Madhya Pradesh

India: Girl gangraped, her friend beaten up

Nagpur, Jan 22 (PTI) Three persons including a boy were arrested at Kamptee town in the district on Wednesday for allegedly raping a teenage girl and beating up her male friend, the police said.

The incident had taken place on Monday night.

The accused were identified as Monu alias Mohnish Milind Borkar, Sheikh Anwar Sheikh Amin (32) and a minor.

India: Dalit man set ablaze: NCSC asks MP cops to submit report

Bhopal, Jan 21 (PTI) The National Commission for Scheduled Castes on Tuesday directed Sagar district police in Madhya Pradesh to submit a report within a week in connection with the setting ablaze of a Dalit youth on January 14.

Dhanprasad Ahirwar (24) was doused with kerosene in Dharmshri Colony, some 170 kilometres from here, over a dispute allegedly by a group of 15-20 men, five of whom were arrested later.

MP: Man poses as cop, makes extortion call to BJP MLA

Indore (MP), Jan 14 (PTI) A 35-year-old man from Rajasthan was arrested by Indore Police on Tuesday for allegedly posing as a police officer and trying to extort Rs 10 lakh from local BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya.

Suresh Ghanchi, the accused, is suspected to be involved in similar crimes in other states too, the police said.

Superintendent of Police Suraj Verma said that Ghanchi called Vijawargiya and introduced himself as city Superintendent of Police (East) Mohammad Yusuf Qureshi.

India: Name one freedom fighter from your family: Nath to Modi

Bhopal, Jan 9 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday sought to know if anybody from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's family was a freedom fighter.

Modi's party did not have anything to do with the freedom struggle, yet they were preaching nationalism to others, he said, speaking at a training camp of the Congress- affiliated Seva Dal here.

"They are lecturing the Congress and Seva Dal on nationalism. I always ask Modi-ji, just tell me the name of one freedom fighter from your party, or for that matter among your relatives," he said.

India: Minor boy rapes 7-year-old girl in MP village

Panna (MP), Jan 8 (PTI) A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district on Wednesday, police said.

According to the complaint, the minor boy lured the girl to his house and raped her when no one was around, civil line police post (Kotwali police station) in-charge Shrikrishna Singh Mawai said.

The victim is undergoing treatment at a district hospital, Mawai said, adding that the police are on the look out for the boy who is at large.

India: Minor boy rapes 7-year-old girl in MP village

Panna (MP), Jan 8 (PTI) A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Panna district on Wednesday, police said.

According to the complaint, the minor boy lured the girl to his house and raped her when no one was around, civil line police post (Kotwali police station) in-charge Shrikrishna Singh Mawai said.

The victim is undergoing treatment at a district hospital, Mawai said, adding that the police are on the look out for the boy who is at large.

MP govt attacks Centre for importing onions when local bulbs arriving market.

Bhopal, Jan 8 (PTI) After enduring the rise in onion prices for months, the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday accused the Centre of harming farmers' interest by importing the staple from Turkey at a time when local bulbs are arriving in the market.

While, onion prices hovered at Rs 100 per kg for the last two months, the staple is now being sold at Rs 50 to Rs 70 per kg at retail markets in Bhopal and other cities of the state as on Wednesday.

India: Doorstep delivery of ration for senior citizens in MP

Bhopal, Jan 8 (PTI) Senior citizens living alone in Madhya Pradesh may soon get doorstep delivery of groceries from public distribution system (PDS) ration outlets.

This facility would be meant for people above 75 years of age who are living alone without any adult family member in their homes.

We are planning to deliver groceries from PDS shops to doorstep of citizens aged above 75 years and living alone, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Pradyumn Singh Tomar told reporters on Wednesday.

India: BJP launches door-to-door campaign over CAA in MP

Bhopal, Jan 5 (PTI) The BJP started a campaign to drum up support for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, saying it was aimed at dispelling the "misinformation" spread by the opposition.

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said at a meeting in Morena district that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ushered in rapid development in the country, and the Congress was resorting to protests against the CAA because it has no other issue left.

Two Killed After Trainer Aircraft Crashes In India

NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (NNN-PTI) – An instructor and a trainee pilot of a private aviation academy were killed, after their aircraft crashed in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said today (Saturday).

The aircraft crashed Friday night, at Dhana, in Sagar district, about 188 km east of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.

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