Tag: Madhya Pradesh

Damoh: Two girl students were allegedly forced to undress in a school in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh by a teacher who wanted to conduct a check after a student complained her Rs 70 was stolen, an official said on Saturday. District Education Officer (DEO) Ajab Singh Thakur told IANS: “A Class 10 student of […]

Bhopal: Police in Madhya Pradesh arrested a youth for posting provocative messages on WhatsApp, an official said on Thursday. “A youth named Aslam posted provocative messages on a WhatsApp group. The group’s administrator lodged a police complaint in this regard,” Pritam Thakur, officer in-charge of Jahangirabad police station, told IANS. “Aslam was sent to jail […]

Bhopal: A 17-year-old teenager has committed suicide in Damoh in Madhya Pradesh by jumping in front of a running train allegedly to complete the deadly online Blue Whale Challenge game, officials said. Satvik Pandey, a Class 11 student, committed suicide on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. A CCTV camera installed at a house near […]

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): Around 260 people were injured in the stone-pelting at centuries-old traditional “Gotmar Fair” in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The condition of four persons is stated to be serious. As the situation worsened, police lobbed teargas shells and cane-charged the crowd to disperse them. An enraged crowd damaged an ambulance and a […]

Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): In protest against jailing of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NDA) leader Medha Patkar after “framing her in false charges”, the office-bearers of Kadmal unit of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Friday resigned en masse. Patkar is fighting for those living along the river Narmada and facing inundation due to […]

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday waived off entertainment tax on Bollywood movies “Hindi Medium” and “Sachin: A Billion Dreams”, said a state Minister. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Thursday in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said Finance and Commercial Taxes Minister Jayant Kumar Malaiya. The budget for […]

Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh): Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel was arrested just as he entered Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday on his way to Mandsaur to meet families of the farmers killed in police firing. He was later released. Hardik Patel and four aides, who were also arrested, were then taken to the Rajasthan side of the […]

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday ended his indefinite fast, which he launched on Saturday here, for restoration of peace in his state rocked by agitation of farmers and violence. Former Chief Minister Kailash Joshi offered Chouhan coconut water to help him break his two-day-old fast at the Dussehra Maidan here. Chouhan […]

Bhopal: Amid spiralling protest by Madhya Pradesh farmers, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday began his indefinite fast here that will continue “until peace is restored”. The Chief Minister sat down on fast at the BHEL Dussehra Maidan here at 11 a.m. He will also run his government from the venue, an official said. […]

Bhopal: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sent his security personnel into a tizzy after he took a bike ride to reach Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh where police shot dead five protesting farmers. Gandhi entered Madhya Pradesh by car from Rajasthan in a cavalcade of Congress leaders and activists. As he entered Neemuch district, […]

New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday sent five additional battalions of paramilitary forces to Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur where fresh violence erupted as protesting farmers indulged in arson, a day after at least five farmers were killed in police firing. Official sources said five more battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force and Rapid Acton […]

Mandsaur/Indore: Hundreds of angry farmers on Wednesday blockaded roads and attacked two top officials at Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh as their leaders claimed that eight people died in police firing a day earlier. Mandsaur District Magistrate Swatantra Kumar Singh and Indore Superintendent of Police O.P. Tripathi were roughed up by a mob when they reached Barkheda […]

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said on Sunday that those who call him “insane” should first try to find answers to the issues raised by him. “The easiest way to avoid answering the issues I raise is to call me insane,” Digvijay told PTI.

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said those living in rented houses will also get free water and subsidised electricity if the AAP comes to power in the civic corporations. “Those staying in rented houses don’t get benefit of low water and electricity tariff. After municipal elections, we will make sure even […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asked the Election Commission to re-examine the process concerning use of EVMs in view of report of its tampering from a constituency facing a bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the poll panel should revert back to the system of ballot papers if political parties are not convinced about […]