The Latest Breaking News from Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh: Four girls drown in Omkareshwar while bathing in canal

INDORE: At least four Class-5 girl students drowned while taking a bath in a canal in Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning, police said.

The Times of India · Apr 20, 2022

Vidarbha dampen Madhya Pradesh spirits on Day 1

NAGPUR: Vidarbha skipper Siddesh Wath surprised Madhya Pradesh when he handed the very second over of the 4-day match to off-spinner Yash Kadam, at Vadodara. The out-of-the-box move ended up choking the batters on a damp pitch.

The Times of India · Apr 20, 2022

India: Muslim group takes ‘dangerous bulldozer politics’ to court

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’s plea in Supreme Court as properties mainly belonging to Muslims are bulldozed in BJP-ruled states.

Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2022

After UP, MP, ‘bulldozers’ raze encroachments of riot accused in Gujarat’s Khambhat

VADODARA: After Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP), bulldozers are being used to pull down encroachments of properties owned by riot accused in Gujarat’s Anand district as well.

The Times of India · Apr 15, 2022

Even PM has no power to bulldoze homes without probe: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

JAIPUR: Attacking the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh over the demolition of homes of alleged rioters, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that nobody had the right to do so without investigation and following the due process of law, not even the prime minister.

The Times of India · Apr 14, 2022

Aishwarya Tomar wins at selection trials, Sanjeev Rajput second

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh's Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar won the men's 50m rifle 3 positions T4 (fourth trial) competition, getting the better of seasoned Haryana shooter Sanjeev Rajput at the national selection trials on Thursday.

The Times of India · Apr 14, 2022

Tension erupts over 'outsiders' in village near riot-hit Khargone in MP

KHARGONE: Tension prevailed in Dhargaon village in Madhya Pradesh, around 60km from violence-hit Khargone district headquarters, on Wednesday night when villagers chased five people and pelted stones, suspecting them to be involved in riots that led to clampdown of curfew.

The Times of India · Apr 14, 2022

The Hindu calls MP demolition ‘state-backed drive against Muslims’, ToI says ‘inversion of due process’

Days after the demolition of properties – largely Muslim-owned – by authorities in Madhya Pradesh following the Ram Navami violence in Khargone, editorials in the Hindu and Times of India have questioned if the move was legal and without bias.

Newslaundry · Apr 14, 2022

Plea to new Pakistan PM from heart of India: Release MP youth held as spy

BHOPAL: Bhopal-based social activist Sayed Abid Hussain, who is on a mission to bring back Indians stuck in Pakistan, has appealed to Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to release Madhya Pradesh youth Rajo alias Raju Laxman, who is being held as a spy. He is a school dropout and…

The Times of India · Apr 13, 2022

Good move, Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on CCTVs in mosques

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday welcomed the initiative to install CCTV cameras in mosques.

The Times of India · Apr 13, 2022