Madhya Pradesh

7 armed men held with 840 kg ganja worth Rs 1.2 cr in MP

6:40 pm October 7, 2019

Indore: Seven people were arrested for allegedly smuggling 840 kilogrammes of ganja worth Rs 1.26 crore in a truck in Betul district in Madhya Pradesh, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said on Monday. He said some of those arrested were carrying firearms and moving in cars and motorcycles and escorting the truck. “Acting on […]

Lokayukta police raid properties of two brothers in MP

8:36 pm October 5, 2019

Ujjain (MP): Anti-corruption Lokayukta Police in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday raided premises of two brothers, residents of Rajgarh district, and claimed to have discovered disproportionate assets. Properties of Anand Vyas (62), former secretary of Agar-Malwa Krishi Upaj Mandi (government agriculture produce market), and his younger brother Parmanand Vyas (55), an accountant with Sujalpur Krishi Upaj […]

People gather at Gandhi statue to mark birth anniversary

‘Gandhi can’t be father of nation where people are lynched’

11:16 pm October 2, 2019

Wardha (Maha): A nation where people are lynched for possessing beef and intellectuals are killed for airing their views should not call Mahatma Gandhi its father, artist Subodh Kerkar said here on Wednesday. Kerkar, who is director of the Gandhi Museum, Goa, was chief guest at an event organised by the Sewagram Ashram Pratishthan to […]

SAD leader claims four Sikh women were forcibly converted to Islam in J&K

Honey-trap case: SIT chief replaced again

7:47 pm October 2, 2019

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has removed Sanjeev Shami as chief of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to probe the honey-trap and black-mailing racket busted in the state last month. Shami has been replaced by cyber cell’s Special Director General Rajendra Kumar, according to an order issued by the state Home department late […]

Maha: 129 dead in rain-related incidents in 48 hours

India records highest monsoon rains in 25 years: IMD

9:43 pm September 30, 2019

New Delhi: India recorded the highest rainfall this monsoon since 1994, the weather department said classifying it ‘above normal’ as the season officially ended on Monday. Monsoon still remains active in several parts of the country and withdrawal of the southwest monsoon is likely to commence from northwest India around October 10, the India Meteorological Department […]