The Opposition Congress on Monday raised the issue of alleged phone tapping of some politicians and officials in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

Congressmen in Madhya Pradesh will sink all their differences before upcoming Assembly polls in the state to prevent the BJP from coming to power again, Union Minister of State Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Sunday.

The Punjab government will add 100 seats of MBBS in both Government Medical Colleges of Patiala and Amritsar from next academic year, an official spokesman said in Chandigarh.

Former Odisha Chief Minister and Congress MP from Sundargrh, Hemananda Biswal had a narrow escape from the jaws of death when his driver lost control over the car on Saturday. Biswal was rushed to the hospital.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday described the state budget as "progressive" and development-oriented even as the opposition criticized it.

Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh Assembly today expressed displeasure over delay in giving compensation to the farmers whose crop had been damaged due to recent hail and frost, and demanded a time-frame for providing the financial assistance.

Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Thursday called on Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in New Delhi and requested him to set up a new rail coach factory in Haryana.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath came out in support of controversial Kunda MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya alleging there is a conspiracy to frame him in the DSP Zia-ul-Haq murder case, and warned of an agitation if he is arrested.

Opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday staged a walk out charging the BJP government of being "insensitive" in dealing with the kidnap and murder of a school boy and subsequent violence in Shivpuri town last week.

Fresh summons were on Friday issued by a fast-track court against Congress MP Mahabal Mishra and his family members for their alleged role in the kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006, after they failed to appear before it.