Ujjain Collector Ashish Singh said that mobile phones had always been banned in the sanctum sanctorum at Mahakal temple. Timely notice was also issued for the same. The last order was issued six months ago when photography was banned again.
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced former MLA Bramhanand Netam as its candidate from Bhanupratappur which fell vacant following the death of Manoj Mandavi Netam, who was the sitting Congress MLA.
Bhanupratappur, an assembly constituency reserved for the scheduled tribes in Chhattisgarh, will go for by-elections on December 5 as the seat fell vacant for the death of Congress MLA and deputy speaker Manoj Mandavi.
Congress has retained Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu who is the party's former state chief and who won in the 2017 Assembly election defeating BJP's Vijay Agnihotri. He is seen as one of the contenders for the top post of the Chief Minister in case Congress wins the Assembly polls.
The Dalhousie seat which comes under the Chamba district is set to witness a tough fight between the two parties with the Aam Aadmi Party trying to leave a mark in the elections.
Haridas Pandey Balmiki, district president of the party's unrecognised workers' forum in Sultanpur Assembly segment, alleged that five-time MLA Jai Kishan was seeking MCD poll tickets for his wife and sons.
Congress MLA from Alot constituency, Manoj Chwala and his associates were booked for allegedly looting fertilisers and obstructing government work at a warehouse in Alot town, Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh.
He is the second leader to resign on the same day. Earlier, Congress MLA from Talala constituency in Gujarat, Bhagvanbhai D Barad, tendered his resignation from all posts of INC to Dr Nimaben Acharya. He said that he has decided to quit Congress after consultation with his supporters. He wil