Everything you need to know about Chhattisgarh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Chhattisgarh: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), May 18 (ANI): At least one personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) was killed, while another was critically injured during a gun battle with Maoists in Chhattisgarh on Friday.
Koderma (Jharkhand), May 18 (ANI): Acting on a tip off, Jharkhand Police have confirmed the seizure of a huge cache of explosives from a house in the state's Koderma District.
New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has held the Congress Party responsible for the non-passage of the Food Security Bill during the budget session of Parliament.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The BJP Friday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that the Opposition was responsible for the UPA's failure to pass the Food Security Bill, saying the UPA government should emulate the Chhattisgarh Food Security Act.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Accusing the Congress of a callous and casual approach towards the poor, the BJP Friday asked the UPA government to emulate the Chhattisgarh Food Security Act as it covers a higher proportion of the population and provides foodgrain at a cheaper cost.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India generates 7.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste every year with the highest amount generated by Maharashtra, the environment ministry said Friday.
Dhar, May 17 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that Naxalism is strong only in those states where Congress is not in power.
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), May 14 (ANI): Two Maoists were killed and three paramilitary soldiers were injured in a gun battle in Jharkhand on Monday.
Ranchi, May 14 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will review progress in the security situation and development initiatives in the Naxal-affected districts of the Jharkhand today.
Bastar, May 12 (ANI): Three police personnel were killed and another injured when Naxals attacked a Doordarshan TV tower in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh's Bastar District early this morning.
Gumla (Jharkhand), May 12 (ANI): Five sympathizers of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were arrested from Jharkhand's Gumla district.
Naya Raipur, May 9 (IANS) Amid growing clout of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in interiors of Chhattisgarh, the state government Thursday extended a ban on the terror outfit and its six affiliates for one more year.
Chattisgarh, May 9 (ANI): A security personnel was killed and three were injured in a gun battle between the police and the Maoists.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh), May 8 (IANS) Two policeman of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) were killed and two injured Wednesday in an intense gun battle in a forested stretch in the state's southern tip in Sukma district, police said.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh), May 7 (IANS) Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday said his government was working honestly for the welfare of the people.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh has informed that the Union Government has deployed Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), including Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the LWE-affected states to assist the state police in conducting anti-naxal operations.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), May 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday flagged off the 6,100-km long "Vikas Yatra" of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The union environment and forests ministry has asked the Goa government to send proposals to set up a tiger reserve at the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, parliament was told Monday.
Raipur, May 2 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's population was at 2,55,45,198 as of March 1, 2011, as per the "Primary Census Abstract" of the 2011 national census released Thursday by the Census Directorate here.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday met students from Chhattisgarh's Narayanpura District and advised them to avoid overtures from Naxals.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) He began his life with an aim to educate and empower tribal girls in the hinterland of Chhattisgarh and after 36 years of hard work, 83-year-old Dharampal Saini is proud of the transformation.
Raipur, April 29 (IANS) Maoist militants gunned down a leader of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in insurgency-hit Dantewada district Monday, police said.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), April 28 (ANI): A group of Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District gunned down two policemen and injured one more on Saturday.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The government Thursday said it had started the pentavalent vaccination drive in eight states.
Bhubaneswar, April 25 (IANS) Maoists killed two people in Odisha a day after kidnapping them from a village, police said Thursday. The rebels also set afire a mobile phone tower in the same village.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IANS) Delhi fared worst among 29 states and union territories in fulfilling its renewable energy target by not having even one percent of the installed renewable energy capacity, according to a report released by Greenpeace Monday.
Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) The body of a Andhra Pradesh Police officer killed by Maoists in the forests of Chhattisgarh following a gunfight Tuesday was brought to the state's Khammam district Saturday night.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Amid a public outcry over a brutal sexual assault on a five-year girl here, a report by rights group Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) shows there has been an increase of 336 percent in cases of child rapes from 2001-11.
Raipur, April 18 (IANS) HCL Infosystems has bagged a major contract from Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for supply of laptops to final year engineering and medical students in the state, official sources said on Thursday.
Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) The bodies of nine Maoists killed in an alleged gunfight with police in Chhattisgarh forests were shifted to their native villages in Andhra Pradesh early Thursday, two days after the incident, police said.
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) The killing of nine Maoists, including a top leader, in a gunfight with police in the forests of Chhattisgarh near the Andhra Pradesh border Tuesday has come as another blow to the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist).
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Raipur, April 16 (IANS) At least 10 Maoists were killed early Tuesday when commandos from Andhra Pradesh stormed a forested area in Chhattisgarh, triggering a fierce firefight that lasted about 150 minutes.
Raipur/ New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): At least nine Maoists were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) At least 10 Maoist guerrillas were killed early Tuesday when security forces stormed their hideout in a thickly forested area in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said.
Mumbai, April 14 (IANS) Maharashtra edged out hosts Mumbai 2-1 in Pool A and entered the semi-finals of the Hockey India Sub-Junior Women's National Championship (West Zone) played here at the Mahindra Stadium Sunday.
Raipur, April 13 (IANS) Two troopers of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a gunfight with Maoist militants in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Saturday, police said.
Mumbai, April 13 (IANS) Hockey Maharashtra defeated Rajasthan 9-1 in the Hockey India Sub-Junior Men's National Championship (West Zone) here at the Mahindra Stadium Saturday.
Raipur, April 11 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Thursday directed the Chhattisgarh government to ensure availability of doctors in state-run jails.
Raipur, April 9 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Tuesday took cognizance of a complaint that more than 42 people, including minors, from Chhattisgarh are working as bonded labourers at brick kilns in Jammu and Kashmir.
Raipur, April 9 (IANS) Former BJP ideologue and RSS thinker K.N. Govindacharya said here Tuesday that politics has become a tool to make politicians wealthier and increase their social stature.
Gumla (Jharkhand), Apr 7 (ANI): Maoists triggered a blast in a government building at Chainpur block of Gumla in Jharkhand in the wee hours of Sunday in a bid to inject fear and panic among the localites.
New Delhi, Apr 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will hold a meeting of the National Committee on Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) to review the rollout of the system so far and the approaches and strategies being adopted for expansion into new districts and schemes.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 4 (IANS) At least seven Maoists were gunned down in a fierce gun battle with security forces in Nargunda-Bhatpar tribal area of Gadchiroli district Thursday morning, a police official said.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 4 (ANI): Four naxals were killed in police encounter in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli disrict today.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 4 (ANI): Four naxals were killed in police encounter in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli disrict today.
Guwahati, Apr 3 (ANI): Asserting that Maoists were trying to establish their stronghold in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said that the state government would take steps to prevent them from increasing their influence.
New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on Tuesday signed a $252 million loan to continue improving rural roads in the States of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday offered $252 billion loan for development of rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal.
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) Top Maoist leader Sudershan was Saturday arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district bordering Chhattisgarh, police said.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will deploy a squadron of its latest Mi-17 V-5 helicopters in Nagpur for assistance of security forces deployed in Maoist-affected areas of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and other states, officials said.
Raipur, March 22 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report tabled in the Chhattisgarh assembly Friday castigated the working of the state's energy department, lapses of which not only cost dear to consumers but also deprived the exchequer of crores of rupees in terms of freebies to favoured industries.
Lalgarh (Jharkhand), Mar.14 (ANI): Security forces have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition belonging to Maoists from Jharkhand's Lalgarh District.
Raipur, March 13 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said it would fight against alleged "loot" of government land by leaders of the ruling BJP.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) BJP member M.M. Joshi Wednesday criticised the Congress-led UPA government's "growth with equity" policy, saying growth was meaningless if it did not result in better healthcare, education and jobs.
Raipur, March 12 (IANS) The issue of migration of poor tribal people from Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region as labourers to neighbouring states in search of jobs rocked state assembly Tuesday.
Raipur, March 11 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh lawmaker Monday accused public sector National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of dumping fly ash in state's Hasdeo river even as Industry Minister Rajesh Munat denied the charge.
Latehar (Jharkhand), Mar 10, (ANI): Locals in Mathang village of Jharkhand's Latehar District express deep concern as the Maoists have threatened to blow a government school.
Raipur, March 8 (IANS) In a bid to bag the mandate of rural families to form the government for the third consecutive time, Chhattisgarh's BJP government has decided to speed up disbursal of paddy bonus, a touchy issue for this agrarian state.
Patna, Mar.7 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for praising Bihar as the fastest growing state with a growth rate of 10.9 per cent ahead of Gujarat.
Raipur, March 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh earned a whopping Rs.4,185 crore as sales tax over the past three years from petrol, diesel and cooking gas, the state assembly was informed Wednesday.
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said his focus was strengthening the party and not becoming its prime ministerial candidate ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court was Monday told by a lawyer that Chhattisgarh has the best fair price shop network, an achievement in the backdrop of allegations of corruption surrounding foodgrain shops for the poor in other states.
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, favoured as a prime ministerial candidate by many in the BJP, hogged the limelight at the national council meeting here Saturday even as president Rajnath Singh asked the party ranks to be prepared for early Lok Sabha polls.
Raipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Three policemen and a civilian were injured in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh Wednesday when Maoists triggered a landmine blast targeting their vehicle, an official said.
Raipur, Feb 27 (IANS) As many as 26 police personnel posted in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region ended their own lives and 226 officials quit the force in the last seven years, the government said Wednesday.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh), Feb.27 (ANI): Protests against Naxals over the murder of Sukma-based journalist Nemichand Jain have escalated.
Raipur, Feb 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Tuesday termed the rail budget "highly disappointing" while opposition leaders called it "balanced and growth-oriented".
Raipur, Feb 25 (IANS) Chief Minister Raman Singh Monday said Chhattisgarh had become the first Indian state in country to have a legislation on right to food for its citizens while a similar bill was pending before the Congress-led UPA central government for a long time.
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh's police chief Monday made an aerial survey of Maoist-affected areas of Karimnagar district on the new helicopter provided by the central government for operations against the insurgents in north Telangana and adjoining parts of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) Bihar has borrowed a helicopter from Jharkhand for operations against Maoist rebels, a state minister told the state assembly Monday.
Raipur, Feb 23 (IANS) Presenting a Rs.44,169 crore budget for fiscal 2013-14 Saturday ahead of polls later this year, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said he attempted to reach out to all sections of the society.
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's per capita income, at current prices, is estimated at Rs.52,689 in 2012-13, an increase of about 13 percent against Rs.46,743 in 2011-12, Chief Minister Raman Singh informed state assembly Friday while tabling the economic survey for fiscal 2013-14.
Bangalore, Feb 22 (IANS) Wipro chairman Azim Premji Friday transferred 12 percent (295.5 million) of the IT bellwether's shares, valued at Rs.12,300 crore (Rs.123 billion/$2.3 billion), to an endowment trust headed by him.
Raipur, Feb 21 (IANS) As many as 188 schools out of the total 2,304 girl schools in Chhattisgarh have no toilets, the state assembly was told Thursday.
Jammu, Feb 20 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir has sought allocation of coal blocks from the central government to set up a pithead thermal power plant of 1,000 MW capacity to meet its energy needs, an official said Wednesday.
Raipur, Feb 19 (IANS) The central government has allotted as many as 10 coal blocks in Chhattisgarh since 2008 but none of them have begun production so far, Chief Minister Raman Singh told the state assembly Tuesday.
Raipur, Feb 19 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Tuesday told the state assembly that 106 people were killed in industrial accidents in 13 months.
Raipur, Feb 19 (IANS) Taking a tough stance against suppliers of sub-standard medicines for botched-up eye surgery camps in the state since last year, the Chhattisgarh government Tuesday decided to file court cases against them.
Raipur, Feb 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt Monday said that the Raman Singh government had made "all possible efforts" to give shape to the people's desire for development and peace.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Chilly and cloudy weather will persist in the coming week in Delhi but no rain is predicted for the next three days, a Met official said Sunday.
Raipur, Feb 17 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has signed an agreement with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to set up the country's first geothermal power plant in its newly-formed Balrampur district, an official statement said Sunday.
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande Friday visited the new Lafarge Construction Development Laboratory here and was shown its new techniques and products.
Lanjigarh (Odisha), Feb 15 (IANS) People in this tiny village in Kalahandi district, one of India's most impoverished regions, are crying foul as they have been deprived of their primary regular source of livelihood -- and for reasons and events beyond their control.
Lanjigarh (Odisha), Feb 15 (IANS) People in this tiny village in Kalahandi district, one of India's most impoverished regions, are crying foul as they have been deprived of their primary regular source of livelihood -- and for reasons and events beyond their control.
Raipur, Feb 13 (IANS) BJP president Rajnath Singh Wednesday praised Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and asked the party's youth leaders to ensure his third consecutive victory in assembly elections to be held later this year.
Hyderabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Sitting on cash reserves of Rs.22,000 crore, National Mineral Development Corporation, India's largest iron ore producer, is looking to acquire more assets overseas.
Raipur, Feb 13 (IANS) Maoists are suspected to have killed a journalist of a Hindi newspaper in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Beginning Thursday, nine states will go to the polls this year before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to take on each other in five major states.
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The standard bidding documents (SBDs) for auctioning of power plants are ready and awaiting clearance from an Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia said Tuesday.
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Masked assailants Monday killed a government doctor in his own house in Chhattisgarh, police said.
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) A US Sikh rights group has met State Department officials in support of its petition to the Obama administration to recognise the violence against Sikhs in India in November 1984 as "genocide".
Raipur, Feb 7 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a crucial core group meeting here Thursday in which key leaders devised strategy to retain power in the state, which goes to the polls later this year, sources said.
Raipur, Feb 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Agriculture Minister Chandrashekhar Sahu Wednesday demanded Rs.100 crore from the central government under the National Dairy Plan.
Gurgaon, Feb 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has demanded Z-plus security provided by the elite National Security Guard (NSG), an official said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb. 4 (ANI): The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has entered into an agreement with Governments of Maharashtra and Odisha for formation of state level Directorate of Radiation Safety (DRS) for strengthening the regulator control on medical diagnostic X-ray facilities.
Palamu, Feb 3 (ANI): Police personnel conducted community policing programme in Maoist-centric Jharkhand's Palamu District, distributing blankets and other essentials, after the locals aided the officials in the arrest of five rebels.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday restrained the Rajasthan Police from arresting eminient sociologist Ashis Nandy against whom FIRs have been filed for making uncharitable comments on scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes.
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) will set up a Directorate of Radiation Safety (DRS) to strengthen the regulatory control on medical diagnostic x-ray facilities in Maharashtra and Odisha, an official said here Thursday.
