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‘My life is in danger’: Kumbh Mela viral girl resurfaces in Kochi, makes serious claims against father

The Prayagraj Kumbh Mela viral girl has approached Kochi police seeking protection, alleging threats to her life and accusing her father of taking her passport and money. Her husband, Farmaan Khan, faces a kidnapping case in Madhya Pradesh amid a dispute over her age and their relationship.

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Prohibiting polygamy, nikah halala, and registration of live-in relationships: MP cabinet clears draft UCC bill

The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, proposing a common civil law that bans triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy, mandates marriage and live-in relationship registration, ensures equal inheritance rights, and exempts Scheduled Tribes. The bill will be tabled in the Assembly's monsoon…

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Chanderi Sari Guide for Indian Women: Elegance, Draping, and Effortless Styling

What Makes Chanderi Different From Every Other Sari You OwnChanderi fabric comes from a single town, Chanderi, in Madhya Pradesh's Ashoknagar district, and the weave has been running there for roughly 2,500 years. What makes it recognisable is the combination of silk warp threads and cotton weft, sometimes pure silk,…

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Patel Engineering achieves breakthrough in 12-km irrigation tunnel project in MP

Patel Engineering announced a breakthrough in Madhya Pradesh's longest irrigation tunnel project. This 12-km tunnel is part of the Sleemanabad Carrier Canal project. The project faced significant geological and hydrological challenges during excavation. Upon completion, the canal will irrigate 245,000 hectares of land. It will also supply water to Jabalpur…

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Bug bounty: MP forest department pays villagers Rs 2 per pest to save sal trees

Madhya Pradesh forest department offers villagers a bounty for collecting sal borer beetles. This unique conservation drive involves children, women, and elderly villagers actively participating. Over eleven lakh sal borers have been collected so far from designated trap trees. This initiative aims to protect vast stretches of vital sal forests…

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The Sarus Crane Mates for Life: The Biology of Monogamy and the Reality of Grief

The tallest flying bird in the world, and what it chose to do with thatGrus antigone, the sarus crane, stands up to 1.8 metres tall, making it the tallest flying bird on the planet. It lives across the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia, but its stronghold is the…

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1.5 foot cobra comes out of a nursery school student's bag in MP: Child finds snake inside while reaching for books; reptile rescued safely

A nursery student in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district had a frightening experience when a 1.5-foot cobra crawled out of his school bag inside the classroom. The child escaped unharmed as teachers evacuated students and rescued the snake before releasing it in a nearby forest.

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How India's longest underground water tunnel will take Narmada water to Vindhya

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will inspect India's longest underground water tunnel. Engineers achieved the final breakthrough in the 11.95-km Sleemanabad tunnel recently. Narmada water will soon be released into the system after machine removal. This project marks the completion of a challenging phase of the Bargi Diversion Project.…

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MP secures investment proposals worth Rs 1,592 crore at Bharat Tex 2026; over 15,700 jobs expected

Madhya Pradesh secured investment proposals totaling Rs 1,592 crore at Bharat Tex 2026. These proposals are expected to create over 15,700 new employment opportunities across various textile sectors. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav highlighted the state's comprehensive "Farm to Fashion" textile value chain capabilities. He also promoted the PM MITRA Park…

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PM Modi to virtually inaugurate 13 redeveloped railway stations in Madhya Pradesh on July 17

The stations in MP include Sanchi, Vidisha, Ashoknagar and Shivpuri under the Bhopal division, and Beohari of the Jabalpur division within West Central Railway (WCR)'s network, Chief Public Relations Officer of the Jabalpur-headquartered WCR, Harshit Shrivastava.

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How Indian Leopards Have Mastered Different Hunting Strategies Across Forests, Scrublands, and Rocky Terrain

The Biological Toolkit That Makes Terrain Adaptation PossibleThe Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) has the broadest prey-weight range of any large felid in Asia. Documented kills in India span from small hares and peafowl to adult sambar stags exceeding 200 kg, a range no other solitary cat on the subcontinent…

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Why These Indian Forts Are the Most Magical Places to Visit This Monsoon?

Monsoon has a way of changing everything. The same forts that stand under the blazing summer sun suddenly become cooler, greener, and almost magical after the first spell of rain. Ancient stone walls glisten, hills turn lush, clouds drift through towering gateways, and every viewpoint feels like a scene from…

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How a Sloth Bear Mother Carries and Protects Her Cubs in Ways No Other Bear Does

The Only Bear That Carries Its YoungOf all the world's eight bear species, only the sloth bear, Melursus ursinus, routinely carries cubs on her back, and she does it not for a few minutes but for months at a stretch. Cubs begin riding at around four to six weeks of…

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Spain's Submer Group to invest $2 billion in semiconductor industry in Madhya Pradesh

Spain's Submer Group announced a significant USD 2 billion investment in Madhya Pradesh. This substantial investment will foster growth within the region's semiconductor industry. The initiative is expected to generate approximately 5,000 direct employment opportunities for local residents. Land for a data center project was swiftly allotted within six days.

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How a missing veena helped solve a 900-year-old mystery

A 12th-century sculpture, long misidentified as Saraswati, is now recognized as goddess Gayatri. Advanced digital documentation revealed iconographic details previously unnoticed for centuries. The red sandstone idol, found in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, depicts Gayatri with specific attributes. Its rediscovery restores a forgotten aspect of India's artistic and religious heritage. This…

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SC to hear pleas against MP HC verdict holding Bhojshala complex as Goddess Saraswati temple

The Supreme Court will hear appeals challenging a High Court order on the Bhojshala complex. This order declared the disputed site a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. It also cancelled the Muslim community's Friday prayer rights at the monument. The Madhya Pradesh High Court left administration decisions to the Centre…

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Rs 1835 cr transferred into bank accounts of 1.25 cr Ladli Behna scheme beneficiaries in MP

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav transferred Rs 1,835 crore to over 1.25 crore beneficiaries. This disbursement was the 38th installment of the state's Ladli Behna Yojana. The Chief Minister highlighted the government's commitment to women's empowerment and development initiatives. He also laid the foundation stone and inaugurated 56 development…

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Six Remote Festivals Across India Where the Ritual Feels Like It Was Never Meant to Be Witnessed

Torgya Festival, Tawang, Arunachal PradeshThree days before Losar, the Tibetan New Year, the monks of Tawang Monastery perform Torgya in near-total isolation at 10,000 feet. The monastery, the largest in India and one of the largest in the world, sits above a town that most domestic tourists have still never…

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MP bypoll: Narottam Mishra's supporters clash with cops, block highway after ticket snub

Violence erupted in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, as BJP supporters clashed with police. Protesters blocked a national highway for nearly twelve hours after a senior leader was denied a ticket. Several police officers sustained injuries during the prolonged demonstration and stone-pelting incident. Security forces eventually cleared the highway and made some…

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India Wildlife Safari Planning: What First-Timers Miss Before Booking a Tiger Reserve

The Permit System Will Confuse You the First TimeEvery national park in India divides its core zone into numbered safari zones, and each zone has a fixed daily quota of jeeps. Ranthambore, for instance, has six zones in its core area. Zones 1, 2, and 3 sit closer to the…

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6 Indian National Parks Beyond Ranthambore That Every Tiger and Wildlife Safari Fan Must Visit

Jim Corbett National Park, UttarakhandJim Corbett has been hosting tigers since 1936, which makes it the oldest national park in India and the site where Project Tiger was formally launched in 1973. The Dhikala zone, set inside a broad riverine grassland called the chaur, gives you the kind of unobstructed…

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ISRO successfully tests Gaganyaan crew module's main parachute

ISRO successfully tested Gaganyaan's main parachutes in Madhya Pradesh. This critical test qualified the parachute for expected load conditions. A simulated assembly was dropped from an aircraft at 2.5 km. Drogue and main parachutes deployed to reduce payload velocity safely. This successful test provides confidence for the first uncrewed Gaganyaan…

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Why Vultures Are Irreplaceable Scavengers and What Their Extinction Means for India's Ecosystem

A stomach that kills anthraxVultures have gastric acid with a pH close to 1, among the most corrosive digestive environments measured in any vertebrate. A carcass infected with anthrax, botulinum toxin, or rabies virus passes through that acid and exits neutralised. No other scavenger in India's food web does this.…

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Bandhavgarh Safari Guide: Everything First-Time Tiger Seekers Need to Know Before the Jeep Starts

Pick the Right Zone or Pick a Different ParkBandhavgarh is divided into five safari zones: Tala, Magadhi, Khitauli, Panpatha, and Johila. First-timers who don't specify a zone get whatever is available, and whatever is available is usually not Tala. Tala is the core zone, the oldest, the densest in prey,…

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Congress opposes Hindu members on Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board, plans Supreme Court challenge

Madhya Pradesh reorganised its Waqf Board, adding two Hindu members to the ten-member committee. Congress leaders have criticised this move, calling it inappropriate and vowing to challenge it. Ruling BJP leaders defended the decision, stating the board is not solely for mosques. The Waqf Board chief affirmed the reconstitution followed…

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