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Female baseball player death: Jabalpur cops arrest Abdul Mansoori for posting personal video, family says 'love jihad'
India

Female baseball player death: Jabalpur cops arrest Abdul Mansoori for posting personal video, family says 'love jihad'

Sanjana Barkade, a national baseball player, hanged herself a few days ago following which her father recorded a statement to the police accusing Abdul Mansoori of forcing Sanjana to convert. The police have now arrested Mansoori on charges of abatement to suicide

WATCH: Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal offers prayer at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple
India

WATCH: Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal offers prayer at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple

The temple, especially its Nandi Hall and the sanctum sanctorum, was decorated with flowers. A red carpet was laid in the temple premise to welcome the Nepalese PM and his delegation. Priests blew conch shells to welcome the guests from the neighbouring country

WATCH: Pilot averts major Apache catastrophe in Madhya Pradesh
India

WATCH: Pilot averts major Apache catastrophe in Madhya Pradesh

There was no casualty. All crew and aircraft are safe, IAF said in a tweet, adding that the rectification party reached the site

Two more cubs of Cheetah Jwala die inside Kuno National Park from severe heat
India

Two more cubs of Cheetah Jwala die inside Kuno National Park from severe heat

Six fatalities among cheetahs translocated from African countries to Kuno were reported within the past two months

After watching ‘The Kerala Story’, girl realises Muslim boyfriend’s manipulation; files FIR for forcing conversion, rape
India

After watching ‘The Kerala Story’, girl realises Muslim boyfriend’s manipulation; files FIR for forcing conversion, rape

After watching ‘The Kerala Story’, an Indore woman realised that her live-in partner was allegedly forcing her to convert to Islam, approached the police and registered an FIR

DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah? Picking CMs is not a new dilemma for Congress
Politics

DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah? Picking CMs is not a new dilemma for Congress

In Karnataka, the Congress is staring at its old issue of choosing the chief minister as both DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah have reportedly refused to budge. The Grand Old Party has faced such problems earlier in states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP too

MP girl creates own kidnapping story after failing in college exam
India

MP girl creates own kidnapping story after failing in college exam

The complainant stated his daughter called him from an unknown number and informed she had been kidnapped in Indore

Madhya Pradesh: Third Cheetah ‘Daksha’ dies in Kuno National Park
India

Madhya Pradesh: Third Cheetah ‘Daksha’ dies in Kuno National Park

A statement by the forest department shows that Daksha succumbed to her injuries that were caused by Daksha died following an injury which seems to be caused due to a violent interaction with the male cheetahs, possibly during mating

Madhya Pradesh: 15 people, including 3 children, killed as Indore-bound bus falls off bridge in Khargone
India

Madhya Pradesh: 15 people, including 3 children, killed as Indore-bound bus falls off bridge in Khargone

Madhya Pradesh government has announced immediate financial assistance of Rs 4 lakhs each to the families of the deceased

The Kerala Story’ row: Which states are banning the film, where is it tax-free?
India

The Kerala Story’ row: Which states are banning the film, where is it tax-free?

‘The Kerala Story’ has left the country divided. The movie, which depicts women from the state joining the Islamic State, has snowballed into a political fight. While West Bengal has banned the film, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have declared it tax-free

Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan makes 'The Kerala Story' tax-free, urges everyone to watch it
India

Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan makes 'The Kerala Story' tax-free, urges everyone to watch it

The movie, starring Adah Sharma and written by Sudipto Sen, has stirred up controversy since its trailer was released last week for allegedly falsely claiming that Kerala has witnessed 32,000 women go missing and converted to Islam to join a terrorist organisation

Two cheetahs dead in Kuno National Park in past month: What’s ailing the big cat in India?
Explainers

Two cheetahs dead in Kuno National Park in past month: What’s ailing the big cat in India?

In the past month, two cheetahs have died at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. Experts say keeping them in one place is fraught with risk and that the introduction of African cheetahs to India was planned without considering their spatial ecology

Trial by Test: Why to-be brides in Madhya Pradesh had to take pregnancy tests before wedding?
Explainers

Trial by Test: Why to-be brides in Madhya Pradesh had to take pregnancy tests before wedding?

On 22 April, 219 couples got married in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori. However, some women couldn't tie the knot as their names were withheld after their pregnancy tests were positive. The incident has sparked a fresh row with Congress calling it an 'insult to women'

PM Modi to visit Madhya Pradesh on National Panchayati Raj Day
India

PM Modi to visit Madhya Pradesh on National Panchayati Raj Day

Modi will also virtually attend the griha pravesh (ceremony to enter a new home) for 4.11 lakh beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

A female cheetah translocated from Namibia dies in India's Kuno: What went wrong?
Explainers

A female cheetah translocated from Namibia dies in India's Kuno: What went wrong?

Four-and-a-half-year-old Sasha, a captive-bred cheetah who was relocated from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park in September last year, passed away on Monday, said forest officials. The feline was reportedly suffering from a kidney disease before her translocation

Explained: Why Gujarat is finally moving lions from Gir
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Explained: Why Gujarat is finally moving lions from Gir

Gujarat, the only abode of Asiatic lions in India, is set to move some of its big cats from Gir National Park to the Barda Wildlife Sanctuary. While some call Barda a ‘natural home’ for the animals, others say Kuno in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh is the better choice

Irani Cup: Yash Dubey scores century but Rest of India hold edge over Madhya Pradesh after Day 3
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Irani Cup: Yash Dubey scores century but Rest of India hold edge over Madhya Pradesh after Day 3

Starting the day on overnight score of 53, young Dubey made 109 off 258 balls and was involved in two useful partnerships of 114 for the fourth wicket with Harsh Gawli (54) and 96 for the sixth wicket with Saransh Jain (66).

Spotted Beauties: 12 South African cheetahs arrive at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park
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Spotted Beauties: 12 South African cheetahs arrive at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

After a ten-hour journey from Johannesburg, 12 cheetahs reached Kuno National Park where they were released into their quarantine enclosures today. These big cats will join the eight other Namibian felines that came to India last September

Madhya Pradesh: 1 IAF pilot martyred as Sukhoi-30, Mirage 2000 crash near Morena
India

Madhya Pradesh: 1 IAF pilot martyred as Sukhoi-30, Mirage 2000 crash near Morena

The two IAF fighter aircraft - a Sukhoi-30 and a Mirage 2000 - which had taken off from the Gwalior air base in Madhya Pradesh, were taking part in an exercise

MP Shocker: 90-year-old woman raped by man who offered her lift in Shahdol
India

MP Shocker: 90-year-old woman raped by man who offered her lift in Shahdol

The woman was waiting for a bus when an unidentified motorcyclist offered her a lift to the village, but took a detour and raped her at an isolated spot. He left her back on the main road and then fled