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Jairam-MP minister standoff on river link

Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh recently took the stand that the Ken-Betwa river linking project should be abandoned as it could spell disaster from the ecological point of vi

BJP will field Jain for Arjun RS seat

Senior state Bharatiya Janata Party leader Meghraj Jain will be the party nominee for bypolls to fill the Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh which fell vacant on the demise of late Congress leader Arjun Singh.

Countdown to UPA fall has begun: BJP

BJP general secretary in-charge Madhya Pradesh affairs Ananth Kumar said here on Saturday that the ruling UPA coalition is disintegrating and the countdown for the fall of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre has begun.

‘Don’t look for magical outcome’

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Wednesday said that the people of this country should not expect the desired “magical outcome” against the menace of corruption by formulating and getting the Jan Lokpal bill passed in Parliament. The battle against corruption has to be fought simultaneously on all fronts, she emphasised.

Cong slams Shivraj govt in MP

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party government has come under attack from the main Opposition Congress following the Supreme Court order on Wednesday declaring as null and void the allotment of 20 acres of land in Bhopal to the Kushabhau Thakre Training Institute Trust.

MP Lokayukta probes IAS couple’s wealth

While the income-tax department has already concluded investigations, the special police establishment of the Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta is continuing its probe into the alleged amassing of wealth disproportionate to the known sources of income by suspended IAS couple Arvind and Tinoo Joshi.

MP to cull bulls, boars to save crops

In order to mitigate the problem of crop damage due to the over abundant population of Nilgai antelopes (blue bulls) and wild boars, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to allow the farmers to shoot down these animals.

Last rites of Arjun with full honour

The mortal remains of veteran Congress leader Arjun Singh were consigned to flames with full state honours on Sunday afternoon at Churhat in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh.

MP gov, CM to attend cremation

Madhya Pradesh governor Rameshwar Thakur, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and many prominent national leaders would attend senior Congress leader Arjun Singh’s cremation at Churhat, his native village in Sid

Uma backs Ramdev drive for clean politics

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti on Saturday gave unequivocal support to yoga guru Baba Ramdev on his latest campaign against black money and appealed to the Congress and Bharatiya Jana

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