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3 of family killed in MP’s Balaghat after car veers off road, erupts in flames

The deceased have been identified as Nagarchi Kelkar (65), his daughter-in-law Savita (28), and his grandson Abhi (3) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Mar 29, 2026 07:02 pm IST

Rehabilitation drive: Naxalites swap guns for sewing machines, driving lessons in MP

Rehabilitation drive: Naxalites swap guns for sewing machines, driving lessons in MP
Published on Mar 17, 2026 11:28 am IST

DNA test establishes paternity of minor rape victim's son; cops arrest her brother

DNA test establishes paternity of minor rape victim's son; cops arrest her brother
Published on Apr 07, 2025 09:23 pm IST

4 women Maoists with 62 lakh bounty killed in Madhya Pradesh forest encounter

A search operation is underway in the forest after bloodstains were found, indicating that several of the 25 Maoists involved in the gunfight may have been injured, said Sanjay Kumar, inspector general of police, Balaghat (HT Photo/Representative Photo)
Updated on Feb 20, 2025 05:46 pm IST

Four Maoists killed in gun battle in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat area: Police

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Published on Feb 19, 2025 07:19 pm IST

SAF constable in MP strangles wife at home, surrenders at police station

The victim, Upasana Baghel, was a 35-year-old constable with the Madhya Pradesh Police. She was living in a rented house in Balaghat. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on Nov 04, 2024 06:59 pm IST

6 including two police personnel get life imprisonment over sextortion in MP

(Representative Photo)
Published on Aug 02, 2024 06:05 pm IST

From shadow to spotlight, a leap to big league

Bharti Pardhi won by 174,000 votes, defeating her nearest rival Samrat Saraswat of the Congress. (HT photo)
Updated on Jul 16, 2024 03:39 pm IST

Maoist carrying reward of 14 lakh killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat

Police said an alert has been issued in Balaghat district after the incident as there is information about the movement of Maoists, (Representational image)
Updated on Jul 08, 2024 08:45 pm IST

BSP candidate leaves home over ‘difference in ideologies’ with Congress MLA wife

Congress MLA Anubha Munjare and her husband BSP Lok Sabha candidate Kankar Munjare
Published on Apr 06, 2024 06:57 pm IST

Startup Mantra: Digital pathology is the way forward

Abhishek Srivastava, founder of Labsmart Healthcare Technologies. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 11, 2023 07:00 am IST

‘Won’t tolerate bigotry’: CM Chouhan to survey madrasas

Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told the superintendents of police of all 52 districts that illegal madrasas and institutions that were teaching radicalism will be reviewed. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 12:23 am IST

Gang which carried out cyber frauds worth 20 crore busted, 8 arrested

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Published on Jun 16, 2021 09:04 am IST

Kanha National Park now a Maoist habitat: Police

Maoists who have infiltrated into the Kanha National Park are forcing forest officials to provide them grains, groceries and other essential items.
Updated on Sept 30, 2020 09:32 pm IST

CM Chouhan orders inquiry into sale of grain unfit for humans at govt shop

In Balaghat district, the administration had sealed 18 rice mills and disconnected power supply to these mills in the past 24 hours. Five more employees of the food and civil supplies department in the district were suspended on Thursday. (Photo @CMMadhyaPradesh)
Updated on Sept 04, 2020 09:52 am IST

2 MP officials cleared sale of grain unfit for humans at govt shops, sacked

The analysis report of all the total 32 samples were found to be not just below the rejection limit as per the uniform specifications issued by the ministry but also beyond the PFA standards as per FSSAI. (AP Photo)
Updated on Sept 03, 2020 07:45 am IST

Police exchange fire with Maoists in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat

Superintendent of Police, Balaghat, Abhishek Tiwari said a search operation was still going on to track down the Maoists.
Updated on Feb 24, 2020 11:26 pm IST

Maoists declare Kanha and Bhoramdeo sanctuary new ‘division’

Kanha national park comes under Mandala and Balaghat districts of Madhya Pradesh while Bhoramdeo comes under Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh.
Updated on Oct 01, 2019 04:49 pm IST

Two Maoists gunned down in encounter in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat

Two alleged Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with police in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Tuesday night,
Published on Jul 10, 2019 12:19 pm IST

17 arrested for killing tigers, using body parts for black magic

In a joint operation, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra forest departments have arrested 17 persons for allegedly killing and selling tigers’ body parts for black magic.
Published on May 10, 2019 09:28 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Maoist cadre attack candidate in Madhya Pradesh

BJP candidate from Sidhi Riti Pathak alleged booth capturing at two polling centres by her rival candidate. She also alleged that her rival candidate’s supporters misbehaved with her and abused her at one of the polling booths in Churhat area in Sidhi district.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 07:21 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In Madhya Pradesh, Congress challenge is PM Modi’s popularity

There is a stark difference in the manner in which Modi was perceived at the end of last year, and as he is perceived in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls, in Madhya Pradesh.
Updated on Apr 28, 2019 07:42 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Ending liquor smuggling to Gujarat biggest challenge for poll officials

According to the Election Commission of India figures, with the model code of conduct in place, Gujarat has reported the fifth highest seizure of liquor in the country. (HT file photo)
Updated on Apr 02, 2019 10:20 pm IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

An election officer demonstrates how an EVM and a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) function.
Updated on Apr 24, 2019 01:13 pm IST

Samajwadi Party names 1st Lok Sabha candidate outside Uttar Pradesh as part of pact with BSP

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav with Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati; the two parties are contesting the Lok Sabha polls together in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Updated on Mar 15, 2019 12:11 pm IST

Three cops, driver of MP dy speaker’s escort team killed in road mishap

Three policemen and another person were killed when a truck hit their vehicle while they were escorting Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Deputy Speaker in Balaghat district in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
Published on Jan 14, 2019 02:47 pm IST

Remote tracts of Kanha National Park new Maoist refuge: Chhattisgarh police

The burnt remains of a semi-permanent forest post at Lathawar that suspected Maoists torched on March 2.
Updated on Mar 11, 2018 08:14 pm IST