Arrested on August 9, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar was released from the district jail on Thursday after granted bail by the High Court. Soon after her release, Pakar alleged that Narendra Modi government was doing “injustice” to the Narmada dam oustees in Madhya Pradesh with an eye[Read More…]
At least 50 students were admitted to a hospital on Wednesday as they fell unconscious after an ammonia gas cylinder exploded in a cold storage in Madhya Pradesh‘s Chhindwara district. Nearly 800 students were present on the school campus when the gas leaked from the adjoining cold storage, located on[Read More…]
Two men married each other on Thursday to appease the Rain Gods in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. Sakaram and Rakesh got married to each other in front of their relatives. The wedding was done in accordance to the Hindu rituals and was performed by a priest. The two men also took[Read More…]
In an instance of unavailability of ambulance, a pregnant woman walked for 20 km and delivered baby on the road in Katni district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. The newborn baby girl died. Beena, resident of Barmani village, walked the long distance along with her husband to the community health[Read More…]
One of the accused in the Vyapam scam allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Wednesday. He has been identified as Praveen Yadav. The scam is related to alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in entrance tests organised by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, also[Read More…]
A 40-year-old farmer was booked for allegedly beating to death a cow which strayed into his farmland in a village near tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Saturday evening. The farmer, Mohan Tiwari, got angry when he spotted a cow in his field near village Dumbar village, some 35km[Read More…]
Although the Madhya Pradesh government is claiming to be dedicated towards education, development, and ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao‘ campaigns, a picture allegedly from Sheopur district of the state is going viral on the internet and conveying a different story altogether. As reported by Topyaps , a girls’ primary school is situated[Read More…]
While technology is taking centre stage, the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh will flag off astrology out-patient departments in which astrologers and soothsayers will provide consultation to patients. The Shivraj Singh Chauhan government will launch astrology OPDs where the staff will comprise qualified soothsayers under the aegis of the Maharashi[Read More…]
Panic triggered at Itarsi railway station after a news of bomb at station broke out. A phone call was made by unidentified person threatening to blow off the junction. As per India.com reports, the Railway Protection Force is conducting a search operation at the station along with the dog squad.[Read More…]
A shocking incident took place on Saturday in Bhopal, when scores of Bajrang Dal workers forcibly made their way into a police station and freed their leader who had been in the custody of police for misbehaving with a local police officer. Despite heavy police presence, the staff at the[Read More…]
Shortage of money hit a farmer’s family in Madhya Pradesh so hard that they were reduced to make use of the two daughters of the family instead of oxen to pull the plough across the farmland. This incident is reported from Sehore’s Basantpur Pangri village, where the farmer, Sardar Kahla[Read More…]
On Sunday, the Madhya Pradesh Police rescued as many as 40 mentally ill people who were kept locked up awful circumstances. They were often beaten and chained up said the police after the force rescued the victims from Ratlam district of the state. The victims were allegedly brought to the[Read More…]
The Indore Police on Friday denied the death report of 17 patients (including two children) who died due to oxygen supply cut in the hospital. The police claimed that their illness was the cause of death. “No oxygen supply failure has been reported and no one died because of oxygen[Read More…]
Nearly 15 youth detained in Mohad village of Madhya Pradesh for ‘celebrating’ Pakistan’s win over India. The accused alleged conspiracy on part of the government. Their families said that they have been targeted for not voting for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. While talking to Hindustan Times, the families alleged[Read More…]
Marking their protest against the deaths of farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur, the Congress on Wednesday performed the ‘Shavaasana’ on the occasion of International Yoga Day. The party workers gathered at an installation in Bhopal and decided to perform this aasana to show their protest against the farmer killings. The[Read More…]
A 60-year old farmer allegedly hanged himself on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh. Pyare Lal Oud of Pipiliya Vyas village hanged himself from the branch of a tree in his field in Neemuch district. The recent death took the death toll of agriculture-related suicides in Madhya Pradesh to 13 since the[Read More…]
On Saturday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that “Sabka Vikas” (development of all) was not possible in Odisha till BJD remained in power in the state. “The nature has given all resources like water, forest, mineral and rich human resources to Odisha. Still, the state remains poor.[Read More…]
Amidst the nominations for upcoming Presidential elections, Anand Singh Kushwaha, a ‘chaiwallah’ and a veteran of 20 electoral defeats, has filed papers for the fourth time for the upcoming presidential polls. The 49-year-old lives in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, who remembers every election he has fought since 1994. “I am in[Read More…]
On Friday, a nationwide stir has been started by the farmers in Haryana and Rajasthan where they are blocking national highways as a part of their protest. The farmers have gathered in order to protest against the death of five cultivators in police firing in Madhya Pradesh and also against[Read More…]
In a shocking statement, activist and preacher, Sadhvi Saraswati, on Wednesday, said that she will “request” the Central government to hang people who eat beef as “status symbol”. She was speaking at the inauguration of a four-day All India Hindu Convention in MP, organised by the Hindu Janajagriti Samiti, which[Read More…]
In another unfortunate incident, a farmer killed himself in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district on Thursday morning. This is the seventh such suicide case in seven days in a region that is rocked by aggressive farmer protests over plummeting crop prices. The farmer Narmada Prasad was an inhabitant of Hoshangabad’s Babai[Read More…]
On Monday, a debt-ridden farmer in Sehore, home district of Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, allegedly committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance. District Collector, Sudam Khad, said that the reason behind the alleged suicide of Dulchand Keer, 55, is still not clear. Police said a case was registered[Read More…]
While mainstream media was busy hyping Madhya Pradesh CM’s ‘peace-fast’ act, there have been people in Madhya Pradesh who have been subtly protesting against the killing of farmers’ and other forms of police brutality in the region. 85 years old Kamlabai was beaten up by the Madhya Pradesh police, after[Read More…]
Soon after the Maharashtra government announced a loan waiver for farmers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that states that want to waive off loans should arrange funds on their own. After the widespread farmers’ agitation, the Maharashtra government announced a loan waiver and decided to form a committee to[Read More…]
After 15 hours of fasting, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan ended his “peace fast” on Sunday assuring the farmers that their demands will be considered and acted upon. Last night, the families of four of the 6 farmers, who were killed in the police firing in Mandsaur, met[Read More…]
