Madhya Pradesh

The Statue of Oneness, which portrays Adi Shankaracharya as a 12-year-old boy (the age at which he attained spiritual knowledge from his Guru) stands on a 75-feet pedestal.

A Congress leader plans to distribute one lakh bottles of it in Indore district to convey that state party chief Kamal Nath's 11 poll guarantees were as pure as Ganga water.

Addressing a gathering, replete with saffron flags, Aditya Thackeray raised the issues of inflation and farmers' plight due to deficient and excessive rainfall which is troubling farmers.

The project in the coming times will include the development of the Advaita Lok museum, showcasing the life and philosophy of Acharya Shankar (Adi Shankaracharya).

"I got disappointed as the chance which the backward class women were supposed to get has not been given to them," the senior BJP leader said.

While Congress’s state president Kamal Nath has spelt 11 poll guarantees, the AAP head Arvind Kejriwal announced 10 poll guarantees to people of MP, on the lines of Delhi and Punjab.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said the Army and Air Force will be called in if required for flood relief operations in the state.

Earlier this week, the INDIA bloc, which includes the Congress and more than 25 other parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party, had said it would hold a rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

While chairing a conference of divisional commissioners, inspector generals of police, district collectors and police superintendents on Friday, the CM announced launching the CM Jan Awas Yojana soon.

"Just a few days back, I prayed in Ujjain for the revival of rains. I thank Lord Mahakal for listening to the prayers and ushering rains all across Madhya Pradesh," said Chouhan.