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India’s top drug regulator admits widespread lapses after 20 children die from contaminated cough syrup

Drugs Controller General of India says inspections reveal many companies were not testing every batch of raw materials and finished products

The Independent UK

Death toll from toxic cough syrup in India rises to 20 children as WHO demands answers

Five children remain in hospital with kidney failure as India widens ban on tainted medicine

The Independent UK

4 ml of poison, four times a day: Inside the Coldrif tragedy that claimed 17 children

It began quietly on a rainy August afternoon in Madhya Pradesh. It was around 3 pm on August 16, when six-year-old Divyansh Yaduvanshi developed a fever. His temperature read 100 degrees Fahrenheit – mild enough to seem harmless, yet enough to worry his father, Prakash Yaduvanshi, a small farmer from…

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India files criminal case against cough syrup maker linked to child deaths

Sample of locally-produced cough syrup contained diethylene glycol beyond ‘permissible limit’

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Man Reported 'Missing' By Family Beheads Five-Year-Old Indian Boy in Unprovoked Attacked

A five-year-old boy in Madhya Pradesh was beheaded in front of his mother by a stranger, sparking outrage and calls for better policing and mental health care.

International Business Times UK

How poachers targeted areas outside protected zones to traffic 100 tigers to Myanmar

Poachers have, of late, been targeting tigers outside protected areas instead of the core zones. Involvement of Myanmar-origin traffickers on either side of the border has enabled seamless coordination between traders. The arrest of serving and former personnel from enforcement agencies has heightened concern among authorities. Authorities need to keep…

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7 FIRs, a bounty, still free: The untouchable rogue cop of Madhya Pradesh

A handlebar mustache. A gold ring glinting in one ear. Four rifle-toting men at his side. A bulky frame wedged into a green open jeep. Ramvir Singh Kushwah looked like he had just driven out of a crime film. As he cruised through the dusty streets of Madhya Pradesh’s Guna,…

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The swagger’s gone: What the last two decades taught me about India’s fading growth dream

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

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Built a library, got an FIR: Welcome to India’s war on rural changemakers

In the village of Shukrawasa, tucked deep inside the jungle in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, a quiet transformation was underway. A group of young professionals – a NEET topper, an MBA graduate, a filmmaker, a dancer, two students, and two journalists – had come together with one goal: to change…

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SC refuses interim protection to MP journalists who alleged police harassment

The Supreme Court has refused to pass any interim order in favour of two Madhya Pradesh-based journalists who have alleged custodial violence, caste-based abuse and ongoing threat to life from Bhind police, Bar and Bench reported.

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Journalists allege assault, casteist slurs inside SP’s office; approach PCI after DGP

Four journalists from Madhya Pradesh have alleged that they were assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by the police inside Bhind SP Asit Yadav’s office on May 1. Nearly three weeks later, they say they are hiding in Delhi to escape what they fear could be a possible police reprisal.…

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At least 12 killed after speeding van hits bike and falls into well

Villager trying to rescue passengers killed by toxic gas leak

The Independent UK

MP journalist stabbed after ‘complaint about rice miller, attackers paid Rs 30,000’

A week after a journalist was stabbed in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat, the police have arrested four of the five accused.

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Man posing as British doctor held in India after fatal surgeries

Narendra Yadav allegedly faked medical qualifications and posed as top British cardiologist Dr John Camm

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MP journalist’s home burnt down after ‘threats over water tankers report’

The Congress has claimed a law and order breakdown in Madhya Pradesh after the house of journalist and YouTuber Ravi Kumar Pandey was burnt down in Sidhi district last week.

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Madhya Pradesh: 3 dead as MUV hits motorcycle in Raisen

The incident took place at 4pm near Sirsouda village and the impact was such that deceased Shravan Singh Meena (23), Aniket Meena (24) and Rohit Meena (20) were thrown 10 feet away. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Madhya Pradesh: Father-son duo killed after truck hits motorcyle in Morena

The accident occurred on National Highway-44 under the Bamnor police station limits in the morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Attack on Christian priests in MP: FIR after 3 days, no arrests so far

It took Madhya Pradesh police three days to file an FIR against purported Hindutva groups who had allegedly attacked two Catholic priests in Jabalpur on Monday. No arrests have been made in the case so far.

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Eight killed after inhaling toxic gas in 150-year-old well

They were trying to clean well for an idol immersion ritual ahead of a Hindu festival

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve seen people stop their cars to pick up litter’: how one city cleaned up its streets

Indore in Madhya Pradesh, India, was once dotted with fetid waste dumps but after a huge campaign is now virtually spotless

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MP News : 2 women Maoists killed in encounter with police

Two women Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district on Wednesday, police said. According to police sources, sophisticated weapons, including SLRs and wireless sets, have been recovered from the spot after the encounter in the forest area of Mandla district. Read further on Dynamite…

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'Axar Patel must send Ashutosh Sharma to open if Delhi Capitals want IPL glory'

NEW DELHI: He came, he saw, and he conquered — that’s how Ashutosh Sharma kept fans on the edge of their seats in a nail-biting last-over finish against Lucknow Super Giants in Visakhapatnam. Coming in as an Impact Player at No. 7, Ashutosh remained calm under pressure and delivered the…

The Times of India

Yoga guru dies of silent heart attack while driving: Doctors explain what exactly happened

A veterinary doctor named Dr Pawan Singhal, a locally popular veterinarian and committed yoga enthusiast from Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar district, tragically passed away on Sunday morning, possibly due to a heart attack.

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How India’s $14bn Muslim endowments are being plundered, even by government

Experts say BJP government’s acquisition of land for expansion of Hindu temple in Ujjain city reflects a larger pattern.

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Madhya Pradesh: Man commits suicide on Instagram Live alleging harassment by wife

Shiv Prakash allegedly committed suicide by going live on Instagram. During the live, he accused his wife and mother-in-law of constantly harassing him. Read further on Dynamite News:

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