A woman and her daughter-in-law rained fatal blows on a patwari or land record official accused in the murder of her husband and son inside the court premises in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, police said.
NGOs fighting for the rights of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims on Thursday hailed Meredith Alexender, who resigned as chairperson of the ethics committee of the London Olympics Committee over sponsorship of the Games by Dow Chemicals, Union Carbide owners.
Madhya Pradesh Cooperatives Minister Gauri Shankar Bisen was today at the centre of a row after television cameras caught him getting his shoe laces tied by a minor tribal student at a function in Chhindwara district in the state.
Animal Rights activist and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has strongly opposed Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh's proposed move to simplify rules for hunting of wild boars and blue bulls as demanded by farmers and MLAs following damage to their crops by these animals.
Army chief Gen VK Singh, who has approached the Supreme Court for settling his date-of-birth row, has found a supporter in his PhD degree guide who feels that the former is just fighting for his honour.
The survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy today announced an indefinite 'dharna' (sit-in) from January 3, demanding correction in figures of those killed and injured in the soon-to-be-heard curative petition in the Supreme Court.
The Panna Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, which gained notoriety for mysterious disappearance of its big cats, is flourishing with tiger cubs again, rejoicing the success of its unique translocation experiment to revive their population.
In a major move, Madhya Pradesh governor Ram Naresh Yadav has ordered "necessary action" in the appointment of State Lokayukta allegedly done through faulty procedures.
As the Madhya Pradesh government prepares to create a Guinness world record with thousands of school students performing the yogic exercise, Surya Namaskar, on January 12, Muslim leaders have termed bowing before the sun un-Islamic and idolatrous. Top clerics in the state issued a fatwa against Surya Namaskar today.
A day after Muslim clerics in MP issued a fatwa against yogic excercise Surya Namaskar, the government will go ahead with mass Surya Namaskar with more than one crore citizens including over 50 lakh students participating today.
Isai Mahasangh to challenge entryA day after Muslim clerics issued a fatwa against performing the Guinness recordbreaking Surya Namaskar attempt, the Isai Mahasangh on Wednesday, a day before the event, termed the government’s move as unconstitutional.
Leader of the Opposition in state assembly Ajay Singh on Wednesday accused the state government of creating discord among children from different religions through Surya Namaskar.
Number of Muslim students, defying the fatwa issued and chilling cold, reached their schools early morning to be a part of a world record feat, Surya Namaskar, organised in Madhya Pradesh across the state.
Shahroz Afridi reports.
Defying a fatwa issued by Muslim clerics, even Muslim students across Madhya Pradesh participated in the mass surya namaskar on Thursday.