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MP CM Chouhan to campaign for BJP in poll-bound Gujarat on Nov 18

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in poll-bound Gujarat on Friday, the CM's office said on Thursday. His cabinet colleagues Narottam Mishra, Vishwas Sarang, Arvind Bhadoria and Inder Singh Parmar have already been campaigning for the ruling BJP in Gujarat, where polls for the 182-member Assembly will be held in two phases - in 89 seats on December 1 and in 93 seats on December 5. Chouhan, who is among the BJP's 40 star campaigners, will address election meetings in Mandvi and Abdasa Assembly segments of Gujarat's Kutch district on Friday, a spokesperson from the chief minister's office said. The CM will also campaign in Bhavnagar and Morbi as per the schedule, he said. Notably, a bridge collapse in Morbi had last month claimed 135 lives. Talking to PTI over phone, Madhya Pradesh Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang, who is in Gujarat, claimed the BJP will win more than 150 seats in the western state. "The B

Prez Droupadi Murmu, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan visit tribal museum in Bhopal

President Murmu who is on a two-day visit to Madhya Pradesh from November 15 said that the people of Madhya Pradesh have made invaluable contributions to Indian culture and developmental journey

Madhya Pradesh aims to contribute Rs 55,000 cr to India's GDP by 2026: CM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the state's contribution to India's economy will reach USD 550 billion by 2026 as the country is expected to become a USD 5-trillion economy. Chouhan said the state's gross domestic product (SGDP) is growing at 19.67 per cent this year and it has been attracting investments at a faster pace. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a pledge to make India a USD 5-trillion economy. It will be achieved when states do their part. So we will be contributing USD 550 billion to the country's economy by 2026. We have made a road map to accomplish this (target), and attracting investment is a part of this plan," Chouhan told reporters on the sidelines of an event here. At 'Investment opportunities in Madhya Pradesh' event hosted by industry body CII, the chief minister also urged the investors' community to invest in Madhya Pradesh. The event comes ahead of a two-day global investors' summit which is scheduled to be held in

Electricity is the heartbeat of development, says MP CM Shivraj Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that nothing can happen without electricity, it is the heartbeat of development. If the heartbeat stops, then all the work stops

State govt is constantly trying to lay a network of roads: MP CM Chouhan

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the State Government is making continuous efforts to lay the road network everywhere

Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate 13 road projects worth Rs 5315 cr in MP today

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate 13 road projects worth Rs 5315 cr in Jabalpur and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh on Monday

Bharat Jodo Yatra to unite whom? Cong and Pandit Nehru divided India: MP CM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday accused former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress of 'dividing' the country and wanted to know whom the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' led by Rahul Gandhi was aimed at unifying. He also expressed confidence that the BJP is going to come to power once again in Karnataka. "On one side there is Narendra Modi who is working for the country and on the other side there is Rahul baba (Rahul Gandhi) who is doing Bharat Jodo Yatra. Mr Rahul Gandhi, do tell us- who did the 'thodo' (divided) of India? In 1947 with an urge to get power at the earliest, if someone divided the country it was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress," Chouhan said. Addressing BJP's backward classes mega rally here, he said, Congress people are those who divided India, but today are talking about Bharat Jodo (unifying India). Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, state BJP strongman and parliamentary board member B S Yediyurappa, state

15 dead in Rewa after bus collides with truck; Chauhan apprises Adityanath

The number of people killed in the road mishap in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district in which a passenger bus collided with a truck has gone up to 15, police said

Reintroduction of Cheetas will boost tourism in Chambal: CM Shivraj Singh

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that tourism in the Chambal region will boost after the relocation of Cheetahs in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

Final exams of Class V, VIII to be in board pattern in MP, says CM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said Class V and Class VIII final examinations in government, government-recognised private and government-aided schools will be in the "board examination" pattern. He, however, did not give details of what the board examination pattern would entail. The CM, who was interacting with 15,000 newly-hired teachers at an event, also said the audit of internal marks will be regularized in schools. He hailed the teachers for being the architects of a child's future and said his government will provide all support to make the education system in the state the best in the country. He also said teachers must work towards removing the fear of English language among students.

Over 2.2 mn have benefited this year from self-employment schemes in MP: CM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said his government will help 2.5 lakh persons every month to earn a livelihood through self-employment schemes and asserted that 22.50 lakh people had been provided work under such schemes this year. He also said his government has requested Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi to inaugurate the proposed 'Pravasi (NRI) Bharatiya Sammelan', scheduled to be held in Indore from January 7 to 9 next year. The state government will also organize a global investor meet in the city immediately after this conference, Chouhan said at the state-level monthly employment day function here. "We have focused on promoting self-employment. We will help 2.5 lakh people earn livelihood every month under different government self-employment schemes. From January to March, the state helped 13 lakh people become self-employed, while the figure was 9.52 lakh between April and July. They have started businesses through loans under various ..

BJP drops Gadkari, Chouhan from parliamentary board; inducts BSY, 5 others

The parliamentary board works in tandem with the Central Election Committee (CEC) and members of the board are also members of the CEC

Gadkari, Chouhan out, BSY, 5 others in as BJP rejigs parliamentary body

The BJP on Wednesday dropped Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan from its parliamentary board and brought in six new faces including B S Yediyurappa and Iqbal Singh Lalpura. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, K Laxman, Sudha Sadav and Satyanarayan Jatiya are the other new members of the BJP's apex organisational body -- an attempt by the party to make the parliamentary board more socially and regionally representative. Lalpura will be the first Sikh to have a seat in the BJP parliamentary board as a person from a minority community. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and BJP president J P Nadda are among its members. The party also rejigged its Central Election Committee and included former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Om Mathur and its women wing chief Vanathi Srinivasan. Former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain and Jual Oram have been dropped fr

MP will contribute $550 bn to make India $5-trn economy: CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh will contribute USD 550 billion towards making India a $ 5 trillion economy, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday. His remarks came at the seventh NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. In 2019, PM Modi envisioned making India a USD 5-trillion economy and global powerhouse by 2024-25. To make Bharat a 5 trillion dollar economy, MP will contribute 550 billion dollars, Chouhan was quoted as saying in an official release. He said Madhya Pradesh is keeping in mind the vision of PM Modi regarding the march of 'aatmanirbhar' or self-reliant India of the 21st Century. The chief minister said NITI Aayog has a major role in the 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' programme- which aims to enhance interaction and promote mutual understanding between people of different states/Union Territories through the concept of state/UT pairing. He said the Aayog has become the strength of states and MP was an example. Chouhan

President Murmu's journey an inspiration for society: Madhya Pradesh CM

"Your journey from a ward corporator to the highest post of President will inspire society and your vast experience will give it a new direction," Chouhan tweeted in Hindi as he congratulated her.

MP local body polls: Contemplation call for BJP as Cong gains vital thrust

The BJP entered the elections with all 16 incumbent mayoral seats, but only won nine of them. Two of its mayoral candidates won by a razor-thin margin

Shivraj Singh Chouhan thanks non-BJP MLAs for supporting Murmu in Prez poll

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday thanked non-BJP MLAs in the state who voted for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu in the presidential poll

MP govt clears Rs 11K cr project under Jal Jeevan Mission for 18 districts

Madhya Pradesh is set start another project for tap water supply under the Jal Jeevan Mission, an ambitious project of the Centre, which will cater to 18 districts, including Bhopal and Indore

MP Polls: CM Chouhan slams Kamal Nath, says he used to threaten police

Amid the Madhya Pradesh local body elections, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that when Kamal Nath was the Chief Minister, he used to threaten police and administration

MP CM urges FM to remove capital gain tax on assets managed by state firms

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan requested Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to remove the separate capital gain tax on assets managed by the state company