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India

Dhar Court called Bhojshala a mosque in 1935: Muslim side tells MP HC

Indore: The Muslim side in the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute case has claimed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court that the then-Dhar State court declared the 11th-century monument a “mosque” in…
India

Railway staffer jailed for halting army train with detonator

Khandwa: A court on Tuesday, April 28, sentenced a railway employee to six years of rigorous imprisonment in 2024 case of stopping a special army train by setting off a detonator on…

India

Bhojshala ownership plea not maintainable under writ jurisdiction: Intervenor tells HC

Indore: An intervenor in the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Masjid dispute has argued before the Madhya Pradesh High Court that two PILs filed by Hindu parties effectively seek ownership of the protected 11th-century monument…
India

163 madrasa students detained by MP police released after 10 days

Bhopal: The hundreds of madrasa children picked up by the police from Katni and Jabalpur railway stations in Madhya Pradesh have been released after being detained for 10 days. Congress MLA Arif…
Telangana

Learning about Telangana rehabilitation plan, woman Maoist surrenders

Hyderabad: An 18 -year-old woman member of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) from from Madhya Pradesh on Friday, April 24, surrendered before the Mulugu Superintendent of Police (SP). The woman…
Hate Crime

MP caste brutality: Handicapped Dalit groom dragged off horse, beaten up

Bhopal: A 23-year-old physically handicapped Dalit groom was dragged off a horse and assaulted during his baraat in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh on Tuesday, April 21, raising concerns about the shocking realities of…
India

MP HC asks ASI to upload Bhojshala survey video for parties

Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Archaeological Survey of India to upload videographic records of its survey of the Bhojshala complex and provide its access to the litigants, including…

Hyderabad

FIR against Hyderabad’s Nunhems after farmers claim losses from substandard seeds

New Delhi: Farmers from Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar and Khargone districts met Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Delhi on Friday, April 17, and alleged heavy losses in their bitter gourd crop due…
India

Self-styled godman Shastri’s group gets approval for foreign funds under FCRA

New Delhi: Religious group Baba Bageshwar Dham, led by self-styled godman Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, who intends to establish a “Hindu Rashtra,” can now collect foreign donations after the Union Home Ministry granted…
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MP woman tonsured, paraded over infidelity; 4 arrested

Jhabua: A 32-year-old woman was publicly tonsured and forced to carry her husband on her shoulders around the village as a punishment for an extramarital affair in the tribal-dominated Jhabua district of…
Hate Crime

MP: 163 minors going to madrasa ‘taken away’ by police from railway stations

Jabalpur: As many as 163 minors on their way to a madrasa were allegedly picked up by the police in Madhya Pradesh from different railway stations on April 10. The 163 children,…
India

Reservation necessary until caste discrimination ends: VHP leader

Indore: Vishwa Hindu Parishad International President Alok Kumar said on Tuesday, April 14, that the reservation system should continue as long as there is even a trace of caste discrimination in society.…
India

Will fight to defend Babasaheb’s ideals ‘until my very last breath’: Rahul

New Delhi: Certain forces are systematically engaged in undermining the legacy of BR Ambedkar and the Constitution, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday, April 14, as he vowed to fight and…
India

Constitution faces ‘conspiratiorial attack’: Kharge

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday paid homage to B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge saying the Constitution faces a “conspiratorial attack” today and “we must…
India

President Murmu pays tribute to B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

Gandhinagar: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday, April 14, paid homage to Dr B R Ambedkar on his 135th birth anniversary at Lok Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian…