Category: MADHYA PRADESH

• JABALPUR
• BHOPAL
• Narsinghpur
• Indore
• Guna
• Neemuch
• Shivpuri
• Betul
• Gwalior

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress faced yet another big jolt in Madhya Pradesh as senior party leader Suresh Pachouri, along with several leaders, joined BJP on Saturday.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the voters in Madhya Pradesh to give all 29 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP in the upcoming general election.

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Sunday said they recovered an explosive device at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Bhind district, which was later defused.

Amid political circles from Bhopal to New Delhi abuzz with speculation about senior Congress leader Kamal Nath along with his son and Chhindwara MP Nakul Nath joining the BJP, both the leaders all of a sudden left for the national capital lenting credence to the rumours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the BJP -- without its alliance partners -- will win 370 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The way people of Madhya Pradesh have given their mandate to the BJP in the Assembly election, it already suggests the mindset of the people.

At least seven people died and several others were injured after a massive fire broke out at a firecrackers factory in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

State BJP President, VD Sharma said on Monday that Modi will launch the party’s polls campaign for 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh and the state BJP has begun preparations for the PM’s visit.

At least three persons, including a Sub-Inspector were injured in stone pelting on Thursday following a clash between two groups over installation of the statue of Sardar Patel in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain city.

A Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Madhya Pradesh was on Thursday dismissed after a photograph showing a woman employee tying his shoelaces surfaced on social media.

As the BJP and Congress get ready for a bipolar battle in Madhya Pradesh scheduled for November 17, both present a contrasting strategy in the context of deciding the leadership role in their state units and the process in selecting candidates.

The ‘Vachan Pratra’ has promises for every section and voters -- youth, women and senior citizens. The party is likely to include special packages for the Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste voters.

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested the main accused in the Ujjain minor girl rape case. The arrested individual has been identified as Bharat Soni, a resident of Ujjain.

Notably, when Kamal Nath's supporters put up banners projecting him as 'future chief minister' on January 1, some of the Congress leaders had then expressed their disappointment, saying the decision on CM's face would be decided by the elected MLAs. 

Poor rainfall during August has raised worries of a possible drought-like situation across Madhya Pradesh as 26 of the state's 52 districts have received around 20 per cent deficient rain, and nine, including capital Bhopal, around 30 per cent, according IMD reports.

In an inhumane act, a woman in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar was seen being dragged, thrashed, and kicked even in public as she cried and pleaded for mercy, even as her five-month old infant lay unattended on the ground, as per a viral video.

At least nine persons belonging to the OBC community and the minority community have so far been arrested under IPC Sections pertaining to murder, sexual harassment and voluntarily causing hurt, a Sagar district police official said on Saturday.

Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted raids at the premises of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s Political Advisor Vinod Verma and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Raipur.

As per police, the accused identified as Rajpal Singh Rajavat was walking his pet dog on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, his neighbour also came out with his pet.  The dogs got into a fight, leading to a scuffle between the owners.

She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, but due to her deteriorating condition, she was referred to the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in the adjoining Rewa district.

The incident happened here on Friday evening, the police said on Sunday. A man, in an inebriated condition, approached the girl when she was playing outside her home, and began dragging her.

The FIR lodged by the BJP leader in Indore on Saturday night alleging that the Congress leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party's National General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh and Kamal Nath, have made identical posts on the social media platform.

Alok Sharma, former Bhopal Mayor and Vice President of Madhya Pradesh BJP, has sparked a political controversy with his speech wherein he allegedly appealed to Muslim voters not to exercise their franchise if they do not vote for the saffron party.

Emergency and OPD services in all state government-run hospitals in Madhya Pradesh were affected as the junior doctors, along with members of medical teachers association, went on a protest on Saturday.

BJP MLA Ramlallu Vaish’s son, Vivek, opened fire on a tribal youth, Surya Khairbar following a verbal argument in Singrauli, the hub of coal mines in the state. The victim received a bullet injury on his right hand and was treated ata  hospital on Thursday night, police said.