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Madhya Pradesh cabinet nod for constitutional tag to backward class panel

On the day bypolls to 28 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh were announced, the state cabinet approved granting of constitutional status to the State Backward Class Commission

Religious places to reopen in Indore district, says Govt official

Religious places are set to reopen in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh after nearly six months, adding that devotees will have to wear masks and follow social distancing norms

Contributions of Covid-19 warriors unprecedented in history: CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan hailed the contributions made by Covid-19 warriors in the fight against the pandemic, saying that their role is unprecedented in the history of humanity

MP reports 2,310 new coronavirus cases, 26 deaths in last 24 hours

Madhya Pradesh on Sunday recorded 2,310 new coronavirus cases, pushing its caseload to 122,209, while 26 deaths took the toll to 2,207, an official said.

Narendra Singh Tomar: Treading between farmer protest, bypoll preparation

When Tomar was made agriculture minister, many people thought there would be no ripples. They were right - until recently with the farm reform Bill

ADB approves loans worth $570 mn for urban projects in Rajasthan, MP

ADB said it has approved a $300 million loan to develop Rajasthan's secondary towns and a $270 million loan for Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project

670 electric buses, 241 charging stations sanctioned under FAME scheme

Government has sanctioned 670 electric buses for Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Chandigarh, and 241 charging stations in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat and Port Blair

Madhya Pradesh Assembly clears Finance Bill, 2020; adjourned sine die

The session lasted for one-and-a-half hours during which the Finance Bill, that allows the state government to carry out its expenses, was passed

Indore coronavirus update: City registers 419 new Covid-19 cases

Indore reported 419 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, with six more persons succumbing to the virus, the district health department said

Madhya Pradesh Assembly to hold one-day monsoon session today

Madhya Pradesh Assembly is slated to hold a one-day monsoon session on Monday amid the Covid-19 pandemic

MP CM distributes Rs 200 crore as loan amount to empower Self-Help Groups

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday distributed a loan amount of Rs 200 crores to empower Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the state

Sachin Pilot to campaign for Congress in Madhya Pradesh Assembly bypolls

The Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for bypolls in these 28 seats, which are lying vacant due to the resignation of 25 Congress MLAs and death of three sitting legislators

Madhya Pradesh CM bats for Centre's farm Bills, hits out at opponents

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said those opposing the Centre's farm bills were creating confusion by provoking farmers. In a series of tweets, the MP CM said the bills aimed to make farmers in the country "atmanirbhar" (self-reliant) and those opposing them are just trying to show themselves as "farmer friendly" while seeing various sections of society as "votebanks". "They have no connection with public interest. The upliftment of farmers is not their priority," Chouhan, adding that the legislation would give farmers the freedom to fix prices of their produce, and break boundaries of states under the "one nation, one market" concept. The bills are "revolutionary" and give protection to farmer mandis as well as the minimum support price mechanism, Chouhan said. In another tweet, Chouhan said farmers of the country want to be free from controls as they want to be self-reliant and have understood the "lie of farm debt waiver". He clai

BJP should give account of 15 years of rule in Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath

Kamal Nath said the BJP should give account of its 15-year-long rule in the state before asking about the performance of the Congress-led government that was in power for 15 months

CM Chouhan demands Kamal Nath's apology for calling MP 'bikaau pradesh'

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday slammed his predecessor Kamal Nath for saying that Madhya Pradesh has become a 'bikaau pradesh' (sold state) and demanded his apology over the remarks

As Covid cases rise, MP HC asks Mumbai firm not to stop oxygen supply

The directive was issued by a division bench of Justices S C Sharma and Shailendra Shukla on Wednesday

Madhya Pradesh: Some villagers labelled positive for Covid-19 without tests

Officials collecting and analysing samples in an MP district have been dismissed after some villagers received a message saying they had tested coronavirus positive even though they were never tested

Madhya Pradesh reports 2,323 fresh Covid-19 cases, 29 new deaths

Madhya Pradesh witnessed 2,323 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the case count in the state to 93,053, health officials said

As Covid-19 cases spike, Madhya Pradesh Assembly session to be curtailed

The duration of the next week's Madhya Pradesh Assembly session has been reduced to one day from three days as decided earlier due to rise in the Covid-19 cases, an official said on Tuesday

With highest single-day spike in cases, Indore's tally crosses 17,000-mark

With the highest single-day spike of 379 new COVID-19 cases, Indore's tally crossed 17,000 mark on Sunday