The Madhya Pradesh Assembly passed the 2021 Freedom of Religion Bill with a voice vote on Monday amid opposition from Congress and chants of ‘Jai Shree Ram’ from the treasury banks. Previously, the Religious Freedom Ordinance was approved at a special cabinet meeting in December last week and went into …
Read More »Bus crash in Sidhi: 34 bodies found, several still missing in Sidhi of Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal News
BHOPAL: At least 42 people died, while several others remained missing after a bus fell from a bridge into a canal in Madhya Pradesh. Sidhi District Tuesday morning The incident took place below the Rampur Naikin Police Station around 8.30 a.m. M. “We have recovered 42 bodies so far. They …
Read More »Stand-up comedian, 4 others arrested for complaint of BJP leader’s son
New Delhi: Munawar Faruqui, a comedian from Gujarat, was arrested in Indore on Saturday along with four others after the son of a BJP MLA filed a complaint accusing them of making “indecent comments” about Hindu deities and the Union Interior Minister, Amit Shah, during a New Years Show. A …
Read More »From 10 years in jail to a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh: what MP’s freedom of religion law says
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the state’s new freedom of religion law is Beti Bachao Abhiyan’s mission or save the daughter of his government. Chouhan said that no one will be able to convert anyone from one religion to another through marriage or “by any …
Read More »Madhya Pradesh to introduce ‘Love Jihad’ bill with 5 years in prison
New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Interior Minister Narottam Mishra has said that a “love jihad bill”, which includes five years of rigorous imprisonment for “violators”, will soon be introduced to the state assembly. Until now, “love jihad” was not a term recognized by any legal system in India. It was coined …
Read More »Computer Baba detained during a demolition campaign at his Indore ashram
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 8, 2020 4:53:09 pm Computer Baba. The self-described godman Namdeo Tyagi, popularly known as Computer Baba, was arrested along with his six associates on Sunday in preventive action during the demolition of an alleged illegal construction at his ashram in …
Read More »PM Modi bats for clay jugs for drinking water than single use plastic bottles
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | September 9, 2020 1:08:49 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AND ME) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday advocated the use of clay jugs instead of single-use plastic bottles for drinking water to save the environment and urged street vendors to use the …
Read More »An Air Force helicopter lifts people from flooded areas of Madhya Pradesh
An IAF helicopter airlifted residents of the flooded Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, near Bhopal. Bhopal: Villagers from flood-affected areas of Madhya Pradesh were airlifted by the Indian Air Force, which is assisting the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in rescue and relief work as swollen rivers continue to flood much …
Read More »In Madhya Pradesh, a new bridge collapses amid heavy rain
A 150-meter section of the bridge over the Wainganga River in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district collapsed. Bhopal: A new bridge built over the Wainganga River in the Seoni district, about 350 km from Bhopal, collapsed today, August 30, 2020, its official completion date. Although its construction was completed a month …
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