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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicMadhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2018

Topic: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2018

Agrarian crisis is an election issue, but agriculture minister is missing from BJP campaign

Radha Mohan Singh has been kept out of the list of BJP star campaigners over apprehensions that the agriculture minister could face protests from farmers.

BJP is on a better wicket in parliamentary elections than in state elections

A swing towards the Congress in MP and Rajasthan assembly polls need not automatically mean a similar outcome in parliamentary elections.

Why Hoshangabad could be a microcosm of BJP’s prospects in MP assembly election

BJP holding its ground against heavyweight rebel and a rival 'savarna' party in Hoshangabad could be a reflection of its resilience across the state.

My birthplace Vadnagar once helped Rewa’s famous musician Tansen: PM Modi in Madhya Pradesh

Addressing a rally in Rewa, Modi said he has a relation with the land of Vindhya which belongs to white tigers and Tansen's musical notes.

Tracing Lord Ram’s steps & wheels for girls – comparing BJP & Congress manifestos in MP

The BJP has released a double manifesto for the MP polls, with one dedicated solely to women. The Congress, meanwhile, has played the soft Hindutva card.

Congress asks union home ministry to protect Navjot Singh Sidhu outside Punjab

Congress has said Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been receiving ‘more threats’ since he left the BJP

By demonising RSS in Madhya Pradesh, Congress is only helping BJP

It is not clear why Congress should antagonise RSS in Madhya Pradesh when its president is busy brandishing his Hindutva identity.

Candidates’ failure to make public criminal record may lead to contempt of court action: EC

The new EC directive also makes it compulsory for political parties to publicise criminal record of their candidates. 

BJP’s MP candidates’ list bears CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s stamp

Chouhan’s ‘preferential treatment’ in candidate selection process could backfire him as well, say party leaders.

Ram Mandir won’t pass through Parliament, and the PM’s tribute to Netaji

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?