An 18-year-old tribal man died after police resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shells to control a crowd of protestors in Dongargaon in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, a police official said on Thursday. The deceased man has been identified as Bherulal (18). The crowd was protesting the death of a 22-year-old tribal woman who was found dead on […]
MP: Indore Lokayukta raids house of Mineral Officer recovers assets worth over Rs 3 crores
The anti-corruption wing of Lokayukta on Tuesday raided various residences of Mineral Officer Manmohan Khatedia (at present posted in District Dewas) and recovered properties worth more than Rs 3 crores, said Anand Yadav, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Lokayukta Indore. The officials have also registered a case under the Prevention […]
MP: Sexual abuse victims’ kin, lawyer receive threats in Dindori
The relatives and lawyer of a minor girl who was sexually abused, received threats and were pressured to testify in favour of the accused, on the district court premises in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district on Friday afternoon. The matter of the alleged sexual harassment of minor girls came to the fore on Saturday (March 4) during […]
MP: Holkar Royal family performs Holika Dahan at Rajwada in Indore
Carrying forward the 300-year-old tradition of the Holkar Royal Family, Richard Holkar from the Holkar family performed Holika Dahan at Rajwada in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district on Monday evening. It is said that this ‘Holika Dahan’ is also called Sarkari Holi. Around 300 years ago, King Malhar Rao Holkar of Indore started this tradition, after which it was carried forward […]
MP: Two police officers line attached in BM College Principal murder case
Two senior police officers have been removed from active duty and line attached in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore in connection to the Simrol-based BM College Principal Vimukta Sharma murder case, the police said. The action came after the victim, succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Indore. An order in […]
MP: CM Chouhan slams PCC chief over his ‘Madira Pradesh’ remark
Targeting former CM and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Kamal Nath over his ‘Madira Pradesh’ remark, Chief Minister Shivarj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that he would not tolerate the insult of Madhya Pradesh. CM Chouhan said that the PCC Chief Kamal Nath has no attachment to the soil of Madhya Pradesh, its rituals, […]
MP: Several injured as bus overturns in Sehore
As many as 22 people sustained minor injuries when a passenger bus overturned in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore on Tuesday. The bus was on its way to Nasrullaganj from Narmada Puram. “22 people have suffered minor injuries. The passenger bus was going to Nasrullaganj when it overturned,” said SP Mayank Awasthi, […]
MP: Jilted lover opens fire on woman, hits another youth who died
A man opened fire on a woman when she refused to marry him but the bullet hit the woman’s colleague who died while undergoing treatment in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred near railway station premises in the city on Wednesday late evening. The youth who died was […]
MP: PFI member held for ‘conspiring against government’ in Bhopal
The Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested a member of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) outfit from Bhopal for allegedly conspiring against the government and indulging in unlawful activities, officials said on Saturday. Officials said the arrest was made on Friday in connection with a case registered by the state police’s Special […]
MP: Over 100-year-old rare Triloka Ber trees still bearing fruits in Bhopal
One of the rarest species of Ber fruit called Triloka Ber is being preserved at Fruit Research Centre situated at Intkhedi in the state capital Bhopal. The centre claims that it is over a 100-year-old tree and there are only five trees of this Ber fruit in the country. All those trees are […]
MP: Police recover country-made explosives from car in Barwani
Madhya Pradesh Police on Friday recovered country-made explosives from a car in Barwani. The police arrested one person in this regard. Based on a tip-off that there could be ammunition in the car when our team stopped the car, they recovered 13 country-made explosives. A probe is underway. “Our team […]
MP: BJP leader, wife, 2 children die by suicide in Vidisha
In a shocking incident, an ex-corporator from the BJP and his wife and their two children – who were suffering from muscular dystrophy – died by suicide in Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday evening, said the police. The deceased were identified as Sanjeev Mishra (45), his wife Neelam (42), and […]
MP: Man files complaint against road construction company
A man has lodged a complaint against a construction company supervisor after his bike slipped on an under-construction road in his village in Shahdol district and he allegedly suffered bone fractures, police said. The complainant was registered on Thursday on the complaint of Ankur Dwivedi, a resident of Nagnaudi village under Beohari […]
MP: Deceived into marrying Pakistani, Jammu woman flees to Bhopal
A Jammu woman ran away from her house and came to Bhopal after she was deceived into marrying a Pakistani man who later forced her to live in Pakistan or Dubai, police here said. The woman identified as Priyanka Kolkoltra, a resident of Udhampur in Jammu, was also allegedly beaten up by […]
MP CM Shivraj Singh bats for decision to conduct medical, engineering education in Hindi
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that English has no connection with intellect, so it was decided that medical and engineering education will be done in Hindi in Madhya Pradesh. While addressing a public gathering here, MP Chief Minister said, “English has no connection with intellect. So I […]