Bhopal, June 9 (IANS) Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to influence the Rajya Sabha election through “seat manipulation,” Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan on Tuesday said the controversy surrounding her rejected nomination began when the ruling party fielded a third candidate despite lacking the requisite numbers in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in Bhopal hours after the Returning Officer of th…
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Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Friday fuelled speculation about the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections by asserting that the ruling party could ensure victory even for a third candidate, should the central leadership decide to field one. His remarks came a day after the BJP announced National General Secretary Tarun Chugh and senior state leader Rajnish Agrawal as its candidates for the June 18 Ra…
Bhopal/Seoni, June 4 (IANS) Congress MLA Yogendra Singh ‘Baba’ and two others, including his security guard, had a narrow escape on Thursday morning after his Scorpio SUV crashed into a school boundary wall and caught fire on National Highway-34 in Seoni district, police said. The accident occurred around 7:00 AM near Banjari village when the MLA was travelling from Jabalpur to Ghurwara village.The vehicle went out of control while attempting to avoid hitting a cow on the highway and rammed into…
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 …
Bhopal/Ujjain, May 19 (IANS) A controversy has erupted as Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Umang Singhar, raised serious allegations over a land deal near the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain, claiming government land used for parking was sold to a company linked to a BJP MLA.Singhar alleged that land originally designated as government property was first privatised and then sold to Utopia Hotel and Resort Private Limited, whose directors include BJP MLA from Alot, Chintamani Malviya…
Jaipur, May 5 (IANS) The Rajasthan Assembly on Tuesday hosted the second meeting of the Committee of Presiding Officers, constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to review and strengthen the committee system of legislative bodies across the country. The meeting was held in Jaipur at the Constitution Club of Rajasthan which brought together seven Presiding Officers from across the country.The committee comprises the Speakers of the Legislative Assemblies of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Prade…
Bhopal, March 31 (IANS) The two-day Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (India Region, Zone-6) conference for young legislators from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan concluded here on Tuesday at the Madhya Pradesh Assembly with a declaration from Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, that India is the world’s fastest-emerging economy and is scripting a new history by overcoming challenges effectively. He expressed confidence that the 21st century will belong to India…
Bhopal, Feb 25 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Umang Singhar, on Wednesday alleged that several key urban master plans in the state have been deliberately delayed, accusing the government of administrative paralysis and internal tussle.Targeting the Mohan Yadav government, Singhar questioned why master plans for major cities such as Indore, Bhopal and Gwalior have not been implemented.“Why have these master plans been delayed? Why does the Chief Minister not want th…
Bhopal/Jabalpur, Feb 23 (IANS) Amid a controversy on the collapse of the railway overbridge on Bhopal-Jabalpur National Highway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), on Monday, clarified that the “section of road in question does not fall under its jurisdiction”.NHAI’s Project Director (Jabalpur), Amrit Sahu in an official statement said that the road was constructed by Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation (MPRDC) and it was also responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of t…
Bhopal, Feb 20 (IANS) The recent water contamination deaths incident in Indore’s Bhagirathpura took centre stage in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Friday on the fifth day of the budget session, sparking a fiery exchange between ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Opposition Congress members during an adjournment motion moved by the Congress members during the ongoing Budget session. The Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar said that despite the matter being sub-judice and the usual practice…