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1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
A three-year-old girl suffering from a terminal brain tumour died after her parents initiated her into Santhara, a centuries-old Jain ritual of fasting unto death, sparking outrage and renewed scrutiny over the practice - especially in the context of minors.
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1 week ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
A three-year-old girl died after her parents initiated her into the Jain religious practice of fasting unto death, citing her terminal brain tumour diagnosis, bringing into focus the controversial practice known as Santhara.
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2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
Smoke is an aerosol; aerosol particles help form clouds; clouds bring rain. Havans (traditional fire rituals) create smoke. So far, so good. That could explain why a group of scientists is engaged in an exercise to determine the efficacy of havans in bringing rain.
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2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
A speeding van plunged into a well after hitting a bike in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, leaving 12 people, including the biker and a rescuer, dead, police officials said. The accident took place at Budha-Takarwat Phante in Narayangarh police station area at around 1.15pm when 14 members of a family were going to the Antari Mata temple in Manasa area of Neemuch district after attending a wedding in Mandsaur.
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2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
Bhopal/Mandsaur: Ten people were killed after a van hit a bike and fell into an open well in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district on Sunday, said police. The accident took place at Budha-Takarwat Phante at around 1.15 pm while 12 members of a Keer family from Ratlam were going to visit the Antari Mata temple in Manasa area of Neemuch district after attending a wedding in Mandsaur.
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2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
Officials said that at least seven decisions made by previous BJP governments led by Chouhan had been changed, adding that policy change is a “dynamic” process as per needs of the time and people. “One should not see it as a policy of a particular person,” the official said. On Monday, Yadav instructed officers of public asset management department (PAMD) not to auction or lease out government properties and instead trying to make optimum use by government itself.
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2 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
BHOPAL: Farmers in Madhya Pradesh will lose the annual ₹6,000 assistance under the Chief Minister Kisan Kalyan Scheme and won’t be able to sell their produce to the government at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) if they are booked for stubble burning, chief minister Mohan Yadav has said. The decision will come into effect from May 1, the chief minister said at a meeting to review the functioning of the revenue department on Thursday.
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3 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
A 58-year-old LIC regional manager from Indore was among the 26 killed in Pahalgam terrorist attack on Tuesday while his daughter and wife got injured. Terrorists struck at a tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, mostly tourists, and injuring several others. Alirajpur LIC regional manager Sushil Nathaniel along with his wife Jennifer (54), who is a government school teacher, and daughter Akanksha (34) had gone to Kashmir on April 21 for a vacation.
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3 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest number of wheat residue burning cases in India during the first fortnight of April, prompting the state government to take action — imposing fines worth ₹25 lakh and registering over 50 FIRs against farmers involved in stubble burning.
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3 weeks ago | 
hindustantimes.com | Shruti Tomar
A court in Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday ordered police to reopen the investigation into the 1997 death of a Congress leader, citing the incomplete closure report filed by police. Congress leader Sarla Mishra died in a fire at her home in Bhopal in February 1997. Following investigation, TT Nagar police station filed a closure report in the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court on November 7, 2019, ruling the case as a suicide.
