Garba Madhya Pradesh

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Indore on Tuesday took a u-turn from his remark to "sip gaumutra" before entering Garba pandals during the Navratri festival after it sparked a controversy, saying it was his personal view.

PM Modi on Saturday attended the 125th Founders' Day celebrations at The Scindia School in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior. During the event, as a special gesture, the musical duo Meet Bros presented a special song for the Prime Minister.

An 11-year-old girl died after being hit by a bullet while watching Garba in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, police said on Wednesday.

Stones were hurled at a garba pandal in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district following a dispute between two groups, police said on Tuesday, adding 19 persons have been booked and houses of three of them razed by officials for "illegal" construction.

Since the start of the Navratri festivities, there have been several instances of Muslim men being held or beaten up in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said people of any faith can worship Goddess Durga and there was no need for anyone to hide their identity while entering pandals where 'garba' performances are also organised during Navratri.

The Madhya Pradesh government has asked Garba organisers to check the identity cards of people before allowing them entry into the dance pandals, days after a state minister claimed such events had become a means of "Love Jihad".

A Madhya Pradesh minister who less than a week ago had said identity cards will be needed for entering garba pandals in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has now "welcomed" Muslims at the pandals, if "they are fine with idol worship."

Just ahead of the Navratrifestivities, Usha Thakur, the Minister for Culture in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, has issued a warning in view of what she claimed to be rising incidents of "love jihad" in the state.

Late on Wednesday, the railway station at Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, saw an interesting sight. In a video that is doing the rounds on social media, several passengers at the railway station are seen performing garba.

Four Muslims, including two students, were arrested from a college Garba event in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Sunday after a large group of rightwing activists allegedly barged in and went on the rampage, accusing college of promoting "love jihad".

Vishwa Hindu Parishad has put up posters prohibiting the entry of "non-Hindus" in the pandals where Garba dance is performed hailing Goddess Durga during the ongoing Navratri festival in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district.

The "no jeans and top" diktat has been passed for girls above age 10.

Weeks after BJP's Madhya Pradesh legislator and vice president Usha Thakur proposed banning entry of Muslim men in Garba Pandals to prevent 'Love Jihad', the party's state unit has clarified its stand on the issue.

A lawmaker of the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh says she wants Muslims barred from the "Garba" or a Gujarati dance festival to be held in several northern states in October.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Indore on Tuesday took a u-turn from his remark to "sip gaumutra" before entering Garba pandals during the Navratri festival after it sparked a controversy, saying it was his personal view.

PM Modi on Saturday attended the 125th Founders' Day celebrations at The Scindia School in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior. During the event, as a special gesture, the musical duo Meet Bros presented a special song for the Prime Minister.

An 11-year-old girl died after being hit by a bullet while watching Garba in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, police said on Wednesday.

Stones were hurled at a garba pandal in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district following a dispute between two groups, police said on Tuesday, adding 19 persons have been booked and houses of three of them razed by officials for "illegal" construction.

Since the start of the Navratri festivities, there have been several instances of Muslim men being held or beaten up in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Monday said people of any faith can worship Goddess Durga and there was no need for anyone to hide their identity while entering pandals where 'garba' performances are also organised during Navratri.

The Madhya Pradesh government has asked Garba organisers to check the identity cards of people before allowing them entry into the dance pandals, days after a state minister claimed such events had become a means of "Love Jihad".

A Madhya Pradesh minister who less than a week ago had said identity cards will be needed for entering garba pandals in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has now "welcomed" Muslims at the pandals, if "they are fine with idol worship."

Just ahead of the Navratrifestivities, Usha Thakur, the Minister for Culture in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, has issued a warning in view of what she claimed to be rising incidents of "love jihad" in the state.

Late on Wednesday, the railway station at Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, saw an interesting sight. In a video that is doing the rounds on social media, several passengers at the railway station are seen performing garba.

Four Muslims, including two students, were arrested from a college Garba event in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Sunday after a large group of rightwing activists allegedly barged in and went on the rampage, accusing college of promoting "love jihad".

Vishwa Hindu Parishad has put up posters prohibiting the entry of "non-Hindus" in the pandals where Garba dance is performed hailing Goddess Durga during the ongoing Navratri festival in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district.

The "no jeans and top" diktat has been passed for girls above age 10.

Weeks after BJP's Madhya Pradesh legislator and vice president Usha Thakur proposed banning entry of Muslim men in Garba Pandals to prevent 'Love Jihad', the party's state unit has clarified its stand on the issue.

A lawmaker of the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh says she wants Muslims barred from the "Garba" or a Gujarati dance festival to be held in several northern states in October.