stoppedKhandwa (MP), Jul 14 (PTI) Khandwa district collector today stopped execution of a demolition notice to the owner of the ancestral house of legendary singer Kishore Kumar here. Khandwa Municipal Corporation had issued the notice, ordering demolition of a dilapidated portion of "Gaurikunj", a one-storey building in Bombay Bazaar area of Khandwa city. "A directive has been issued to the civic authorities to stop execution of the notice. Kishore Kumar and his actor brothers Ashok Kumar and Anoop Kumar had spent their formative years in the house. Sunil Jain of Kishore Sanskritik Prerna Manch, a local organisation, said it has been demanding for long that the house be declared `National Kishore Memorial.

Source: India Today July 14, 2017 11:26 UTC