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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said a committee comprising ministers has been formed to hold talks with the farmers agitating here over various demands, including 100 per cent moong procurement at MSP, and expressed confidence of finding a solution. A large number of farmers congregated in state capital Bhopal on Tuesday and launched a protest, which continued overnight. The agitation disrupted traffic on the busy Narmadapuram highway. Raising anti-government slogans, the agitating farmers had reached Budhni in Sehore late Monday evening before arriving in Bhopal on Tuesday. The state government has held the first round of talks with farmers, but the discussions remained inconclusive. Talking to reporters here after a programme, CM Yadav said, "Farmers' Welfare Year is being celebrated throughout Madhya Pradesh. A committee has been formed to communicate with them. Yesterday, we sent our Agriculture Minister Aidal Singh Kansana to hold talks with them. Even
Frozen potato products manufacturers and exporters HyFun Foods is planning to invest Rs 1,500 crore to set up units in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to support its expanding exports and domestic market presence, a senior company executive has said. "We are in the process of adding capacity and ensuring raw potato availability. We are setting up a greenfield manufacturing unit near Ahmedabad, in a town called Mehsana, with a capex of around Rs 1,000 crore. We expect this unit to be operational by January 2027," HyFun Foods Managing Director and Group CEO Haresh Karamchandani told PTI. He added that after the Gujarat facility, the company has plans to set up another greenfield unit in Madhya Pradesh with a capex of about Rs 500 crore, as it is smaller capacity initially and will gradually be expanded. Currently, the company has five manufacturing units in Gujarat. "Once the Gujarat plant becomes operational, we will start scouting for land in MP for setting up a manufacturing facility.
Police on Sunday broke up a 17-day protest against the Ken-Betwa Link and other development projects in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district by dispersing protesters and shifting movement leader Amit Bhatnagar, who has been on an 11-day fast, to hospital. Bhatnagar, however, remained defiant by stating he had not ended his fast and would not do so "even if it costs me my life". In a video message circulated to the media, Bhatnagar also said he would would not accept intravenous fluids and "will only take water and lemon water". Police justified the early morning action, citing a serious safety risk from the rising level of Barana river as the protest was being staged beneath an under-construction bridge and partly in the river. The protest, mainly by tribal women, had been underway since July 3 on the banks of Barana river near Kupi village. Protesters had also staged 'jal' satyagraha, 'chita' (funeral pyre) satyagraha and a symbolic 'faansi' (hanging) satyagraha. Protesters alleg
The Centre has set up a fact-finding committee to probe into allegations of irregularities in four BEd colleges in Madhya Pradesh, according to officials. The action has been taken following media reports that flagged irregularities in three BEd colleges affiliated with Barkatullah University, including colleges missing from declared locations and those with inadequate infrastructure. "An independent fact-finding panel was constituted, as per directions of Ministry of Education, to conduct on-site physical verification of the teacher education institutions supported by geotagged, videography and photography, examine the allegations recorded in the media and verify the factual position by comparing on-site findings with the records submitted by the institutions including recognition documents and assess compliance of norms," said a senior official of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). The committee has two members from MoE, a member from Madhya Pradesh State Govt, a .
Khajuraho Airport in Madhya Pradesh has secured the first position in the country in the 2026 National Customer Satisfaction Index of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), while Raja Bhoj Airport in the capital Bhopal ranked third, an official said. Both airports reaching the top positions in passenger facilities, cleanliness, security and service quality is a major achievement for Madhya Pradesh, he said. Khajuraho Airport Director Santosh Singh, in a statement on Tuesday, said this achievement is crucial for tourism. Improved air connectivity and high-quality facilities for domestic and foreign tourists visiting Khajuraho, known for its world-famous temples, are expected to provide a new impetus to tourism in the region, the official said. He attributed the achievement to the hard work of the entire team, the trust of passengers, and the continued commitment to providing better services. The airport management's goal is to provide world-class facilities to passengers and ...
Asking both Hindu and Muslim sides to have patience as Bhojshala is a sensitive matter, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was ready to hear the matter on a day-to-day basis and resolve the issue. The top court was hearing a batch of appeals challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order, which said the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district was a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohna said it has to be very careful about every expression used "These are very sensitive matters. What is being said in court can unnecessarily create controversies or send wrong impression. We have to be very careful about every expression used. "This is the first time that the issue relating to the interim arrangement is coming before us. The high court's order and the helplessness of the State in maintaining law and order are also being taken note of. Our view is that whatever arrangement is presently in place,
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed an application before the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressing regret for his allegedly defamatory statement about Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son Kartikeya Singh. Kartikeya Singh has filed a defamation complaint in a Bhopal court against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Gandhi's application, filed by his lawyer, said that his statement did not concern Singh. Kartikeya Singh filed the defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi in the Bhopal court for cases against MPs-MLAs, alleging that during an election rally in Jhabua in 2018, the Congress leader mentioned his name while referring to the Panama Papers leak scandal, thus damaging his reputation. The court issued a summons to Gandhi for personal appearance, following which the Congress leader moved the Jabalpur bench of the High Court seeking to quash the summons as well as the defamation case. The High Court will hear Gandhi's petition on Thursday. The petition
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has lifted the interim stay on an arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a defamation case. The decision is likely to increase legal troubles for the TMC general secretary, who is already facing an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate on corruption charges. A single bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal on Wednesday dismissed Abhishek Banerjee's petition and lifted the stay, granted in November 2025, on the execution of the arrest warrant issued by a special Bhopal court. Former Indore MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, son of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, filed the defamation case against Abhishek Banerjee in the MP-MLA court in Bhopal in 2021. The defamation suit alleged that Abhishek Banerjee called Akash Vijayvargiya a "goon" while addressing a rally in Kolkata in November 2020. The MP-MLA court had issued th
A rumour of fire in Khajuraho-Udaipur Intercity Express train turned out to be fatal for four passengers, who jumped out on tracks and were run over by another express train in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred around 4.15 pm between Hetampur and Dholpur section of Jhansi railway division, they said. These passengers had hurriedly disembarked from their train following a chain pull caused by the fire rumour, an official said. "The passengers deboarded the train after panic spread over reports of a fire in the Khajuraho-Udaipur Intercity Express," North Central Railway's Jhansi division Public Relation Officer Manoj Singh told PTI over phone. Just then, the Patalkot Express was passing by on the adjacent tracks, he added. The four passengers who had alighted from the train, failed to notice the approaching train and were run over, resulting in their deaths. The incident triggered panic among passengers, and railway authorities and p
Observing that it was "pained" by the narrative that the judiciary was shielding the accused, the Supreme Court on Monday said it would ensure a fair, independent, and impartial CBI probe into the death of former model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma. Sharma, 33, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal's Katara Hills area on May 12, with her family accusing her in-laws of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide. Her in-laws, however, claimed she suffered from drug addiction. The police have registered an FIR against the woman's husband, Samarth Singh, a lawyer, and her mother-in-law, former district judge Giribala Singh, on charges of dowry harassment. A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the media to exercise restraint while reporting developments in the case. "We are slightly in pain because of some of the actions. We will request our media friends to not go for the statements of the victim's family or the other family. Let the .