Gargi Verma

The BJP has called for a state-wide agitation against the Baghel government's bid to regulate protests and demonstrations, alleging that the Congress dispensation was trying to clamp down on dissent just like it had done at the national level by imposing the Emergency in mid-1970s.

On Friday, even as a DGCA team landed in Raipur to probe the accident, Congress spokesperson Sushil Anand Shukla said the BJP was deliberately trying to politicise the death of two pilots and defame them.

As DGCA begins probe, officials say helicopter had undergone major repairs in the past

The AgustaWestland helicopter, which crashed on Thursday night killing two pilots, had been facing technical problems for years. Following safety concerns over it, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had recently borrowed another chopper.

According to the circular, the event is to be celebrated as a "maha-abhiyan to promote the participation of farmers and public towards natural farming".

The Congress party released a special manifesto for the Khairagarh bypoll and promised creation of the district within 24 hours of winning the bypoll.

Farmers from 27 villages gathered for a mahapanchayat in Raipur's Kayabandha village on Wednesday. Since February, hundreds of farmers have been protesting to get a fair price for their land that was taken over by the government while setting up the new capital city, Naya Raipur.

While these have served to take the government and security forces to areas hitherto controlled by the Naxals, the spread of these camps has been met with distrust among villagers, leading to protests in at least three districts.

The Congress government has been shuffling officers every few months, across the state. Sources in the government believe this to be a massive shift days before the Chief Minister's planned visits to these districts in May.

Salwa Judum (meaning Peace March) was mobilised in 2005 by the late Congress leader Mahendra Karma and deployed in parts of Chhattisgarh, that was at the time ruled by the BJP.

Organisers will now have to apply for permission in a prescribed format that requires details such as the number of people expected to attend, route maps for rallies, and information on the vehicles used.

After unveiling the revamped temple, Baghel also opened a Ramayana Interpretation Cafe, where people could study and discuss several aspects or versions of the epic.

Chhattisgarh has seen six new districts since Congress came to power in 2018, party promised same in manifesto.

Police suspect the victim, Dudhi Ganga, originally from Arlampally village in Sukma who had fled to Andhra Pradesh nearly five years ago, could have been killed due to personal reasons.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel gave the power of sanctioning building layouts solely to municipal bodies. Earlier, applicants also had to get the approval for new building layouts from the town and country planning office.

The man was allegedly killed by Maoists at Kolaiguda in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. In another incident, four security personnel were injured in a Maoist attack on a camp in Bijapur.

This is the sixth district declared in the state since Congress came to power in 2018.

The accused and his friends allegedly assaulted the constable within a police station. No arrests have been made yet under the FIRs, a police officer said

The banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Friday alleged in a two-page press note that the security forces bombed Kottam, Rasam, Eraam, Sakiler, Madapa, Duled, Kannemarka, Potemangum and Bottam areas on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.

The Khairagarh bypoll, the third bypoll in three years, is also being seen as a report card for the ruling Congress before the Assembly elections in 2023.

The ground staff of the state forest department has been on strike for weeks even as the state recorded over 500 forest fires between February 15 and March 31.

According to officials, between April and December last year, these Godana artists earned Rs 10 lakh. The artists are free to accept independent orders, and earn from the training they provide. The department also pays for them to attend fairs and exhibitions.

Hearing the 2009 petition, the SC had on February 15, 2010, asked a Delhi district judge to record the statements of the petitioners.

According to official estimates, around 55,000 tribal families were displaced and some had escaped to Andhra Pradesh, parts of which are now in Telangana.