Potato trader abducted

Gwalior, Mar 03: About six unidentified armed people abducted a potato trader here this morning, police said. Keshav Jain (55) had gone out to local Mahaveer Chowk temple at 6 am when some people took him away forcefully in their car.  In a bid to register protest people closed Bhind's main market.

Scheme for Bundelkhand

Bhopal, Mar 03: Madhya Pradesh Public Health Engineering Minister Chaudhry Chandrabhan Singh today informed the Assembly that Rs 1,327-crore scheme, for drought-affected Bundelkhand region, was forwarded to the Centre.

LPG mishap, 3 killed

Indore, Mar 03: Three people, including two children, were charred and six severely burnt after a blaze engulfed a Maruti Omni Van after its gas cylinder burst on this district's Indore-Ichhapur road on Monday.

Congress meeting to chalk out strategy

Bhopal, Mar 03: A high-level meeting of Madhya Pradesh Congress is scheduled in New Delhi on Tuesday to chalk out a strategy for upcoming assembly elections. Almost all the senior party leaders belong to the state are likely to participate in the meeting. Party sources said that in past four years this is for the first time when the party charged up with the appointment of new state president Suresh Pachauri holding such a meeting at AICC office.

UP not releasing water as per terms

Bhopal, Mar 03: Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Minister Anup Mishra told the State Assembly that the Uttar Pradesh Government was not releasing water as per terms resulting in inadequate water supply to Bhind district from 'Bhander canal system'. Dissatisfied with the reply, Opposition Congress staged a walk out alleging that the government was not resolving water problems of farmers. Hamid Qazi of NCP also joined the walkout.

Tourism potential remains unexploited

Bhopal, Mar 03: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the immense potential of tourism in Madhya Pradesh still remains largely unexploited due to long neglect of this sector. Concerted efforts have been made over last four years for optimum exploitation of these possibilities by encouraging and promoting tourism industry. This would reduce the burden on agriculture and employment would be generated for the youths.

Opp walks out alleging scam in cycles

Bhopal, Mar 03: The entire Opposition led by the Congress on Monday staged walk out in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly alleging a scam in the distribution of bicycles to girl students in government schools. School Education Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar denied the charges and claimed that payments to concerned company had been halted in cases where distributed cycles were found to be of sub-standard quality.

Cong welcomes MISA pensions

Bhopal, Mar 03: Congress member and former Madhya Pradesh Minister Govind Singh welcomed the 2008-09 state Budget's provision for pension and medical facilities to MISA (Maintenance of Internal Security Act) detainees. Initiating the general debate on the Budget presented in the Assembly on February 27 Singh said, “The proposal is laudable and should include those who were students at the time and were behind bars for limited periods. Those who tendered apologies for release, ought not to be included.”