P Naveen

Correspondent, TOI

An investigative journalist covering internal security, terrorism, military and strategic affairs, intelligence and investigative agencies, anti-corruption institutions, geopolitics, wildlife, enviro ...

An investigative journalist covering internal security, terrorism, military and strategic affairs, intelligence and investigative agencies, anti-corruption institutions, geopolitics, wildlife, environment, and governance. He is known for exclusive, deeply reported stories that explore the intersection of security, conservation, conflict, policy, and power informed by field investigations, ground reportage, and cross-border perspectives.

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Stories by the author

• India saved its tigers. Now big cats are running out of room

  
  01 Jan 2026 11:26 AM IST
• No real answers for Kuno cheetah deaths, just theories

  
  30 Apr 2023 07:43 PM IST
• Lobbying fails, South Africa okays MoU to send to India 12 cheetahs

  
  02 Dec 2022 04:17 AM IST
• Bhopal techie shot dead in US, hate crime suspected

  
  04 Apr 2021 10:54 AM IST
• Shivraj Singh Chouhan asks Naveen Patnaik to care 'Tigress Sundari'

  
  09 Dec 2020 12:49 PM IST
• Tiger gets life behind bars for killing 3 human beings

  
  07 Jun 2020 10:12 AM IST
• Endless caravan of misery as migrants trudge home

  
  12 May 2020 10:41 AM IST
• Madhya Pradesh police starts 'home delivery' of FIRs to lockdown violators

  
  08 Apr 2020 11:01 AM IST
• Football-sized hairball found in dead Pench tiger

  
  06 Apr 2020 11:55 AM IST
• Man earning Rs 7,000 gets tax notice to explain Rs 134 core transactions

  
  16 Jan 2020 11:12 AM IST
• Indian Army gets first batch of Dhanush artillery guns

  
  08 Apr 2019 12:59 PM IST
• Bofors Chinese parts probe: Missing officer found dead

  
  06 Feb 2019 10:37 AM IST
• Madhya Pradesh shifts Bandhavgarh tigress to Odisha

  
  28 Jun 2018 09:13 AM IST
• Blackbuck poaching cases in Madhya Pradesh crawling since 1972

  
  06 Apr 2018 10:35 AM IST
• 20 transfers in a day: CBI pulls out staff from Vyapam team

  
  11 Mar 2018 10:24 AM IST
• MP: Tigress poached in Seoni jungles, 29th in 13 months

  
  13 Jan 2018 07:36 PM IST
• Secret chapters of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination hidden in Madhya Pradesh?

  
  05 Oct 2017 10:52 AM IST
• Tigers at risk of poaching over sharing locations on social media

  
  19 Jun 2017 07:58 PM IST
• This Pakistani spy in Bhopal doesn’t want to go back

  
  14 Apr 2017 11:44 AM IST
• A study in contrast: Here's how India treats a Pakistani spy

  
  11 Apr 2017 02:04 PM IST
• A study in contrast: Here's how India treats a Pakistani spy

  
  11 Apr 2017 02:01 PM IST
• Madhya Pradesh civic body plans complete meat ban

  
  10 Apr 2017 11:14 AM IST
• Madhya Pradesh tigress ‘Queen of Pench’ delivers 4 more cubs... 26 so far

  
  06 Apr 2017 09:43 PM IST
• Madhya Pradesh train blast: 'Mastermind' Al-Qasim, a self-proclaimed India 'emir' of ISIS 'Khorasan group'

  
  08 Mar 2017 01:40 PM IST
• Tiger, leopard found dead under mysterious circumstances near Bhopal

  
  24 Feb 2017 09:37 AM IST
• I will kill myself if there's proof against me: Samajwadi Party MP

  
  30 Oct 2016 10:51 AM IST
• Saving Mahseer: Forest dept set for in-situ conservation in STR

  
  06 May 2016 05:58 AM IST
• 2 tigers vs 15 lakh people: Conflict holds up project

  
  28 Apr 2016 11:24 AM IST
• Man vs wild: Decision on MP river project soon

  
  28 Apr 2016 03:20 AM IST
• Madhya Pradesh loses 22 tigers in 16 months, last one to septicaemia

  
  14 Apr 2016 06:03 PM IST
• Gujarat offers 'sick' lions for Bhopal zoo, Madhya Pradesh government red-faced

  
  01 Mar 2016 04:09 PM IST
• Madhya Pradesh loses six tigers in eight months; three in Pench reserve

  
  31 Jan 2016 09:26 PM IST
• Sh** happens! Plane poop hurts woman on ground

  
  07 Jan 2016 11:22 AM IST
• Lakhs at risk as Jabalpur sits on Kargil duds, Russian RDX

  
  14 Dec 2015 10:49 AM IST
• Satpura radio-collared tiger killed for witchcraft

  
  17 Oct 2015 01:17 PM IST
• Some lived to recount the horror, but some families just vanished

  
  06 Aug 2015 10:23 AM IST
• Children take pledge to protect tigers in Madhya Pradesh

  
  01 Aug 2015 07:47 PM IST
• IPS officer of Bihar cadre to head CBI probe into Vyapam scam

  
  12 Jul 2015 10:03 AM IST
• Tough road ahead for CBI as 1000 Vyapam complaints pending

  
  10 Jul 2015 10:41 AM IST
• Another curious death ups Vyapam scam toll to 41

  
  31 May 2015 10:15 AM IST
• Mystery shrouds death of 40 wanted in MP education board scam

  
  28 May 2015 11:21 AM IST
• Marine engineer among 13 held for smuggling Indian pangolins to China

  
  12 May 2015 07:58 PM IST
• Vyapam scam: Another accused, the 8th, found dead

  
  08 May 2015 10:04 AM IST
• Mr X: Man who sought to topple Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

  
  28 Apr 2015 11:09 AM IST
• Madhya Pradesh tigress sets record of giving birth to 22 cubs

  
  22 Apr 2015 09:19 PM IST
• Tiger-Cub

  
  30 Mar 2015 09:31 PM IST
• Three arrested for poaching tiger cub in Madhya Pradesh's deputy speaker's farm

  
  30 Mar 2015 09:25 PM IST
• Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur feels 'betrayed' by Rajnath Singh, pins hope on Narendra Modi

  
  08 Feb 2015 11:19 AM IST