Iram is Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express and she covers Madhya Pradesh. She has been reporting on politics, governance and policy with a focus on environment and agriculture, caste atrocities and minority issues. Previously, Iram has reported extensively on urban transportation, especially Mumbai's rail network, and crime. She tweets at @scribbly_scribe

July 18, 2022 18:01 IST
MP Congress spokesman Abbas Hafeez called the AAP and the AIMIM the “BJP's B-team”, charging that they were “activated” by the BJP for “splitting the Congress votes as the ruling party feared its loss in the polls”.
Tue, Jul 19, 2022
July 18, 2022 01:23 IST
The results for the 133 local bodies — including 11 municipal corporations, 36 municipal councils and 86 town councils — were announced Sunday during the first phase of counting.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
July 17, 2022 00:09 IST
The university had issued the circular after a video of a girl student offering namaz in one of the department buildings surfaced. The university formed a five-member committee that let off the girl after a warning.
Sun, Jul 17, 2022
July 15, 2022 15:48 IST
Narayan Tripathi, sitting BJP MLA from Satna’s Maihar constituency in Madhya Pradesh, had embarrassed his party by alleging that government officials were openly campaigning for BJP candidates during local body elections.
Fri, Jul 15, 2022
July 08, 2022 03:48 IST
The family’s allegations, including that of mental harassment, are now part of a criminal probe — apart from a separate internal investigation — being carried out by the Jabalpur division of the Government Railway Police.
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
July 08, 2022 01:19 IST
The charges of corruption, including an alleged “quid pro quo” deal with a private company, pertain to Satish Agnihotri’s earlier stint as Chairman and Managing Director of Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
Fri, Jul 08, 2022
July 06, 2022 15:17 IST
“Mahua Moitra’s statements have hurt Hindu religious sentiments. Insult to Hindu gods and goddesses will not be tolerated,” Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.
Wed, Jul 06, 2022
July 05, 2022 18:43 IST
According to Sumitra Balmiki, she was initially told that she had to shift from room No. 5 as it was allocated to PWD Minister Gopal Bhargav. Sagar collector suspended the caretaker of the circuit house after a video of the MP scolding the staff went viral on social media.
Tue, Jul 05, 2022
July 05, 2022 18:20 IST
The police registered an FIR and arrested 13 people from Borpadev village after a video of the incident went viral on social media on July 3.
Tue, Jul 05, 2022
July 04, 2022 16:29 IST
Party claims it has over 2.5 lakh workers, fields candidates in 14 of 16 municipal corporations
Mon, Jul 04, 2022
July 02, 2022 00:41 IST
Told to pay Rs 5.02 lakh re-polling cost or face demolition of houses.
Sat, Jul 02, 2022
July 01, 2022 18:01 IST
District administration in Bhind, Madhya Pradesh issues show-cause notices to four people accused of vote tampering during the first phase of panchayat polls held in Pachokhara village on June 25
Fri, Jul 01, 2022
June 26, 2022 03:58 IST
Signs of April Ram Navami violence lie across Khargone, including the walls and barricades that now separate some of its Hindu, Muslim areas. What means ‘safety’ for some is an everyday price for the others.
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
June 24, 2022 10:43 IST
The accident took place when Yogendra Singh Batia, who was the area manager for Baikuntpur, was supervising a pre-non-interlocking between tracks.
Fri, Jun 24, 2022
June 24, 2022 02:52 IST
Preliminary reports said Bhati was standing between two tracks when the train hit him. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
Fri, Jun 24, 2022
June 21, 2022 20:06 IST
According to Congress insiders, with the NCP and the Congress then going back and forth over joining hands with the Sena, it was Nath who had cemented their bonds by convincing them with his argument that unlike the BJP the Sena did not have umbilical links with the RSS.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
June 21, 2022 02:30 IST
The three were identified as Nagesh, alias Raju Tulavi (40), who carried a bounty of Rs 29 lakh on him, Manoj (25) and Rama (23). The latter carried a bounty of 14 lakh each on them.
Tue, Jun 21, 2022
June 19, 2022 15:00 IST
While two of Sukhram Singh Gond’s wives will be contesting against each other in the sarpanch election in Piparkhand village in Madhya Pradesh's Kathdaha, another wife of his has filed her nomination for the post of janpad member. Officials said Sukhram is likely to be suspended.
Sun, Jun 19, 2022
June 16, 2022 21:01 IST
Recently, the main Opposition party dropped at least nine Muslim spokespersons.
Fri, Jun 17, 2022
June 14, 2022 12:09 IST
Interestingly, all three MLAs, who have joined the BJP, had supported the Congress in 2018 when it formed the government. But after the Kamal Nath-led govt fell in March 2020, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned as the CM, these MLAs sided with the BJP.
Wed, Jun 15, 2022
June 13, 2022 16:27 IST
The Karnataka BJP has taken a stand against making any comments on the Nupur row. “No BJP spokesperson would participate in any debates on this issue in Karnataka,'' BJP sources said.
Tue, Jun 14, 2022
June 10, 2022 13:58 IST
BJP and Congress workers have been making a beeline for party offices since poll dates were announced earlier this month
Fri, Jun 10, 2022
June 08, 2022 22:28 IST
She also accused the Congress of disrupting the social harmony of the country by pushing it into the vicious cycle of appeasement.
Thu, Jun 09, 2022
June 03, 2022 02:36 IST
According to Chief Medical Health Officer, Narsinghpur, Abhay Jain, Guddi was brought in with fever along with diarrhea and vomitting on May 29. She died on May 31.
Fri, Jun 03, 2022
May 29, 2022 04:20 IST
State minister Bhupendra Singh countered him, saying it was because of efforts by the BJP government and Chief Minister Chouhan that Madhya Pradesh got the go-ahead from Supreme Court to conduct the panchayat elections with OBC quota.
Sun, May 29, 2022





