Bhopal, April 9 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has issued a major reshuffle of senior Indian Administrative Service officers, transferring commissioners and collectors across key departments and districts. The order, issued on Thursday, reflects a wide-ranging administrative restructuring aimed at strengthening governance and balancing responsibilities among officers.In the new postings, senior officer Krishna Gopal Tiwari (2008 batch), Commissioner of Narmadapuram Division, has been…
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Bhopal, April 9 (IANS) The Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh staged a state-wide protest on Thursday over alleged delays in wheat procurement, even as the procurement process in four divisions, including Bhopal and Indore, was made operational. Protests were held in several districts, with Congress workers and farmers gheraoing Collector offices and raising slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government. The issue of wheat procurement has emerged as a major political flashpo…
Bhopal, April 8 (IANS) With the wheat procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Madhya Pradesh set to begin from Thursday, the state government has put in place a multi-layered monitoring and support system to ensure a smooth process for farmers across the state. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness through a virtual interaction with farmers’ representatives and voluntary organisations, stressing transparency and farmer convenience as key priorities.The procureme…
Sagar, April 1 (IANS) Nearly 19 months after a wall collapse during a religious event claimed the lives of nine children in Shahpur town of Sagar district, a local court has delivered its verdict, holding three persons guilty of criminal negligence.The court of 9th Additional Sessions Judge Rajesh Singh convicted Mulu Patel (owner of the dilapidated house), Sanju alias Keshav Patel, and Shiv Patel (organisers of the Shrimad Bhagwat Katha) and sentenced each to five years of rigorous imprisonment…
Bhopal, March 30 (IANS) The Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh is planning to intensify its attack on the ruling BJP on farmers’ issues, including delay in procurement of wheat at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Rabi Marketing Year 2026-27.For this purpose, state Congress President, Jitu Pawari, held a meeting with Shiv Kumar Sharma, a key figure in national agrarian movements and ex-member of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), who is popularly known as ‘kakka ji’ in Bhopal, and he…
Bhopal, March 24 (IANS) BJP leader Mohan Yadav, who is currently serving as the 19th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, will turn 61 on March 25. Born on March 25, 1965, in Ujjain, Mohan Yadav is a lawyer by profession and has been a key figure in Madhya Pradesh politics.He previously served as a minister in the state government led by former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from 2020 to 2023.After securing his third consecutive victory from the Ujjain South Assembly seat in November 2023, Mo…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India, which holds the world’s fifth largest rare earth reserves and the required technology to produce these minerals, can play a crucial role in breaking China’s near-monopoly on these critical minerals required for making electric vehicles, wind turbines, hi-tech electronic goods and defence equipment, according to an article.The global race for rare earth elements (REEs) has shifted from the margins of industrial policy to the centre of geopolitics. China current…
Bhopal, March 17 (IANS) Wheat procurement at minimum support price (MSP) for the Rabi Marketing Year 2026-27 in Madhya Pradesh was set to begin a day before, however, it has been rescheduled and now the procurement process will start from April 1. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government in Tuesday told that the wheat procurement will begin in Indore, Ujjain, Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions from April 1 and in the divisions of Jabalpur, Gwalior, Rewa, Shahdol, Chambal and Sagar, t…
Bhopal, March 11 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Congress president Arun Yadav on Wednesday said that many farmers in the state were unable to register for wheat procurement at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Rabi Marketing Year 2026-27 due to technical problems in the online system.Yadav demanded that the registration deadline be extended to give another opportunity to farmers who could not complete the process. He said that if the government failed to extend the period, it would raise dou…
Bhopal, Feb 28 (IANS) The forecast till March 1 morning predicts dry weather in all districts of Madhya Pradesh, with mainly clear skies in Bhopal (max 31 degrees Celsius, min 15 degrees Celsius, winds 10-12 kmph).Outlook suggests a gradual 2-3 degrees C rise in maxima over the next five days, pushing towards heatwave-like conditions in lowlands. Synoptic systems include a cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan at 1.5 km altitude, a trough extending to Vidarbha via West Madhya Pradesh at 0.9 k…