42 officers, including 23 district magistrates, transferred in Madhya Pradesh
According to the list which was released late on Thursday, Bharat Yadav has been appointed district magistrate for Gwalior, Deepak Arya for Balaghat, Ganesh Shankar Mishra for Sehore, Bhaskar Lakshkar for Guna and Chhote Lal Singh for Bhind.
By Indo Asian News Service | Bhopal
PUBLISHED ON DEC 21, 2018 07:55 PM IST
In a major reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh’s administrative services, newly-appointed chief minister Kamal Nath shifted 42 officers, 23 of whom were district magistrates.
According to the list which was released late on Thursday, Bharat Yadav has been appointed district magistrate for Gwalior, Deepak Arya for Balaghat, Ganesh Shankar Mishra for Sehore, Bhaskar Lakshkar for Guna and Chhote Lal Singh for Bhind.
Rampratap Singh Jadone will be the new DM for Datiya, Anugrah P for Shivpuri, Neeraj Singh for Damoh, Dhanraj S for Mandsaur, Satyendra Singh for Satna and Shrinivas Sharma for Chhindwara.
CM Kamal Nath to induct 20 ministers in Madhya Pradesh cabinet today
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2018 12:01 AM IST
The names of the ministers have been finalised keeping in view regional and caste equations as well as national polls due next year, Congress leaders said.
Govt staff, income tax payees not eligible for farm loans waiver in Madhya Pradesh
By Shruti Tomar | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2018 07:41 AM IST
Government employees, public representatives from panch-sarpanch to MP and income tax payees cannot avail the crop loan waiver scheme announced by chief minister Kamal Nath on Monday in his first decision after assuming office, officials said.
Hard disks seized in Madhya Pradesh e-tendering row, clerk test on radar
By Punya Priya Mitra and Shruti Tomar | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2018 07:42 AM IST
A day after Kamal Nath took over as Madhya Pradesh chief minister, the police informed the state government on Tuesday that the Centre’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) has seized 11 hard disks related to the e-tendering scam.
‘1 done. 2 to go’: Rahul Gandhi on Kamal Nath waiving farm loans in MP
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2018 05:33 PM IST
Earlier on Monday, Kamal Nath took the oath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister in the presence of top Congress and opposition leaders who flew to Bhopal from Jaipur where they had watched Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot take charge as Rajasthan chief minister and deputy chief minister respectively.
Mamata Banerjee not to attend swearing-in ceremony of Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister
By Press Trust of India | Kolkata
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2018 10:46 AM IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the swearing-in ceremony of Congress leader Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh CM, official sources said. Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi will be representing the party at the event.
Post poor show in MP’s Vindhya, Congress to conduct ‘forensic examination’ of voting pattern
By Press Trust of India | Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2018 05:00 PM IST
The Congress will get experts to conduct a forensic examination of the voting pattern in Madhya Pradesh’s Vindhya region, from where it won just six out of 30 seats in the recently concluded assembly polls, as it has “suspicion” on EVMs used there.
Mamata Banerjee, Chandrababu Naidu, Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav invited for Kamal Nath swearing-in
By Press Trust of India | Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 15, 2018 06:10 PM IST
The Congress has invited leaders from across the political spectrum for the swearing-in ceremony of party stalwart Kamal Nath taking charge as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on December 17.
94 MLAs with criminal cases, 187 multi-millionaires in new MP assembly: ADR
By Indo Asian News Service | Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2018 11:30 PM IST
The Congress, which won the Assembly polls, leads the list with 56 MLAs having criminal antecedents, followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with 34 while the Bahujan Samaj Party has two such lawmakers.
Will deliver farm loan waivers, it was not a jumla: Kamal Nath
By Harinder Baweja | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2018 10:48 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh chief minister-designate Kamal Nath plans to deliver on the Congress’ election promise to waive loans for farmers within ten days of taking office.
Kamal Nath to be chief minister; Congress says era of change upon MP
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2018 11:57 PM IST
The Congress legislature party began its meeting at around 10.30 pm, many hours after Gandhi told reporters early on Thursday that a decision on the party’s three chief ministers would be taken soon.
Will live and die in Madhya Pradesh, says outgoing CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 14, 2018 07:54 AM IST
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was ruling the state since 2005, said he will not move to the Centre following the BJP’s loss in Madhya Pradesh, which it was ruling since 2003.
Assembly elections 2018: NOTA was the spoiler for BJP in 13 Madhya Pradesh seats
By Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa | New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2018 09:22 AM IST
Assembly elections 2018: Early trends safely established how the final seat tally would be in Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan and Mizoram.
Madhya Pradesh assembly election results 2018: ‘Couldn’t get desired result, I’m responsible for defeat’, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2018 10:06 AM IST
“I decided that we don’t have the numbers so we shouldn’t try to make the government. I called Kamal Nath to congratulate him and wished him all the best,” said Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was the chief minister for 13 years.
Suspense over next MP chief minister; new Congress MLAs say Rahul Gandhi to decide
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2018 07:14 PM IST
The two names that the party leadership is believed to be deciding between are that of Kamal Nath and State Congress campaign committee chairman Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Armed with BSP and SP support, Congress stakes claim in MP; Chouhan quits
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2018 02:04 PM IST
Accepting BJP’s defeat, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan submitted his resignation to the Governor.