Madhya Pradesh recommends CBI probe into legislator’s murder

September 27th, 2009 BHOPAL - Four suspected Maoists who had allegedly crossed into Madhya Pradesh from Chhattisgarh have been detained in Shahdol district, police said Sunday. The four - Ramnath, Lalsai, Roopsai and Sunao, all of them Gond tribals aged 25-30 - had sneaked in from Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh, a police official said.

September 20th, 2009 LUCKNOW/BHOPAL - The Uttar Pradesh government Sunday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the mysterious death of Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Madan Gopal Rusia, whose body was found on a railway track some distance from Agra railway station Sep 10. Roosia was the chief executive officer of the Bhopal Development Authority.

July 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three days after he met the prime minister to seek a special package for the Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday said the party would do everything for the welfare and development of the region that he says is steeped in poverty. "We have submitted a memorandum to the prime minister (on Bundelkhand).

July 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh Congress Sunday said it will take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issues of missing tigers in Panna National Park, the murder of a legislator and the power and water shortages during the assembly session that begins Monday. "Besides the ever worsening law and order, issues like power shortage, hike in power tariff, unannounced power cut for hours together, non-supply of potable water, murders due to conflicts over water, shortage of fertilizers and hybrid seeds and their black-marketing will also be raised in the house," Leader of Opposition Jamuna Devi told IANS.

July 4th, 2009 BHOPAL - Expressing concern over the decline in polling percentage, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Saturday called upon lawmakers to introspect why people were losing interest in the poll process. Inaugurating a two-day orientation programme for Madhya Pradesh legislators, Meira Kumar said legislature was the most powerful body and the lawmakers should use their powers for the welfare of the common man.

June 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader Rameshwar Thakur took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today. Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice A K Pattnaik administered the oath of office to the Thakur.

June 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur was sworn in here Tuesday as the 18th governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition in assembly Jamuna Devi, state Congress Committee president Suresh Pachouri, Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers and other dignitaries were present on the occasion at Raj Bhavan.

June 17th, 2009 BHOPAL - Piqued over the vanishing tigers in the state, the Madhya Pradesh government has constituted an experts committee to find out the reasons behind the declining number of tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve, officials said Wednesday. In April this year, a central government team led by former National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) chief P.K.

April 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader was arrested Monday for his alleged involvement in the murder of party legislator Makhan Singh Jatav, police said. 'The investigation conducted so far in the Jatav murder case indicated that Congress leaders had conspired to kill him, with the main culprit being Bhind district Congress vice president Tej Narayan Shukla who is now under arrest,' R.S.

April 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader was arrested Monday for his alleged involvement in the murder of party legislator Makhan Singh Jatav, police said. 'The investigation conducted so far in the Jatav murder case indicated that Congress leaders had conspired to kill him, with the main culprit being Bhind district Congress vice president Tej Narayan Shukla who is now under arrest,' R.S.

April 18th, 2009 BHOPAL - The prime suspect in the murder of Congress legislator Makhanlal Jatav from Madhya Pradesh's Gohad constituency has surrendered at Gwalior, police said Saturday. 'With the surrender of prime accused Pappu Pandit late Friday night, we expect to solve the case soon.

April 15th, 2009 BHOPAL - Two men have been arrested in Bhind district's Barahed village for their suspected involvement in the murder of Madhya Pradesh assembly member Makhan Singh Jatav, police said Wednesday. 'The police raided the village late Tuesday night once they got the leads in the murder case and arrested Narayan Sharma and Sheru Kaurav.

February 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Legislators threw paper missiles, hurled mikes and shouted slogans while Governor T.V. Rajeswar looked on helplessly and his marshalls tried to fend the blows Tuesday in the Uttar Pradesh assembly.

January 14th, 2009 BHOPAL - Two police constables accused of beating a tribal to death in Madhya Pradesh have been suspended and booked for murder, the police said Thursday. 'The incident occurred late Wednesday evening in Jhabua town when the constables, Kartar Singh and Ishwarlal, who were allegedly in an inebriated state, picked up a fight with a tribal Kallu Thanwaria Medha, 40, who too was under influence of alcohol and beat him till he fell unconscious.

December 22nd, 2008 BHOPAL - Even as the Congress is yet to select the Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh, the Association for Democratic Reforms - a network of over 1,200 civil society groups - has urged it not to consider any legislator with a criminal background for the post. 'All the political parties should take such a step as a gesture of cleansing the governance and politics of unsavoury elements', said Jagdeep S.