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Madhya Pradesh Petroleum products will not be brought under GST: MP Fin Min The Madhya Pradesh government here today made it clear that petroleum products will not be brought under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). “The total commercial revenue that we get from petroleum products is about 35 per cent of the total tax (commercial) … Read more
Madhya Pradesh After UP, MP govt tells madrasas to hold Tiranga rally. The Madhya Pradesh Madarsa Board has ordered over 5000 madrasas or Islamic seminaries in the state to compulsorily organise a Tiranga (Tricolor) rally to celebrate Independence Day and email it the photographs of the celebrations. This is for the first time … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Garlic appeal challenged in High court ð A writ appeal that challenged an order to let garlic farmers sell their produce through commission agents was challenged before the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court. ð The appeal sought to quash the order passed by high court single bench, ruling that garlic can be considered … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Liquor sale down, revenue up in Madhya Pradesh It is the first time that liquor consumption has dropped in Madhya Pradesh and they attribute it to the ‘nashamukti’ awareness campaigns being run across the state. With the CM reiterating time and again that his government is pushing for “phased prohibition”, anti-liquor … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh: Notices to online retailers for selling lizard genitals The special task force (STF) of Madhya Pradesh forest department’s wildlife wing has sent notices to four online retailers for allegedly selling dried hemipenis of monitor lizards’ and other wildlife articles. Notices have been sent to Snapdeal.com, Indiamart.com, cartcomparison.com and wishnbuy.com under Section 52 (attempted abetment) … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Crisis looms large as water table dips in 40% wells across Madhya Pradesh. 40% of the wells across Madhya Pradesh are drying up. Coupled with a patchy monsoon, it may wreak havoc in the summer of 2018. MP relies mainly on rainfall for natural recharge of groundwater. The worrying thing is that despite 19% … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh houses world’s oldest rock art: Experts. The petroglyph rock art at Daraki-Chattan (hillock) near Bhanpura in the Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, is the “world’s oldest rock art” and is almost 2 to 5 lakh years’ old, according to experts. The successful expedition from November 2 to 23 this … Read more
Madhya Pradesh A decade of darkness ends for Dalit villagers. A day before rakshabandhan, Maroop villagers of Ashoknagar district got an exciting gift from the power department, as it restored the electricity supply to the village after a gap of 10 years. For the poor villagers, the occasion was no less than Diwali, … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Dhar fort Survey of encroachments around Dhar fort was based on oral probe, HC told The survey of the encroachments around the Dhar fort was based on oral inspection, Dhar district administration told the Indore bench of Madhya Pradeshhigh court on Monday, during the final arguments seeking removal of all the encroachments around the fort. The PIL, … Read more
Madhya Pradesh Amit Shah to lunch at Dalit’s house during Bhopal visit. BJP national president Amit Shah is likely to eat a meal at a Dalit house here during his three-day visit here starting August 18. As part of the RSS-BJP Dalit agenda, Shah has earlier lunched and dined at the homes of members of … Read more