Chhattisgarh

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Security personnel detain wrestler Sakshi Malik during wrestlers' protest march towards new Parliament building, in New Delhi, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Will wrestlers, Rahul dent the ‘Glowing India’ story?

With the general election right around the corner, India is gearing up for Ram Rajya. Even if, on paper, we remain a secular nation

03 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

AA Edit | ‘Climate of fear’ warning by SC: Time to curb ED powers

This is not the first case where the agency has run afoul of the judiciary

18 May 2023 12:10 AM

Rescue team members carry the body of a security personnel who was killed in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. At least ten police personnel and a driver were killed in the Naxal ambush.(Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Time for zero tolerance against Naxalite terror

India must be as intolerant of domestic terrorism as it is of cross-border terror

28 Apr 2023 12:10 AM

Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf speak to media, moments before they were shot dead. (ANI)

Manish Tewari | End fake encounters; make an example of Atiq killers

There seems to be an implicit acceptance of these extrajudicial killings which are euphemistically referred to as “encounters”

23 Apr 2023 12:01 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh state President Mohan Markam and other party leaders during the 85th plenary session, in Raipur, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress plenary: The real stuff behind the headlines

There is much more to the Congress carnival at Raipur than the speeches of Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi

28 Feb 2023 12:00 AM

Congress party president Mallikarjun Kharge. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Kharge must crack the whip

Accountability is a cornerstone virtue and a test of fairness of any organisation or system; and the Congress party has been found wanting

06 Dec 2022 12:15 AM

Indore cleanest city for 5th time in row in Centre's annual cleanliness survey

Second and third positions in the cleanest city category of the Swachh Survekshan Awards, were secured by Surat and Vijayawada, respectively

20 Nov 2021 1:18 PM

26 naxals were killed on Saturday in an encounter with police in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district. (AFP file photo)

Maharashtra police gun down 26 Maoists in Gadchiroli district

The gunbattle took place in the morning at Korchi when a C-60 police commando team was conducting a search operation

13 Nov 2021 9:36 PM

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel waving to supporters during the victory rally in Raipur. (AA)

After breather, Baghel holds victory rally, lauds Rahul

As many as 53 out of total 70 Congress MLAs, including around a dozen ministers in his Cabinet, accompanied him on his flight from Delhi

29 Aug 2021 7:46 AM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds a review meeting on Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, in New Delhi on Sunday, April 4, 2021. (PTI)

Naxal attack: Amit Shah to visit Chhattisgarh, hold high-level meet

Shah will later chair a high-level meeting at the Police Coordination Centre here on the Left Wing Extremism situation

05 Apr 2021 10:22 AM

C’garh: Tricolur unfurled for the 1st time in Bastar village

The area falls under the jurisdiction of Katekalyan area committee, considered one of most dangerous formations of outlawed CPI

27 Jan 2021 5:22 AM

In a first, senior Maoist commander shot dead in fratricidal killing in Bastar

Vijja (39), a resident of Mankeli in Bijapur district, was a DVC member and in-charge of Gangaloor area committee of CPI (Maoist).

03 Oct 2020 8:03 PM

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel asked the Centre to dispatch seven CRPF battalions. (PTI Photo)

Chhattisgarh CM seeks seven more CRPF battalions, mobile towers to fight Naxalism

In the letter, Baghel has sought Centres cooperation for effective implementation of the states strategies to eliminate Naxalism

04 Sep 2020 4:05 PM

Chandigarh man stranded in flooded dam for 16 hours, rescued by IAF. (Photo- Social Media)

IAF chopper rescues Chandigarh man trapped in flooded dam for 16 hours

The IAF launched a rescue operation by deploying a MI17 chopper and fished the man out of water after a 30-minute-long operation

18 Aug 2020 8:34 AM

Four Naxals killed in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, huge amounts of explosives seized

The Naxal camp was set up by the cadres belonging to Jagargunda area committee of the outlawed CPI (Maoist)

12 Aug 2020 12:40 PM

Some real estate developers are sponsoring the return of guest workers and also facilitating their quarantine as per guidelines. (PTI Photo)

Employers bring back guest workers to cities

Maharashtra has undertaken initiatives to invite locals to participate in the infra projects undertaken by the government

19 Jul 2020 2:18 PM

Chhattisgarh Police's 'return to village' initiative urges Naxalites to give up violence

This is the first of its kind initiative started in the state's Bastar region.

13 Jun 2020 5:52 PM

Chhattisgarh's inaugural chief minister, Ajit Jogi, dies at 74

Jogi enjoyed support among tribal and scheduled caste communities because of his easy accessibility.

29 May 2020 6:08 PM

Chhattisgarh: Maoists release Minpa encounter video, show weapons looted from slain jawans

The March 21 attack was one of the deadliest by Maoists on security personnel in recent times.

27 May 2020 3:25 PM

Police use batons to control the crowd outside a wine shop in Vishwas Nagar of east Delhi, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. People are crowding outside liquor shops in New Delhi despite having to pay 70 per cent tax as ‘special coronavirus fees’ on the sale of liquor. (Photo | PTI)

Liquor delivery now at your doorstep in Chhattisgarh as web portal, app launched to avoid crowding

The government launched the portal and app after a large number of people queued up outside wine shops, flouting physical distancing norms

05 May 2020 5:47 PM

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