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IAF aircraft makes emergency landing in MP, all on board safe: Police

An aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with six persons on board made an "emergency" landing at a village in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Sunday due to a technical snag, a police official said. The pilot and the five crew members are safe, Berasia police station inspector Narendra Kulaste, who was at the spot, told PTI over phone. The incident took place at around 8.45 am, he said. The aircraft, of IAF's III HU unit, made the "emergency" landing in a sugarcane field near a lake in Dungariya village, nearly 60 km from the Bhopal district headquarters, he said. The aircraft, on way to Jhansi from Bhopal, developed a technical fault, the official said. A team of the IAF has reached the site to fix the technical problem. Another team of technicians is expected to reach Dungariya village from Nagpur shortly, he added.

Will conduct caste-based census for OBCs if voted to power: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said if his party comes to power at the Centre, it would conduct a caste-based census to know the exact number of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) people in the country. He was addressing a public meeting in Kalapipal assembly constituency in Shajapur district of Madhya Pradesh. "Soon after coming to power, the first thing we will do is to go for a caste-based census to know the exact number of OBCs in the country as no one knows their exact number," Gandhi said. He claimed that the country was being run by only 90 officers, including the cabinet secretary and secretaries, while the BJP MPs and MLAs had no role in framing policies and laws in the country. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and bureaucrats are framing laws instead of elected BJP members, Gandhi alleged. Terming Madhya Pradesh as the "epicentre" of corruption in the country, Gandhi said, "Scams like Vyapam have rocked the state. MBBS degrees are being sold, exam papers are be

MP CM Chouhan promises job to each household in state if BJP retains power

Ahead of the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has promised that if the BJP retains power in the state, it would provide one job to each household. The announcement comes amid the opposition Congress' constant criticism that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Chouhan has failed to address the issue of unemployment. "I will remove difficulties from the lives (of the people of the state). If elected to power again, one person from every family will be given employment so that they do not have to migrate. Be it through self-help groups, Udyam Kranti Yojana or government jobs, one person from every family will be given a job," Chouhan said. He was addressing a rally in tribal-dominated Alirajpur district on Friday. Chouhan said he became chief minister to worship the soil of Madhya Pradesh and to serve the public, and added that he worked day and night to change people's lives. When asked about the announcement made by the CM, state

Nobody knows if he would be given ticket: Congress mocks Shivraj Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's name has not figured in the three candidate lists released by the ruling BJP so far

Rahul Gandhi to join 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' in Madhya Pradesh on Sept 30

The Congress party is taking out 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' from seven different regions across the state from September 19 covering 11,400 kilometres and nearly all the assembly constituencies

Samajwadi Party to play important role in defeating BJP in MP: Akhilesh

Lashing out at BJP, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav said, Madhya Pradesh has had the highest number of cases of injustice and atrocities against women in the country under the BJP govt

Senior BJP leaders scrambling to avoid fighting: Congress ahead of MP polls

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala stated that the BJP has run short of candidates in Madhya Pradesh and its big leaders are in a race to avoid being in the fray

Such persons have no place in society: CM Chouhan on Ujjain rape accused

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said his government will ensure that the accused arrested for raping and brutalising a minor girl in Ujjain gets stringent punishment. The accused, identified as Bharat, was caught and he suffered injuries in the process. I was following the investigation of the case every hour. Such persons have no place in society. He has injured the conscience of Madhya Pradesh, the chief minister said on Thursday. The CM was speaking to reporters after immersing the Lord Ganesh idol installed at his official residence during the Ganesh festival. The victim is the daughter of Madhya Pradesh. We will take care of her in every way. She is my daughter, as well as the state's daughter and we will ensure that the accused gets stringent punishment, Chouhan added. Police in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain city on Thursday arrested Bharat Soni, an autorickshaw driver, for allegedly raping a girl, aged about 12, who had been found walking on the city street

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Ujjain rape horror: No arrests made in 15-year-old girl's rape case

A priest contacted the police after he found the girl bleeding and half-naked on the street; no arrest has been made so far

MP election: Amit Shah to visit Bhopal on Sunday to discuss poll strategy

Amit Shah will take feedback from candidates and discuss strategy with the state leaders for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh polls

Girls, women not safe in BJP's misrule: Priyanka on MP rape victim's ordeal

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday slammed the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh after a 12-year-old rape victim was found bleeding on a street in Ujjain, alleging that girls, women, tribals and Dalits are not safe in the BJP's "misrule". The girl, who was raped and found bleeding on a street in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain city, was on Wednesday operated upon by a team of specialist doctors and her condition is critical but stable, an official said. In a post in Hindi on X, Priyanka Gandhi said, "The brutality meted out to a little girl in Ujjain, the city of Lord Mahakal, is soul-shattering. After the torture, she kept wandering from door to door for help for two-and-a-half hours and then fell unconscious on the road but could not get help." "Is this the state of law and order and women's safety in Madhya Pradesh? Girls, women, tribals and Dalits are not safe in the 20 years of BJP's misrule," the Congress general secretary said. What is the use of maki

Crop burning emissions rose 75% from 2011-2020, finds IISER study

The study pinpointed Punjab as the highest emitter, with 27 per cent of its cultivated area burned in 2020, followed closely by Madhya Pradesh during the same period

Upcoming assembly polls will give new direction to country: Akhilesh

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the upcoming assembly elections in five states will give a new direction to the country. He also dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to give 33 per cent of tickets to women in the elections to assemblies and Lok Sabha if the party is serious about women's reservation. Upcoming assembly polls in five states will give a new direction to the country. I urge people to understand the seriousness before casting votes. Don't fall into the BJP's big advertising campaign trap as it will not change your fate, Yadav said. He was addressing a meeting in the Sirmour constituency for SP candidate Lakshman Tiwari for the upcoming MP assembly elections. Referring to the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' passed by Parliament, Yadav said it was not clear after how many general elections this bill will be implemented. But if they (BJP) are serious about this bill and if their intentions are honest, they should give 33 per cent tickets to women in the

'Height of disrespect': Congress slams BJP over its 2nd list of candidates

The BJP has thrown open the leadership in Madhya Pradesh and fielded its senior party leaders to deliver the goods for the party in the elections that are due later this year

Played last bet of 'false' hope: Kamal Nath on BJP's 2nd list of candidates

Congress leader Kamal Nath on Monday said that the candidates' list of the BJP, which claims to have crores of party workers, is surely a stamp on the party's internal defeat

MP election 2023: BJP releases second list, 3 union ministers to contest

BJP second list: The party has now declared candidates for 76 out of the 230 seats in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Had no wish to contest Madhya Pradesh election, says BJP's Vijayvargiya

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that he is still in disbelief that he got the party ticket and is a contender in the upcoming MP election

BJP's MP strategy a repeat of Gujarat, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh, two of the ministers, Narendra Singh Tomar and Faggan Singh Kulaste, will be contesting from seats that were won by the Congress in 2018

BJP brought Madhya Pradesh to the brink of ruin, says Randeep Surjewala

Congress Madhya Pradesh in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala attacked the ruling BJP and said that it is evident how the fear of Congress haunts the BJP