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It’s now or never for Daredevils
Faced with a do-or-die situation, the inconsistent Delhi Daredevils will take on table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in their penultimate Indian Premier League match here on Friday.
20 May 2016 12:36 AM
Bastar tribal girl challenges menstrual taboo
An adivasi girl in a village in Chhattisgarh’s tribal-dominated Bastar region has created a ripple in her community by challenging the age-old taboo of socially boycotting women during their menstrual
16 May 2016 12:04 AM
‘Girls focus on make-up more than studies’
Chhattisgarh education minister Kedar Kashyap on Wednesday sparked a row by attributing poor show by girls in examinations to their penchant for make-ups.
12 May 2016 1:44 AM
Woman power drives insurgency in Bastar
Left-wing extremism in Chhattisgarh’s conflict zone of Bastar has of late witnessed a significant transformation with growing number of women members being promoted to the rank of commanders to break
12 May 2016 1:28 AM
Alcoholic son arrested for repeatedly raping 70-year-old mother
Ravi habitually abused his mother physically, but things took a horrific turn when her son raped her last month.
07 May 2016 1:48 PM
Cartoons show Chhattisgarh minister as ‘Superman’
Cartoons depicting Chhattisgarh panchayat raj minister Ajey Chandrakar, who has hogged the limelight in recent times for all wrong reasons, as “Superman” have gone viral on social networking sites, in
07 May 2016 12:10 AM
Bureaucrat’s public conduct sparks outrage
An IAS probationer in Chhattisgarh has sparked massive public outrage when he conducted himself in a manner seen by some as “disgraceful” while inspecting the women and children’s ward of a community
05 May 2016 12:24 AM
Raman Singh backs minister after officer threat
Chhattisgarh panchayat raj minister Ajey Chandrakar on Monday stirred up a hornet’s nest when he threatened to kill an officer of the state forest department.
03 May 2016 12:23 AM
Copter deal: Raman Singh faces scrutiny
The Agusta copter deal that landed the Congress in a soup is also threatening to drag Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh into a controversy as the Opposition Congress here on Friday raked up an o
30 Apr 2016 7:20 AM
Chhattisgarh HC notice to BCCI on matches in Raipur
The Chhattisgarh high court on Wednesday served notices to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the state cricket association seeking their replies to a plea to shift the IPL matches s
28 Apr 2016 3:59 AM
Ajit Jogi in race for Congress Rajya Sabha ticket
The Rajya Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh, slated in May this year, may prove to be an acid test for beleaguered Congress leader and former chief minister Ajit Jogi, currently battling hard to wriggle
25 Apr 2016 6:32 AM
Priest held, did yagna to ruin BJP MP
A priest of a temple here was late on Saturday evening arrested for threatening to destroy BJP MP Ramesh Bais by conducting a “yagna” because the MP didn’t help him acquire government land for constru
24 Apr 2016 11:47 PM
Man won’t take off shoe, barred from giving exam
In a bizarre development, a student in Chhattisgarh has been barred from appearing in his post-graduate examination for reportedly refusing to take off his shoes as directed by the invigilator, the po
24 Apr 2016 2:25 AM
‘Govt ready for talks if Naxals shun violence’
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday sounded a stern warning to Maoists, saying, “Shun violence or we will make you give up violence”.
17 Apr 2016 2:35 AM
Pregnant tribal stuck as Naxals dig up roads
The day-long bandh called by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s conflict zone of Bastar on Friday, apparently to protest an alleged move by the Centre to deploy combat choppers against them, found its victim i
16 Apr 2016 5:55 AM
Prakash Jha: Bharat Mata Ki Jai debate a ‘joke’
Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Jha on Sunday described the raging debate over chanting of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” as a “joke”.
11 Apr 2016 8:57 AM
297 couples ‘forced’ into live-in relationship
As many as 297 couples hailing from extremely poor families in Chhattisgarh’s north Bastar district of Kanker have been “forced” to stay in “live-in” relationships for a year after having failed to en
08 Apr 2016 12:36 AM
Panama papers leak: Congress trains gun on Raman Singh’s son
The allegation by Congress leader and former Union minister Jairam Ramesh that Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh’s son and BJP MP Abhishek has undisclosed offshore accounts as per the Panama Pap
08 Apr 2016 12:29 AM
Information on troop movement in Dantewada leaked to Naxals: CRPF
CRPF suspects that about 50-60 kgs of explosive could have been planted to trigger the explosive.
31 Mar 2016 11:57 AM
Naxal blast kills 7 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh
Seven unarmed CRPF jawans were killed at around 3.45 pm on Wednesday as the vehicle they were travelling in was blown away by a powerful landmine blast triggered by Maoists in South Bastar’s Dantewada
31 Mar 2016 5:02 AM
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