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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.
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.
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.
Mumbai, April 24 (ANI): Veteran playback singer Shamshad Begum, one of the first in the Hindi film industry has died at her Mumbai residence. She was 94.
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) O.P. Choudhary, a 2005-batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh, will be conferred an award by the prime minister for his initiatives to provide education to children in Maoist insurgency-hit Dantewada district, official sources said.
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.
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 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, 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.
Raipur, April 3 (IANS) Keeping a hawk-eye on pulling off the BJP's third consecutive victory in the assembly polls later this year, Chief Minister Raman Singh will roll out his 2,700 km long Vikas Yatra May 6.
Raipur, April 1 (IANS) Senior BJP leader in Chhattisgarh Nand Kumar Sai Monday rubbished allegations levelled against him by his daughter-in-law and termed her "mentally disturbed".
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.
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.
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Three people, including two constables of the Government Railway Police (GRP), were arrested here Thursday for their alleged involvement in human trafficking, abduction and extortion bid, an official said.
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.
Raipur, March 7 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday visited the Buddhist site at Sirpur in Chhattisgarh and said "I am now carrying the memories of Lord Buddha from here".
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.
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.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh), Feb.27 (ANI): Protests against Naxals over the murder of Sukma-based journalist Nemichand Jain have escalated.
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.
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) 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.
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.
Raipur, Feb 11 (IANS) Masked assailants Monday killed a government doctor in his own house in Chhattisgarh, police said.
Raipur, Feb 9 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh welcomed the execution of parliament attack plotter Afzal Guru Saturday and said "it would serve as a lesson to terrorists".
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 5 (IANS) Top Indian paddlers including Sharath Kamal will be seen in action at the National Table Tennis Championships that get underway here Monday.
Raipur, Dec. 30 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday demanded the release of their party leaders, who have been falsely implicated in the name of Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, Dec 19 (IANS) The issue of an eye operation camp which left 12 people blind in Chhattisgarh rocked the assembly Wednesday with the opposition Congress terming the lapses "most grave" and staging a walkout over their demand for discussion.
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.
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, Dec 7 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved financial assistance of Rs.2,354.40 crore for 19 key roads in the mineral-rich Chhattisgarh, an official statement said Friday.
Raipur, Nov 22 (IANS) Iron?ore production in Chhattisgarh's Bailadila hill mines of the NMDC Ltd., India's largest iron ore exporter and producer in public sector, was suspended Thursday as workers stayed away from duty, trade unions and officials said.
Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Tuesday engaged Maoists in a gunfight and seized a large quantity of ammunition and explosive materials used for making bombs, from a forested hideout in Gariaband district of the state.
Raipur, Nov 17 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has signed an agreement with the Indian Railways for free?of?cost pilgrimage schemes for the state's senior citizens, officials said Saturday.
Raipur, Nov 12 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh chapter of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) Monday launched a 'say no to pneumonia' campaign in all the 27 districts of the state to mark World Pneumonia Day, Nov 12.
Raipur, Nov. 7 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday inaugurated a new integrated terminal of Swami Vivekanand Airport at Raipur and dedicated it to the nation.
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 30 (IANS) Ahead of the first ever Global Investors Meet (GIM) in Chhattisgarh from Nov 2, the state government Tuesday launched an online system for businessmen and industrialists to apply for and obtain environment clearances without repeated trips to government offices.
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.
Chhattisgarh police say Naxals are using doctored books to spread Maoist propaganda amongst children in the area. The books written in Gondi dialect were recovered in a recent raid at a Maoist camp in Abujhmad forest.
Raipur, Oct 27 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Saturday rejected a call by smaller parties to form a third front in Chhattisgarh.
Bhopal/Raipur, Oct.18 (ANI): A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale hit eastern Madhya Pradesh and parts of Chhattisgarh early on Thursday.
Raipur, Oct 17 (IANS) India Against Corruption (IAC) has asked its cadre in Chhattisgarh to compile records of alleged cases of corruption against key leaders of the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party as well as the opposition Congress, a senior member of the outfit said Wednesday.
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 15 (IANS) Chhattisgarh will invest Rs.50 crore in Maoist-hit Dantewada district to improve infrastructure of the region, an official said Monday.
Raipur, Oct 13 (IANS) Three people, including a college student, were arrested while trying to sell a leopard skin in Chhattisgarh's capital, police said Saturday.
Raipur, Oct 13 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has finally dismissed from service a woman employee of the horticulture department for remaining absent from her duty for 16 years, longer than the state has been in existance, an official source said Saturday.
Raipur, Oct 12 (IANS) Bollywood star Ajay Devgn wants to establish a solar power unit in Chhattisgarh and he has held discussions in this regard with Chief Minister Raman Singh.
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, Oct 7 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday announced the setting up of an agriculture research centre for farmers in Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, Oct 6 (IANS) The national president of the Adivasi Mahasabha Saturday demanded that the government withdraw the security forces if it is serious about establishing peace in Bastar. Only after that would the Mahasabha ask the Maoists also to leave the area, he said.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Oct.5 (ANI): Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau raided the residence of an executive engineer under the Prime Minister's rural road scheme, J.S. Jabbi here on Friday, and recovered currency worth Rs.4.5 crores and stocks of jewellery.
Raipur, Oct 4 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Thursday held a roadshow in Bangalore to attract prospective investors for the 'Global Investors Meet-2012' to be held early next month in Naya Raipur, the upcoming capital of the mineral-rich state.
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Rebecca Logein Benn, a sports teacher from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, has won the title of Mrs.India World Wide 2012. A mother of two, she says this is her "first step towards glamour" and that she will now pursue "acting and modelling".
Raipur, Sep 29 (IANS) Maoists opened fire Saturday at a police base camp in an interior area in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Sukma district injuring two policemen, officials said.
Raipur, Sep 28 (IANS) Six Maoist militants were apprehended Friday in a forested pocket of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) Maoist insurgents shot and injured a police constable at a bus stand in Sukma town in Chhattisgarh, police officials said Wednesday.
Raipur, Sep 23 (IANS) Members of over 2,000 tribal families trudged through 62 km of forest to demand the implementation of their 25-point charter of demands, including papers establishing their forest rights, at the earliest, officials said Sunday.
Raipur, Sep 20 (IANS) Normal life was badly disrupted in Chhattisgarh Thursday in response to a protest called against raised diesel prices and FDI in multi-brand retail trade,
Raipur, Sep 17 (IANS) A local court in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district Monday convicted a retired IAS officer on a decade-old rape charge and sentenced him to seven years' rigorous imprisonment.
Nagpur/Raipur, Sep 15 (IANS) Kuppali Sitaramaiyya Sudarshan, who headed the RSS for much of the period Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister, died early Saturday in Raipur after suffering a cardiac arrest, RSS officials said.
Former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief K Sudarshan Saturday morning died of a heart attack in Raipur in Chhattisgarh, an official said here. He was 81.......................
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.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The CBI, probing alleged irregularities in coal block allocations, Tuesday conducted raids at offices of three companies in Chhattisgarh, officials said.
Raipur, Aug 28 (IANS) In an overnight operation, joint team of district police and CRPF destroyed a Maoist hideout located in the dense forest after a gunfight in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district and recovered arms and ammunition, officials said Tuesday.
Raipur, Aug 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Raman Singh Monday denied his role in the allocation of coal blocks in Chhattisgarh and accused the prime minister of having read only a portion of the draft recommendations sent by him in 2005.
Raipur, Aug 27 (IANS) A tribal group, Sarva Adivasi Samaj, wants a tribal chief minister for Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, Aug 25 (IANS) In an overnight fierce gun-battle, security forces gunned down two Maoist ultras and arrested four woman insurgents in Narayanpur district, police said Saturday.
Raipur, Aug 22 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up a high-powered committee to suggest ways to simplify the caste certification procedure, administration sources said Wednesday.
Raipur, Aug 19 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has been left embarrassed after discovering that hundreds of thousands of caste certificates it has issued to tribals were invalid.
Raipur, Aug 15 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday sought people's support to crush Maoist guerrillas.
Raipur, Aug 6 (IANS) Accusing the state government of taking arbitrary action against doctors in a uterus removal scam and considering passage of a draconian Nursing Home Act which will "ruin private healthcare facilities", the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Monday warned of a state-wide agitation if the government failed to address the issue in time.
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) After six months of investigation, one more doctor was arrested in connection with the leak of papers of AIIMS post-graduate medical entrance test organised Jan 8, police said Tuesday.
Raipur, July 15 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Scheduled Tribes Advisory Council, a powerful statutory body looking after developmental aspects in tribal areas, has given the green signal for setting up a central tribal university in the Bastar area.
Raipur, July 12 (IANS) Chhattisgarh is facing a serious shortage of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers, lacking 52 officers out of the sanctioned strength of 178, the state assembly was told Thursday.
Raipur, July 10 (IANS) Fear of cross-voting in the presidential poll is haunting both Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress even as both sides Tuesday sought to complete preparations for the visit of their respective candidates to the state.
Raipur, July 4 (IANS) The tribal card played by senior Congress leader Arvind Netam in favour of opposition presidential candidate P.A. Sangma will not impact on the voting pattern of party legislators in Chhattisgarh, the state Congress chief says.
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): The overnight encounter in Dantewada in Chattisgarh prevented a planned attack by Maoists who were mobilising forces in the area.
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 28 (IANS) A two-day brainstorming session of the Chhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) began here Thursday to decide a strategy for next year's assembly elections.
Raipur, June 19 (IANS) The monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh state assembly will begin from July 12 and will have just six sittings, assembly officials said Tuesday.
Raipur, June 18 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is set to open an office in Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, June 3 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has set up special investigative teams of the police to keep vigil on top Maoist leaders as part of stepped up security in the wake of the protest week called by the rebels, an official said Sunday.
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, May 25 (IANS) Three bison were found dead Friday just outside the Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary, forest officials said, adding that death of protected animals have been reported from the same area earlier as well.
Raipur, May 13 (IANS) The Maoists Sunday night carried out a deadly attack on a patrol party of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district in which six jawans and a civilian driver were killed, police said.
Raipur, May 13 (IANS) The Maoists Sunday night carried out a deadly attack on a patrol party of paramilitary Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district in which six jawans and a civilian driver were killed, police said.
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A day after being admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, suspected Maoist conduit Soni Sori, allegedly tortured in police custody, Friday underwent tests for her medical condition, doctors said.
Raipur, May 5 (ANI): Maoist appointed mediator B.D. Sharma has stressed the need to review cases against Chhattisgarh tribals by a state committee even as he maintained that they have been ripped off their basic rights.
Raipur, May 3 (IANS) Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon was released by Maoist militants Thursday after 12 days in captivity.
The 12 daylong hostages crisis is likely to end today, as the Maoist will release abducted Sukma collector Paul Menon today afternoon.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), May 1 (ANI): Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev began the third phase of his nationwide tour on Tuesday from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, to fight corruption in public life and unearth unaccounted money stashed to off shore banks.
Raipur, May 1 (IANS) Maoists may set abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon free Wednesday, official sources in Chhattisgarh said Tuesday.
Raipur, April 30 (IANS) The release of abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon in the next 48 hours seemed likely with the Maoist interlocutors and the Chhattisgarh government-appointed mediators agreeing Monday night to form a high-powered panel to deal with the Maoists' demands.
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