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TopicMadhya Pradesh

Topic: Madhya Pradesh

9 cheetahs from Botswana land in MP’s Kuno National Park—tally stands at 48

The big cats flew on an Indian Air Force aircraft for about nine to ten hours to reach Gwalior on Saturday morning.

‘Claims of rampant poaching, inaction incorrect’—MP govt tells HC 69% tiger deaths in 2025 were natural

In affidavit filed before HC, state flags statutory limitations its forest officers face in conducting effective probe of organised wildlife crime, adding it has taken matter to Centre.

MP’s Mohan Yadav govt & RSS are not on the same page, shows a book on Babur

After Bhopal lit fest row, a piece in RSS-linked newspaper Swadesh says their opposition was to financial support fest got from state & Centre and how it was promoting 'Leftist narrative'.

A surveillance state that cares & Greenland fends off ‘see it, like it, want it, got it’ syndrome

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

Bhopal lit fest forced to cancel session, MP BJP govt faces flak for judging Babur book by its cover

Aabhas Maldahiyar, author of Babur: The Quest for Hindustan, has written to PM Modi, saying MP culture minister ‘condemned the session without reading even a single page of the book’.

NTPC scopes 30 sites across states in fresh bid for nuclear expansion

The sites are spread across 5 to 6 states, including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Odisha, the people said, asking not to be named as discussions aren’t final.

Indore mayor, DM’s RSS office visit spurs Oppn strike over water deaths. ‘Working for Sangh or public?’

Congress hits out at Indore administration after Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav & DM Shivam Verma were seen visiting the RSS office Wednesday night in videos that have gone viral.

Toxic water to Aravalli, 4 BJP CMs in the dock over a crisis each—public ire with flak from within party

Many within BJP are questioning their own govts, infighting being a major issue for the party in these states. Some leaders say the CMs are hobbled by their lack of autonomy.

What’s the link between ‘lurking fear’ in courts & bail that SC said in granting relief to MP judge

Observation came when apex court reinstated a Madhya Pradesh judicial officer removed after 27 years of unblemished service over allegations of corruption.

‘No one to pick me up if I die’: Indore’s Bhagirathpura battles water crisis, diseases, system breakdown

As contaminated water sickens hundreds in locality, hospitals are stretched, daily-wage earners lose income, and residents struggle to access safe drinking water.

On Camera

Iran conflict reaches Indian Ocean. India’s balancing act gets harder

The Indian govt has maintained a veil of silence in a sense to allow it to manoeuvre with the US, which is an increasingly important technological partner and supremely important for Indian exporters.

Maharashtra Budget: Fadnavis hands farmers another loan waiver even as 6 lakh await benefits of 1st one

Other key promises in the budget include AI- and other technology-enabled services for farmers and continuation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, which will have the same outlay. 

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.