Madhya Pradesh

After being allocated Rs 600-crore funds, Madhya Pradesh became the first state to get additional funds for capital expenditure projects. The Union allocated these funds to cater to various reforms like One Nation, One Ration Card, Ease of Doing Business and Urban Local Bodies. Moreover, the Union has issued 50% of the sanctioned amount as the first instalment. Reportedly, the Centre announced its special assistance under the Aatma Nirbhar… read-more

Madhya Pradesh Burhanpur police seized 2.5 Kg of MDMA drug or Ecstasy worth Rs 2 crore on January 17. Following a tip-off, the Burhanpur SP Rahul Kumar laid a trap arresting four suspects with the prohibited consignment. Suspecting a trail from Indore, the MP police have detected a Mumbai-Indore link in the drug deal. Reportedly, the seizure happened just days after the Indore police busted India’s biggest drug party.

Questioning Madhya Pradesh government's decision to increase the minimum age of marriage for women, Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma said if they can reproduce at 15 then why change the marriage-age from 18 to 21. Criticizing CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Verma went far saying if the former has become a "great doctor". Meanwhile, the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights has issued a show cause notice to Verma, asking explanations… read-more

Sparking a controversy, BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has once again called the Mahatma Gandhi's assasin, Nathuram Godse, as "a patriot". The Malegoan blast accused, Pragya, was reacting to Digvijaya Singh's remarks, in which he asked Godse supporters to "have some shame". The BJP MP had earlier termed Godse as "patriot" in the Parliament as well, for which she faced severe criticism and had to apologize. 

In a gruesome incident, a 45-year-old widow was been gang-raped by four men in Bhopal on January 9. As per Additional Superintendent of Police Manjulata Patle, the men barged into her house, molested her, and assaulted her with an iron rod. Reportedly, the victim is maintaining stable health after a surgery at the Rewa Hospital. The police have arrested all four accused for interrogation from the neighbouring village.