Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100-crore temple dedicated to 14th century mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district, where he will also address a public meeting, a state BJP minister said. This will be the PM’s second visit to the BJP-ruled state, where assembly polls […]
» Read moreAt least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured. According to a Railway Ministry official, the fire was detected in the B-6 coach around 11.50 a.m. The fire spread to the B-7 coach, Railway Ministry spokesperson Ved Prakash told IANS. Following the fire, the guard stopped […]
» Read moreThe Congress on Sunday won the Chitrakoot Assembly bypoll in Madhya Pradesh with its candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi defeating his nearest BJP rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi by a margin of 14,133 votes. While Mr. Chaturvedi polled 66,810 votes, Mr. Tripathi got 52,677 votes, returning officer A.P. Dwivedi said. The counting of votes polled began at around 8 a.m. amid tight security […]
» Read moreThe Madhya Pradesh government will give a compensation of ₹1 crore to the kin of soldiers from the state who die in the line of duty, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said. On the issues concerning farmers, Mr. Chouhan ruled out granting a complete loan waiver like Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, but said a scheme would be framed to […]
» Read moreIn a tragic incident, a groom accidentally killed a 10-year-old boy from the bride’s side while performing a ritual with a sword at his wedding in Neemuch district, police said today. The ceremony, being held in Rampura village of the district last night, was called off as the bride’s family refused to go ahead with the marriage after the incident, […]
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