Conflict of interests within the Madhya Pradesh unit of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of Ms Uma Bharti’s possible induction in the party ended up casting its shadow on the state Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to draw his attention towards the prevailing scenario in the Mahakoshal region of the state and seek a

Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh on Saturday announced that an experts committee will go into all aspects and only after that the decision would be taken whether or not to go ahead with the burning of Union Carbide toxic waste at Peethampur.

The Union minister for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh said here on Friday that the Bhopal Environmental Remediation Oversight Committee will meet here in mid-August to take a decision on disposal, decontamination and remediation of toxic waste and remaining material at the Union Carbide site on the basis of reports of

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman Tarun Vijay said here on Friday that the situation in Kashmir Valley has gone out of control and the Central government has failed to maintain the honour of the security forces in the troubled state.

Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari has called upon party workers to stay away from the glamour of power and work for the party organisation keeping in focus the party ideology.

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the central government’s stand on various Bhopal gas disaster related issues and announced that a one-member inquiry commission would be appointed to probe matters linked with the gas tragedy, especially the release of former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation Warren Anderson.

While controversy rages over the method and agency to be involved in clearing up the stockpile of toxic waste lying inside the abandoned Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, the hazardous material continues to pollute ground water on a massive scale as the soil inside the factory premises, particularly in its northern and north-eastern side, remains contaminated by toxic chemicals.

Till Friday evening, even 24-hours after registering an FIR on the charge of murder and attempt to murder against the relatives of Madhya Pradesh health minister Anup Mishra, the Gwalior police had not arrested any one. The FIR was registered on Thursday after one person had died and half a dozen others were injured in indiscriminate firing over a piece of land adjoining a private college on the outskirts of Gwalior.

The Madhya Pradesh government will take steps to appeal against the Supreme Court judgment, which diluted the charge in the criminal case arising out of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster.