Datia (Madhya Pradesh), July 16 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narottam Mishra on Thursday stepped into the Datia Assembly by-election campaign with a call for organisational unity, asserting that the political contest was a battle for the party and not for its candidate Ashutosh Tiwari, amid reports of discontent among a section of local workers over the party’s candidature choice. “This election is not about Ashutosh. It is about the …
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Bhopal, May 26 (IANS) Former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti suffered a setback on Tuesday after the Delhi High Court deferred the hearing in his bank fraud conviction case till July 14, further reducing his chances of getting relief before the Datia Assembly by-election. Bharti had approached the High Court against the three-year jail sentence awarded to him by a Delhi MP-MLA court in a bank fraud case.The matter was listed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Tuesday, but the hearing could not …
Varanasi/Bhopal, March 31 (IANS) In a significant step for promoting cultural and religious tourism between two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruling neighbouring states — Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments have signed two crucial agreements during a business summit held in Varanasi on Tuesday. One agreement was signed between Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust (in Varanasi) and Mahakaleshwar Temple Trust (in Ujjain) and the another between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh to promote coopera…
New Delhi/Gwalior, March 7 (IANS) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday wrote to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, requesting that major cities in his parliamentary constituency of Guna in Madhya Pradesh be connected to the proposed ‘Madhya Bharat Vikas Path’.The ‘Madhya Bharat Vikas Path’, also referred to as the ‘Nagpur–Bhopal–Gwalior Green Corridor’, is a major proposed 746-km expressway in Madhya Pradesh designed to connect Betul to Morena, passing t…
Bhopal, Feb 20 (IANS) Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Hemant Katare, has resigned from his post, citing “family responsibilities” and inability to devote sufficient time to his constituency duties.Katare, a Congress MLA from the Ater seat, submitted his resignation to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee President Jitu Patwari, and Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar.Organisation General Secretary Dr Sanjay Kamle …
Bhopal, Jan 29 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Wednesday that district administrations have been instructed to assess the crops damaged due to unseasonal rain and hailstorms in several parts of the state.During an interaction with the media, Yadav stated that he has received information about the hailstorm damaged crops, and assured that the government will assess the loss and farmers will be compensated.“There are reports of untimely rains, and I have instructed distr…