A booklet on the recent no-confidence motion against the Madhya Pradesh BJP government, titled “Congress vidhayak dal ka avishwas prastav: Kyon maidan chod bhagi Shivraj sarkar (No-confidence motion by Congress Legislature Party: Why Shivraj government fled from discussion)” was released by Congress general secretary in-charge of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Prakash at the state Congress headquarters here on Thursday.

The latest expose about alleged payoffs to two Madhya Pradesh ministers, a number of officers and largesse extended to some ruling BJP bigwigs on the basis of dairies seized during an income-tax raid on the premises of two Bhopal-based business groups engaged in the mining sector in June 2012 has put the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in a tight spot while the main Opposition Congress has gone on the offensive and demanded that the ministers facing bribery charge should immediately submit their resignations.

The stalemate on the abrupt and premature adjournment of the Monsoon Session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on July 11 continues as state governor Ramnaresh Yadav, instead of signing on the note-sheet forwarded by the chief minister and Vidhan Sabha Speaker to ratify the adjournment, has chosen to write to the state government asking that the Assembly be reconvened.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday prepared the stage for his Jan Ashirvad Yatra beginning from Ujjain on Monday by taking the Congress head on with the assertion that he is

A special court in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday convicted six persons and sentenced them to life for gang-raping a Swiss woman on March 15 this year.

Congress general secretary in-charge Madhya Pradesh Mohan Prakash said here on Thursday that in the coming Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress would not be locked in an electoral battle with chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the contest would be against the present Bharatiya Janata Party government, its misrule, corruption, licentiousness and morality in public life.

The main Opposition Congress on Sunday went for a show of strength and started its election campaign for the coming Madhya Pradesh Assembly election by launching a scathing attack on state chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at a huge rally here, which happens to be the chief minister’s home turf in neighbouring Sehore district.

The ruling BJP and the main Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh have drawn daggers and leaders from both sides are gunning for each other after the Monsoon Session of the state Assembly was adjourned abruptly on Thursday by the Speaker without allowing a debate on a no-confidence motion against chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his government.

The main Opposition Congress on Thursday ended up with an own goal when the Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned sine die by the Speaker in the midst of noise and fury since the ruling side used its brute majority to pass a resolution rejecting a no-confidence motion moved by the Congress legislators against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government without any discussion.

Massive funds that could have been collected from the industry and channelised for conservation of biodiversity in India could not be collected due to lack of proper implementation of the Biological Diversity Act 2002, which has been enacted to ensure conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilisation of bio-resources.