Madhya Pradesh is home to India's largest population of indigenous peoples, but is also the state with the highest number of rape cases involving tribal women, among other crimes.

The party performed well in constituencies reserved for ST members in 2018. With elections due next year, the Congress needs to consolidate these voters once again.

Of the 51 candidates fielded by AIMIM, 38 of them are contesting from the communally sensitive Malwa-Nimar region that paves the way for the state assembly.

With a deep understanding of the extent of loss brought by this man-made disaster, she crusaded all her life so survivors could receive compensation and medical care.

All processions were led by rightwing organisations from state's Malwa-Nimar region, a stronghold of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

There are two centres of power in the Madhya Pradesh government.

Without access to markets across the country, the Nishad community of the Narmada river have no place to sell their catch.

Government officials have attempted to spray pesticides on them before dawn, but to little effect.

The containment of COVID-19 in the state appears to have taken a backseat to political ambitions.

From a community of hijras to two brothers who donated their piggy bank to the poor, tales of heartwarming positivity emerge from the uncertainty of the disease and lockdown.

Sixty-five-year-old Tibu Meda and his son-in-law had gone out to buy essentials.

"Until further notice, the hospital will treat only patients with novel coronavirus disease,” a 39-year-old victim was told when he went for his regular dialysis session.

On the way back, several have fallen ill. At least two have died. Yet others have been subjected to humiliating exercises by police.

Jyotiraditya's wife had infamously shared a photo of the BJP leader and ridiculed him saying that a man who once stood waiting in queues to click a selfie with the "Maharaj," is now the BJP’s nominee.

The action plan aims to guide the reintroduction program of the Asiatic lions in Kuno in a manner based on science and pro-active management.

Migrant tribals from Madhya Pradesh, working as labourers in quartz-grinding factories of Gujarat, are falling prey to silicosis.

An 'ODF' village has seen a caste crime of staggering brutality over what is ostensibly, open defecation.

The activists have been accused of having violated the Model Code of Conduct when they went to submit their report on the deaths of two alleged Maoists in a police encounter.

For over a decade, activists allege, the state government has modified rules, allowing more and more fraudulent beneficiaries to draw pension meant for people who suffered unjustly during the Emergency.