Vijayavargiya, Patel get short shrift as MP CM Mohan Yadav gives charge of districts to ministers

Vijayavargiya, Patel get short shrift as MP CM Mohan Yadav gives charge of districts to ministers

New Delhi: Eight months after assuming power, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has kept Indore, the state’s economic power engine, under his watch, while deputing less significant districts to powerful ministers Kailash Vijayvargiya and Prahlad Patel. Vijayvargiya was assigned Satna and Dhar on Monday night, whereas Patel —  a chief minister contender and OBC leader … Read more

MP minister Nagar Singh Chouhan threatens to quit post

MP minister Nagar Singh Chouhan threatens to quit post

Bhopal: A tribal minister in Madhya Pradesh threatened to quit Monday after he was divested of two key portfolios to accommodate a defector from the Congress. Nagar Singh Chouhan was left with Scheduled Caste (SC) welfare portfolio after his other portfolios, environment and forest, were handed to Ram Niwas Rawat, who was made a minister … Read more

Modi ‘vardaan’, Kejriwal ‘jhoothelal’ — MP CM Mohan Yadav on ‘PM will retire soon’ remark

Modi ‘vardaan’, Kejriwal ‘jhoothelal’ — MP CM Mohan Yadav on ‘PM will retire soon’ remark

“He has committed himself to the nation. He doesn’t have a house of his own, doesn’t have any assets, there’s no bank balance, no links with his family, but he is living for the country, and he has made a name for himself amid the people, who see him as a vardaan. The PM is important for the country and the world,” he added. In … Read more

Adani Group To Invest Rs 75,000 Crore In Madhya Pradesh; 15,000 Jobs In Offing

Adani Group To Invest Rs 75,000 Crore In Madhya Pradesh; 15,000 Jobs In Offing

Home Madhya Pradesh Adani Group To Invest Rs 75,000 Crore In Madhya Pradesh; 15,000 Jobs In Offing The planned Rs 75,000 crore will generate over 15,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities in a wide variety of industrial sectors across Madhya Pradesh, said Pranav Adani, the Director of Adani Group. Managing Director (Agro, Oil & Gas) … Read more

Ujjain to launch world’s first Vedic clock based on Indian system

Ujjain to launch world’s first Vedic clock based on Indian system

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government is all set to unveil the world’s first vedic clock — which will introduce an alternate time format based on India’s ancient timekeeping system as mentioned in Rigveda — at Ujjain’s Jantar Mantar on 1 March.  The clock will display the time in terms of mahurats, kaals, and kasthas, which … Read more

Amid switchover buzz, Kamal Nath’s son says will walk with Rahul when yatra passes through MP

Amid switchover buzz, Kamal Nath’s son says will walk with Rahul when yatra passes through MP

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Nakul Nath said Thursday that he would personally welcome Rahul Gandhi’s outreach yatra when it entered the state on 2 March, thereby scotching the buzz that the Chhindwara MP and his father — former state chief minister Kamal Nath — may switch to the BJP. Nath told ThePrint that he … Read more

MP cabinet approves proposal to call university V-Cs ‘kulgurus’

MP cabinet approves proposal to call university V-Cs ‘kulgurus’

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh cabinet Tuesday gave its approval to the proposal to call all university vice-chancellors (V-C) ‘kulgurus’ instead of ‘kulpatis’, as they are currently known. The cabinet’s approval, ahead of the state assembly session scheduled to start Wednesday, comes nearly three years after then higher education minister Mohan Yadav had mooted the proposal … Read more

11 Killed, Dozens Feared Trapped in Firecracker Factory Blast

11 Killed, Dozens Feared Trapped in Firecracker Factory Blast

Home News Madhya Pradesh Fire: 8 Killed, Dozens Feared Trapped in Firecracker Factory Blast, PM Modi Announces Ex-gratia live The blast, that occurred at a factory situated on Magardha road in Bairagarh village of Harda, was so intense that its effect were felt in a radius of 15 kilometers. Madhya Pradesh Fire Live: 8 Killed, … Read more

MP CM’s secretariat gets a makeover

MP CM’s secretariat gets a makeover

Bhopal: Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, who took charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh two months ago, has made major changes in the state bureaucracy with 15 IAS officers transferred on Sunday night, of which five have been appointed to the CM’s secretariat.  The reshuffle of 15 IAS officers Sunday comes … Read more

Private secretaries yet to be assigned to many Madhya Pradesh ministers. CMO vetting candidates

Private secretaries yet to be assigned to many Madhya Pradesh ministers. CMO vetting candidates

New Delhi: Most of the newly elected ministers in Madhya Pradesh are having a tough time at office as they are working without personal staff and personal assistants — considered as their ears and eyes — for the last one month. Reason?   Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has seemingly taken a cue from Prime Minister Narendra … Read more