Madhya Pradesh: News

19 Apr 2024

Kamal Nath

'Feeling suffocated': BJP leader asks people to vote for Congress 

Vikram Ahake, the mayor of Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, has made an unexpected appeal to his constituents.

18 Apr 2024

Mumbai

Renowned actor Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal's sister dead at 45

Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal, known for her role in the popular Indian TV series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, is mourning the death of her sister, Dimple.

Madhya Pradesh: 6-year-old boy stuck in borewell for 45hrs dies

A six-year-old boy who fell into a 70-foot-deep open borewell in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district was taken out on Sunday after 45 hours of rescue operations.

07 Apr 2024

Ujjain

2 women assault Mahakaleshwar Temple guards for stopping video shoot

A case has been filed against two women, identified as Palak and Pari, for allegedly assaulting three female security personnel at the revered Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

07 Apr 2024

Assembly

Why BSP candidate wants temporary separation from Congress MLA wife

Kankar Munjare, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)'s Lok Sabha candidate from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, has moved out of his residence.

04 Apr 2024

India

MP: 2 toll staffers drown while escaping attack by gunmen

Two toll plaza workers in Madhya Pradesh drowned while trying to escape an assault by unidentified gunmen.

02 Apr 2024

Kamal Nath

BJP playing 'game of deceit': Nath after aides quit Congress

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of engaging in a "game of lies, deceit, and bargaining."

SC allows ongoing survey of Bhojshala Complex in MP's Dhar

The Supreme Court pn Monday authorized a "scientific survey" of the Bhojshala complex in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district.

25 Mar 2024

Holi

Chemicals in gulal may have caused Mahakal fire: MP minister

Madhya Pradesh Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday said that the chemicals in "gulal," a colored powder used in rituals and during Holi, may have caused the fire at the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain earlier in the day.

25 Mar 2024

Ujjain

14 injured in fire at Ujjain's Mahakal Temple on Holi

At least 14 people were injured after a fire broke out at the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on Monday morning, reports said.

20 Mar 2024

Ujjain

Man thrashed, forced to drink urine for eloping with woman

A man from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district was physically assaulted, made to drink urine and garlanded with shoes after he allegedly eloped with a married woman.

18 Mar 2024

Gwalior

MP's Gwalior Fort and other sites join UNESCO's tentative list

Madhya Pradesh celebrates a remarkable milestone as six of its heritage sites find a place in the tentative UNESCO list.

MP: Senior Congress leaders Suresh Pachouri, Sanjay Shukla join BJP

Senior Congress leaders Suresh Pachouri and Sanjay Shukla joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), among others, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

09 Mar 2024

Yami Gautam Dhar

'Article 370' to 'Tanhaji': Movies that were exempted from tax

State governments have often declared movies as tax-free. The entertainment tax paid on a movie ticket is divided equally between the Centre and the states.

Empowering change: Journey of 2 women entrepreneurs redefining success

In the heartland of Madhya Pradesh, Tripti Dubey and Rajeshwari Namdeo represent tales of resilience and transformation.

Pragya Thakur accuses BJP MLA of running illegal liquor vend

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Lok Sabha MP from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, has accused fellow party leader and legislator Sudesh Rai of running an illegal liquor store in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district.

26 Feb 2024

Ujjain

Garlic price hike: MP farmers deploy guards to protect crops

Skyrocketing prices of garlic in Madhya Pradesh have led farmers to take drastic measures to safeguard their crops, such as hiring armed guards and setting up CCTV cameras.

20 Feb 2024

Kamal Nath

Congress to hold MLAs' meeting amid Kamal Nath-BJP rumors

Amid speculations of Kamal Nath's likely move to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress General Secretary Jitendra Singh reached Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday.

18 Feb 2024

Kamal Nath

Didn't speak to anyone: Kamal Nath on BJP switch rumors

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath clarified on Sunday that he had not spoken to anyone after rumor mills suggested that he could join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

14 Feb 2024

Congress Party

Tribal man stripped, hung upside down, thrashed in MP

A tribal man in Betul, Madhya Pradesh was allegedly stripped, hung upside down and ruthlessly beaten with belts and sticks, The Indian Express reported.

14 Feb 2024

Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi files nomination for Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for the Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan on Wednesday.

MP: 11 killed, 60 injured in fire at firecrackers factory

At least 11 people were killed and 60 others injured after a fire broke out in a firecracker factory in Bairagarh village in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh.

06 Feb 2024

Uniform Civil Code

UCC Bill tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly

The draft bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was tabled during a specially-convened Uttarakhand Assembly session on Tuesday.

05 Feb 2024

Kashmir Valley

Avalanche warning in J&K; rain likely in Delhi 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that Delhi and its neighboring states and union territories will receive light rainfall on Monday.

29 Jan 2024

Murder

Madhya Pradesh: Shahpura bureaucrat smothered to death by unemployed husband

In a spine-chilling incident in Madhya Pradesh, Shahpura Subdivisional Magistrate (SDM) Nisha Napit (51) was allegedly smothered to death by her husband on Sunday.

23 Jan 2024

Ram Mandir

MP: SDM suspended after youths who overtook his car thrashed

The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Umaria district, for allegedly ordering that two youths who overtook his car be beaten up.

23 Jan 2024

Bhupender Yadav

Namibian cheetah Jwala gives birth to 3 cubs at Kuno

Jwala, a Namibian cheetah, which was translocated to Madhya Pradesh, gave birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

18 Jan 2024

Indore

Indore: 18-year-old student collapses in coaching class, dies

An 18-year-old college student died after allegedly suffering a heart attack during a coaching class in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday evening.

16 Jan 2024

India

10th cheetah dies at MP's Kuno park

Shaurya, a cheetah translocated from Namibia, died at Kuno National Park of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, ANI reported.

06 Jan 2024

Delhi

Severe cold wave grips North India, no relief till Tuesday

Delhi and several parts of North India are currently facing harsh cold wave conditions, with temperatures dropping below average.

02 Jan 2024

India

Long queues at petrol pumps across India: Here's why

Truck drivers and fuel transporters in states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh are protesting the country's new criminal code, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

01 Jan 2024

Narendra Modi

Is PM Modi's third term at Centre 'almost inevitable'?

Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi returning to power at the Centre for the third consecutive term after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections?

Dense fog continues in North India, IMD issues red alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that dense fog will continue to affect parts of North India, including the national capital Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttarakhand, till Thursday.

28 Dec 2023

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

MP: Despite BJP's return, 32L women await promised gas subsidy

Over 32 lakh women in Madhya Pradesh—registered under the state government's Ladli Behna scheme—are still awaiting their cooking gas subsidies promised by former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

25 Dec 2023

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

MP cabinet expansion: 28 new ministers, including 11 OBCs, inducted

As many as 28 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including bigwigs like Kailash Vijayvargiya and Prahlad Singh Patel, took oath on Monday as part of the cabinet expansion in Madhya Pradesh.

Eyeing 2024 polls, BJP enters 'mission mode'; Congress gets makeover

Riding on recent assembly election wins, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made some key decisions at its recent national office-bearers' meeting.

18 Dec 2023

Narendra Modi

2023 election recap: BJP gets lift, Congress faces reality check

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered an impressive win in three states in the last leg of this year's assembly elections.

16 Dec 2023

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Shivraj Chouhan seeks leniency for theft-accused ABVP men: Here's why

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has requested Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Ravi Malimath to forgive two Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leaders accused of stealing a judge's car.

14 Dec 2023

Indore

Indore: Man kills live-in partner for denying him sex, arrested

A man (24) stabbed his 20-year-old live-in partner with scissors for allegedly refusing to have sex with him in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

BJP chooses Bhajanlal Sharma as Rajasthan CM over Vasundhara Raje

In a surprise move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday named first-time MLA Bhajanlal Sharma as the new chief minister of Rajasthan after over a week of suspense.