Triple murder case in Madhya Pradesh town solved

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 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government has recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the murder of a Congress legislator in the state. "We have forwarded the matter to the central government with a request to conduct a CBI probe.

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.

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 27th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A gangster who had 28 criminal cases pending against him was found shot dead in an Uttar Pradesh town, police said Saturday. "Babloo Dubeys bullet-ridden body was found today (Saturday) in the fields near Jahanganj town in Azamgarh district," police inspector O.P.

June 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Madhya Pradesh court Thursday sentenced a tiger poacher to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.10,000, officials said Thursday. Dariya (only the first name was given) was convicted Thursday by a court in Katni in Madhya Pradesh, the NGO Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) said in a statement here.

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 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.

April 13th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Congress party legislator was shot at by unidentified assailants in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh Monday evening, police said. Makhan Singh Jatav is a legislator from Gohad assembly constituency in the state.

February 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - Candidates from the entire country would now be eligible to appear for examinations conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Public service Commission (MPPSC) or other bodies for state government jobs, an official source said Wednesday. The state cabinet Tuesday decided that passing higher secondary or graduation from Madhya Pradesh would not be a criteria for recruitment through the MPPSC.

January 15th, 2009 BHOPAL - Hundreds of guest lecturers from across Madhya Pradesh held a sit-in outside the house of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here Friday demanding regularization of their service. The protestors demanded to meet the chief minister.

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.