Gwalior, July 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Pritam Lodhi’s son, Dinesh Lodhi, has been declared an absconder by a special court in Gwalior in connection with a case registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.The Special Court for SC/ST Act cases passed the order after Dinesh Lodhi repeatedly failed to appear before it despite the issuance of warrants.The court also issued a permanent arrest warrant against him and directed the police t…
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Ahmedabad, July 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a 27-year-old illegal arms supplier and seized six country-made firearms along with 21 live cartridges during a special drive launched ahead of the 149th Rath Yatra to prevent the circulation of illegal weapons in the city.The accused, identified as Karansinh alias Kanchido Solanki, a resident of Hathipura village in Detroj taluka of Ahmedabad district, was apprehended from beneath Zundal Bridge on S.P. Ring Road following…
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar once said how cultures are often taken over by religions across the world. An old video of the veteran screenwriter has resurfaced on the Internet, and it shows him talking about how culture is independent from religion. Javed Akhtar is an atheist but he celebrated all festivals. In fact, the biggest Holi bash of the Hindi film industry is hosted by him every year.Talking about the same, he said, “A man is not just what he understands abo…
Gwalior, July 3 (IANS) A 21-year-old woman preparing for the civil services examination has alleged that she was raped for nearly three years by a relative who staged a mock temple marriage to win her trust, police said on Thursday. The woman, a native of Bhander in Datia district, had been living in a rented room in Gwalior’s Amkho locality since 2023 to prepare for the UPSC exam.She told police that Deepak, a relative from Datia who frequently visited her family, befriended her and assured h…
Jabalpur, June 24 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a set of guidelines aimed at conserving fuel across the state’s judicial system, asking judicial officers, court staff and advocates to adopt measures such as vehicle pooling, use of public transport and video conferencing without affecting court work.The directions, issued by the Registrar General on Wednesday under the orders of the Acting Chief Justice, will be applicable at the High Court’s Principal Seat in Jabalpur, its benc…
Gwalior, June 24 (IANS) A dispute over the price of petrol took a shocking turn in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district when a 22-year-old man was allegedly set on fire by three youths at Thatipur intersection, police said. The victim, identified as Akash Sengar, sustained serious burn injuries and is undergoing treatment at the Trauma Centre. Police have arrested one accused, while two others remain at large.The incident occurred late on Tuesday under the jurisdiction of the Thatipur police stat…
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) In a major breakthrough against organised child trafficking, Delhi’s Central District Police have dismantled an inter-state child trafficking syndicate and arrested 13 accused persons, including traffickers, mediators, buyers, and a hospital owner, while rescuing five infants from different locations across Delhi, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh.The investigation exposed a well-organised child trafficking network operating across Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, a…
Gwalior, June 14 (IANS) After a 17-hour rescue operation, the body of the second MBBS student who drowned in Gwalior’s Tigra Dam was recovered on Sunday.In a tragic incident, two second-year MBBS students of Gajara Raja Medical College drowned in the deep waters of Tigra Dam on Saturday evening while on a picnic with friends.The deceased were identified as Ayush Srivastava, a resident of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, and Gopal Agarwal, a resident of Bina in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district.The incident o…
Gwalior, June 17 (IANS) A 17-year-old girl was allegedly attacked with an axe in her house in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district by a youth, who had been stalking and harassing her, and then thrown off the roof, leaving her battling for her life at a hospital in Gwalior.Police have reportedly arrested the accused.According to the victim’s mother, the girl was alone at their house on Friday. “As soon as the boy entered the house and started harassing her, she went to the terrace. The boy followed…
Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) The Meteorological Centre in Bhopal has issued a warning of thunderstorms, lightning, hailstorms and gusty winds reaching speeds of 50-60 kmph across Madhya Pradesh over the next five days, as several parts of the state recorded widespread rainfall.According to the weather office, Bardanagar received 58 mm of rainfall, Sailana 50 mm and Kolar 40 mm, among other places.Strong winds were recorded in Sehore at 91 kmph, Bhopal at 59 kmph and the Guna-Ashoknagar region at 50 kmp…