
August 10, 2019 01:08 IST
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the state government has set themselves a target to eradicating malnutrition and anaemia within the next three years.
Sat, Aug 10, 2019
August 09, 2019 20:56 IST
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made the announcement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and said that while initial pilot projects are already in operation in Bastar, the scheme would first be launched on October 2.
Fri, Aug 09, 2019
August 09, 2019 04:29 IST
In Sukma, officials said 1,181 people have been shifted to camps, and the district has been cut off with major roads inundated.
Fri, Aug 09, 2019
August 08, 2019 21:19 IST
In Sukma, officials said that 1181 people have shifted to relief camps, with the district practically cut off with primary roads under water. Officials have been visiting residents of low lying homes in Sukma and Konta, attempting to convince them to move to shelter camps.
Thu, Aug 08, 2019
August 07, 2019 04:21 IST
Officials said in at least one tiger reserve -- Indravati - law and order in the form of Left-wing insurgency in Bijapur district of Bastar, where the reserve is located, was a big problem in habitat maintenance and data collection.
Mon, Aug 19, 2019
August 04, 2019 05:01 IST
With 16 alleged Maoists killed in the past week, including seven in an encounter in Bastar district last Saturday, the state police has ramped up operations in the monsoon, usually considered difficult because of the terrain.
Sun, Aug 04, 2019
August 04, 2019 00:13 IST
Established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1975, Achanakmar in Chhattisgarh’s Mungeli district was declared a tiger reserve in 2009. In 2014, it held 11 tigers.
Mon, Aug 19, 2019
July 29, 2019 04:37 IST
For outsiders, Kondagaon was a poor district, deeply affected by left-wing extremism, and cut off from the mainstream — hardly the profile one would associate with topping such parameters.
Mon, Jul 29, 2019
July 27, 2019 19:07 IST
The bodies are being brought to Jagdalpur for identification, police officials said. One INSAS rifle, four .303 rifles, and other muzzle-loading weapons and camping material have been recovered from the spot.
Sun, Jul 28, 2019
July 05, 2019 11:26 IST
This house was declared a public safety hazard by the IMC and was scheduled to be demolished on June 26, when MLA Akash Vijayvargiya assaulted an IMC official with a bat.
Sat, Jul 06, 2019
July 05, 2019 02:15 IST
The walls have cracks, and according to the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), the entire structure is unsafe.
Fri, Jul 05, 2019
July 04, 2019 02:11 IST
Modi’s remarks, made during a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting on Tuesday, was seen as a message against Akash, son of party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who was released on Sunday, five days after his arrest.
Thu, Jul 04, 2019
July 03, 2019 04:30 IST
The High Court, in its direction, asked the IMC to make temporary arrangements for the only family still living in the building, within two days for a period of three days to “tide over the rain” — the family had moved court against the demolition.
Wed, Jul 03, 2019
July 02, 2019 03:10 IST
Akash, 34, a first-time MLA, was arrested after assaulting Dhirendra Bayas after the IMC sought to demolish a building that has been declared hazardous.
Tue, Jul 02, 2019
July 01, 2019 04:55 IST
As Akash Vijayvargiya spoke, supporters constantly garlanded him, chanting slogans lauding his “bravery” while videos even showed a man firing celebratory gunshots in the air from a rifle in front of his MLA office, with BJP flags waving in the background.
Mon, Jul 01, 2019
June 30, 2019 05:00 IST
Speaking to The Sunday Express at length for the first time since the attack on Wednesday, Bayas said that there was no provocation for the attack and that he was simply doing his job.
Sun, Jun 30, 2019
June 29, 2019 04:30 IST
Two days ago, images of Indore MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, the son of powerful BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, attacking officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation with a cricket bat sparked outrage across the country.
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
June 26, 2019 03:08 IST
In this situation, Baghel said, there should be a “reassessment towards giving them appropriate sentences, and in the interest of justice”.
Wed, Jun 26, 2019
June 24, 2019 04:59 IST
On April 28, 25 members of the 15 families from Kannapuram returned to the village. They came in a bus, and as he stepped of it, he saw the 68 families that had remained, smile at him welcomingly.
Mon, Jun 24, 2019
June 15, 2019 02:37 IST
On June 12, NKP Singh, the law officer for Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company registered a complaint with the Rajnandgaon district police station that he had been forwarded a video circulating on whatsapp by Shailendra Shukla, CEO of CSPDCL and was asked his legal opinion.
Sat, Jun 15, 2019
June 14, 2019 02:22 IST
Thousands of tribals have been protesting at Bailadila and Kirandul against proposed mining in deposit number 13.
Fri, Jun 14, 2019
June 13, 2019 02:02 IST
Baghel has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to include Chhattisgarh Forest Rights Acts leaseholders under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana.
Thu, Jun 13, 2019
June 13, 2019 02:00 IST
The SDM has threatened to “take legal action and clear the premises” and added that protesters would be responsible for the consequences.
Thu, Jun 13, 2019
June 12, 2019 04:55 IST
On Tuesday, after meeting a delegation led by Congress’s Bastar Member of Parliament Deepak Baij, former Union Minister Arvind Netam, Congress MLAs and members of the Sarva Adivasi Samaj, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, “We have decided to investigate the Gram Sabha clearance (in July 2014). All activity will immediately be put on hold.”
Wed, Jun 12, 2019
June 07, 2019 02:03 IST
Sacked Attorney General claims he had warned govt that cases were being built in undue haste.
Fri, Jun 07, 2019





