Madhya Pradesh ties up with Central BankBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corp. (Trifac) has tied up with Central Bank of India for funding various infrastructure projects in the state, it was announced Friday. Congress to agitate against Madhya Pradesh water crisisBHOPAL - The Congress’s Madhya Pradesh unit will stage demonstrations at every district headquarters in the state Saturday against the alleged laxity of the government in tackling the ongoing water crisis. Madhya Pradesh to have special tiger protection force soonBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government will soon set up a special force to protect the tiger reserves in the state, a forest department official said Friday. Police nabs suspected terrorist in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh Police’s anti-terrorist squad Thursday claimed to have nabbed a terrorist, who is alleged to have planted a bomb in the Chennai Express nine years ago. Congress leader shot dead in IndoreBHOPAL - Santosh Dubey, a Congress leader, was Thursday shot dead in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital of Indore, police said, adding that a hunt was on to nab the assailants. Engineer arrested for attempting to bribe ministerBHOPAL - An engineer, suspended by Madhya Pradesh’s Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister Gaurishankar Bisen for committing irregularities, has been arrested after he tried to bribe the minister to revoke his suspension, police said Wednesday. Madhya Pradesh, IL&FS tie up to develop industrial zonesBHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government has signed an agreement with IL&FS Infrastructure Development Corp (IIDC) for the development of three industrial zones under the central government’s ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. Food Corp officials booked for wheat purchase irregularitiesBHOPAL - Three Food Corp of India (FCI) employees including a manager have been booked in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh on the charge of committing irregularities while purchasing wheat at support price. Girl, accomplice held with drugs in Madhya Pradesh (Lead)BHOPAL - Two youths, including a girl, were arrested with three kg of smack in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Sunday. Mizo girl, accomplice held with drugs in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Two youths, including a Mizo girl, were arrested with three kg of smack in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, police said Sunday. 3 national park directors transferred over disappearance of tigersBHOPAL - Taking serious note of the decline in number of tigers in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has transferred field directors of the Kanha, Panna and Bandhavgarh national parks with immediate effect, an official said Thursday. Valuables missing from Scindia’s Gwalior palaceBHOPAL - Thieves struck at the highly fortified Jai Vilas Palace of Gwalior’s erstwhile ruling family and took away costly silverware and antiques from the drawing room of the late Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia, police said Wednesday. Bhopal civic authorities take police help for water distributionBHOPAL - To ensure a hassle-free water distribution in Bhopal, the civic authorities here are taking help of police personnel nowadays. Woman, two daughters commit suicide after family disputeBHOPAL - An alleged family dispute led a 45-year-old woman to end her life along with her two daughters while the third is battling in a Madhya Pradesh hospital after consuming poison, police said Wednesday. Nine killed in Madhya Pradesh accidentBHOPAL - At least nine people, including seven children, were killed and 20 injured when the tractor trolley they were travelling in overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, police said Tuesday. Tribals, SCs return to Congress in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) returned to the Congress party fold in Madhya Pradesh in the just-concluded general elections; the party bagged six of the 10 parliamentary seats reserved for these marginalised communities. No question of replacing Advani: Sushma SwarajBHOPAL - Though Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani wants to step down as leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha after the party’s defeat, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj Sunday said even to think of replacing him was painful. Bhopal hosts puppet festivalBHOPAL - Hundreds of people visited a three-day puppet festival here in which entertaining skits were performed by various artistes. Replacing Advani would be painful: Sushma SwarajBHOPAL - Responding to speculations of L.K. Advani quitting as the leader of opposition, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj Sunday said it would be ‘painful’ to replace him. All Congress, BJP women candidates win in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Though political parties often quote the ‘winnability factor’ as the reason why women candidates are not given their fair share of party tickets, all the six women fielded by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh won the Lok Sabha polls this time. Congress springs surprise in BJP-ruled Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - The Congress Saturday won 12 out of the 29 parliamentary constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, in a result that left its rivals as well as political analysts surprised in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled state. Some BJP leaders celebrate their victory in pollsBangalore,SHIMLA/ BHOPAL - Some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Saturday celebrated their success after defeating Congress candidates in their respective constituencies. Counting begins in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Counting of votes for all the 29 parliamentary seats in Madhya Pradesh began simultaneously in 50 district headquarters across the state Saturday with the postal ballots being tabulated in the first round. Polls not only behind Madhya Pradesh’s poor exam resultsBHOPAL - Various student organisations in Madhya Pradesh disagree with Education Minister Archana Chitnis and secondary education board chairperson Snehlata Shrivastava that the polls only were responsible for the poor pass percentage in this year’s high school examinations. Three killed over water dispute in Madhya PradeshBHOPAL - Three members of a family were murdered here in a dispute over water, police said Thursday. CPI veteran Homi Daji is deadBHOPAL - Veteran Communist Homi Daji, a former MP, died Thursday at a private hospital in Indore, sources in the Communist Party of India (CPI) said. He was 84. 50-lakh-rupees scheme to clean NarmadaBHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh’s Urban Administration Department has sanctioned a 50-lakh-rupees scheme to make the Narmada river pollution free. Probe ordered into Madhya Pradesh’s poor high school resultsBHOPAL - Shocked by the declining pass percentage in Madhya Pradesh’s high school examinations, state Education Minister Archana Chitnis has ordered a high-level probe to find out the reasons for the poor results, official sources said. Decomposed body of tiger recovered in BandhavgarhBHOPAL - Yet another tiger, the second in a fortnight, has been found dead in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh National Park, its director said Saturday. He, however, ruled out the possibility of poachers killing the animal. BJP way ahead of Congress, will form government: AdvaniBHOPAL - Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Friday expressed confidence that his party would emerge the single largest after the polls and form the next government at the centre with its allies. |