Bhopal News

Campaign drums yet to be heard in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls exactly a fortnight from now but the campaign drums are yet to be heard.9:30 AM on November 13

Minister held for misbehaving with poll official gets bail

Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Tukoji Rao Puar and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate were granted bail Wednesday, a day after they were arrested for allegedly misbehaving with an election official.1:01 AM on November 13

Madhya Pradesh minister arrested for misbehaving with poll official

Madhya Pradesh Tourism Minister Tukoji Rao Puar and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate were arrested from Dewas town Tuesday for misbehaving with an election official.6:32 PM on November 11

Madhya Pradesh BJP leader in son trouble

Madhya Pradesh Revenue Minister Kamal Patel is in trouble. The state High Court Tuesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged murder of a Congress leader's son for which Patel's son is accused.6:30 PM on November 11

BJP election campaign in Madhya Pradesh fails to attract crowds

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's much-touted poll campaign launched across Madhya Pradesh with great fanfare Monday appears to have failed to attract the people. Party chief Rajnath Singh opted out of addressing a meeting here this evening as just 250 people turned up to listen to him.11:30 PM on November 10

Congress taking credit for Chandrayaan, alleges BJP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday attacked the Congress party, alleging that it was taking credit for India's maiden mission to the moon. The accolades should have been reserved for the scientists, a BJP spokesman said.7:00 PM on November 10

Madhya Pradesh minister booked for misbehaving with returning officer

The Madhya Pradesh Police have registered a case of obstruction and misbehaviour against Tourism Minister Tukoji Rao Puar for allegedly throwing papers at the returning officer of the Sonkach assembly constituency in Dewas district.6:32 PM on November 10

Ahmedabad blasts suspect held in Madhya Pradesh

An alleged member of the Indian Mujahideen and a suspect in the series of bomb blasts that rocked Ahmedabad in July has been arrested from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain city, police said Monday.6:02 PM on November 10

Delimitation benefits Madhya Pradesh tribal leaders most

The delimitation exercise in Madhya Pradesh that changed the boundaries of assembly constituencies this year may have upset several political bigwigs, including seven ministers and 54 legislators belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but it seems to have benefited the tribal leaders.2:01 PM on November 10

Muslims unhappy over decline in representation

Muslims in Madhya Pradesh are up in arms against the Congress, saying it has not picked enough community members to contest the assembly elections. And they say they can't take it any more.11:00 AM on November 10

Chouhan launches campaign, denies threat by smaller parties

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday embarked on a statewide election tour, fully confident about his Bharatiya Janata party's victory in the Nov 27 polls.6:31 PM on November 09

BJP most affected by delimitation in Madhya Pradesh

: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh has been affected the most by the delimitation of constituencies for the Nov 27 state polls.5:00 PM on November 09

BJP hopes to rein in rebels in Madhya Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party's Madhya Pradesh unit president Narendra Singh Tomar here Friday claimed all the rebels would be persuaded to withdraw from the contest and start working for the party by November 10 when the party formally launches its campaign for the Nov 27 polls.8:00 PM on November 07

Uma Bharti heeds 'intuition', files nomination from Tikamgarh

After initially denying she would contest, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) party president Uma Bharti Friday filed her nomination from Tikamgarh constituency for the Nov 27 assembly elections.6:00 PM on November 07

Modi, not Vajpayee, to campaign in Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Hema Malini, Smriti Irani and a host of others will campaign for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh. A key absentee will be former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who is not keeping good health.5:02 PM on November 07