Special interview: Madhya Pradesh's Women and Child Development Minister Nirmala Bhuria on care leavers, the Mukhyamantri Bal Ashirwad Yojana, Mission Vatsalya and the department's MoU with AIIMS Bhopal.
A Woman Needs Equal Opportunity, Not a CrutchHowever Big the Struggle, Success Can Be Bigger — Nirmala BhuriaModi@76: Madhya Pradesh's Special Role in a Story of Service, Resolve and a Changing IndiaWomen Need Openness — But Minding Their Boundaries Matters TooWomen Face a Higher Risk of Disease: What Can Be Done?How Homemakers Can Play Their Part in Saving the Environment
Your Kitchen Holds the Secrets to Better Beauty, and Women Use Them Every Day
Give Your Family Enough Time: Why It Matters So Much
Behave in a Way That Keeps Relationships From Souring
"O Bua, Leave Us Some Money!": Why Have Relationships Lost Their Sweetness?
Care Leavers: Let Your Achievements, Not Your Past, Define You
Suhaniya Maravi of the Tribal Community Becomes a 'Lakhpati Didi'
Madhya Pradesh Grows Stronger Through Nari Shakti
Iranian President's daughter Zahra Pezeshkian admires the art of Bagh print at Bharat Mandapam
Madhya Pradesh wins on the waves
Skill training builds daughters' confidence as they step towards self-reliant lives
Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam is a milestone for women's empowerment: Nirmala Bhuria
Mandsaur's women sweeten the big cities
Madhya Pradesh's Bharewa craft heritage wins national recognition
Beauty tips: The secret of beauty is the right skin care
Relationship advice: Praise in public, taunts in privateWomen's empowerment does not mean setting women against men; it means building a society where a person's gender never limits their opportunities. What women need is equal opportunity, not mere support.
Sushila AgrahariEditor
A success story: Suhaniya Maravi of Kanharikala village in Mandla district joined the Livelihood Mission, turned her barren 'barra' field into a source of income, and now helps thousands of women farmers become self-reliant.
Diljot and Poonam won two bronze medals at the Asia Cup Rowing in South Korea, as athletes from the state's Water Sports Academy made Madhya Pradesh proud.
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At the 'BRICS Bazaar' of the 18th BRICS Summit, Zahra Pezeshkian showed keen curiosity about the natural dyes of Dhar's world-famous Bagh print and tried hand-block printing herself.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Handicrafts Award to Bharewa artisan Baldev Waghmare of Betul. Bharewa metal craft also recently received a GI tag.
India's national emblem is more than a memorial to Emperor Ashoka and the Buddha; read through the Rigveda, its lions, horse, bull, cow and wheel encode an ancient vision of creation.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the 144-day 'Namami Devi Narmade' Narmada Seva Yatra 2016 will carry a message of river conservation to the world; the 3,344-km journey begins at Amarkantak on 11 December.
The world's largest people's campaign for the environment and river conservation, the 'Namami Devi Narmade - Narmada Seva Yatra', set off from the Narmada's source at Amarkantak in the presence of saints, ministers and devotees.
Women's leadership is giving development a new direction: Aarti Agrawal, Aditi Chaurasia, Bindu Patidar, Prerita Baheti Saboo and Sapna Bhambani are putting Madhya Pradesh on the global tech map.
More than 15,000 women are training in 71 modern trades across Madhya Pradesh's 934 ITIs; scholarships, hostels and placement drives are helping daughters become self-reliant.
Seven per cent of employees admitted they lie to their boss about being ill to get time off. According to a UK survey, flu is the most popular excuse for skipping work.
In a Facebook live chat, cricketer Gautam Gambhir said he and MS Dhoni differed on some issues but were never rivals.
India captain Virat Kohli has climbed to third place in the ICC Test batting rankings, the highest he has ever been.
In an interim order, the Supreme Court has said the national anthem must be played before every film in cinemas across India, with the audience standing in respect. The case arises from a PIL filed by Bhopal engineer Shyam Narayan Chouksey.
