Thane, December 16 In a chilling incident, Ashwajit Gaikwad, the son of a top Maharashtra bureaucrat, allegedly mowed down his girlfriend with his SUV in Thane recently, seriously injuring her. The victim, Priya Umendra Singh, 26, a professional beautician, has...
Indore, December 14 The live-in partner of a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Indore on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing her to death for refusing to have physical relations with him, police said. The deceased and the accused were living together...
New Delhi, December 13 Three-term Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh with his counterpart in Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai taking oath of office in Raipur. Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo...
Amritsar, December 12 Smuggling of weapons from Madhya Pradesh continue in the state as Amritsar Commissionerate Police busted an inter-state arms smuggling racket with the arrest of one of its key members from Bhaini village near here and seized 13...
New Delhi, December 12 The Congress on Tuesday attacked the BJP for picking Mohan Yadav as the next chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, alleging that there are many serious allegations against him including “large-scale manipulation” in the Ujjain masterplan. Springing...
Bhopal, December 11 Chief Minister-designate Mohan Yadav, an OBC leader and three-time BJP MLA, started his political career when he was a student and rose to become higher education minister of Madhya Pradesh where he announced to make Hindu epic...
Bhopal, December 11 Mohan Yadav, who is set to be the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, on Monday said he would work to fulfil the expectations of the people of the state and thanked the BJP leadership for reposing...
New Delhi, December 10 The suspense over the names of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh CMs is set to end soon with the BJP legislature party meetings in both states scheduled to be held on Monday. Central BJP observers have reached...
Sehore/Bhopal, December 10 A 30-year-old Muslim woman has claimed that she was beaten up by her brother-in-law for voting in favour of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls and celebrating the party victory, an incident prompting Chief Minister Shivraj...
Bhopal, December 9 Two days ahead of a crucial meeting of the newly elected BJP MLAs, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday posted the message “Sabhi ko Ram Ram (‘Ram Ram’ to all)” on X. The post,...
Indore, December 9 A 49-year-old property dealer from Indore who was born as a female has married a woman after undergoing gender affirmation surgery. The bride is a friend of the groom’s sister. Authorities in the financial capital of Madhya...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, December 8 Setting the ball rolling for the selection of chief ministers, the BJP on Friday appointed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar and Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda as the lead...
Bhopal, December 7 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya, who had pledged to blacken his own face if the BJP won 50 seats in the state assembly polls, on Thursday led an anti-EVM protest march here, during which his...
Rajgarh (MP), December 6 A four-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district on Tuesday died in a hospital in Bhopal, a few hours after her rescue early on Wednesday, a senior official said. The child,...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, December 5 Madhya Pradesh caretaker Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said he was never a CM contender, neither in the past nor today and had always discharged the duty the BJP had assigned him....
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, December 5 Caretaker chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday released a video statement saying he was never a CM contender, neither in the past nor today and has always discharged whatever duties...
New Delhi, December 5 Miffed with former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath over a variety of reasons but mainly over his inability to carry INDIA bloc partners in Madhya Pradesh along, the Congress has asked the sitting state unit...
Anup Dutta Bhopal, December 3 The incumbent BJP clinched a resounding victory in Madhya Pradesh decimating Congress’ hopes of wresting the state. With at least 163 seats in the bag, the party comfortably crossed the majority mark of 116...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, December 3 The BJP on Sunday swept the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in stunning victories, leaving only Telangana for the Congress as the saffron party gained a massive head start over...
Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, December 3 The Aam Aadmi Party’s ambitions of gaining a political foothold in the Hindi heartland seems to have been cut short after the party has been unable to win a single seat in any of...
Bhopal, December 3 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan won from Budhni seat for a sixth time by defeating Congress’ actor-turned-politician Vikram Mastal by a margin of 1,04,974 votes. Chouhan, the longest serving CM of MP, first won from...
Bhopal, December 3 Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday accepted his party’s defeat in the state polls and expressed hope that the BJP would live up to the trust reposed in it by the people. Talking to reporters...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, November 28 Caretaker Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the BJP was headed towards a fifth consecutive victory in the state as women had removed all hurdles from its path. We’ve worked hard...
Sheopur, November 26 A sub-adult tiger from Rajasthan has entered Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP), where cheetahs from Africa have been introduced to revive their population in the country, an official said on Sunday. “Yes, tiger pugmarks were found...
Gwalior, November 20 A 19-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped in broad daylight in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district on Monday. The incident occurred near a petrol pump under the jurisdiction of Jhansi Road police station in the district at around 9:30...
Bhopal, November 17 A voter turnout of 73.72 per cent was recorded in assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, officials said. It was a provisional figure and the final voting percentage was likely to be higher, the election officials...
Vibha Sharma Chandigarh, November 17 Quite naturally, the ongoing elections are also a test of popularity of incumbent chief ministers as well as their challengers in the five states. Political stakes are high for all of them, and for some...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, November 17 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sent a strong signal of solidarity to Madhya Pradesh as the state voted in single phase elections. “Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh inspired me,” the PM said at BJP’s...
Bhopal, November 17 Polling for election to Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Assemblies was held on Friday. Madhya Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 71.16 per cent till 5 pm on Friday as polling was held for the 230-member legislative Assembly,...
New Delhi, November 16 The BJP and the Congress went all out in Madhya Pradesh to woo the electorate with both clocking hundreds of rallies led by top leaders. While BJP leaders, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi top campaigner, held...