Tag: Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal gas tragedy: Supreme Court to hear Centre’s plea for additional funds on Feb 11

The apex court is to hear a petition filed by the Centre seeking Union Carbide and other firms for Rs 7,844 crore of additional funds over and above the earlier settlement amount of USD 470 million for paying compensation to the Bhopal Gas Tragedy victims.

January 29, 2020

80 Muslim leaders resign from BJP over CAA in Madhya Pradesh

In their letter, the leaders stated, 'Citizens have the right to equality under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution. But the BJP-led Central Government is implementing the CAA on religious grounds.'

January 24, 2020

Piyush Goyal to lead Indian delegation to WEF 2020, participate in WTO ministerial

The minister will participate in the WEF along with Union Minister of State for Shipping and Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh L Mandaviya and Chief Ministers of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, Finance Minister of Punjab and the IT Minister of Telangana, an official communique said today.

January 18, 2020

13 convicts awarded life sentence in 2006 triple murder case in Madhya Pradesh

As many as 17 people were named accused of the killings that took place on September 9, 2006, senior government advocate Shashikant Nagle said.

January 16, 2020

Anti-CAA protests: 80 detained for trying to wave black flags at Amit Shah in Madhya Pradesh

The ruling Congress party in Madhya Pradesh has opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act.

January 13, 2020

BJP comes to PM’s defence as Kamal Nath questions his ancestors’ contribution in freedom struggle

Prakash Javadekar also hit back at Congress for taking a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her absence from a pre-budget meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.

January 10, 2020

BJP to pay heavy price for stubbornness over CAA: Captain

An elected government which refuses to heed the voice of its people or respond to their anger is bound to lose their confidence and collapse, warned the Punjab CM, adding that the BJP’s stance on the issue smacked of a dangerously fascist approach that would lead to their eventual downfall.

January 8, 2020

Centre clears Rs 5,908 cr aid to 7 disaster-hit states

The states were affected by floods, landslides and cloudburst during south west monsoon 2019.

January 7, 2020

Case against BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya for threatening government officials

The incident was shot in a video on Friday in Indore where the BJP leader is seen saying, "Our Sangh (RSS) leaders are here otherwise we would have set Indore on fire today."

January 5, 2020

Kamal Nath takes out ‘Save the Constitution’ march, says NRC, CAA have hidden political intents of BJP

Attacking the BJP, Kamal Nath said that the central government has been raising issues and bringing up such legislation that would divert the public attention from its failure on the administrative front

December 25, 2019

CAA divisive, against spirit of Constitution: Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath

Earlier, Congress MLA Arif Masood demanded that the chief minister reject the amended Citizenship Act (CAA) as well as proposed country-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC).

December 14, 2019

Wasim Jaffer takes the field for record 150th time in Ranji Trophy

Jaffer has as many as 40 tons to his credit in his long Ranji Trophy career and has amassed 11775 runs in India’s premier domestic cricket tournament.

December 9, 2019

AAP MP demands probe into textbook depicting Mahatma Gandhi in poor light

At a time when the nation is celebrating Father of the Nation’s 150th birth anniversary, there are instances of misleading propaganda being done against him, said Sanjay Singh.

December 6, 2019

Madhya Pradesh honey-trap case: Police raids businessman’s house, media firm

Meanwhile, some local organisations of journalists condemned the raid, saying the exercise was aimed at "intimidating" the fourth pillar of democracy.

December 1, 2019

BJP MP Pragya Thakur removed from Defence Panel after Godse remarks in Parliament

Thakur had made the remarks while a discussion was underway on the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Bill, attracting Opposition's fury.

November 28, 2019

Vyapam scam: Key conspirator gets 10 years while 30 others seven years in jail

The CBI has been investigating the scam since July 2015. There are more than 2,500 accused in cases related to the scam.

November 25, 2019

Rumors of discontent with party ‘baseless’: Jyotiraditya on removing Congress from Twitter bio

Earlier in the day, news of Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia removing the name of Congress from his Twitter bio surfaced.

November 25, 2019