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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicMadhya Pradesh

Topic: Madhya Pradesh

No change in CM, BJP leadership in poll-bound MP ‘for now’. ‘Team Amit Shah’ to oversee election prep

In closed-door meet with top state leaders including CM Chouhan, Bhupender Yadav & Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shah asked all ‘power centres’ to put aside egos & be more 'aggressive', it is learnt.

MP govt has shown how to be sensitive in delivering justice in Dalit-Adivasi atrocity cases

Dalit-tribal politics isn’t trapped in Indira Gandhi’s Belchi moment. This is what the Congress doesn't get.

MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan washes feet of tribal man urinated on, says sorry

The urination video, which went viral on social media, sparked tremendous outrage and it was alleged that the perpetrator Pravesh Shukla was a close aide of a BJP MLA.

Man accused of urinating on a tribal youth in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi arrested

Police said the accused, identified as Pravesh Shukla, was arrested around 2 am on Wednesday on the basis of leads and is being interrogated.

Video of MP man ‘urinating on mentally ill tribal’ goes viral. ‘Will be booked under NSA’, says Chouhan

BJP's Sidhi MLA denies Congress claim that accused — who has been booked under SC/ST Act — is his representative.

While quashing rape case, Madhya Pradesh HC judge makes a case for lowering age of consent

The single-judge bench said 'nowadays girls & boys reaching puberty early', urges govt to consider reducing age of consent from 18 to 16 to avoid ‘injustice caused to adolescent boys’.

Chapter on Savarkar to be taught in MP schools, Congress calls it ‘insult to freedom fighters’

Madhya Pradesh minister Inder Singh Parmar accuses Congress of ‘glorifying foreign invaders’ & says Savarkar made significant contributions to Indian freedom struggle.

Gaurs make grand return to Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve after 25 yrs. It’s a ‘Made in MP’ feat

The MP Forest Department is translocating 50 gaur, or Indian bison, to the reserve, where they were last spotted in the late 1990s— 28 are already roaming free in their new home.

BJP’s ‘Rani Durgavati Gaurav Yatra’ has dual aim in MP — ‘Gond pride, women empowerment’

Yatra will begin simultaneously on 5 routes before concluding in Shahdol on 27 June. MP, which will go to polls later this year, has higher tribal population than any other state.

BJP wary of ‘misinformation campaigns’ on UCC that could hurt its tribal vote in poll-bound states

Ahead of polls in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan & Mizoram this yr, BJP concerned about containing misinformation since, it feels, tribal communities tend to vote 'based on emotional issues'.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.