Madhya Pradesh: News

15 Jul 2018

Uttar Pradesh

MP: Three tribals stripped naked, beaten mercilessly for 'stealing diesel'

In another shocking incident that speaks volumes about safety of minorities in the country, three tribals were stripped naked and thrashed mercilessly on allegations of stealing diesel, in MP's Jabalpur.

14 Jul 2018

Bhopal

Bhopal: 12-hours-later, woman, held hostage by stalker, rescued

A man identified as Rohit Singh and a woman, he claimed to be in love with, were taken out of a building in Bhopal's Misrod area on Friday, putting an end to the almost 12-hour-long drama.

13 Jul 2018

Uttar Pradesh

Bhopal: Man holds model hostage in her house demanding marriage

An armed man is holding a model hostage in an apartment building in Bhopal since this morning, demanding that she marry him, police said.

13 Jul 2018

India

Modi to address 50 rallies across India before 2019 elections

With an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Narendra Modi will address 50 rallies across the country by February 2019, covering more than 100 Lok Sabha constituencies.

11 Jul 2018

India

MP: Gangrape survivor assaulted again while walking back home

In a horrifying case, a 14-year-old child in Chhindwara, MP, was allegedly gangraped twice within 24 hours, police said yesterday.

09 Jul 2018

Uttar Pradesh

UP: Trains wait hours at Murshadpur, thanks to drunk stationmaster

On Friday, when trains on UP's Murshadpur route started queuing up one after another, officials were confused why there was no green light.

08 Jul 2018

India

42 Bhopal-Central Jail convicts, including women, being trained as paramedics

Forty-two prisoners, including four women inmates, of Bhopal Central Jail, several of them serving life sentences for murders, are undergoing a paramedical course with authorities claiming that it might be a first-of-its-kind initiative for any jail in the country.

08 Jul 2018

Crime Against Women

MP: 14-year-old dragged from sleep, gangraped by 'relatives'

Yet another child has allegedly fallen prey to perverted predators. This time, it was a 14-year-old girl of Chhatarpur, Bundelkhand, MP.

07 Jul 2018

India

MP: Dalit man whipped 100 times for asking salary hike

In yet another barbaric incident of primitive, caste-based violence in India, a Dalit man from Madhya Pradesh was tied to a petrol pump and whipped 100 times with a belt for asking for a salary hike.

06 Jul 2018

Murder

MP: Refused money for liquor, alcoholic shoots wife, kills daughter

A 32-year-old man allegedly killed one of his daughters, injured another and shot at his wife after the latter refused to give him money to buy liquor in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district.

05 Jul 2018

Indore

Mandsaur gangrape: Nurse arrested for trying to reveal victim's identity

Indore Police arrested a senior nurse of MP govt-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao hospital on the charge of trying to reveal the Mandsaur gangrape victim's identity.

05 Jul 2018

Telangana

Telangana: Government teacher caught on camera getting head-massage from student

A video has surfaced where a Telangana teacher was seen getting a head massage from a student when she was supposed to teach them Physics.

04 Jul 2018

Bhopal

MP: BJP-youth shoots self to prove his love for female-friend

A 30-year-old leader of the BJP's youth wing is in a critical condition after he allegedly shot himself outside the residence of his female friend to prove his love for her, police said today.

04 Jul 2018

Telangana

200 cops worked 24 hours to save kidnapped Hyderabad baby

Within 24hrs, a 6-day-old baby who was abducted from a Hyderabad government hospital got reunited with her parents yesterday.

04 Jul 2018

India

Govt asks WhatsApp to stop the propagation of fake news

The government has asked WhatsApp "in no uncertain terms" to ensure that the platform is not misused for the propagation of fake news.

03 Jul 2018

POCSO

MP: 15-year-old girl raped by 3 friends of her brother

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three friends of her elder brother, including two minors, in her house in the Bada Patthar area of Jabalpur (MP).

03 Jul 2018

Rajasthan

Rape conviction challenged by Asaram in Rajasthan High Court

Self-styled godman Asaram today filed an appeal in the Rajasthan High Court against his conviction in a rape case.

02 Jul 2018

Indian Penal Code

MP: Trainee cop held for taking 'selfie' in senior-judge's chair

A trainee police constable's enthusiasm for "selfies"' landed him in the police lock-up after he took a picture while sitting in a senior judge's chair in a court in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria town, an official said.

30 Jun 2018

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Thank, Sansad Ji: BJP MLA tells Mandsaur rape victim's parents

In Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur, an eight-year-old was raped, a rod was inserted into her private parts and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan demanded a death sentence for the accused.

30 Jun 2018

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Humanity dies: 8-year-old raped in Mandsaur, chilling Nirbhaya-like details surface

The eight-year-old girl, who was gang-raped in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur, is too traumatized to talk, doctors said.

29 Jun 2018

India

Jabalpur: Thief swallows stolen jewellery, cops make him undergo surgery

In Madhya Pradesh, cops went an extra mile to revive stolen jewellery from thieves; they made a man undergo surgery after he swallowed the item.

Rapists burden on earth, don't deserve to live: Shivraj Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that rapists were "burden on the earth" and do not deserve to live.

28 Jun 2018

Kanpur

Finance ministry approves Rs. 1.07 lakh crore for metro-rail projects

The Finance Ministry has given 'in-principle' approval to metro rail projects in Kanpur, Bhopal, Indore, Agra and the phase IV of Delhi Metro, amounting to Rs. 1.07 lakh crore, multiple reports said.

25 Jun 2018

Dalit

Dalit thrashed for riding bike in front of sarpanch's house

A 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten up for riding a motorcycle past the house of a sarpanch in Dharampur village in Tikamgarh (MP), the police said.

24 Jun 2018

Rainfall

Madhya Pradesh: Minister organizes frog wedding to please rain Gods

Lalita Yadav, Minister of Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh, married off two frogs in a grand ceremony hoping to please rain Gods, a move that was heavily criticized by Opposition Congress.

23 Jun 2018

Yogi Adityanath

'Yogi mango' named after CM Yogi Adityanath center-of-attraction at mango-festival

Mango lovers have a chance to taste over 700 varieties of the fruit at a two-day festival in Lucknow with "Yogi mango" named after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being the center of attraction of the event.

23 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

PM to unveil several development projects in poll-bound MP today

PM Narendra Modi will arrive in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal today on a one-day visit, during which he will launch several development projects.

23 Jun 2018

Odisha

Royal-Bengal tiger from Kanha doing well in Odisha forest: Minister

A male Royal Bengal Tiger, which was translocated from Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve to Odisha's Satkosia in Angul district, was doing well, said Odisha's Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray.

22 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Modi to launch number of projects in poll-bound MP tomorrow

PM Narendra Modi will arrive in Bhopal on Saturday on a one-day visit during which he will dedicate the Mohanpura Irrigation Project (worth Rs. 3,866cr) in Rajgarh district to people off the state.

20 Jun 2018

Indian Penal Code

Man gets life imprisonment for raping 62-year-old woman in MP

A court in Ambah town in Morena has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a 62-year-old woman in 2016.

17 Jun 2018

Facebook

MP-elections: BJP trains 65,000 'cyber-warriors' to battle Congress' 5,000 'sipahis'

Ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly elections scheduled for later this year, both Congress and Bharatiya Janta Party have prepared a cyber army to counter each other on social media.

17 Jun 2018

Murder

MP: Wife hires contract-killers to cut off 'rapist' husband's genitals

In a shocking turn of events, the Jabalpur police on Saturday arrested the wife of one Dr Shafatullah Khan in connection to his murder. Khan was killed on Tuesday night at his home.

15 Jun 2018

Bhopal

MP: Police-aspirants allegedly harassed in jail, made to undergo pregnancy-test

Nine women protesting for reforms in police recruitment were arrested in Bhopal, but what allegedly happened next was traumatic.

14 Jun 2018

India

Govinda and Dancing Uncle's performance is just what we needed

The viral video of Sanjeev Shrivastava has taken him places (literally!), and he met his inspiration Govinda on the sets of Colors' show 'Dance Deewane', recently.

14 Jun 2018

Virat Kohli

BJP-MLA's advice to women: Produce 'sanskaari' kids or stay infertile

Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker from Madhya Pradesh, Pannalal Shakya on Wednesday said women should remain infertile if they can't produce kids with 'sanskaar'.

10 Jun 2018

PTI

MP: BJP-MLA caught on CCTV slapping, threatening to kill constable

An MP BJP MLA has landed in controversy after he was caught on CCTV camera slapping, abusing and threatening to kill a constable inside a police station in Dewas.

10 Jun 2018

Indore

MP: Cops rescued 402 abandoned infants between Dec'16 and May'18

Madhya Pradesh Police personnel are showing their humane side and donning a new role - saviors of newborn babies dumped by parents.

09 Jun 2018

Kamal Nath

Madhya Pradesh: Congress's fake voters claim gets busted by EC

Days after Congress alleged there were over 60 lakh fake voters in Madhya Pradesh, the Election Commission said there was no truth in the claims.

09 Jun 2018

Bhopal

MP CM makes a mistake, calls Amitabh a low-scoring student

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan made a gaffe, while giving a motivational speech to students in Bhopal on Friday.