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Topic: Madhya Pradesh

Ahead of high-stakes bypoll, Scindia reaching out to former bitter foes for support to aide

Former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia is in Indore, where his aide Tulsi Silawat is contesting bypoll, and reaching out to top BJP leaders in the constituency.

MP Congress chief Kamal Nath to host Hanuman Chalisa recital day before Ayodhya event

Nath has also asked Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders to recite the prayer at their homes, and said the event is spiritual and nothing should be read into it.

MP CM Shivraj Chouhan tests Covid-positive, one of nearly dozen leaders infected in July

Only two days ago, Chouhan’s cabinet colleague Arvind Singh Bhadoria had tested positive for Covid-19. The two had travelled together to Lucknow this week.

An undemocratic pandemic prevailing, writes Kamal Nath to PM Modi over defecting MLAs

After three MLAs quit the Congress-led Madhya Pradesh govt in the last two weeks, Kamal Nath wrote to Modi and urged him to protect the country's democratic values.

Madhya Pradesh government declares 10-day lockdown in Bhopal from 24 July night

The lockdown has been announced due to steady rise in Covid-19 cases in Bhopal. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured uninterrupted supply of essential commodities in the period.

Lalji Tandon — Madhya Pradesh Governor, Vajpayee protege and Mayawati’s ‘rakhi brother’

Governor & former BJP MP Lalji Tandon, who joined the RSS at the age of 12 and had been in active politics since early 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 85.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon passes away at 85

Tandon had been suffering from a prolonged illness and was admitted to a hospital after complaining of breathing problems, difficulty in urination and fever.

CM Baghel hands out plum posts to Chhattisgarh MLAs amid rebellion in Rajasthan Congress

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has appointed nearly 50 Congress MLAs in government. BJP says he’s keeping horses in the stable, Congress says normal process.

Scindia faction wins, gets plum depts in Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s cabinet allocation in MP

After 11 days of intense squabbling, loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia have bagged key departments such as revenue, health and energy. Read the full list here.

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Pradyuman Singh Lodhi quits party, joins BJP

Speaking about his resignation, Lodhi said only the BJP can develop his Assembly seat areas and said that CM Chouhan has approved developmental schemes for his area.

On Camera

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

Fewer millionaires set to emigrate this yr, India produces ‘far more’ than those leaving — Henley report

The report predicts net emigration of 4,300 millionaires in 2024, lower than the outflow in 2023 & 2022. Congress has raised concerns about the outflow of HNIs from the country.

Army hospital commandant says no misuse of disability pension grant. ‘Scrutiny at all levels’

Lt Gen Nilakantan says revised Entitlement Rules & Guide to Medical Officers for pensions had been revised to rationalise disability classification, quantification & granting of disability.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.