BSP MLA Rambai on Wednesday asserted that Congress would not be able to form a government at centre after the forthcoming Lok Sabha election and the state's Congress-led government would have to concede to all demands by her party after the polls. BSP is in alliance with Congress in Madhya Pradesh with two lawmakers including Rambai extending their support to the Kamal Nath-led government.

The Madhya Pradesh government Saturday held a state cabinet meeting in Jabalpur for the first time, an event chief minister Kamal Nath termed historic. Chief Minister Kamal Nath said Jabalpur is known as "sanskardhani" (cultural capital), a description first used for the city by Acharya Vinoba Bhave, and added that his government was committed to its overall development.

A man was bitten multiple times by another man after he scolded the latter for thrashing a dog, police said in MP's Indore Wednesday. The victim, Ravi Chauhan, saw the alleged assailant Babbi beating the dog with a pipe in Sanjay Nagar locality Monday night, police said. Out of compassion for dog, Mr Chauhan tried to stop Babbi from tormenting the canine, a-police-official said.