New Delhi: In the traditional working of a political world, power flows outwards from the centre, but it appears to be quite the opposite in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the script for change in the next general elections being written by influential regional satraps. It's not just Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Madhya Pradesh's Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Chhattisgarh's Raman Singh have also emerged as mass leaders capable...
10:25 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Bhopal: Congress workers in Madhya Pradesh were lathicharged on Thursday as they tried to march to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence protesting against coal block allocation. Other than their batons, the police used a water cannon to disperse the crowd as well. The protestors were holding a public rally. However, when they tried to march to the Chief Minister's residence, the police denied them permission and stooped...
03:53 PM, Oct 04, 2012
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh has tightened security across the state ahead of the visit by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who will be inaugurating a Buddist University in Sanchi. The MDMK of Tamil Nadu had announced a protest in the state against his visit. MDMK General Secretary Vaiko had called for a black flag demonstration against the Sri Lankan President for the alleged violation of rights of the ethnic Tamilians...
07:50 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: Rejecting Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's appeal, MDMK leader Vaiko on Monday evening left for Sanchi where Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse is expected to arrive for a visit. Vaiko, a strong critic of Rajapakse, has held him responsible for the killing of civilian Tamils in the war against LTTE in 2009. Vaiko was accompanied by around 1000 supporters, who will hold a blackflag protest against...
11:53 AM, Sep 18, 2012
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07:56 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Bhopal: The much-awaited expansion of Madhya Pradesh Cabinet will take place on Friday, with the induction of two or three members. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters in Gwalior that the Cabinet expansion will take place on Friday. While Chouhan did not reveal names of the new ministers, highly placed sources said former minister Anoop Mishra, nephew of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is likely to be inducted...
01:03 AM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The situation in Harda in Madhya Pradesh is getting tense by the hour. All the protestors were forcefully evicted on Wednesday morning from the site where over 50 villagers were holding a 'Jal Satyagraha' protest. While Khandwa has won the battle against dams through a 17-day long 'Jal Satyagraha', prohibitory orders have been placed in Harda now. The protests in neck-deep water entered the 15th day on Wednesday....
06:30 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Harda: Protests against the Indira Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh have entered their 14th day. People in Harda were displaced by the Indira Sagar dam. As a mark of protest, they have submerged themselves in neck-deep water. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ruled out a compromise similar to the one in Khandwa. When asked whether the decision on Khandwa was also applicable for Harda, Chouhan said, "Some...
11:45 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Khandwa: After 17 days of protests in neck deep water, the farmers of Khandwa won some form of victory on Monday with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan agreeing to reduce the water level in the dam and also promising to look at all their demands over the next three months. For the villagers in Khandwa, fighting against displacement from dam waters, it was a major victory. Their battles...
10:02 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Khandwa: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has agreed to reduce the water level at the Omkareshwar Dam to 189 metre, says sources, after the villagers were protesting in neck-deep water for 17 days. He has also agreed to form a five-member committee that will look at all their demands in the next three months. Chouhan has also agreed on the land for land demand as per the GRA...
10:45 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Khandwa: It has been 17 days since villagers in Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh have been protesting in neck-deep water demanding compensation. Sources say that a major breakthrough is likely. Even as a Central fact-finding team reaches Khandwa on Monday, sources have indicated to CNN-IBN that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan is likely to agree on the deduction of water level at the Omkareshwar Dam to 189 metre. He is also...
10:27 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Bhopal: The present Madhya Pradesh Assembly has not maintained an attendance record of its members, including that of the speaker and the chief minister, according to a reply under RTI. No attendance records are kept, "thus it is impossible to furnish detail regarding it," the state Assembly's public information officer said, while replying to an RTI query by an advocate Nityanand Mishra, who sought attendance details of Speaker Ishwardas Rohani,...
11:50 AM, Sep 09, 2012
Bhopal: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal will be in Bhopal on Tuesday to stage a sit-in protest outside Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence. A few India Against Corruption (IAC) members were lathicharged outside the CM's residence on Sunday when they protested there. The protest was a part of the rally called in by Kejriwal to protest against the government over coalgate. ...
11:35 AM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: Alleging that there is no "Opposition" left in the country, activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he will sit on a dharna outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal to protest the police action against his supporters there. He alleged people were "beaten up very badly" in Bhopal while protesting against corruption by Chouhan. "Is there any difference between UPA in Centre...
08:02 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Alleging that there is no "Opposition" left in the country, activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he will sit on a dharna outside the residence of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal to protest the police action against his supporters there. He alleged people were "beaten up very badly" in Bhopal while protesting against corruption by Chouhan. "Is there any difference between UPA in Centre...
11:33 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New Delhi: Even as India Against Corruption members, led by Arvind Kejriwal, marched towards Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence in the national capital on Sunday, their colleagues in different states led rallies towards the residences of their respective Chief Ministers. In Bhopal, the police lathicharged protesters who were largely non-violent. In Chhattisgarh, protesters gathered outside Chief Minister Raman Singh's residence in Raipur. In Odisha, demonstrators gathered outside Chief Minister Naveen...
02:20 PM, Aug 26, 2012
Vidisha: The low pressure area that caused heavy rainfall in the north western parts of Madhya Pradesh is finally moving towards Rajasthan, but for soya bean farmers the damage is already done. The crop has got heavily damaged and 25 people have reportedly been killed in rain related incidents in the state. Bijendra Jaat of Mandwai village on the Vidisha-Raisen district border had invested around Rs 40,000 cultivating soya bean...
07:57 AM, Aug 13, 2012
Betul: Conjoined twins Stuti and Aradhna were successfully separated after a day-long complex surgery conducted by a team of 34 medical experts, including 23 doctors, drawn from India and abroad. The complicated surgical procedure was carried out at Missionary Hospital in Padhar. The 1-year-old sisters, who were joined at heart and liver, were wheeled into the operation theatre at around 8 am on Wednesday. The actual surgery began at 9...
03:14 PM, Jun 21, 2012
Indore: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Madhya Pradesh government with having links with the mining mafia. The relationship between Shivam construction company and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan should be probed, Digvijaya told reporters on Thursday night at the airport in Indore before leaving for Maheshwar. "The Madhya Pradesh government may say anything but everyone knows that a lot of illegal mining activity...
05:30 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Rewa: AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh today said the ruling BJP government of Madhya Pradesh was not only indulged in "rampant" corruption but has also been anti-poor. "Rampant corruption is prevailing in Madhya Pradesh and when a poor man approaches to any official with his/her problems, they, because of pressure from the top did not even hear their complaints," Singh said. He was speaking at the Jan Kranti Yatra launched...
10:29 PM, Mar 20, 2012
