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Articles by Shruti Tomar
25-year-old MP tribal woman gang-raped on-board bus
The accused have been identified as Kamal Singh (driver) and Pankaj Kumar (cleaner) and have been booked under Section 376 (D) (gang rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The conductor of the bus, Gangaram, is absconding, police added.
Published on Mar 12, 2022 11:33 PM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
NLIU professor resigns after students allege sexual harassment, probe on
Some students said that he would send them messages on Valentines Day making them uncomfortable, and ask them to meet him because he felt lonely.
Published on Mar 12, 2022 12:11 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
MP budget: FM announces ₹370 core Shankaracharya statue, new student hostels
Madhya Pradesh finance minister Jagdish Devda presented the state’s budget for financial year 2022-23 in the legislative assembly.
Published on Mar 09, 2022 09:12 PM IST
Devda presents Madhya Pradesh Budget focused on infrastructure, job creation
An allocation of ₹370 crore has been made for a statue of Adi Shankaracharya, an eighth-century spiritual leader who contributed to the unification of Hinduism
Published on Mar 09, 2022 02:52 PM IST
MP Congress MLA’s boycott of guv’s address has a message for Kamal Nath
Madhya Pradesh legislator Jitu Patwari’s boycott of the governor’s address is seen as an attempt by him to project himself as a second-line leader in the Congress in Madhya Pradesh.
Updated on Mar 08, 2022 09:23 PM IST
Priest arrested for stopping Dalit from entering temple gets bail, warm welcome
A video of Shankar Pujari’s welcome went viral on social media and showed women touching his feet as he waved
Published on Mar 07, 2022 04:17 PM IST
In MP’s Khargone district, Dalit woman stopped from entering temple, priest held
The incident happened on the occasion of Mahashivratri but the local police took action after a video of the incident went viral on social media on Thursday. In the video, the three could be heard abusing the woman for her caste.
Updated on Mar 04, 2022 05:36 PM IST
Namibia wants ivory trade clause in deal for sending cheetahs to India
However, according to officials from both sides, New Delhi is unlikely to be able or want to meet the condition.
Published on Mar 04, 2022 12:11 AM IST
In Madhya Pradesh, Dalit RTI activist thrashed, forced to drink urine, say police
A 33-year-old Dalit activist was allegedly assaulted and forced to drink urine from a shoe by village panchayat officials for filing a RTI application to expose alleged corrupt practices, in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district, police said on Monday.
Updated on Mar 01, 2022 12:06 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
To reduce MSP burden, MP to start crop diversification scheme
‘We are shifting our approach so that farmers don’t need to sell their crop on minimum support price (MSP) and they don’t need to even go to mandi. We want farmers to sell crops at minimum retail price (MRP) directly to companies,’ MP agriculture minister Kamal Patel said.
Published on Feb 27, 2022 05:44 PM IST
Leopard spends 7 hours atop trees in MP’s reserve to escape tigress
- Noticing the fight, the leopard intervened and helped the weaker tigress flee. This angered the dominating tigress, who started chasing the leopard, Annegiri said.
Published on Feb 27, 2022 05:33 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
She killed husband, dumped him in septic tank. Arrested after son brags about it: Police
The Indore Police said the woman’s son was drinking liquor with a friend and threatened to kill him, and bragged about his mother killing his father 20 days ago
Updated on Feb 26, 2022 04:03 AM IST
Draft policy proposes parole for jailed Maoists in Madhya Pradesh
Inspector general (anti-Maoist operations) Sajid Farid Shapu said seven Maoists carrying rewards on their heads have surrendered in other states in the absence of a policy
Published on Feb 23, 2022 03:44 PM IST
MP student gets Bluetooth device surgically fitted in ear to cheat
Bhopal:
A student appearing for his final MBBS exam in a medical college in Indore had a micro Bluetooth device surgically inserted in his ear to enable cheating, said an official at the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College
Published on Feb 22, 2022 11:28 PM IST
Modi unveils India’s largest Bio-CNG plant
The plant, set up on 15 acres of land in Devguradiya through a public-private partnership, is expected to produce 17,000 tonnes of biogas in a day from 550 tonnes of organic household waste such as fruit and vegetable peels and leaves generated in Indore city.
Updated on Feb 20, 2022 12:21 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Vyapam renamed as Karamchari Chayan Board
- Madhya Pradesh state cabinet on Friday decided to rename Professional Examination Board (PEB) (Hindi acronym Vyapam) as Karamchari Chayan Board (Employees Selection Board) nine years after multilayerd Vyapam Scam was busted by state Special Task Force of police.
Published on Feb 18, 2022 04:13 PM IST
MP forest dept probes alleged smuggling of vultures to middle east countries
‘It is a very big network and has many links. We are trying to know the source of vultures to buyers,’ said MP principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife).
Updated on Feb 17, 2022 01:02 AM IST
Ticket for 2023 polls an incentive for MP leaders to campaign in UP
The Bharatiya Janata Party has given a lot of push to party leaders from Madhya Pradesh to campaign in Uttar Pradesh for the ongoing UP assembly elections 2022.
Updated on Feb 16, 2022 06:01 PM IST
Now, school in Madhya Pradesh bans hijab after right wing groups’ protest
The principal of a government college in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh has banned students from wearing the hijab inside the institution after members of right-wing groups staged a protest.
Updated on Feb 16, 2022 03:22 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Hindustan Times, Bhopal
MP: Kashmiri minor booked for sedition over Pulwama post
Police said the 17-year-old, who was pursuing an undergraduate course in commerce in a government college, said in his social media posts that the deadly terror attack in which 40 CRPF men were killed was in retaliation to the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
Updated on Feb 16, 2022 05:23 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Hindustan Times, Bhopal/neemuch
Madhya Pradesh college bans hijab after VHP women’s wing protests against it
Durga Vahini, the women’s wing of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), staged a protest against the institute in Datia for allowing Muslim students to wear headscarves on campus
Updated on Feb 15, 2022 03:23 PM IST
‘Dog skin, not tiger’: 4 acquitted in 2017 Wildlife Act case
The four were booked under the Wildlife Protection Act for selling the tiger skin in 2017.
Updated on Feb 15, 2022 05:57 AM IST
Shruti Tomar and Bhojraj Raghuvanshi, Bhopal/ Chhindwara
Coming soon in MP’s schools: An entire subject called ‘happiness’
‘We want to strengthen our future generation mentally,’ says Madhya Pradesh school education minister Inder Singh Parmar
Updated on Feb 14, 2022 06:32 PM IST
In MP’s Rajgarh, 33 booked for attacking Dalit groom’s house and pelting stones
This is the fourth such incident in a month when a wedding procession of a Dalit groom was carried out under police protection.
Updated on Feb 13, 2022 10:23 PM IST
MP: Muslim student forced to write apology for wearing burqa, hijab in college
The college’s principal in-charge said the student came to the campus by wearing burqa and hijab for the first time to unnecessarily create a controversy.
Published on Feb 12, 2022 12:37 PM IST
Shruti Tomar/Amit Singh
Write letter thanking PM: Madhya Pradesh government to Awas Yojana beneficiaries
The move is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Madhya Pradesh government’s initiative to inform the Centre about the number of houses built for the poor in the state and highlight the success of the scheme.
Updated on Feb 12, 2022 04:54 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Barring night curfew, MP govt lifts all curbs imposed to contain Covid-19 spread
On Friday, Madhya Pradesh added 2,612 new Covid-19 cases while three people died of the disease. As of now, 637 people are admitted to the hospital. In MP, the highest number of positive cases has been reported from Bhopal with 549 followed by Indore 228.
Published on Feb 11, 2022 09:13 PM IST
Dalit groom, stopped from riding horse in MP village, makes a point the next day
This is the third case in a month when a Dalit groom in Madhya Pradesh was given police protection to ride a horse.
Published on Feb 11, 2022 01:56 AM IST
MP cabinet approves 108-feet tall statue of Adi Shankaracharya in Omkareshwar
The Madhya Pradesh cabinet has approved ₹2,141 crore for the construction of the Statue of Oneness, a museum dedicated to Shankaracharya and an International Advaita Vedanta Sansthan at Omkareshwar.
Updated on Feb 09, 2022 09:21 PM IST
No proposal on hijab, says senior MP minister after colleague ignites a row
MP home minister Narottam Mishra’s clarification comes a day after school education minister Inder Singh Parmar said the hijab wasn’t a part of school uniform and should be banned
Published on Feb 09, 2022 04:35 PM IST
