Chhattisgarh Police have arrested the principal of a school in Chhattisgarh’s Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl student, said police on Monday. The accused has been identified as Gajendra Prasad, principal of a government school under Saria Tehsil of district Sarangarh Bilaigarh. According to the police, after the minor girl told her relatives about […]
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Chhattisgarh: University develops advanced variety of paddy that can yield twice of traditional one
The Indira Gandhi Agricultural University of Raipur has developed an advanced variety of paddy named ‘Vikram TCR’, through a mechanism called mutation breeding radiation. The advanced paddy can yield output double that of the traditional paddy. The pincipal scientist of the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Dr Deepak Sharma […]
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Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel leaves for Bilaigarh for ‘Bhent Mulakat’ programme
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday left for Bilaigarh as part of ‘Bhent Mulakat’ programme. Speaking to reporters near the helipad, he said, “I am going to Bilaigarh for the ‘Bhent Mulakat’ programme. After that, I will also be visiting two more Assembly constituencies. We have already covered more […]
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Chhattisgarh: BJP leader appears in cricket helmet to protest stone pelting attack
BJP leader Ajay Chandrakar on Tuesday addressed a public meeting wearing a cricket helmet as a mark of protest against a stone pelting incident. While his appearance wearing a cricket helmet left everyone in shock, he said he wore it in protest against the stone pelting attack on him in Supela. Addressing the event, the BJP leader said, […]
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Chhattisgarh: Main accused among 13 arrested so far in Sanju Tripathi murder case
In a major development in the recent killing of Congress leader Sanju Tripathi, 13 persons have been arrested so far in the matter, said police on Monday. The main accused has been identified as Kapil Tripathi, who was arrested from the Lucknow Expressway. Kapil’s main aide Prem Shrivas has been arrested […]
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Chhattisgarh: Balrampur police arrest Naxal carrying reward of Rs 1 lakh, his associate
A Naxal carrying bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head and one of his associates was arrested in Sanna in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur, an official said. The police also confiscated a 12-bore gun and a sword from the spot. The arrested Naxal has been identified as Ramchandra Yadav and his associate Jagdish Yadav. […]
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Chhattisgarh: Congress leader Sanju Tripathi shot dead in broad daylight in Bilaspur
A Congress leader identified as Sanju Tripathi, was shot dead in Chhatisgarh’s Bilaspur district in broad daylight, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on Wednesday near Sakri overbridge in the district when Tripathi, who was former District General Secretary of the party was travelling in his car was […]
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Chhattisgarh: 2 killed, 4 injured as car catches fire after hitting roadside tree in Manendragarh
Two persons were killed and four persons sustained severe injuries after a car caught fire following a collision with a roadside tree in Belbahra locality in Chhattisgarh’s Manendragarh district on Monday late night, an official said. The incident occurred around 11 pm on Monday on National Highway (NH) 43, Manendragarh-Ambikapur […]
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Congress leads in initial trends for Chhattisgarh’s Bhanupratappur Assembly bypoll counting
The counting of votes for bypoll of the Bhanupratappur assembly seat in Chhattisgarh began on Thursday morning with Congress candidate taking a lead till 10 am. As per Election Commission officials, Congress candidate Savitri Manoj Mandavi was leading in Bhanupratappur with a margin of 1907 votes till 10.00 am. BJP’s Bramhanand Netam […]
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Chhattisgarh: Four bodies of Naxals recovered in Bijapur
The bodies of four Naxals were recovered by the security forces from Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Sunday, a police official said. The encounter took place on November 26 in the Pomra forest under Mirtur police station limits when joint teams of security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation. The security forces […]
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Chhattisgarh Governor to approve Reservation Amendment Bills on Monday
Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Saturday said that he would approve the Reservation Amendment Bills on Monday. “I’m totally in favour of the Bill, I thank opposition parties also for backing the decision to raise the quota for backward classes from 58 to 75. I will approve the Bill by Monday,” […]
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Chhattisgarh passes bills to hike OBC, SC quotas
The Chhattisgarh assembly on Friday unanimously passed two amendment bills hiking reservation in admissions and government jobs in the state for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, in line with the proportion of their populations. Both bills- The Chhattisgarh Public Service (Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and […]
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Chhattisgarh: Naxal Commander with Rs 8 lakh reward on his head found dead in Dantewada
A Naxal Commander who carried a bounty of Rs 8 lakh on his head was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Jiakorta forest near Bhusaras valley in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, the police said. The Naxal Commander was identified as Deva alias Tirri Madkam and his body was recovered with weapons next to him in the forest under Kuakonda police station limits […]
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Chhattisgarh: Massive fire breaks out at oil mill in Bilaspur
A massive fire broke out at an oil mill in Sirgitti Industrial Area in Bilaspur on Tuesday. The fire broke out at Shivangi rice bran oil Mill creating panic among the employees working there. Being an industrial area, there are many other factories around the mill. On the information of […]
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Chhattisgarh: CJI’s bench to hear Nagrik Apurti Nigam case
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will hear the matter relating to Chhattisgarh Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) irregularities case. An advocate this morning mentioned before the bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who said that now the matter will be heard […]