As political campaigning heats up in Madhya Pradesh, which goes to polls on November 28, the two main parties in the fray—the Bharatiya Janta Party and Congress—have pulled out all stops to win over the scheduled caste and tribe voters. read more

Underlining the initiatives taken by the Madhya Pradesh Government-led by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the past 15 years, the PM said that the Congress would never speak of the good work Chouhan did during his three tenures. read more

If it gets the nod, Delhi will be the first Union Territory in the country to have a separate department to address problems faced by persons with disabilities. So far, only six states in India — Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil... read more

Cyclone Gaja which crossed Tamil Nadu’s coast early Friday, has claimed 20 lives, says a press release issued by the Tamil Nadu government on Friday. The severe cyclonic storm slammed into the Tamil Nadu coast between Nagapattinam and nearby Vedaranniyam bringing with it heavy rain, and causing severe damage to communication and power infrastructure, mainly in Nagapattinam district.

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday termed demonetisation as the biggest scam in the history of independent India. read more

Ahead of the second phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, scheduled to take place on November 20, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing a rally in Ambikapur. read more

A plan has been drawn up for Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician from Punjab, to campaign in the three of the five election bound states. Starting Friday, he will visit Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. read more

Prabhat Jha, BJP’s national vice president and in-charge of MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s Jan Ashirwad Yatra, spoke to HT about the party’s prospects in the upcoming assembly elections in the state. read more

Allowing Rahul Gandhi to do this is a software the Congress president has named Vidya, a nod to the data-enriched knowledge that can be pulled out from it. read more

The decision to offer a flat bonus means the state government will not implement the so-called PM-AASHA (Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan), a programme announced by the Centre on September 12 to ensure remunerative prices to farmers.  read more

The exact reason of the three-year-old tiger’s death will be ascertained after a postmortem is conducted, a senior forest official said Thursday. The royal bengal tiger was brought from Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha Tiger Reserve on June 21 and released in... read more

Most analyses about the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls are premature at this juncture. The slog overs for the November 28 contest haven’t yet begun. read more

The death adds to the controversy of the translocation, after the other tiger – Sundari – shifted in the exercise purportedly killed a woman. read more

The Winter session of the Parliament before the next Lok Sabha polls will take place amid a raging debate on the Rafale jet fighter deal with France and an agrarian crisis the Opposition is expected to use to target the Narendra Modi government. read more

A member of Australia-bound Test squad, Mohammed Shami will leave for the tour Down Under after playing the Ranji Trophy third round match at the Eden Gardens. read more