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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicMadhya Pradesh polls

Topic: Madhya Pradesh polls

EC announces assembly election schedule for 5 states, polling to begin from 7 November

The Election Commission said the elections in Rajasthan, Mizoram, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh will be held in a single phase whereas Chhattisgarh will have a second phase of voting.

‘Shouldn’t deny deserving candidate ticket because he’s from political family’, says Sumitra Mahajan

Veteran BJP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Mahajan is said to be seeking a party ticket for son Mandhar, for upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.

Tomar vs Scindia, Chouhan vs VD Sharma — MP BJP rife with rivalries & CM contenders as polls near

There are growing differences in Madhya Pradesh BJP, while high command is considering promoting fresh faces and looking beyond CM Chouhan to lead party in state, it is learnt.

‘Flag flying high’ — Urdu press hail Chandrayaan-3 for ‘going where no one else has’

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Rebellion in MP BJP after early poll list: 12 problem seats, Tomar to Scindia on damage-control duty

BJP released its first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh earlier this month, covering 39 seats where it sees itself as weak. The party lost 38 of these in the 2018 election. 

‘Atmosphere of trust has been restored’ — Urdu press hails Independence Day celebrations in Kashmir

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

PhonePe warns Congress against using its logo on posters targeting BJP in MP — ‘will invite legal action’

Statement comes after posters appeared bearing Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's face on a QR code with slogan saying 'give 50% commission on PhonePe, and get your job done'.

2 civil servants doing RSS salute at Sangh function sparks political row in Madhya Pradesh

Viral photo is purportedly from RSS’s ‘Samarpan Samaroh’ held at Satna on 11 June. Congress says it’s compiling a list of such ‘partisan officials’ and also writing to central govt. 

It’s CM vs ex-CM in poll-bound MP as Shivraj, Kamal Nath play ‘what promises did you fulfil?’ game

While BJP leaders said Chouhan's attacks on predecessor Nath part of party strategy 'to remain on offensive', Congress said it's opposition's role to question govt shortcomings.

As 4 AIMIM candidates win in MP civic polls debut, here’s what it means for Owaisi party

AIMIM also came third in 2 mayoral elections, including in Burhanpur where it got some 10,000 votes while BJP narrowly edged out Congress to win. Results of first phase announced Sunday.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.