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'Touched her feet, held her under': Delhi man 'drowns' pregnant daughter in Chambal river
August 07, 2026 3:48 pm
Delhi Police said he feared social stigma as his daughter, aged 18, was not married. Her body is yet to be recovered.
Knowledge Nugget: Why is Chambal River in focus?
June 04, 2026 3:40 pm
Why does sand mining in the Chambal frustrate the Supreme Court? What makes the Chambal river system unique among India's rivers? What is the major conservation challenge it faces? Here's all you need to know. Also, go 'Beyond the Nugget' to learn about one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world.
'Lives paused again’: Kota residents await land titles as Supreme Court stays Chambal denotification
April 19, 2026 4:53 am
On April 2, the Supreme Court stayed the denotification of 732 hectares in the Chambal gharial sanctuary. For thousands, this deepens uncertainty over land titles and livelihoods
‘State can’t plead helplessness’: Supreme Court warns of paramilitary action over illegal sand mining in Chambal
April 18, 2026 9:33 am
The Supreme Court was hearing a suo motu writ petition initiated on March 13 based on alarming reports of ecological degradation and lawlessness in the region.
To end illegal mining, Madhya Pradesh plans to make it legal in parts of Chambal sanctuary
June 21, 2022 10:54 am
In a December 2021 proposal submitted to the MoEF-CC, the state said opening up the five stretches would minimise the conflict with illegal miners, gain local support, and fetch revenue from royalty.
Telling the tale
February 13, 2021 12:09 am
Bhind Police is setting up a museum about the dacoits of Chambal. There may be more to their story
Madhya Pradesh elections: Era of dacoit-turned-politicians on wane
November 14, 2018 8:25 pm
Former dacoits Malkhan Singh and Mohar Singh, whose writ once ran large in the ravines of Chambal, campaigned for the BJP in 2013 Assembly elections and in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, said Gwalior-based journalist Dr Keshav Pandey.
Former dacoits — who once ruled Chambal — gather in Jaipur to protect vanishing Chambal forests
March 21, 2016 4:49 pm
On the eve of International Day of Forests on Sunday, erstwhile bandits who ruled Chambal gathered in Jaipur to reminisce, and to tell the government that they wish to protect their land, as, they all said, people back home still respect their word.
Chambal Polls: Guns rule 'badlands' of Bhind-Morena
February 18, 2014 11:54 am
The administration believes that dacoits no more exist,but the deprivation remains.
One held in Etawah for killing police informer
July 17, 2013 3:57 am
Etawah police Tuesday arrested one person for killing an alleged police informer,Sarvesh Mishra,whose body was found in Chambal ravines
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