In a bid to boost tourism in the state, the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday announced a slew of measures including providing assistance for converting privately-owned properties into heritage hotels.

The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday raised the professional tax limit to Rs 1.80 lakh from Rs 1.5 lakh and reduced tax on chocolate, bubblegum and chewing gum to 5 percent from 13 percent.

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.

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

The mortal remains of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh's wife Asha were on Friday consigned to flames at Dheerpur-based Charbagh, which is the family's private funeral ground near here.

The Madhya Pradesh Congress unit will announce its candidates three months before the Assembly elections, to be held in November this year.

A Class III girl student was allegedly raped by a guest teacher in a school toilet at a village in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday.

Leader of the Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Ajay Singh on Monday said the Governor's Address in the House was far from reality and the truth is that the state government had failed on all fronts.

Madhya Pradesh government has earmarked 1,000 acres of land in Neemuch district to set up the country's biggest solar power plant, which will generate 130 MW of power, state New and Renewable Energy Minister Ajay Vishnoi has said.

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four youths in the district, police said on Wednesday.