Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal/Harda, February 6 Eleven people were killed and 174 injured in an explosion leading to a blaze at a firecrackers factory in Harda town of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, officials said. A number of people were also feared trapped in...

Bhopal, January 31 In a heart-wrenching incident, a man slit the throat of his eight-year-old daughter and threw her into the bushes assuming she was dead. Fortunately, the minor not only survived but managed to come out on roadside from...

Dindori, January 29 A woman sub divisional magistrate (SDM) posted in Shahpura in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district was allegedly murdered by her husband for not making him the nominee in service, insurance and bank records, a senior police official said...

Chandigarh, January 25 It was after 10 days a couple who returned home from their “honeymoon trip” to Ayodhya and Varanasi, the woman from Madhya Pradesh sought a divorce from her husband. She–in her divorce petition to a family court–has...

New Delhi, January 23 The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Medical Commission (NMC) and a Madhya Pradesh-based government medical college on a petition filed by five foreign medical graduates complaining about non-payment of stipend during their...

Betul, January 4 A man, his minor son and another person were killed when two motorbikes collided head-on in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday. The accident took place at around 7 pm on Wednesday on Kukru-Khamla...

Bhopal, January 3 Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday named his house, a government bungalow in Bhopal, as “Mama Ka Ghar” and said its doors were open for everyone....

Bhopal/Indore, January 2 A transporters’ body on Tuesday claimed the strike by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run accident cases involving motorists has affected the movement of nearly five lakh vehicles in Madhya...

Bhopal, December 26 Four members of a family died and two were seriously injured as a scrap-laden truck fell on their car in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district early on Tuesday. The truck lost control and fell on the car when...

Bhopal, December 25 As many as 28 legislators, including former Union minister Prahlad Patel and BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, were on Monday inducted into the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet led by CM Mohan Yadav. A total of 18 MLAs...

Bhopal, December 25 Around 1,300 tabla players who performed at the 99th International Tansen Samaroh in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on Monday entered the Guinness World Records for achieving the “largest tabla ensemble”. The Guinness World Records certificate was handed...

Sheopur, December 25 A cheetah that was released into the wild recently was tranquilised and brought back to Kuno National Park in Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh on Monday evening after it strayed into Rajasthan’s Baran district, an official said. The...

Bhopal, December 25 As many as 28 legislators, including former Union Minister Prahlad Patel and BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, were on Monday inducted into the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. A total of 18...

Bhopal, December 23 The BJP’s Anuppur district unit chief in Madhya Pradesh, who had vowed in 2017 not to wear footwear till the party forms a government in the state, started wearing it again on Saturday, days after the saffron...

Bhopal, December 17 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav busted a long held urban legend that no king or top political functionary stays overnight in Ujjain, home to the renowned Mahakaleshwar Temple, and said the tradition may have been a...

Indore, December 17 Madhya Pradesh Congress’ newly appointed chief Jitu Patwari has said his party, which suffered defeat in the recently held assembly polls, will face the next year’s Lok Sabha elections under collective leadership and deliver positive results. Patwari,...

Thane, December 16 In a chilling incident, Ashwajit Gaikwad, the son of a top Maharashtra bureaucrat, allegedly mowed down his girlfriend with his SUV in Thane recently, seriously injuring her. The victim, Priya Umendra Singh, 26, a professional beautician, has...

Indore, December 14 The live-in partner of a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Indore on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing her to death for refusing to have physical relations with him, police said. The deceased and the accused were living together...

New Delhi, December 13 Three-term Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh with his counterpart in Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai taking oath of office in Raipur. Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo...

Amritsar, December 12 Smuggling of weapons from Madhya Pradesh continue in the state as Amritsar Commissionerate Police busted an inter-state arms smuggling racket with the arrest of one of its key members from Bhaini village near here and seized 13...

New Delhi, December 12 The Congress on Tuesday attacked the BJP for picking Mohan Yadav as the next chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, alleging that there are many serious allegations against him including “large-scale manipulation” in the Ujjain masterplan. Springing...

Bhopal, December 11 Chief Minister-designate Mohan Yadav, an OBC leader and three-time BJP MLA, started his political career when he was a student and rose to become higher education minister of Madhya Pradesh where he announced to make Hindu epic...

Bhopal, December 11 Mohan Yadav, who is set to be the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, on Monday said he would work to fulfil the expectations of the people of the state and thanked the BJP leadership for reposing...

New Delhi, December 10 The suspense over the names of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh CMs is set to end soon with the BJP legislature party meetings in both states scheduled to be held on Monday. Central BJP observers have reached...

Sehore/Bhopal, December 10 A 30-year-old Muslim woman has claimed that she was beaten up by her brother-in-law for voting in favour of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls and celebrating the party victory, an incident prompting Chief Minister Shivraj...