The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) seems to have found a common ground to bring the security forces and tribal community together in order to combat the Leftist radical elements of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and other areas with a sizeable tribal presence. The ITBP in Kondagaon village of Chhattisgarh have started a unique initiative[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh is due to see assembly elections this year in December. Political parties have geared up and have started preparations for the battle. Having less than five months left for the assembly election, it is very normal to see the state getting painted in political colours. The surprise is to[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh has declared to distribute total of 50 Lakhs smartphones to the youths and women. This was announced in the ‘Mobile Tihar’ programme held in Raipur under the communications Revolution scheme. He believes this will provide accessibility to the modern means of communication ‘internet’ to[Read More…]
Eight Maoists, including four women, were gunned down in a shootout with security forces in Chhattisgarhs Bijapur district early on Friday, police said. The incident took place around 6.30 a.m. in a forest near Timenar village along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of the[Read More…]
A two-month old child in Chhattisgarh died after the door of the ambulance that was carrying him to a hospital malfunctioned. When the boy’s father tried to break open its window, he was warned against damaging the government’s property. The infant, who was slated for a cardiac surgery in a[Read More…]
Bastar: Two jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) were killed and another was injured in a Maoist encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district in the wee hours of Sunday. The injured jawan was airlifted to Raipur for treatment and his condition is now reported to be stable Reinforcement was sent to[Read More…]
Korba, Chhatisgarh: A 21-year-old woman has allegedly accused Chhattisgarh home minister Ramsewak Paikras’ nephew of raping her in Surajpur in 2014, the police said. The woman who claims to be the mother of Shamodh Paikra’s 30-month-old child, said in her complaint that he has gone back on his promise to[Read More…]
Raipur: Six police personnel were killed and another was critically wounded in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Sunday when a landmine planted by Maoists ripped through the vehicle they were travelling in. P. Sundarraj, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Dantewada Range), told IANS: Six personnel were killed while one was seriously[Read More…]
Raipur: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper has been killed during a gun battle between the security forces and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, an official said on Saturday. The gunfight took place on Friday night. The slain CRPF trooper has been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Anil Kumar[Read More…]
Raipur: At least eight CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured in a Maoist attack in Sukma district of Chattisgarh on Tuesday. According to a CRPF official, Maoists targeted a team of 212 CRPF personnel between Kistaram and Palodi in the district at 12 noon and blew up a[Read More…]
A former BBC journalist, Vinod Verma was arrested the Chhattisgarh Police from his Ghaziabad residence on Friday for allegedly trying to blackmail a minister from Chhattisgarh with a sex CD. Senior police officials in Ghaziabad have confirmed the arrest. However, they refused to reveal details of the case. Verma is[Read More…]
BJP MP from Chhattisgarh, Bansilal Mahto, was caught on camera making controverisal comments on women that the state’s girls are becoming ‘Tana-Tan’. The 77-year-old BJP MP was addressing a crowd at a wrestling competition function as part of the Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) celebration when he was caught making remarks[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh is considering giving free mobile phones to around 55 lakh people within two-and-a-half-years under the Chhattisgarh Communication Revolution Scheme (SKY), the highest priority of CM. A plan of Rs 230 crore has been prepared to achieve this initiative. Around 50.80 lakh beneficiaries will be distributed[Read More…]
In a shocking revelation, the DNA sample of the newborn of the 10-year-old Chandigarh rape victim does not match with that of the rape accused, the victim’s uncle, suggests forensic report. This shock came after the report was submitted to the Punjab and Haryana Court. The new development compelled the[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh BJP leader, Harish Verma sold dead cattle to butchers and traded their skin and bones, according to police. Verma was detained after death of 300 cows at his cow shelters. The revelation was made by the state’s Gau Sewa Ayog (official body for bovine welfare) in their complaint to[Read More…]
Special masses and prayers were held on Saturday to mark the 107th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa in Kolkata. Candles were lit at her grave at Mother House in Kolkata, the global headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), established by her in 1950. Her grave was decorated with flowers[Read More…]
Days after a heart-wrenching incident happened in Gorakhpur, where at least 100 children died due to oxygen supply, three children died in a government hospital in BJP-ruled Chattisgarh’s Raipur, after an alleged drop in oxygen pressure. News agency ANI reported that the incident happened late on Sunday night at BR[Read More…]
In another incident of neglect in cow shelters, over 200 cows died in two days because of starvation and lack of proper care in a gaushala in Rajpur in Chattisgarh, as villagers claimed on Friday. BJP leader, Harish Verma, runs by the gaushala. He has been running it for the[Read More…]
Sarita Agrawal, the wife of State Minister Brijmohan Agrawal has been accused of encroaching on 13.9 hectares of government land for a project. Initially, Agrawal was accused of acquiring 4.12 hectares of forest land in Chhattisgarh, however, chief minister Raman Singh sought an official report on the deal. As per[Read More…]
Accusing Chhattisgarh chief minister, Raman Singh over the Panama Papers issue, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded the resignation of Raman Singh. The Congress vice president alleged, “Sharif resigned after his and his family’s name figured in the Panama Papers scandal but chief minister Raman Singh’s family is also facing allegations in[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh BJP minister, Brijmohan Agrawal’s wife is facing allegations that she acquired a piece of the state’s forest land to build a resort on it. According to ANI, Sarita Agrawal, allegedly acquired 4.12 hector of the Chhattisgarh forest land and raised several questions on propriety and conflict of interest. Sarita[Read More…]
In a brilliant effort, students of Government Middle School in Burail, have created a unique park by using waste materials. Inaugurated by actor Kirron Kher on Thursday, this park has been created using bottles, toilet seats, jeans, old socks. They have also painted a wall with the portraits of Le[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, speaking at a symposium on ‘Kabir Sahitya me Samrasta aur Sanchaar’ on Sunday said that the teachings of Sant Kabir should be taught to those who raise “anti-national” slogans. He added that programmes on the poet should be organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The[Read More…]
In an application to the Press Council of India, Chhattisgarh Congress president Bhupesh Baghel has alleged that five Hindi newspapers in the state have refused to print full-page advertisements issued by the party. He refrained from naming the papers. The advertisements were supposed to appear on Thursday, the very same[Read More…]
Maoists in Chattisgarh’s Naxal- affected Bastar district have distributed pamphlets as a threat to actor Akshay Kumar and badminton ace Saina Nehwal, who had donated Rs 9 lakh and Rs 6 lakh each to the families of 25 CRPF jawans martyred in Sukma attack in April this year. Kumar had[Read More…]