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MP draft housing policy puts affordable rentals near workplaces in focus
Indore: For urban workers who cannot afford to buy a home—or prefer to rent—Madhya Pradesh’s draft housing policy for 2026 proposes affordable rental accommodation near workplaces, including hospitals, industrial clusters and IT parks. Chief minister Mohan Yadav released the 28-page Urban Affordable Housing and Habitat Policy 2026 for public consultation on Wednesday.
MP CM reviews Shajapur wildlife rescue; 1,236 animals relocated through BOMA method
INDORE: Chief minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday visited Ranthbhanwar village in Shajapur district and reviewed the second phase of the rescue drive to relocate blackbuck and nilgai to safer forest areas using BOMA method. Under Project Antelope Translocation, the drive aims to shift 2,000 blackbucks in this phase. Yadav said the state government was committed to farmer welfare and to the protection of nature and wildlife.
Police ‘helpless’ to curb ‘unbridled noise pollution’ during Navratri, Dussehra: HC bench
Indore: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday said it was “again at pains to observe” that during Navratri and Dussehra it had “witnessed and experienced unbridled noise pollution”, and added that “apparently, the police were totally helpless” to curb it. The bench directed the respondents to place on record the complaints received by police stations across the city, along with any suo motu complaints registered by the police.
Water supply in several areas to be hit today
Indore: Indore’s water supply from 19 tanks will be affected on Tuesday morning after all Narmada Phase 1 and Phase 2 pumps were shut down at 10.20 am on Monday for pipeline interconnection, leak repairs and maintenance, according to a release. The shutdown is expected to last 11 to 12 hours. A 1,100 mm diameter pipeline is being interconnected near Kesarbagh railway crossing. Leaks are being repaired at MCTE, Mhow , and on a 1,200 mm pipeline inside the culvert on Mhow Road near the Post Office.
Cong burns effigy of mayor over development issues
Indore: Congress on Monday burnt an effigy of mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava at Regal Square, alleging failure to carry out development works in the city. Municipal corporation leader of opposition Sonila Mimrot led a protest over potholes, water shortages, traffic, drainage and alleged scams. She challenged the mayor to demonstrate his work within six months or resign. Mimrot reached Regal Square with a group of women, raised slogans, and set the effigy on fire.
Indore man takes stolen van on crazy run; rams vehicles, injures many
Indore: A man, believed to be mentally ill, set off a chain of horrifying events in Indore on Tuesday morning after he took a key-in-ignition light commercial van parked outside Sayaji Hotel and drove through several localities, hitting a series of vehicles and leaving at least one auto-rickshaw driver with serious head injuries. The driver, who was himself injured, is now admitted to a hospital. Additional DCP Om Prakash told reporters that the incident took place around 11 am.
Karwani irrigated area to be 100L hectares in five years: CM
Indore: Work on Karwani lift irrigation project in Harsud assembly constituency would be taken up on priority, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav said on Monday. The state has set a target of expanding its irrigated area to over 100 lakh hectares in five years. All power supply works in tribal areas will be completed at a cost of Rs 25 crore, Yadav said, addressing tendu patta collectors in Khandwa.
Indore joint op nets 7.1 kg Amphetamine, 3 booked under NDPS Act
Indore: A joint team of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) seized 7.116 kg of Amphetamine, a recreational synthetic drug, worth Rs 5.69 crore from an SUV near Indore, while arresting three persons under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Five arrested while planning petrol pump robbery plot
Indore: Kanadia police have arrested five men who were allegedly planning to rob a petrol pump on the AB Road bypass, police said on Thursday. Kanadia police received a tip-off on Wednesday night that four to five armed men had gathered in an open ground near the HR Resort bypass service road and were planning the robbery, an official release said. Acting on information, two teams were formed.
Two held with brown sugar worth Rs1.4 lakh
Indore: Crime branch arrested two bike riders with 14 grams of brown sugar worth around Rs 1.4 lakh during routine patrolling on Wednesday. A crime branch team detained two men during vehicle checks near Pandrah Battalion after they appeared flustered on seeing police, an official release said. The men were sitting on a black motorcycle near Lesha Marriage Garden on Main Road, Scheme No. 51, when the patrolling team surrounded them over their suspicious behaviour.
Indore sows libraries to cultivate read-&-reuse culture
Indore: The Indore Municipal Corporation has begun setting up RRR Libraries in govt schools across the city, built around the theme “Read, Reuse, Repeat” on Tuesday. The first such library was inaugurated by IMC additional commissioner Prakhar Singh at Govt Sharda Girls’ School in Malharganj, where around 2,100 books have been made available. The corporation has been running a special RRR campaign since September 1, 2026.
HC quashes IMC vendor list, restores Sarafa food stalls
Indore: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court has allowed a writ petition by food vendors removed from the Sarafa Night Chaupati, holding that the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) acted arbitrarily and beyond its powers by letting only a select list of 80 vendors resume business.
Third suspect in Rs 12 lakh MD drug case arrested
Indore: Crime Branch has arrested a third accused in an MD drug trafficking case involving banned narcotics worth Rs 12 lakh, with the backward linkage investigation leading them to a resident of Shamgarh police station area in Mandsaur . Interrogation of the earlier-arrested accused and analysis of technical evidence pointed to his role in the supply chain, following which a Crime Branch team traced and arrested Rahul Rathore. Section 8/29 of the NDPS Act has been added to the case against him.
Indore launches first underground Metro work with TBM ‘Narmada’
Indore: In a historic step towards its first underground metro on Tuesday, a tunnel boring machine (TBM) named “Narmada” began work on constructing the city’s first underground tunnel from Airport to Bada Ganpati area.
Rahul Gandhi to address Cong’s ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ event in Indore today
Indore: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Indore on Saturday for a Congress programme “Chhatron Ki Goonj”, which seeks to highlight issues related to education, recruitment and unemployment. The campaign focuses on question paper leaks, education costs and alleged irregularities in govt recruitment. Four editions have been held so far in Kota, Dehradun, Prayagraj and Pune. The Indore event was earlier scheduled for Sept 12 and was postponed by a week.
MP to roll out new public transport system with private partnership on Sept 25
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh govt will roll out the “Chief Minister Sugam Parivahan Bus Service” on Sept 25, marking a major push to revamp public transport through private participation and provide safer, modern and reliable bus services. The service will begin as a pilot project in Indore and Bhopal. Seven more cities will be covered in the next phase, followed by expansion to all 55 districts, officials said.
Temple torn down, but Hanuman idol won’t budge; road widening work stalled
Ujjain: In the holy city’s bustling Bada Sarafa market, an eight-foot Hanuman idol stands wrapped in a waterproof tent, unmoved and immovable. And in refusing to budge, it has brought municipal engineers, archaeologists and a road-widening project to a standstill. Not to speak of the long queues of devotees coming for darshan of the “miracle” in the middle of a street.
HC seeks state reply on Chhota Ganpati underground Metro stn plea
Indore: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday granted two weeks to the state govt, Metro rail authority, Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) and others to file their reply to a petition challenging the proposed underground Metro station at Chhota Ganpati. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt, while hearing the petition by one Mahesh Rathi , also directed that the work carried out should be in accordance with law and by taking all proper care for the safety of surrounding buildings.
Food licences of 3 establishments suspended
Indore: The district food safety administration on Monday suspended the food licences of three establishments after they failed to submit satisfactory responses to improvement notices issued earlier over deficiencies found during inspection. The action was taken by food and drug administration licensing authority and designated officer Madhav Prasad Hasani.
PETA offers robotic elephants to Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain
Faced with a Shrawan season minus a healthy young elephant to lead its centuries-old processions, the Shri Mahakaleshwar temple trust in Ujjain may have found an answer no one saw coming, a robot. Animal rights group PETA India has offered to gift the jyotirlinga temple a life-size, mechanical tusker that can replace a real elephant during the sacred processions and, PETA claims, pull in crowds of devotees all year round, all without a single animal being put through any suffering.
Cong chief Patwari leads 200km cycle rally for free & uniform education
Indore: Reaching out to Gen-Z, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee president Jitu Patwari on Tuesday started a 200 km cycle rally to Bhopal and demanded the state govt provide free and uniform education to children from ‘KG to PG’.“The Congress party, along with colleagues from the NSUI and the Youth Congress, who have organised this Cyclothon, is demanding that education from kindergarten (KG) to postgraduation (PG) level should be the same for everyone, whether they come from poor,...
CBN busts Pune MD drug lab case, makes arrests in MP, Raj
News City News indore News CBN busts Pune MD drug lab case, makes arrests in MP, Raj Trending Indore: The Central Bureau of Narcotics’ Madhya Pradesh Unit has busted a high-tech Mephedrone (MD) manufacturing laboratory in Pune and arrested the two masterminds behind the operation, one from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and the other from Jodhpur in Rajasthan.The action, carried out under “Operation Vajra”, was led by the Preventive Branch of the Office of the Deputy Narcotics Commissioner, CBN,...
MPHC gives govt a week to respond to Ujjain ‘mock’ blast plea
Indore: The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted the state govt a week to obtain instructions in a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) or Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an alleged mock blast that occurred during a Muharram procession in Barnagar, Ujjain district, on June 23.A division bench comprising Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice Alok Awasthi issued the instructions on a petition by Sumeet Hardia,...
Women outnumber men in IIM Indore’s 3 flagship programmes
News Women outnumber men in IIM Indore’s 3 flagship programmes Indore: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore on Monday inaugurated its new batches for the academic year 2026–27, welcoming 634 participants across four programmes — three of which saw women outnumber men.The institute welcomed, the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), Post Graduate Programme in Human Resource Management (PGP-HRM), Integrated Programme in Management – Fourth Year (IPM-IV), and the Doctoral...
Stones pelted at Vande Bharat near Ujjain rly station
Ujjain: Unidentified people pelted stones at Vande Bharat Express train near Ujjain railway station on Monday night, leaving five coaches with damaged windows.The incident, described as the first major stone-pelting attack on the premier train service in the city, occurred around 7:30 pm near Gada Pulia, around 200 metres from Ujjain railway station, as the train was making its way from Ujjain to Indore.The train had arrived in Ujjain via Itarsi and Bhopal when unidentified assailants hurled...
8 buses fined Rs2 lakh over illegal op
Indore: In the wake of the Ujjain-Shajapur bus fire that claimed the life of a four-year-old boy, authorities in Indore conducted a joint crackdown on buses at Star square on Tuesday, fining eight vehicles a total of Rs 2.26 lakh and cancelling fitness certificates of two others.The operation, ordered by collector Shivam Verma, was carried out by a team comprising RTO Pradeep Sharma, SDM Ghanshyam Dhangar, ARTO Rajesh Gupta, and flying squad in-charge Akash Sithole.All India tourist buses and...
Businessman fined Rs 2 lakh for illegal tree cutting
News Businessman fined Rs 2 lakh for illegal tree cutting Indore: The Indore Municipal Corporation has slapped a spot fine of Rs2.25 lakh on a Sanwer Road businessman for cutting down three tamarind trees without permission. Officials described it as a violation of environmental protection norms.The trees were felled by Shahrukh Khan, operator of Goodwill Trends, located in Sector-C Industrial Area, Sanwer Road, falling under Zone 17, Ward 18.
4-year-od dies as bus catches fire in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain
News 4-year-od dies as bus catches fire in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain UJJAIN: A four-year-old child burned to death after an intercity express bus parked at a hotel caught fire late Thursday night on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway in Madhya Pradesh’s Tarana area in Ujjain district.
Bhojshala a temple, rules MPHC; quashes ASI order allowing namaz at 11th century site
News City News bhopal News Bhojshala a temple, rules MPHC; quashes ASI order allowing namaz at 11th century site Trending Members of Hindu organisations celebrate with the idol of Goddess Saraswati outside the Indore bench of MP high court after Bhojshala verdict on Friday Members of Hindu organisations celebrate with the idol of Goddess Saraswati and blowing the conch outside Indore high court after Bhojshala verdict on Friday.
Bhojshala complex is temple of Goddess Vagdevi, Hindus have right to worship: Madhya Pradesh high court
News City News bhopal News Bhojshala complex is temple of Goddess Vagdevi, Hindus have right to worship: Madhya Pradesh high court Trending Bhojshala complex is temple of Goddess Vagdevi, Hindus have right to worship: Madhya Pradesh high court BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh high court on Friday recognised the disputed Bhojshala complex as the temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati).The Indore bench of the high court said, “We have noted the continuity of Hindu worship at the site through regulated...
ASI defends Bhojshala survey, MPHC reserves verdict
Trending Indore: The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday reserved the verdict on the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque case after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) concluded its argument defending its survey.The ASI told the bench that it had followed court directives and applied scientific methods without religious partiality.Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sunil Kumar Jain represented ASI before the bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi on...
Pillars, artefacts from outside planted in complex: Khurshid in HC on Bhojshala
News City News bhopal News Pillars, artefacts from outside planted in complex: Khurshid in HC on Bhojshala Trending Indore: Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society counsel senior advocate Salman Khursid on Monday, mounted a sharp challenge to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) survey report on the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday, alleging manipulation of evidence and violations of court-mandated procedure.Before the bench of...
‘Dhar Darbar’s masjid proclamation loses legal backing after Constitution came’
News City News indore News ‘Dhar Darbar’s masjid proclamation loses legal backing after Constitution came’ Trending Indore: Advocate general Prashant Singh told Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday that a 1935 proclamation by the erstwhile Dhar Darbar declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex a ‘masjid’ did not carry the backing of law after the Constitution came into force.Arguing before Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi on behalf of the state...
Jain community member argues for worship right at Bhojshala complex
News City News bhopal News Jain community member argues for worship right at Bhojshala complex Trending Indore: A Jain community member on Wednesday staked claim to worship at the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex, telling the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court that the monument was also associated with Jain traditions, distinctly evident from the idols recovered from the site.Advocate Dinesh Rajbhar, appearing for petitioner Salek Chand Jain before the bench of Justice Vijay Kumar...
Bhojshala dispute: Mosque built using parts of Parmar-era temples, ASI tells high court
News City News indore News Bhojshala dispute: Mosque built using parts of Parmar-era temples, ASI tells high court Trending INDORE : The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday told the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court that the existing structure of Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar was constructed using architectural members, pillars, and sculptural fragments belonging to temples of the Parmar era — with figures of deities mutilated before reuse.Additional...
Mosque raised using parts of Parmar-era temples: ASI at Bhojshala hearing
News City News indore News Mosque raised using parts of Parmar-era temples: ASI at Bhojshala hearing Trending Indore: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Tuesday told the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court that the existing structure of Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar was constructed using architectural members, pillars, and sculptural fragments belonging to temples of the Parmar era — with figures of deities mutilated before reuse.Additional solicitor general...
Bhojshala case: Intervener claims direct descendance
Trending Indore: An intervener in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque case on Wednesday told Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court that he was a direct descendant of Maulana Kamaluddin Chisti and opposed the attempt to change the religious character of the site.Qazi Moinuddin, through his counsel advocate NA Sheikh, told the bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi that his family's connection to the site traces back several centuries and attempted to support his claims with...
‘Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute is civil in nature’ Original
News City News indore News ‘Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute is civil in nature’ Trending Indore: Senior advocate Shobha Menon told the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday that Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute is civil in nature and cannot be adjudicated under Article 226 through a writ.She was appearing before the bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi, representing Muneer Ahmed and Farooque Mohd in an intervening application and Qazi Zajullah...
No proof that a temple was razed to erect a mosque at Bhojshala, Khurshid tells HC
News City News indore News No proof that a temple was razed to erect a mosque at Bhojshala, Khurshid tells HC Trending Indore: Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, representing Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society in the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque complex case, has claimed before Madhya Pradesh high court that there is no conclusive evidence to show that a temple was demolished to build the mosque at the site.Khurshid drew on historical texts to argue that by the time Kamal Maula mosque...
Bhojshala hearing: Hindu Front plea a title claim, argues Khurshid
News City News indore News Bhojshala hearing: Hindu Front plea a title claim, argues Khurshid Trending Indore: Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for the Maulana Kamaluddin Welfare Society, told the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Wednesday that the petition filed by Hindu Front for Justice in the Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula mosque case amounts to a title claim — regardless of how it is worded.
HC prioritises child welfare over foreign custody, dismisses father’s plea
News City News indore News HC prioritises child welfare over foreign custody, dismisses father’s plea Trending Indore: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday dismissed a writ petition filed by a father seeking return of his minor daughter to Canada, holding that the child's welfare and best interest outweigh the enforcement of a foreign court's custody decree.The division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi pronounced the order in a petition...
Vagdevi idol from Dhar palace ruins, not Bhojshala: HC told
News City News indore News Vagdevi idol from Dhar palace ruins, not Bhojshala: HC told Trending Indore: An intervener in the petition by Hindu Front for Justice on Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque dispute on Saturday told the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court that the statue of Vagdevi housed in British Museum and ‘presented' to be excavated from the disputed site, was actually found among ruins of Raja Bhoj's palace.Advocate Ashhar Warsi, appearing for the interveners, placed British...
Bhojshala dispute: ‘Focus should be on preventing communal flashpoints’
News City News indore News Bhojshala dispute: ‘Focus should be on preventing communal flashpoints’ Trending Indore: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday took up the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque dispute, with senior advocate AK Chitale pressing the court to look beyond property law and focus on preventing communal flashpoints at the contested site in Dhar district.Appearing before Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi on behalf of Antar Singh and six others,...
‘Vagdevi idol’s pedestal inscription shows its consecration at Bhojshala’
News City News indore News ‘Vagdevi idol’s pedestal inscription shows its consecration at Bhojshala’ Trending Indore: Three strands of evidence — literary texts, epigraphic conclusions and architectural references — formed the backbone of arguments placed before the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday, as hearings resumed in Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque dispute.Advocate Manish Gupta, representing independent petitioner Kuldeep Tiwari, laid before the bench of Justice Vijay...
Aussie spotted in Ratlam forested area, cops spend night verifying his identity
News City News indore News Aussie spotted in Ratlam forested area, cops spend night verifying his identity Trending Indore: A 42-year-old Australian national was found sitting alone under a tree in a forested stretch between Bangarod and Jadwasa near Ratlam late Monday, triggering suspicion and a chain of verification that stretched for hours.The man was spotted around 11 pm by villagers, who alerted the police after finding his presence unusual in the isolated patch barely 500 metres from...
Caretaker drugs and robs elderly of valuables
Indore: A 75-year-old man was drugged and robbed by his caretaker in Gumashta Nagar. Police said that the accused identified as Yash Bansal from Firozabad, allegedly fled with gold ornaments worth several lakhs.The incident was reported from Dwarakapuri area. The victim, Omprakash Moongad, is unable to move without assistance and his regular caregiver, Dilip Singh from Rajgarh, was on leave.
Jhabua woman paraded, head shaved over elopement suspicion
News City News indore News Jhabua woman paraded, head shaved over elopement suspicion Trending Indore: A woman in Jhabua district was forced to carry her husband on her shoulders and paraded through her village before her head was shaved by family members and locals over accusations of elopement.The incident, reported from a village under Kakanwani police station limits, occurred on Monday with its video emerging a day later, triggering outrage.According to police, the woman was forced to...
Disputed site was ‘Saraswati Kanthabharan,’ a centre of learning: Petitioner
News City News indore News Disputed site was ‘Saraswati Kanthabharan,’ a centre of learning: Petitioner Trending Indore: The Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday resumed proceedings in the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque case, with an independent petitioner drawing on ancient texts and government records to argue that the disputed site was historically a centre of learning known as ‘Saraswati Kanthabharan.'Advocate Manish Gupta, appearing on behalf of petitioner Kuldeep Tiwari,...
Demolitioncan’terasedeity’s legal standing, saysHindu Front for Justice atBhojshalahearing
News City News bhopal News Demolitioncan’terasedeity’s legal standing, saysHindu Front for Justice atBhojshalahearing Trending Indore:The Hindu Front for Justice(HFJ)on Wednesday told the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court that itsclaim to exclusive worship rights atBhojshala-Kamal Maula complex restedon two pillars: that a Hindu temple existed at the site before the current monument was built, and that the deity's sacred purpose endures regardless of what has happened to the physical...
Court stays jail order for Suleman Original
Indore: The Indore bench of MP high court on Wednesday granted interim relief to retired principal secretary Mohammad Suleman, who had been sentenced to two months of simple imprisonment for contempt of court, and stayed the punishment order until further hearing.The division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi was hearing contempt appeal by former public health and family welfare department PS, challenging an order dated March 16, 2026.The contempt proceedings had...
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