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Pegasus not in Rahul Gandhi's phone but in his mind: MP CM Chouhan

Pegasus is not in the phone, it is in the mind of Rahul Gandhi. Pegasus has entered the DNA of the Congress. I pity for his (Rahul Gandhi) intelligence

Arvind Kejriwal, Mann to sound AAP's poll bugle in Madhya Pradesh on Mar 14

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will sound poll bugle for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections on March 14 at a rally in Bhopal to be addressed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, a party functionary said on Saturday. AAP organisational general secretary Sandeep Pathak told reporters that the Kejriwal-led party will contest all 230 seats in the elections, due later this year. "Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann are coming to Bhopal on March 14. This is going to be the first election rally in MP. The people of MP want to vote for a change, Pathak said. Citing the result of last year's civic polls in MP, he said AAP would form the next government in the central state. In local body elections held in Madhya Pradesh in July-August, 2022, the AAP claimed to have garnered a 6.3 per cent vote share. The party had fielded about 1,500 candidates for councillor posts in urban body polls. Of these, 40 won, while 135-140 finished runner-up. In panchayat

'Dharma-Dhamma' concept has been voice of Indian consciousness: Prez Murmu

Murmu wished that the entire world community should be benefitted by the humanism of the East

As Madhya Pradesh election nears, one-third of Budget set aside for women

Women centric-budget in election year

MP Assembly adjourned till Mar 13 amid BJP-Cong tussle over MLA suspension

The Budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly was on Friday adjourned till March 13 amid a tussle between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress MLAs on the suspension of an opposition MLA and calls for the Speaker to stay away from the proceedings due to a no confidence proposal against him. As soon as the Assembly convened for the day, Leader of Opposition and Congress MLA Govind Singh wanted to know fate of the no confidence proposal moved by his party against Speaker Girish Gautam over the suspension of MLA Jitu Patwari on Thursday. In reply, MP Parliamentary Affairs minister Narottam Mishra said it was he who had moved the proposal for Patwari's suspension and that the Speaker acted as per rules once it was passed by voice vote. Meanwhile, Congress MLAs Sajjan Singh Verma and Kunal Chaudhary said Gautam should refrain from being part of the proceedings due to the proposal of no-confidence against him. In the meantime, Mishra flung a book detailing rules and ...

Prez Murmu to inaugurate international 'Dharma-Dhamma' conference on Friday

President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the 7th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, an official said. The three-day conference, under the theme 'Eastern Humanism for the New Era' has been organised by India Foundation in collaboration with Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies, and aims to bring together religious, political and thought leaders from Dharma-Dhamma traditions to ponder over building a philosophical framework for the emerging new world order. The conference will have 45 speakers in the inaugural session, a ministers' session, keynote session and five plenary sessions to debate and discuss various subthemes, along with 115 paper presentations by experts from India and abroad in 15 session, he said. "Fifteen countries will be participating in the conference. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state culture minister Usha Thakur and Vice Chancellor of Sanchi University of ...

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 2 Stumps: Lyon's 8-64 demolishes IND to 163

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 2 Live Updates: Nathan Lyon's haul of 8-64 has demolished India for 163. The hosts could only manage to get a lead of 76 runs and the visitors now need 77 to win

210,000 got govt jobs in MP in 3 yrs, 250,000 got offers from pvt sector

Of 37.8 lakh educated persons registered with the Madhya Pradesh government's employment offices, 21 got jobs in government and semi-government organisations while 2.51 lakh persons got offers from the private sector in the last about three years. The state government also spent Rs 1,674 crore on its employments offices in FY 2021-22, it informed in a written reply to a question asked by Congress MLA Mewaram Jatav in the state Assembly on Tuesday. The Budget session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly is currently underway. Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Yashodhara Raje Scindia stated in the reply to Jatav's question that 37,80,679 educated and 1,12,470 uneducated persons were registered with the MP Employment Portal between April 2020 and the date of the question (January-February 2023). As many as 21 persons were provided jobs in government and semi-government offices during this period and 2,51,577 persons got offer letters from private organisations at employment fairs, she .

MP govt paid Rs 37 cr to private firms in 3 years for hiring their planes

The Madhya Pradesh government has paid around Rs 37 crore to private aviation companies for hiring their aircraft and helicopters during the past three years, the state Assembly was informed on Wednesday. The information was given in a written reply in response to a question asked by Congress legislator Mewaram Jatav. Jatav had sought to know the number of air journeys undertaken by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, other state ministers and officials and the money paid to private aviation companies for hiring their planes and helicopters for such travels since April 1, 2020. In the written reply, Chouhan said private planes or helicopters are hired when government-owned aircraft are not available to ferry ministers or senior officials. During the given period, government planes and helicopters were used 94 and 982 times, respectively. In the case of private aircraft and helicopters, they were deployed 222 and 97 times, respectively, in the last three years, it said. For ...

MP govt presents Rs 3.14 trn Budget, alots Rs 8,000 cr for women's welfare

The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday presented a Rs 3.14 lakh crore Budget for 2023-24 with a provision of Rs 8,000 crore for Mukhkyamantri Ladli Behna Yojna, a new scheme to be rolled out for the welfare women in the state where the Assembly polls are due this year-end. No new taxes were announced in the Budget which was presented by state Finance Minister Jadgish Devda in the Assembly. He described it as the "Budget of the public". Devda announced a provision of Rs 8,000 crore for the Mukhkyamantri Ladli Behna Yojna, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's flagship scheme. The Ladli Behna scheme will be rolled out from March 5 in the state. Under the scheme, women will be given Rs 1,000 assistance per month with certain riders including that they are not Income Tax payee, as per a government official. Devda said the budget has a provision of Rs 36,950.16 crore for Scheduled Tribes (Sub-Scheme), Rs 2,60,86.81 crore for Scheduled Castes (sub-scheme), Rs 11,406 crore for the .

Liquor politics hots up ahead of Madhya Pradesh Assembly election

Under the new excise policy, the state government has decided to close "ahatas" in the state, and end drinking at bars. From April onwards liquor will be sold only at liquor shops

MP Budget session begins, Shivraj govt to table digital budget on March 1

The Governor said PM Modi has set off on a mission to make India prosperous, self-reliant and developed and Madhya Pradesh was moving ahead towards fulfilling this resolve step-by-step with the Centre

The United State of Madhya Pradesh: Decoding politics behind the statements

Two leaders, one aim: The Congress, for once, may be putting forward a united front in the state

Death toll rises to 14, 60 injured in bus accident in MP's Sidhi district

The accident occurred around 9 pm on Friday outside a tunnel near Barkhada village and people in the buses were returning from the 'Kol Mahakumbh' in Satna city

JP Nadda expresses grief over deaths in road accident in MP's Sidhi

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda condoled the deaths in the road accident that took place in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi late on Friday night and prayed for the speedy recovery

I-T department detects Rs 2,500 crore default at MP mining centres

The Income Tax (I-T) Department on Friday conducted surprise inspections at mining offices in four districts of Madhya Pradesh and detected defaults aggregating to over Rs 2,500 crore, sources said

G20 culture track meet to kick off in Khajuraho, delegates to visit temples

The first G20 meeting under the culture track will begin from Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh's Khajuraho, and the delegates will engage in a range of activities, besides visiting its iconic temples and the Panna Tiger Reserve. Khajuraho is home to an exquisite group of temples -- part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The first G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meeting will begin from tomorrow at Khajuraho. The meeting is scheduled to be organised from February 22-25. Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, G Kishan Reddy, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar and Minister of State for Culture Meenakashi Lekhi, will inaugurate an exhibition titled 'Re(ad)dress: Return of Treasures' at the Maharaja Chhatrasal Convention Centre (MCCC) tomorrow, the Culture Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Protection and restitution of cultural heritage will be the theme for the first G20 culture track, a top ...

Wheat crop reaches vegetative phase in MP, parts of Punjab, Haryana

Wheat crop has reached the maximum vegetative stage in Madhya Pradesh, parts of Punjab and Haryana, according to the Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC). Whereas in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, wheat crop is yet to reach the maximum vegetative phase due to delay in sowing, it said in its latest report. The life cycle of a wheat plant is divided into three main development phases, namely the vegetative phase, in which leafs and tillers are developed; the reproductive phase, and the grain fill stage. The wheat crop normally enters the grain fill stage in March and any unusual rise in temperature could cause yield damage. Wheat is the main rabi crop, the harvesting of which will begin from end of next month. The government has projected a record wheat output of 112.18 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year (July-June). The government has set up a committee to monitor impact of rise in temperature on the wheat crop in order to avoid the repeat of last year when the

Earthquake of 3.6 magnitude hits Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala: NCS

On the same day, an earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale also struck Madhya Pradesh

PM Modi condoles death of BJP leader and former Governor O P Kohli

The Governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019, he had also held charge of Madya Pradesh and Goa