Category: Madhya Pradesh
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Indore water contamination: 20 new diarrhoea cases detected during screening; 142 in hospitals
According to officials, 398 patients had been admitted to hospitals so far following the outbreak
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Tightening the opium belt in Madhya Pradesh
The Madhya Pradesh High Court’s remark that a case against an 18-year-old man, arrested for illegal opium possession, was ‘rather suspicious’, led to the suspension of six police personnel. It also brought the focus back on Malwa region’s historic opium cultivation. Mehul Malpani reports on how farmers find themselves caught between drug smuggling and crackdowns by government…
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Mohan Yadav says ‘elimination’ of Maoism his biggest feat; Congress rakes up farmer issues, debt
The Chief Minister said that the State has received investment proposals of more than ₹32 lakh crore in the past two years and those of ₹8.57 lakh crore have been materialised so far
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Congress seeks M.P. Minister’s resignation over brother’s arrest for marijuana smuggling
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitu Patwari targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party Government over the issue and demanded that Ms. Bagri resigned from her post and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav gave up the Home portfolio
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Winter Session of M.P. Assembly begins with protests over cough syrup tragedy, short duration of session
The four-day-long session began with members paying their condolences to various people, including film actor and former Lok Sabha MP Dharmendra, former Union Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal, and the victims of the explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort
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Plea in Indore court seeks FIR against IAS Santosh Verma over controversial remarks
Shailendra Dwivedi, an Indore-based lawyer, filed a plea before the Judicial Magistrate First Class seeking directions for the police to register an FIR against IAS Santosh Verma while alleging that his statement was “vulgar, obscene and cheap”
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Trouble in ‘soy State’: Madhya Pradesh soybean farmers lose interest over multiple factors
Madhya Pradesh is India’s largest soybean producer, but young farmers are losing interest in farming, facing key issues such as improper implementation of minimum support price, seed quality, input cost and the possibility of the import of soybean and soybean meal from the United States. A.M. Jigeesh reports on a brewing crisis
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Supreme Court asks Madhya Pradesh government to pay ₹25 lakh to convict for over 4 years in jail beyond term
Sohan Singh Yadav was only released from Sagar Central Jail on June 6 this year, after advocate Mahfooz A. Nazki wrote to the prison authorities and the M.P. State Legal Services Authority flagging the matter
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Stone pelting near Ujjain over ‘love-jihad’ tableau in Ganpati procession
Police said that the situation was peaceful but adequate force has been deployed as a preventive measure
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Asia’s oldest elephant ‘Vatsala’ dies at Panna Tiger Reserve; MP CM pays tributes
For years, Vatsala was centre of attraction for tourists and being the oldest, she led the entire group of elephants in the reserve