MP Evening Wrap:Road accident in Saudi kills 45 Indians en route to Mecca; over 100 ‘ghost voters’ found registered at single address in Bhopal more

Bhaskar English brings you the biggest news from Madhya Pradesh and around the world. Here are the top news headlines of the day: 1. NIA court grants 10 days’ custody of Amir Rashid Ali; victim toll rises to 15 The NIA said on Sunday that the driver, Dr Umar‑ul‑Nabi, was a suicide bomber. This is the first time any security agency has officially confirmed this. Meanwhile, the death toll in the Delhi car blast has increased to 15, and the last 2 victims of the blast died in the hospital, Delhi police claimed. Read More 2. 122 MP IAS officers called to Mussoorie for mid-career training; 39 unlikely to attend amid SIR directives The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration has called 122 IAS officers, including 39 collectors and one divisional commissioner of the MP government, for training in Mussoorie from January 5 to January 30. A letter has been sent to the Chief Secretary asking to register them on time and relieve them for the training. Read more 3. Bhopal’s new civic building sparks criticism over missing meeting hall and blocked façade Bhopal Municipal Corporation has again wasted public money in the state capital. On Link Road No. 1, officials built an 8-storey building on 5 acres at a cost of around 40 crore rupees but forgot to include a meeting hall. Now, they have requested 0.25 acre of nearby land to build it, which will cost another 10 crore rupees. Read more 4. Swearing-in of Bihar cabinet on November 20:Current assembly to be dissolved on November 19; CM meets Governor, JDU-BJP meet tomorrow Following the NDA’s historic victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the process of forming a new government has begun. On Monday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Governor Arif Mohammad Khan and submitted a letter informing him that the assembly would be dissolved on November 19. Read More 5. ‘CM change was a test for me’, says former CM Shivraj at Kirar community meet “The circumstances after the 2023 assembly elections were a big test of life. “A bumper majority was received. Everyone thought that everything was natural now, but when it was decided that Mohanji would be the Chief Minister. I did not frown.”On Sunday, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said this at the Diwali Milan conference of the Kirar community at Ravindra Bhawan in Bhopal. Read more 6. Over 100 ‘ghost voters’ registered at single address in Bhopal; SIR process raises questions Ward number 75 in Bhopal’s crowded Narela assembly area has caught attention. In the narrow lanes of Ratan Colony, house numbers 1 and 2 are unusual. According to the 2025 voter list, 158 people from 30 different castes are registered in these two small houses. House number 1 alone has 104 voters from 21 castes. Read more 7. 45 Indians dead in Saudi road accident: Vehicle en route to Mecca hits a diesel tanker; victims include 18 women, 10 children, most from Hyderabad Forty-five Indian pilgrims were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia late Sunday night. Their bus, traveling from Mecca to Medina, collided with a diesel tanker and caught fire. Read More 8. Man dies after touching high-tension wire while scaring monkeys in Jabalpur Late Sunday night, a young man died after touching a high-tension wire while trying to scare away monkeys with an iron rod. He fell from the roof of a three-story building and died on the spot. Police say it was an accidental death and have started investigating. Read more 9. Moving bus loses rear wheels on Bhopal road; passengers safe On Monday, the wheels of a moving bus suddenly came off on Hoshangabad Road in Bhopal. Several passengers were present in the bus at the time of the incident. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident. The accident occurred around 4:30 AM near Bawadiakala Bridge. After the wheels came off, the bus remained stranded in the middle of the road. Read more 10. Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death: Bangladesh’s court finds her guilty of killing people during the coup; Hasina calls the verdict wrong and biased Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka. She has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and named the mastermind behind the killings during the 2024 student movement. Read More