Madhya Pradesh

Terming the state BJP government as anti-farmer, hundreds of Congressmen on Wednesday protested outside the collectorate here demanding wheat procurement at minimum support price from farmers in Madhya Pradesh, party sources said.

Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Ajay Singh, on Wednesday alleged that the BJP Government in the state had sent a large number of farmers to jail by implicating them in false power theft cases, while big industrialist were going scot-free.

As Bollywood actor Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyamev Jayate' hit the chord with masses right from the onset, a city-based NGO has claimed to have received 12 fresh cases in related issues in the last three days.

Two persons were on Wednesday found murdered in separate localities here, police said.

Electricity officials raided Asharam Bapu's ashram here and detected a power theft following which Rs 1.70 lakh bill including the penalty was raised against it.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Centre to ensure immediate supply of remaining 37,000 bales of gunny bags to the state for wheat procurement.

Welspun Group, the country's largest solar power developer, has won a 125 MW solar photovoltaic project in Madhya Pradesh, a top company official said on Wednesday.

Facing the problem of plenty due to a record production of wheat and shortage of jute bags, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday decided to try out silo bags for storage.

In a drive to put a stop over increasing number of illegal mobile towers in the city, local administration is preparing a policy to deal with it. A high level meeting in this regard is likely to take place on Tuesday.

Targeting the ruling BJP, Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh on Monday alleged that the state government was buying wheat only from those farmers, who were associated with the saffron party. He said this while addressing a public meeting at Mandna in Panna district on the fourth day of his Jana Chetna Yatra.