Everything you need to know about Raipur Pokhta: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Raipur Pokhta: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Raipur, April 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh said Thursday that the Congress has always indulged in divide and rule policy through pitting one community against other for the sake of grabbing minority vote.
Raipur, April 10 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to hold a two-day camp sitting in Raipur April 11-12.
Raipur, March 21 (IANS) A total of Rs.220.9 crore permit fee for transportation of minerals is outstanding to the Chhattisgarh government from the 10 companies operating in the state, the assembly was told Thursday.
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, Feb 13 (IANS) Maoists are suspected to have killed a journalist of a Hindi newspaper in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said Wednesday.
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 (Chhattisgarh), Jan.20 (ANI): After sustaining severe injuries during a gunfight with Maoists, two police personnel have rushed for better medical care to Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.
Raipur, Jan 14 (IANS) Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi Monday accused the BJP-led state government of not being serious about solving the Maoist issue plaguing the state since the late 1980s.
Raipur, Dec 13 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government admitted Thursday that it paid a whopping sum of Rs.1.40 crore to Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor for her performance last month at the state's anniversary function.
Raipur, Dec 13 (IANS) The number of deaths caused by malaria in Chhattisgarh in 2012 were 84 - double the number of fatalities last year, state Health Minister Amar Agrawal told the assembly Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has proposed to open new athletes training centres in Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Meham (Haryana) and New Raipur (Chhattisgarh).
Raipur, Dec 10 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh assembly's winter session, starting Tuesday, will be stormy with the opposition Congress deciding to raise issues of corruption and scandals allegedly engineered by the Raman Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Raipur, Nov.22 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said that the hanging of Ajmal Kasab should serve as a warning to terrorists.
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 18 (IANS) A head constable was killed Sunday by Maoist rebels in an attack on a combing squad at a forested area in Chhattisgarh, police said.
Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) The 12-year-old mineral rich Chhattisgarh got a new state capital - Naya Raipur - Nov 1 and now an airport terminal which was Wednesday dedicated to the people by President Pranab Mukherjee here, an official said.
Raipur, Oct 28 (IANS) Security has been beefed up in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Sunday after the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) announced it will observe black day Nov 1, the day the state was formed 12 years ago, police said.
Raipur, Oct 16 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar Tuesday expressed displeasure over poor monitoring of implementation of the law which guarantees time-bound services to people.
Raipur, Oct 11 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Thursday sounded a high alert after swine flu claimed five lives in the state within less than a fortnight, a health department official here said.
Raipur, Sep 17 (IANS) A man believed to be suffering from a mental ailment strangled his three-year-old son to death and sat with the body inside a locked room for five hours in Chhattisgarh's Balod district, police said Monday.
Nagpur, Sep 16 (ANI): The last rites of former Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS) chief K.S. Sudarshan would be performed at around 3 p.m. here on Sunday.
Nagpur, Sep 15 (IANS) K.S. Sudarshan, who headed the RSS for much of the period Atal Behari Vajpayee was the prime minister, died early Saturday in Raipur after suffering a cardiac arrest, RSS officials said.
Raipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Two CRPF troopers were killed after their vehicle was blown up in a blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Tuesday, an official said.
Raipur, Aug 3 (IANS) Three new-born lion cubs at the famous Nandan Van on the outskirts of the Chhattisgarh capital died Friday, shocking animal lovers and zoo officials.
Raipur, Aug 1 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has finally pushed ahead with its stalled peace agreement with Maoists reached after the abduction of collector Alex Paul Menon, clearing the way for the release of suspected guerrillas from jails, a top official said Wednesday.
Raipur, June 29 (IANS) Security forces killed at least 17 Maoists and injured several others after being attacked by the rebels at three places in Chhattisgarh Friday, police said.
Raipur, June 2 (IANS) A policeman was killed and his five colleagues were injured, along with 19 prisoners, Saturday when a blast triggered by the Maoists ripped through their vehicle in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said.
Raipur, June 2 (IANS) Six policemen and 19 prisoners were injured Saturday when a blast triggered by Maoists ripped through their vehicle in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said.
Raipur, June 2 (IANS) Chhattisgarh authorities Saturday assured the railways of providing adequate security for the 95-km-long Dalli-Rajhara-Raoghat stretch, which falls in Naxal-dominated areas, and asked it to begin work on the crucial project.
Raipur, May 15 (IANS) Security forces are set to launch a major offensive against Maoists in Chhattisgarh following renewed violence by the guerrillas, official sources said Monday.
Raipur, May 6 (ANI): A day after the Centre failed to break the logjam over the anti-terror body National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), with non-Congress chief ministers stoutly opposing and some of them even demanding its withdrawal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani on Sunday expressed hope that the UPA Government will respect the federal structure, as it is an essential part of the Indian Constitution.
Raipur, May 3 (IANS) A relieved Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Thursday said he had spoken on phone to Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon who was released by Maoists after 12 days in captivity.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh), May 3 (IANS) After hours of tension Thursday, Maoists finally released Chhattisgarh's Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon Thursday evening after 12 days of captivity. Menon said he was willing to serve in Sukma as collector again.
Raipur, April 30 (IANS) Mediators resumed talks here Monday for a consensus on the release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, as Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh discussed with top officials the new "unreported" demands set by the Maoists, sources said.
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Raipur, April 22 (IANS) The Maoist abductors of a Chhattisgarh district collector Sunday demanded the release of their eight jailed associates and a halt on security forces' action against the rebels by April 25 in exchange for freeing the hostage, while police remained "totally clueless" about his whereabouts, an official said.
Raipur, April 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police were Sunday yet to find a clue about Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, a day after he was abducted from a forested area at gun-point by Maoists while he was interacting with tribal farmers about their problems.
Raipur, Apr 21 (ANI): Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday said he will take all possible steps to secure the release of abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon from the Maoists.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's opposition Congress has decided to take to the public a recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on coal mining in order to "expose" the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, party sources said Monday.
Raipur, April 11 (IANS) A woman and her daughter were killed Wednesday in Chhattisgarh's restive Sukma district when Maoists opened fire at a police camp, an official said.
Raipur, April 9 (IANS) Maoist militants shot dead a tribal youth Monday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region on suspicion he was spying for the police, police said.
Kanker, Apr 7 (ANI): Chhattisgarh brings to life the "gory" elements any state would fear - violence, struggle and bloodshed. For over three decades Chhattisgarh and its people have been fighting with all this and have not lost - neither the battle nor the courage to keep combating.
Raipur, April 3 (IANS) Chhattisgarh, which has roughly one-fifth of India's total known coal reserves, has signed 59 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) since January 2007 with various power plants, the state assembly was told Tuesday.
Raipur, March 23 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district Friday failed to get any clue about Maoists who had brutally killed a paramilitary trooper in full public view Thursday.
Raipur, Dec 27 (ANI): A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed and two others injured in an attack by Maoists in the jungle areas of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Dec. 24 (ANI): A Raipur Sessions Court on Friday held Dr Binayak Sen and three other people guilty of treason and waging war against the state.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Dec. 24 (ANI): A Raipur Sessions Court on Friday held Dr Binayak Sen and three other people guilty of treason and waging war against the state.
Bankura, Nov 9 (ANI): Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a Maoist hideout in West Bengal's Bankura district.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Sep.25 (ANI): In a novel initiative, a solar panel has been set up in Chhattisgarh's capital city Raipur to prevent long disruptions of work caused by closing down of equipment due to frequent electricity tripping.
Raipur, Aug 30 (ANI): The Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), Raman Srivastava, the Army and police paid tribute to three troopers, who were killed in an ambush laid by the Maoists, on Monday in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district.
Raipur, July 11 (ANI): Security forces in Chhattisgarh have arrested four Maoists, and recovered ammunitions and literatures from their hideout.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Feb 15 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists on Monday pedalled through the streets of Raipur in protest against escalating food prices.
Raipur, Dec 5 (ANI): Pumpkin farmers in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, are glad to find that their yield has an international demand.
Raipur, Nov 25(ANI): Hundreds of farmers in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district forced a shutdown on Wednesday in protest against non-fulfillment of their demands.
Raipur, Nov. 8 (ANI): An air-show by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday left Raipur residents spellbound, as they celebrated 'Chhattisgarh Rajyotsav-2009', the ninth year of the state's formation.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 21(ANI): Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students' wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), staged a protest against Rahul Gandhi, visiting the Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University in Raipur on Friday.
Raipur, May 20 (IANS) A constable of the State Armed Force (SAF) gunned down his platoon commander in Chhattisgarh Wednesday, the police said.
Raipur, May 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Karuna Shukla, the niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, lost the polls in Chhattisgarh as did the Congress' star candidate in the state Renu Jogi, wife of former chief minister Ajit Jogi.
Raipur, May 7 (IANS) People in Fafadih Market, one of the busiest areas of this Chhattisgarh capital, were shocked Thursday when a leopard strolled into the area. The forest officials were able to tranquilize and trap the animal only after an eight-hour effort.
Raipur, May 5 (IANS) Three unidentified assailants shot dead a senior leader of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday, police said.
Raipur, April 24 (IANS) Maoists in Chhattisgarh Friday expressed regret for killing of five polling officials April 16 during Lok Sabha elections in the state, saying the jeep they were in had been mistaken for a security forces' vehicle.
Nagpur /Raipur, Apr 22 (ANI): Rising mercury levels made life miserable for residents in different parts of the country as they grapple with a heat wave.
Raipur, April 15 (IANS) Hours before polling is set to begin in Chhattisgarh, Maoists militants ambushed a polling team Wednesday in the restive Bastar region, inflicting serious injuries to a member of the polling staff and a special police officer (SPO), officials said.
Raipur, April 14 (IANS) A case was registered Tuesday against 37 students, including about a dozen girls, of a national law university in Chhattisgarh for rioting and damaging public property, police said
Raipur, April 12 (IANS) In two separate incidents a para-military trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in a landmine blast while three Maoist guerrillas were gunned down in an encounter with police Sunday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, officials said.
Raipur, Apr 5 (ANI): 'Laughter is the best medicine' - with the belief in the truism, men and women in Raipur are laughing away all their ailments, doing it for an hour every day.
Raipur, March 20 (IANS) The state police are yet to find trader Sunil Waswani, who was abducted Thursday by unidentified persons near Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's official residence, despite stepping up search operations.
Raipur, March 20 (IANS) A Class 9 student was gunned down and then stabbed by Maoist guerrillas before shocked teachers and fellow students as he came out of his school in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said Friday.
Raipur, March 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh police Wednesday searched several locations in the state but failed to make any breakthrough in the recovery Tuesday of a huge cache of explosives.
Raipur, March 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party, which has announced its candidates for the 11 parliamentary constituencies in Chhattisgarh, Sunday began canvassing even as the rival Congress is still finalising its nominees for the April 16 Lok Sabha polls.
Raipur, March 14 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has offered to host a few matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and assured full security cover despite the schedule clashing with the general elections, an official said here Saturday.
Raipur, March 13 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday approved the name of A.M. Nawani as Chhattisgarh's new director general of police (DGP) in place of incumbent Vishwaranjan, officials said.
Raipur, March 10 (IANS) The Election Commission has asked the Chhattisgarh government to remove the state's Director General of Police Vishwaranjan, official sources said here Tuesday.
Raipur, March 9 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said here Monday that he was sure the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would sweep the April 16 Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Raipur, Feb 19 (ANI): At least three CRPF personnel were killed and nine policemen injured in a naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District last night.
Raipur, Jan 17 (IANS) At least five people were injured when the train they were in was hit by a engine during shunting operations at the railway station here Saturday, officials said.
Raipur, Jan 14 (IANS) Two policemen were killed and a woman constable was missing in Chhattisgarh after Leftist guerrillas attacked a police team Wednesday, officials said.
Raipur, Jan 14 (ANI): A voluntary organisation has raised a special force of women in Raipur to fight the social evil and work for women's empowerment.
Raipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Encouraged by Chandrayaan-I's success in October, India has planned a 'manned moon mission' by 2015, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Monday.
Raipur, Jan 10 (IANS) A nine-year-old boy's beheaded body was found near the Mahanadi river in Chhattisgarh with the father alleging 'someone has sacrificed my son' to appease a god, the police said Saturday.
Raipur, Dec 31 (IANS) A police officer has been arrested on charges of duping a youth of Rs.425,000 with the promise of securing a job for him, officials said here Wednesday.
Raipur, Dec 30 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Tuesday announced it would provide health insurance cover to about 3.5 million impoverished families.
Raipur, Dec 27 (IANS) Fourteen live bombs were recovered Saturday at two places on the outskirts of this Chhattisgarh capital, a senior police officer said.
Raipur, Dec 25 (IANS) Fed up with her husband's drunkenness and brutality towards her, a poor woman in Chhattisgarh hired contract killers to kill her husband and watched while they rained hammer blows on him, police said Thursday.
Raipur, Dec 20 (IANS) A man deserted his wife in Chhattisgarh when she gave birth to a girl despite having undergone a tubectomy in order not to have any more children, an official said Saturday.
Raipur, Dec 15 (IANS) Two people were killed and about 70 others were evacuated from two villages in Koria district of Chhattisgarh after a herd of wild elephants ran amok, wildlife officials said Monday.
Raipur, Nov 17 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday said the Congress was determined to fight terrorists, and rejected the charge that the central government was going soft on terrorism.
Raipur/New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) An Indian Air Force sergeant was killed when Maoist rebels opened indiscriminate fire at an IAF Mi-8 helicopter in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar region Friday, an official here said.
Raipur, Nov 8 (IANS) Three men were arrested Saturday for allegedly attempting to abduct an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer after a minor brawl, a Chhattisgarh police officer said.
Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) A case has been registered against Chhattisgarh's Industry Minister Rajesh Munat for threatening to kill a rival candidate in the forthcoming assembly poll, a police official said Friday.
Raipur, Nov 5 (IANS) The Election Commission has ordered the removal of Koria district Superintendent of Police A.M. Jury after complaints of favouring a political party, official said Wednesday.
Raipur, Oct 27 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is faced with rising dissension and the latest revolt is by senior leader Virendra Pandey, who has asked the party to allow him to contest from Raipur in the forthcoming polls.
Raipur, Oct 24 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N. Gopalaswami Friday night ordered the removal of three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officials in poll-bound Chhattisgarh. The officials were reportedly in the 'good books' of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Raipur, Oct 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bet on new faces by not fielding 18 sitting legislators, including a minister, in the first list of 78 candidates, but now the party has to contend with a revolt by the dropped lawmakers.
Raipur, Oct 15 (IANS) Four deputy superintendents of police (DSP) were suspended by the Chhattisgarh government after they refused to serve in the Maoist infested areas of the state, the police said Wednesday.
Raipur, Oct 8 (IANS) Dussehra organising committees are facing the heat in Chhattisgarh this year as inflation has made more than thrice-costly the effigies of demon king Ravan, his brother Kumbhkaran and son Meghnad which shall be burnt on Dussehra, Oct 9.
Raipur, Oct 7 (IANS) A man arrested for posing as personal secretary of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh was Tuesday remanded in police custody for two days.
Raipur, Oct 7 (IANS) After duping even senior officials of the bureaucracy into believing he was Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's chief secretary for two years, the game is finally up for Rajiv Kumar Sarthi.
Raipur, Oct 6 (IANS) A CD that allegedly shows that former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi's son Amit was acquitted in a 2003 murder case because the Congress leader bribed the judge has charged up the political atmosphere in the state, where assembly polls are due to be held by year-end.
Raipur, Oct 3 (IANS) It's been exactly two months since a Chhattisgarh-bound private helicopter with four crew members on board took off from Hyderabad but never reached its destination. There is still no trace of it or any information on what may have happened.
