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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicMadhya Pradesh

Topic: Madhya Pradesh

Last Laughs: Salman Khan’s new accessory, minister babas in MP, and the angry common man

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

The new ‘babalog’ in Indian politics are gurus who want plum posts and perks

The godmen, always powerful in India, have moved from being shadowy Rasputin figures to the centre stage in an administration.

All you need to know about the new ‘minister babas’ of Madhya Pradesh

One of them is a tech-savvy seer and another a former model who travels in SUVs. But all of them have been vocal about saving Narmada.

Computer Baba, Bhaiyyu Maharaj among 5 religious leaders made Ministers of State in MP

The 'saints' were allegedly accorded the MoS status to make their work on environment and river conservation easy. 

Behind Arunachal’s new death penalty law is a 170% rise in child rape cases

Lack of legal awareness leads to low reporting of cases with police; lynching of two rape accused last month forced state assembly to amend law.

EC orders special audit of MP voters lists after the dead turn up in thousands

An EC team led by a principal secretary-level officer is currently in MP for the audit, sources said.

Remembering Arjun Singh: Loyal Rajiv Gandhi aide, accessible Congressman and astute politician

Arjun Singh, who was born today, was an old-fashioned Gandhi family loyalist who believed he was denied the prime ministership twice, as Narasimha Rao and then Manmohan Singh were preferred, both of whom he considered lesser leaders than himself.

Bypoll defeats mean Shivraj Chouhan faces a serious threat in Madhya Pradesh 

Senior BJP leaders believe the central leadership might sideline Chouhan as he is anyway battling a 15-year anti-incumbency ahead of this year’s polls. New Delhi: It seems the...

EC steps up vigilance over MP bypolls after complaint against ‘biased’ authorities

Commission to depute 10 special observers and double paramilitary presence for Saturday’s by-elections, following allegations of the state machinery’s ‘bias’.

Even with Rahul Gandhi in charge, Congress state units wait for new faces

Many Pradesh Congress Committees have been clamouring for new chiefs for years, but even the change in Delhi doesn’t seem to have accelerated the process.

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Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.