Panna

In search of a tiger: Wildlife encounters and the humbling, raw grandeur of nature

Madhya Pradesh boasts of many tiger reserve forests and the three on our itinerary were at Pench, Bandhavgarh and Panna.

Meghalaya mining tragedy lessons go unheeded in MP as labourers face death and disease in quest for diamonds

Even as nearly 20 died in separate incidents over the past few weeks while illegally mining coal in Meghalaya, similar operations continue to endanger lives in Madhya Pradesh.

No straight fight for Congress and BJP in Bundelkhand; SP, BSP add new twists and turns to Madhya Pradesh polls

It's not only the geographical and social features that sets the Bundelkhand region apart from the rest of Madhya Pradesh, leaders believe the electoral politics is also much different here

The Rise and Fall of the Emerald Tigers: Raghu Chundawat's book raises valid concerns, but disappoints

The Rise and Fall of the Emerald Tigers: Ten Years of Research in Panna National Park, by Raghu Chundawat is the story of a passionate wildlife scientist and one of the better-known tiger reserves in the country.

A shining tale of happenchance from Panna: A farmer stumbles upon a 12-carat diamond

It is the first time in his 32 years of farming in the diamond-rich Panna region that something like this has happened with Prakash.

519 projects cleared in 'protected areas' since 2014; activists say hasty decisions risk endangered species

No more than 1.1 percent projects were rejected, on average, annually between June 2014 and May 2018, dropping from 11.9 percent under the previous UPA government.

Shrinking space, fear of territorial fights prompts Rajasthan to relocate tigers to Mukundra from Ranthambore reserve

The Rajasthan forest department has identified two tigresses, T-99 and T-102 from Ranthambore tiger reserve to be shifted to Mukundra, yet another tiger reserve in the state.

In MP's Panna, a village grapples with the lack of potable water, against the pre-existing twist of untouchability

India has more people in rural areas – 63.4 million – living without access to clean water, than any other country, according to a report by WaterAid, a global advocacy group on water and sanitation. Arsenic or iron contamination, pollution of groundwater, the lack of piped water, and depleting aquifers are just some of the causes of this shortage of potable water in villages.

Bundelkhand water crisis: Fourth successive drought and vanishing water bodies compound farmer misery, trigger migration

A fourth successive drought in Bundelkhand region in the last five years has shattered the farmers of this backward region, triggering a mass migration.

As Shivraj Singh Chouhan calls for making health fundamental right, Panna's creaky health infrastructure awaits facelift

Panna, a region in Madhya Pradesh famous for its tiger reserve, has hugely inadequate health infrastructure. Locals hope politicians will heed their woes as elections approach.