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Metropolitan Tier 2 city in Madhya Pradesh, India

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Indore: Metropolitan Tier 2 city in Madhya Pradesh, India
Indore is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is consistently ranked as the cleanest city in India. It serves as the headquarters of both the Indore District and the Indore Division. It is also considered as the state education hub and houses campuses of both the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management. Located on the southern edge of Malwa Plateau, at an average altitude of 553 meters (1,814 ft) above sea level, it has the highest elevation among major cities of Central India. The city is 190 km (120 mi) west of the state capital of Bhopal. It is 57 km (35 mi) from Ujjain and 35 km (20 mi) from Dewas. Indore had a census-estimated 2011 population of 1,994,397 and 3,570,295. The city is distributed over a land area of just 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), making Indore the most densely populated major city in the central province.

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'Stripped, hung upside down': Kids allege abuse at Indore orphanage, facility sealed

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Leopard and 2 cubs on site, Indore staff of TCS and Infosys confined indoors

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Spitting case: Plaintiff hostile, man gets bail

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Indore ranked India's cleanest city: How much it spends annually on waste management?

Indore was ranked the country's cleanest city for the seventh time in a row.
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India nominates three cities for global wetland recommendation

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CBI chargesheet against fake PMO official who duped hospital

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Meet Karthik Joshi, ultra-marathoner who embarks on 1,008 km Indore-Ayodhya journey

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PM Modi hands over 218 crore dues to Hukumchand Mill workers

PM Narendra Modi virtually hands over a cheque of about Rs 218 crore to the official liquidator and heads of the labour unions, settling the long-pending demands of Hukumchand Mill workers. The mill..
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Our priority is to empower poor and deprived sections: PM Modi

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PM Modi distributes dues worth Rs 224 crore of Hukumchand Mill workers in Indore

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SS hospital head, neck surgery dept gets tertiary care centre tag

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FIR lodged over 'objectionable' RSS-BJP cartoon after Madhya Pradesh elections

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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescue operation on hold, another machine from Indore to reach today

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Cong threatening people, says MP CM on video of leader warning women of retribution during poll rally

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PMO imposter case: CBI conducts searches at premises of Maayank Tiwari

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FIR filed against Congress' Digvijay Singh for remarks on RSS leader Golwalkar

An FIR has been lodged against Congress leader Digvijay Singh in Indore's Tukoganj Police Station over his alleged remark on Guru Golwalkar, former chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Digvijay..
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Mumbai-Goa, Patna-Ranchi: PM Modi to launch 5 Vande Bharat Express trains, check train timings and other details

PM Modi to inaugurate Mumbai to Goa, Patna to Ranchi, Bengaluru to Hubbali and Dharwad, Bhopal to Indore and Bhopal to Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express trains on June 27.
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Madhya Pradesh: Man kills father after victim refused to give him Rs 2,000

A man in Indore killed his father after he refused to lend the accused Rs 2000.
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IndiGo flight grounded in Shirdi after cabin crew falls sick

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MP: Liquor bottles thrown in Indore's mosque; case registered

Liquor bottles was thrown by some unidentified person at a mosque in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district following which a case has been registered into the matter, a police official said on Tuesday.
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15 dead, 25 injured after bus falls off bridge in MP's Khargone; ex-gratia announced

At least 15 people were killed instantly when a bus headed to Indore, Madhya Pradesh, plunged off a bridge in Khargone on Tuesday.
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Indore: 34-year-old woman hangs self after husband stops her from going to beauty parlour

Madhya Pradesh: A post-mortem has been carried out and the case is being probed from all angles, police said.
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Indore temple tragedy: Authorities demolish illegal structure following fatal collapse of stepwell floor where 36 died

Indore Municipal Corporation fills temple stepwell with building materials and demolishes illegal structure.
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MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets kin of Indore victims, runs into anguish

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ran into a wave of anger when he met the bereaved families. Claiming more lives could have been saved, they questioned the manner of rescue operations before Army..
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