM, Feb 04, 2012
Bhopal: With IT majors like Infosys and TCS gearing up to enter Madhya Pradesh's commercial town of Indore, the state is trying to position itself as the most sought-after destination after metros like Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad which are facing severe space crunch. As per the MoU signed between the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government and Infosys, the IT major is setting up its unit with the investment of Rs 600...
10:38 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Betul (MP): In a shocking incident, a government primary school teacher under the influence of liquor, forced little school girls to dance and also sent a boy to fetch alcohol for him at Devchowki village. The incident came to light on January 23 when the girls complained to Betul Collector, Chandra Shekhar Borkar that the drunk teacher - identified as Mahesh Malviya-- not only forced them to dance but also...
03:59 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Raipur: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said on Saturday that even though the country became independent in 1947, the battle for achieving social and economic freedom was still underway. "Social and economic freedom can be gained only through parliamentary system and the legislature was exclusively created to achieve this goal. Our parliamentarians and legislators are trying hard to achieve this desired goal by raising the voice of the downtrodden," she...
11:03 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Mahoba: BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti owns assets worth over Rs 80 lakh, including cash, gold and silver jewellery. According to affidavit filed by Bharti, who filed her nomination for Charkhari seat in this district, has Rs 7 lakh cash deposited in different banks, besides a policy of Rs 1.5 lakh. The BJP leader, who has taken formal education just up to 5th standard, owns...
08:02 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: The tweet of the day was from former communication consultant Nira Radia. @nira_radia: Spotted a BJP MP from MadhyaPradesh devouring beef steak at a steakhouse in London. There should be a law against hypocrisy. President Pratibha Patil recently gave her assent to the long-pending Madhya Pradesh Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention (Amendment) Bill which proposes seven-year imprisonment for cow slaughter. The BJP has strongly pushed for a ban on...
05:41 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Tuesday permitted IT software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to set up a Special Economic Zone at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, even as it allowed Videocon group to pull out from its SEZ project at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. "SEZ proposal by TCS has been cleared," a Commerce Ministry official said after meeting of the Board of Approval (BoA). The green signals to TCS and...
04:35 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday spoke to his Madhya Pradesh counterpart Shivraj Singh Chouhan, inquiring about the shooting of a Kashmiri student in Ujjain district. "Spoke to the CM of MP regarding Ujjain shooting of Kashmiri youth. He has assured guilty will be punished and other Kashmiri boys' safety also," Abdullah posted on Twitter. Shabbir Ahmed from Srinagar was critical after being fired at...
01:40 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will campaign in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, including in Charkari from where his once bete noire Uma Bharti is contesting. "Uma ji is definitely a big national leader and I also spoke to her. She asked me to campaign in Uttar Pradesh as well as in Charkari," Chouhan told mediapersons. "I will be going for campaigning in the first week of February...
01:00 AM, Jan 22, 2012
Bhopal: "MP gajab hai'... You've heard that touristy catchphrase saying Madhya Pradesh is truly amazing! But the slogan acquires a new meaning in the light of startling revelations about corrupt government staffers who are turning out to have amassed unaccounted wealth worth crores of rupees. In 2011, the state anti-corruption wing unearthed assets running into crores from many government employees, from peons to clerks to engineers. The assets include cash,...
07:44 AM, Jan 21, 2012
Bhopal: The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh on Monday claimed that a team of its legislators had found large-scale illegal sand mining in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's assembly constituency Budhni. Chouhan denied knowledge of any such activity. "They (Congress) are making blind allegations and just trying to malign our image. Let them do so," he said. Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh told that a team of five Congress legislators...
01:29 AM, Jan 17, 2012
Bhopal: With an aim to counter Congress campaign against the BJP Government on the issue of shortage of fertilisers and other problems being faced by the farmers, the ruling party on Monday launched a yatra in Madhya Pradesh. 'Balram Shivraj Sandesh Yatra', which will cover all districts highlighting the steps taken by Government to boost growth of farm sector, was flagged-off by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal. It...
11:45 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Ratlam: At least 10 people were killed when a stampede broke out in Hussain Tekri near Jaora town in the district on the occasion of Chellum, a Muslim religious observation that comes after Moharram. The stampede broke out when a huge crowd gathered at Hussain Tekri's main entry to take part in Chehllum were pushed backward by the police to regulate their entry after midnight. "Six women and four men...
10:13 AM, Jan 14, 2012
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