Everything you need to know about Raipur Koil Bigha: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Raipur Koil Bigha: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Around 700 shanty huts of the poor were destroyed, leaving around 1,500 people homless in a fire that broke out in Maheshtala area's Sholo Bigha slum of South 24 Parganas district Saturday, police said.
Raipur, March 15 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government said Friday that industrial units had made direct purchases of 1,842 hectares of agricultural land and obtained another 903 acres through the land aquisition route in Raigarh district.
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.
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Masked assailants Monday killed a government doctor in his own house in Chhattisgarh, police said.
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Watch out for classics such as "Do Bigha Zameen" and "Awara", a workshop on Dadasaheb Phalke's cinema and an archival exhibit of rare film posters at The Classic Cut -- a two-day fest here, starting Saturday.
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) If one make a list of Hindi film villains, one can write the socio-economic history of India, said popular Bollywood lyricist, poet and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar Friday at the Jaipur Literature Festival Friday.
Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) National Commission for Scheduled Castes Chairman P.L. Punia, Tuesday praised the BJP government in Chhattisgarh saying its schemes for the socially marginalised sections of society could be models for others states.
Raipur, Nov 3 (IANS) More than 260 Memoranda of Understanding were signed at the Chhattisgarh investors' meet that concluded here Saturday, with the likelihood of over six lakh jobs being created, Chief Minister Raman Singh said Saturday.
Raipur, Oct 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar Sunday gave his green signal to a proposal for the formation of a Third Front in Chhattisgarh in association with the Swabhiman Manch headed by former MP Tarachand Sahu, state NCP sources said.
Raipur, Sep 7 (IANS) Amid reports that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may interrogate the chief ministers of some states, including Chhattisgarh, about the allocation of coal blocks, Chief Minister Raman Singh Friday termed this "a waste of time".
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) Director-writer Habib Faisal, who is enjoying the success of "Ishaqzaade", says though technology has made filmmaking easier, one cannot ignore the importance of a sound story in a movie.
Chennai, May 9 (IANS) The state government will prepare a project report for linking Mamallapuram near here with Ennore by road at an outlay of Rs.1,420 crore, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said here Wednesday.
Raipur, May 2 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Wednesday said they will release kidnapped Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon Thursday.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday condemned yoga guru Baba Ramdev's remark that murderers, looters and illiterate people are sitting in parliament.
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Armed Maoists received both of their interlocutors, bearing the Chhattisgarh government's response to their demands for release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, in a jungle pocket in violence-hit Bastar region Saturday afternoon, raising hopes of the official's safe and early release.
Raipur, April 27 (IANS) Interlocutors for the Maoists and the mediators appointed by Chhattisgarh government held talks for over five hours Friday to find a way for safe release of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, even as the rebels increased their demands, now seeking release of 17 of their jailed colleagues as against the original eight.
Chennai, April 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu heralded Nandhana - the Tamil New Year - Friday with traditional fervour with people visiting temples in the morning.
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh have urged the state's legislators to be on high alert while trekking through Maoist jungle strongholds in the wake of the abduction of a BJD MLA in neighbouring Odisha, a top police officer said Monday.
Raipur, Jan 15 (ANI): A Border Security Force (BSF) helicopter on Sunday crashed at the Mana Airport in Chhattisgarh's Raipur District.
Raipur, Jan 15 (ANI): A Border Security Force (BSF) helicopter on Sunday crashed at the Mana Airport in Chhattisgarh's Raipur District.
New Delhi, Oct 22(ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) today said that media reports over Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's absence to receive Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Teen Bigha were based on incomplete facts.
Tin Bigha Corridor (West Bengal), Oct.20 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Dahagram and Angarpota through the Tin Bigha Corridor on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, was in the Bangladeshi enclaves of the Dahagram and Angarpota on an official tour today. She crossed 'Tin Bigha' Corridor through India into Bangladesh and back through Pathgram area.
New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Stating that the significance of strong India-Bangladesh ties goes beyond the bilateral context, a four-member Institute of Studies and Analyses (IDSA).task force has made 20 recommendations, which they think can improve relations between the two South Asian neighbours further.
Nalanda (Bihar), May 14(ANI): With an aim to increase women's participation in shooting, Chandro Tomar, a 76-year-old lady, is imparting training in shooting to girls from rural areas at Kalyan Bigha village in Bihar's Nalanda district.
Raipur, Feb 11 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) apprehended a top Naxal leader in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district.
Raipur, Jan 31 (ANI): Activists of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha Labourer's Committee carried out a protest rally here demanding the release of Human Rights activist Binayak Sen who is convicted under sedition charges.
A day after the life sentence to famous paediatrics, a renowned member of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), and social activist Binayak Sen...
Lahore, Dec 23 (ANI): It's been 10 years since the fateful day the famous 'Queen of Melody' or Malika-e-Tarannum, Noor Jahan, passed away and today, she is being remembered by many.
New Delhi, Nov.11 (ANI): India and Bangladesh have agreed to work constructively towards resolving all differences to demarcate the land boundary in all three undemarcated segments-Daikhata-56, Lathitilla-Dumabari and Muhuri River (Belonia).
Malkangiri (Orissa), Jan 22 (ANI): A group of armed Maoists damaged telecom mobile towers of BSNL and Airtel at Kudumulguma town in Malkangiri District of Orissa.
Raipur, May 31 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Police Sunday gunned down a Maoist commander in a gun battle in the state's northern forested stretch.
Raipur, April 12 (IANS) An alcoholic burnt his mother to death in a Chhattisgarh village after she opposed his drinking habit, police said Sunday.
Raipur, March 30 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will stage road shows in all 11 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state from April 1.
Raipur, March 13 (IANS) A woman in Chhattisgarh allegedly killed her husband by throwing him from the roof of a two-storeyed building for being an alcoholic and beating her regularly, the police said here Friday.
Raipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Security has been beefed up and Chhattisgarh put on high alert after Maoists rebels' call to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations Monday.
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) An estimated 57 percent of the electorate voted Saturday in the fifth phase of Jammu and Kashmir's staggered elections that were marred by violence as anti-poll protesters clashed with police, resulting in the death of a protester in police firing.
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 13 (IANS) Voting ended Saturday evening for the fifth phase in Jammu and Kashmir's staggered elections that was marred by violence as anti-poll protesters clashed with police, resulting in the death of a protester in police firing.
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 13 (IANS) The fifth phase of Jammu and Kashmir's staggered elections Saturday was marred by violence in Pulwama constituency as anti-poll protesters came out on the streets and clashed with police, leading to injuries on both sides and the death of a protester, officials said.
Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 13 (IANS) Hundreds of anti-poll protestors in Pulwama constituency in south Kashmir shouted slogans against the electoral process and asked people not to cast their votes for the fifth phase of assembly elections being held in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday.
Raipur, Nov 24 (ANI): Repolling is taking place in 33 booths spread over seven Assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh's Bastar District.
Teen Bigha (West Bengal), Nov 21 (ANI): Thousands of families living in enclaves along the porous India-Bangladesh border lament that the steps taken by the governments on either side of the border are not sufficient to meet their development needs.
Kullu, Oct 25 (ANI): Farmers in Kullu are increasingly taking to pomegranate cultivation that is fetching them good business in the sub-temperate zone.
Raipur, Oct 23 (IANS) Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers took to the streets for the second consecutive day Thursday in Chhattisgarh to protest the nomination of senior party leader Dilip Singh Judeo's son for the assembly polls next month.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Institute of Human Rights Education (IHRE), a non-governmental body which has initiated human rights education in schools across 11 states says that it hardly finds any takers in Delhi.
Raipur, Oct 13 (IANS) Dozens of people in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district Monday offered prayers at the site where a woman committed 'sati' by jumping onto her husband's funeral pyre despite a ban imposed by the police on the worship of the woman.
Kannur (Kerala), Oct 10 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kerala Friday said it was not 'anti-religious' after parliament member A.P. Abdullakutty created a stir with his latest comments on the party's stand on religious beliefs.
