Chhattisgarh

  • How WhatsApp, Facebook are helping farmers prosper 19 Jul 2019 19:09 ASHTA (SANGLI): Rajesh Bagal, a 39-yearold farmer from Nagpur district, has tasted success – and it is sweet. He’s been able to triple production of sugarcane simply by purchasing a smartphone and joining a WhatsApp group where farmers share their …
  • 309 cases of illegal mining in Chhattisgarh in first 6 months 19 Jul 2019 17:40 Image Source : PTI 309 cases of illegal mining in Chhattisgarh in first 6 months As many as 309 cases of illegal mining were registered and over Rs 5 crore were recovered in penalties in Chhattisgarh in the first six months of 2019, Chief Minister Bhupesh …
  • AFI to suspend state unit secretary if more than 2 over-age athletes are reported in a year 19 Jul 2019 16:44 AGRA: In a first, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Friday decided to suspend the secretary of a state association if more than two athletes of that unit are found to be over-aged in a national event. The decision to fix responsibility of the age- …
  • Kharif sowing shortfall pegged at 7% 19 Jul 2019 16:27 With monsoon rain deficit worsening to 17 per cent, kharif planting in many parts of the country was adversely hit this week and the total area covered so far remained 567 lakh hectares (lh), nearly 7 per cent lower than 609 lh planted during the …
  • Cultivate pulses in rice fallow lands: CACP 19 Jul 2019 16:27 The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) has called for conversion of rice fallow lands for pulses production to facilitate better income for farmers. It said that about 8.5 million hectares of rice fallows in different parts of the country …
  • Chhattisgarh has failed to utilise DMF funds in Maoist zone: CM to Assembly 19 Jul 2019 16:22 Mineral-rich Chhattisgarh has failed to utilise the funds collected under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) trust in the Maoist-infested pockets of the state. Though the overall utilisation of DMF funds in the state has been about 78 per cent, it is …
  • Farmers need a GST push to fight fall army worm 19 Jul 2019 15:27 As the dreaded fall army worm (FAW) spreads across the country, impacting the kharif maize crop, entities involved in creating awareness among the farmers have urged that the pesticides and safety kits used in containing the pest be exempted from GST. The …
  • Over 75 engineering, technical colleges to shut down; stop taking students in 2019 19 Jul 2019 15:20 During the 2018-19 academic session, 54 colleges had chosen progressive closure, while the number of such colleges was at 106 during 2017-18. Representational Image/ File More than 75 engineering and technical colleges that are preparing to shut down …
  • Over 75 engineering, technical colleges to shut down 19 Jul 2019 13:24 NEW DELHI: More than 75 engineering and technical colleges that are preparing to shut down have opted not to admit students from this academic session, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, officials said. The major reasons behind the institutions opting for …
  • Child artist Shivlekh Singh dies in car accident near Raipur 19 Jul 2019 13:01 Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 19 (ANI): Child actor Shivlekh Singh, who has acted in several Hindi TV serials, died in a road accident in Devri village near Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Thursday, the police said. The accident took place after the car …
  • Engineering Student Commits Suicide In Hostel Room In Nagpur 19 Jul 2019 10:04 Police said he was apparently upset over his poor performance in exams. (Representational) Nagpur: A 19-year-old engineering student of a prestigious institute allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room in Nagpur, police said Friday. …
  • Child actor Shivlekh Singh killed in road accident 19 Jul 2019 08:40 Raipur, July 19 (IANS) “Sasural Simar Ka” actor Shivlekh Singh was killed in a car crash here on Thursday, police said. He was 14. Shivlekh and his parents were travelling from Bilaspur to Raipur when their car crashed into a truck on the outskirts of the …
  • Sasural Simar Ka: Shivlekh Singh dies on spot in road accident 19 Jul 2019 08:24 Raipur: Child actor of Sasural Simar Ka, Shivlekh Singh died on the spot in a road accident which took place on the outskirts of Raipur. According to the report published in India.com, his mother, Lekhna Singh, father, Shivendra Singh and another person, …
  • 'Tamil Nadu, Kerala. Odisha to receive heavy rains,' says IMD 19 Jul 2019 07:22 Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning very likely at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal. New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted that states such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Odisha are likely to receive heavy …
  • Child actor killed, parents injured in road accident in Chhattisgarh 19 Jul 2019 05:20 The accident took place around 3 pm on Thursday, Raipur Superintendent of Police Arif Sheikh told news agency PTI. Raipur: Fourteen-year-old child artist Shivlekh Singh, who has acted in several Hindi TV serials, died in a road accident outside …
  • Tamil Nadu, Kerala to receive heavy rains: IMD 19 Jul 2019 05:08 New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted that states such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Odisha are likely to receive heavy rainfall. The weather forecasting agency also predicted that places like Vidarbha, …
  • Activists against new forest Act draft: Will reestablish forest dept stranglehold 19 Jul 2019 00:18 This was the first-ever consultation between activists and forest department anywhere in the country over the draft for the proposed Act to be called Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2019.(Archive) At a time when the Centre is planning to bring a new …
  • BJP MLAs oppose eggs on mid-day meal menu in government schools  18 Jul 2019 20:42 By PTI RAIPUR: The issue of inclusion of eggs in the mid-day meals served at government schools rocked the Chhattisgarh Assembly Thursday, with the opposition BJP and others demanding that eggs should not be a part of the menu. Soon after Question Hour, …
  • Child actor Shivlekh Singh dies in car accident near Raipur 18 Jul 2019 20:36 By PTI RAIPUR: Child artist Shivlekh Singh (14), who had acted in many Hindi TV serials, was killed and his parents and another person were injured after their car collided with a truck on the outskirts of Raipur Thursday, police said. The accident took …
  • Monsoon to stay active over south-west coast 18 Jul 2019 19:11 The India Met Department (IMD) has retained the outlook for ‘active’ to ‘vigorous’ monsoon conditions for Kerala and Coastal Karnataka over the next four to five days. This will be marked by rainfall at most places and heavy to very heavy and extremely …
  • Chhattisgarh: Undertrial prisoner escapes jail, nabbed within hours 18 Jul 2019 18:28 Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 18 (ANI): Within five hours after he escaped, a prisoner was nabbed by police in Arjuni area of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Itwari Sahu, who is undergoing trial for attempt to murder, jumped the jail …
  • Congress demands judicial inquiry into Sonbhadra clash 18 Jul 2019 18:06 Image Source : PTI Congress demands judicial inquiry into Sonbhadra clash The Congress on Thursday demanded that a judicial inquiry be conducted by a Supreme Court judge into the killing of 10 people, including three women, from the Gond tribe over a land …
  • 3 naxals killed in encounter with police in Jharkhand 18 Jul 2019 15:20 Representative Image Three naxals of the banned Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad (JJMP) were killed in an encounter with the police in a forest in Lohardaga district on Thursday, a police officer said here. The encounter took place in the Saheda Pat forest area …
  • Bira 91 taps into ICC sponsorship deal to takes its ‘craft’ to the UK 18 Jul 2019 11:27 Manchester/London: The recently concluded Cricket World Cup in England and Wales may not have had the fairytale ending for the Indian team as millions of fans would have expected. However, for indigenous craft beer brand Bira 91, the recent tournament …
  • Finally, companies wake up to a million Indias 18 Jul 2019 05:21 Punjab likes tea with extra milk, so Hindustan Unilever (HUL) sells stronger blends in the state. The brand names are the same, the packaging is pan-Indian, but the tea itself changes from region to region. Welcome to the era of ‘micro-markets’ where one …
  • Watch: Teacher forces kids to pose as ‘murga’, call themselves ‘gadha’ 18 Jul 2019 02:23 17 Jul 2019, 09:50AM ISTSource: TOI.inFootage, from a school in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur, shows children being forced to pose as ‘murga’. The teacher also asks them to look into the camera and say ‘Mai Gadha Hun’. Children who hesitate are beaten with a …
  • Anasuiya Uikey: ‘It’s destiny; had party asked, I would have fought Lok Sabha elections’ 17 Jul 2019 22:35 Anasuiya Uikey , Chhattisgarh Governor Anasuiya Uikey, the new Chhattisgarh Governor, was a strong contender for the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat to take on Nakul Nath, son of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, the senior Congress leader who brought …
  • Coal mine auctioning may be restricted to commercial use to boost output 17 Jul 2019 21:08 With miners, which took coal blocks for own use, performing poorly, the government is planning not to auction mines to captive users. Instead, it will allot or auction rights only for commercial use of coal. The allocation would be decided based on the …
  • Here is why RSS economic wing is opposing PM Modi's plan for foreign currency bonds 17 Jul 2019 15:30 India's plan to borrow from overseas currency market by issuing foreign currency bonds has run into nationalist hurdle with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) economic wing Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) voicing its objections to the move.Reuters …
  • Chhattisgarh: If vegetarians oppose, other kids to get eggs at home 17 Jul 2019 12:01 Some members of the Kabir Panthi sect last week staged a protest in Kabirdham district over their demand for removal of eggs from the mid-day meal menu. (Representational image) If vegetarian parents do not want their children to be served eggs in mid-day …
  • Unique scheme feeds poor, manages waste, builds infra 17 Jul 2019 09:46 Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), July 17 (IANS) The country’s first garbage cafe has been launched here in Chhattisgarh. Under this, the Municipal Corporation will provide food to the poor and homeless in lieu of plastic waste. Persons fetching 1 kg plastic waste …
  • NMDC Ltd announces production and sales for June 2019 17 Jul 2019 09:14 NMDC Ltd has announced production of 2.52 MT and sales of 2.66 MT during June 2019, as compared to production of 2.45 MT and sales of 2.25 MT in June 2018. The production was at 1.67 MT and sales of 1.80 MT during June 2019 from its Chhattisgarh unit, as …
  • BJP veterans appointed as Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh governors 17 Jul 2019 06:58 BJP has chosen senior party members, who had virtually retired from active politics some years ago, as governors of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Andhra Pradesh *Harichandan, 85, began his career with Bharatiya Jana Sangh in …
  • CSC partners with Facebook to empower rural women 17 Jul 2019 06:17 New Delhi: Common Services Centre (CSC), which serves as access point for the delivery of various electronic services to villages in India, on Tuesday announced a partnership with social media giant Facebook to provide digital skill training to women …
  • AIIMS At Awantipora To Be Completed By Jan 2025: GoI  17 Jul 2019 05:35 SRINAGAR — The two AIIMS, being set up at Awantipora in south Kashmir and Vijaypur in the Jammu province under the Prime Minister’s developmental package for the state, are expected to be completed by January 2023 and 2025 respectively. Respondning to a …
  • After 9 eventful years, Narasimhan stepping down as state Governor  17 Jul 2019 04:03 By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: After serving as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh for more than nine years, ESL Narasimhan, the longest-serving Governor of the State, has been replaced by Biswabhusan Harichandan, a BJP leader from Odisha. Narasimhan, a …
  • 21-year-old migrant worker electrocuted in Krishna 17 Jul 2019 03:57 By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: A 21-year-old migrant worker was electrocuted at Paritala village in Kanchikacherla Mandal of Krishna district on Tuesday. According to Kanchikacherla sub-inspector Srihari, the deceased was identified as Ishan Sunil …
  • United Nations: Manipur Experience #3 :: Babloo Loitongbam 17 Jul 2019 01:24 United Nations Human Rights : The Manipur Experience - Part 3 - Babloo Loitongbam * (This write up is the speech delivered by Babloo Loitongbam at the 14th Arambam Somorendra Memorial Lecture organised by The Aramam Somorendra Trust held at Lamyanba …
  • Chhattisgarh, MP get new governors 17 Jul 2019 00:44
  • New Governors appointed for Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh 16 Jul 2019 23:16 President Ram Nath Kovind appointed new Governors appointed for Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh (File) The President on Tuesday appointed senior BJP leaders Anusuiya Uikey and Biswa Bhusan Harichandan as governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh …
  • Anusuiya Uikey appointed Governor of Chhattisgarh, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan as Andhra Guv 16 Jul 2019 23:15 Image Source : TWITTER Anusuiya Uikey new Governor of Chhattisgarh President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed BJP leaders Anusuiya Uikey and B.B. Harichandran as the Governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, respectively. "The President is …
  • DGPs of Arunachal, Mizoram, Puducherry transferred; NDMC chairman shifted 16 Jul 2019 23:15 Image Source : PTI Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah The police chiefs of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Puducherry and the chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh were transferred as the Union Home Ministry effected a reshuffle among top IPS and IAS …
  • Senior BJP Leaders Uikey, Harichandan Appointed Governors Of Chhattisgarh And Andhra Pradesh 16 Jul 2019 22:10 BJP leaders Anusuiya Uikey and Biswa Bhusan Harichandan were appointed Tuesday as governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh respectively. President Ram Nath Kovind appointed the two leaders as the Governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. "The …
  • Madhya Pradesh govt, varsities sign MoUs with Cambridge Assessment English 16 Jul 2019 17:36 MP is the third state the CAE has ventured into after Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, its South Asia Regional Director Arunachalam TK told PTI. (Representational) A department of the University of Cambridge that lays down tests for those learning English signed …
  • Facebook ties up with govt CSC programme to train rural women entrepreneurs 16 Jul 2019 17:25 Facebook has tied up with the government’s Common Service Centre Academy to provide digital marketing education to village entrepreneurs and teach first-time online users about privacy and security. CSC Academy and Facebook have jointly designed and …
  • ‘Heavy rain’ forecast for most of South 16 Jul 2019 16:49 Rain deficit for the country as a whole has worsened a couple of notches over the past few days but showers breaking out over parts of the South and East of the country over the next few days should bridge the gap issue to some extent. As for North-West …
  • NMDC terminates Chhattisgarh project contract for BHEL 16 Jul 2019 16:46 BHEL has received a notice of termination of contract from NMDC for the Chhattisgarh project. A contract to construct a Raw Material Handling System at NMDC’s under-construction Integrated Steel Plant, Nagarnar, Bastar District, Chhattisgarh, was executed …
  • How Congress can redefine party politics 16 Jul 2019 15:51 'There is no meritocracy or at least there is none that is visible and transparent.' 'The Congress has two opportunities to change this,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Congress workers celebrate the assembly victories in Chhattisgarh, Madhya …
  • Sawan 2019: Start Date, End Date, Significance of Sawan month 16 Jul 2019 14:35 Sawan 2019: Sawan starts from July 17 and will continue till August 15. Sawan 2019 Start Date: Sawan is considered to be one of the holiest months of the Hindu calendar, during which devotees observe fast and worship Lord Shiva. It is the fifth lunar month …
  • Anysuya Uikey is new Chhattisgarh governor, Harishchandran to take charge of Andhra Pradesh 16 Jul 2019 14:26 President Ram Nath Kavind appoints two new governors for Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The Rashtrapati Bhavan Tuesday appointed former Rajya Sabha MP Anysuya Uikey as the Governor of Chhattisgarh and Biswa Bhusan Harishchandran as the Governor of Andhra …
  • Anusuiya Uikey, Harichandran named Andhra, Chhattisgarh Governors 16 Jul 2019 14:24 New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed BJP leaders Anusuiya Uikey and B.B. Harichandran as the Governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh, respectively. “The President is pleased to appoint Anusuiya Uikey as Governor of …
  • Uikey, Harichandan appointed governors of Chhattisgarh and Andhra 16 Jul 2019 13:36
  • NMDC terminates BHEL contract 16 Jul 2019 13:29 A contract to construct a Raw Material Handling System at NMDC's under construction Integrated Steel Plant, Nagarnar, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh is being executed by BHEL-ISG Bengaluru division. BHEL received yesterday (15th July 2019), a Notice of …
  • Prasad exhorts CSCs to aim for transaction turnover of Rs 3 lakh crore in 5 years 16 Jul 2019 12:23 New Delhi, Jul 16 () IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Tuesday exhorted Common Services Centres - the government's rural outreach programme for delivery of digital services - to aim for transaction business worth Rs 3 lakh crore in the next five years. …
  • Stage set for monsoon revival over Central India, adjoining peninsula 16 Jul 2019 09:55   The land-based monsoon trough has retreated from the Himalayan foothills and settled back into its original alignment from North-West Rajasthan to North-East Bay of Bengal this (Tuesday) morning. This sets the ground for revival of the monsoon over …
  • Google India-Tata Trusts to expand Internet Saathi program to Punjab, Odisha 16 Jul 2019 09:05 New Delhi, Jul 16 () Google India and Tata Trusts Tuesday said their Internet Saathi initiative, that aims to facilitate digital literacy among women in rural India, will be expanded to villages in Punjab and Odisha. Launched in July 2015, the Internet …
  • 5 States make the most of PM’s employment-generation scheme 15 Jul 2019 16:47 Out of over one crore new employees who joined the workforce as part of the Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) between August 2016 and March 2019, about 57 per cent came from five States — Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Haryana …
  • India records fastest reduction in multi-dimensional poverty in 2006-16 15 Jul 2019 15:15 India has recorded the fastest reduction in multi-dimensional poverty between 2006 and 2016, lifting 271 million people out of poverty during this period, according to a report by the United Nations. India’s multi-dimensional poverty index (MPI) reduced …
  • Chhattisgarh govt faces backlash over proposing to include egg in midday meals 15 Jul 2019 14:31 After protests by followers of Kabir Panth against the plan, govt reached out to them through committee of ministers, but no solution found. Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government's proposal of including egg in the Midday Meal Scheme to fight …
  • Chhattisgarh: Van carrying 30 women labourers overturns 15 Jul 2019 13:33 Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 15 (ANI): A pick-up van carrying around 30 women labourers overturned in the Dhamatri district of Chhattisgarh injuring 20. The incident happened when the van was going from Atang village to Charmudiya village. The …
  • President Kovind to release translated copies of 100 SC verdicts 15 Jul 2019 12:29 On July 17, when President Kovind inaugurates the new Supreme Court building where the Appu Ghar once stood, he will release these translations. On July 17, when President Ram Nath Kovind releases translated copies of 100 Supreme Court judgments in seven …
  • President Ram Nath Kovind bats for translating High Court verdicts in local languages 15 Jul 2019 12:22 New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind addresses the nation on the eve of Republic Day at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (File) President Ram Nath Kovind Friday advocated translating high courts’ judgments into vernacular languages …
  • ‘Haven’t applied for patent because want my technique to remain free for all farmers’: Subhash Palekar 15 Jul 2019 12:18 Subhash Palekar receives the Padma Shri in 2016. (File) The Union Budget’s push for Zero Budget Natural Farming to double farmers’ income is as much a testimony to the method as it is to its originator, Subhash Palekar. The 70-year-old farmer from the …
  • Navjot Singh Sidhu quits Punjab Cabinet: A look at his time as Congress leader 15 Jul 2019 12:16 Navjot Singh Sidhu quit the Punjab Cabinet on Sunday. Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday resigned from the Punjab Cabinet amid differences with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The cricketer-turned-politician tweeted a picture of his resignation …
  • Chattisgarh: Van carrying 30 women overturned, 20 injured 15 Jul 2019 12:03 Image Source : ANI A pick-up van carrying 30 women labourers overturned earlier today.  A pick-up van carrying 30 women labourers overturned earlier today.  20 women are reportedly injured and have been admitted to hospital. The police are investigating …
  • 50 days on, Congress yet to find successor to Rahul 15 Jul 2019 06:57 New Delhi: Nearly 50 days after Rahul Gandhi stepped down as Congress president, taking moral responsibility for the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, the grand old party is yet to finalise a new chief. Gandhi, now an MP from Wayanad in Kerala …
  • Survey shows sex ratio falling further to 896 in 3 years to 2017 15 Jul 2019 05:22 NEW DELHI: India, the world’s second most populous country, has registered a decline in birth rate for another year while death rate has gone down owing to better medical facilities. The skewed sex ratio, however, plunged further to 896 for the three years …
  • It signals rise of regional satraps in Congress 15 Jul 2019 05:12 New Delhi, July 14 The long anticipated exit of Navjot Singh Sidhu from the Cabinet signals the rising dominance of regional satraps in the Congress. No amount of optics served the cause of Sidhu as Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh hardened his stand on …
  • Maoists want to form urban militia, says surrendered Naxal leader Pahadsingh 15 Jul 2019 03:27 Kumarsai, alias Pahadsingh Surrender of senior Maoist leader Kumarsai, alias Pahadsingh, before the Chhattisgarh Police in August last year has revealed some vital information, including that about a youth from Pune, who went missing in November 2010 and …
  • 50 days on, Congress yet to find successor to Rahul Gandhi 15 Jul 2019 03:07 New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Nearly 50 days after Rahul Gandhi stepped down as Congress president, taking moral responsibility for the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, the grand old party is yet to finalise a new chief. Gandhi, now an MP …
  • Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana KVPY Aptitude Test 2019 Imphal included 15 Jul 2019 00:18 Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Aptitude Test 2019 : Imphal included Last Date : 20th August 2019 Application for KVPY-2019 must be done online only. There are three steps to complete your application successfully. Step 1. Registration Step 2. …
  • Maoists want to form urban militia: Surrendered Naxal 14 Jul 2019 21:57 Kumarsai, alias Pahadsingh Surrender of senior Maoist leader Kumarsai, alias Pahadsingh, before the Chhattisgarh Police in August last year has revealed some vital information, including that about a youth from Pune, who went missing in November 2010 and …
  • Government may consider Army deployment to crush Naxals: Union Minister Nityanand Rai 14 Jul 2019 18:05 By PTI CUTTACK: Union minister Nityanand Rai on Sunday urged Naxals to shun violence and lead a peaceful and dignified life but made it clear that if they don't do so, the Centre will exercise all options, including deployment of Army, to free areas …
  • Chhattisgarh: Women bring bank services to villagers in Balrampur 14 Jul 2019 11:12 Balrampur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 14 (ANI): In a major relief to villagers of the Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh, women working in self-help groups, have started providing banking services to the people in rural areas. These groups are working …
  • Two Naxals killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district 14 Jul 2019 08:10 By PTI DANTEWADA: Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning, police said. The gunbattle broke out in a forest near Gumiyapal village, located around 400 km from …
  • Shuttler from Raipur Hiral Chouhan clinches title at CG State Junior Badminton Championship 2019 14 Jul 2019 08:08 RAIPUR: Shuttler from state capital Hiral Chouhan clinched the U-19 girls singles title at the “19th CG State Junior Badminton Championship - 2O19” held at the state capital which concluded on Thursday. In the final matches played on Thursday, Hiral …
  • Police officials bristle at TRS leader’s murder 14 Jul 2019 07:16 By Express News Service KHAMMAM:  The Bhadrachalam agency area and nearby villages lying on the border of Telangana and Chhattisgarh States are on high alert following the murder of TRS leader and former MPTC member Nalluri Srinivas Rao. Rao was killed by …
  • Congress failed to link unemployment, agrarian crisis with nationalism in 2019 elections: Gaurav Gogoi 14 Jul 2019 06:15 New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Congress party failed to link issues of unemployment, growth and agrarian distress to national security in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, says Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, who claims that a "fair amount of …
  • Khattar takes part in Hisar Raahgiri, bats for 'Happy Haryana' 14 Jul 2019 05:14 Hisar (Haryana) [India], July 14 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday took part in Hisar Raahgiri and batted for 'Happy Haryana'. The Chief Minister urged the young minds to regularly take part in such events organised by the …
  • There is a need to simplify legal system: President Ram Nath Kovind 13 Jul 2019 14:20 Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 13 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said there was a need to enhance legal literacy and simplify legal rules. Delivering a special convocation address of the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University here, he said …
  • Nagpur: Delayed monsoon adds to farmers plight in Vidarbha 13 Jul 2019 14:19 Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 13 (ANI): Farmers of Vidarbha are fighting with their backs to the wall due to delayed monsoon in the region. Reluctant monsoon rains will continue to elude Nagpur's Vidarbha for next few days, said Indian …
  • Tiger conservation doesn’t seem to be the priority of Chhattisgarh government: NTCA report 13 Jul 2019 11:24 Express News Service RAIPUR: In a serious remark against the Chhattisgarh government, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has revealed in its detailed report citing the ‘tiger/wildlife conservation does not appear to be priority of the …
  • Kidnapped TRS leader N S Rao found dead in Chhattisgarh 13 Jul 2019 04:34 By Express News Service BHADRACHALAM: Nalluri Srinivasa Rao, a TRS leader and former Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) member, was found murdered somewhere between Errampadu and Pottepadu villages in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Friday. …
  • Kothagudem: Kidnapped by Maoists, TRS man found killed 13 Jul 2019 01:57 Kothagudem: The body of TRS leader Nalluri Srinivasa Rao, who was kidnapped by Maoists three days ago, was found in Errampadu forest in Charla mandal on Friday morning. It is close to the Chhattisgarh border. Srinivas’s wife Durga had appealed to the …
  • IT department vetting GST, civic licences in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh to widen tax net 13 Jul 2019 00:13 BHOPAL: To widen the tax net, the income tax department has begun scrutiny of the data of traders registered with GST network as also with municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The department has also written to municipal corporations …
  • Chhattisgarh man says ostracized for not following customs during son's wedding 12 Jul 2019 18:26 Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Chattisgarh police on Wednesday registered an FIR against nine persons based on a complaint by a man who alleged that he was ostracized by members of his community for not conducting his son's wedding …
  • Kharif sowing picks up pace with improved rainfall 12 Jul 2019 17:27   Kharif planting improved significantly since last week with the sowing shortfall narrowing to 8.61 per cent, covering 413.34 lakh hectares (lh), compared with 452.3 lh covered in the corresponding week last year. Slight improvement in monsoon rainfall …
  • Kidnapped 3 days ago, TRS leader found murdered in Chhattisgarh 12 Jul 2019 16:45 Hyderabad: A TRS leader abducted by suspected Maoists from his house three days ago was found dead in a village in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, police said Friday. N Srinivas Rao, a local Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader aged around 45, was abducted …
  • Rice exports to squeeze due to MSP, scanty rains 12 Jul 2019 15:00 India, the world’s largest rice exporter, could see a decline in exports this year due to rise in minimum support price (MSP) of paddy and scanty rains in the current kharif season. Rice processing and exporters anticipate a drop from exports pegged at Rs …
  • Odisha outpaces pan-India growth in steel production between 2014 and 2018 12 Jul 2019 14:49 Odisha has trumped the national average in crude steel production between calendar years- 2014 and 2018. Nationwide, the crude steel output in the period under review witnessed a spike of 22 per cent, rising from 87.29 million tonnes (mt) to 106.5 mt. In …
  • One of the 42 rescued from bonded labour in Tamil Nadu, 70-year old Kasi is still in fear 12 Jul 2019 13:19 Image Source : INDIAN EXPRESS Kasi falling at he feet of officials who had come to rescue the bonded labourers. With his palms to the floor and knees on the ground, 70-year old Kasi lay down on the ground, at the feet of Kanchipuram revenue officials when …
  • Winners of VentureBeat's first Women in AI Awards announced at Transform 2019 12 Jul 2019 10:48 Tonight, Anu Bhardwaj, founder of Women Investing in Women Digital, and Nicole Alexander, SVP and chief innovation expert at Ipsos, announced the winners of VentureBeat’s first-ever Women in AI Awards at the Transform 2019 Diversity in AI reception. Over …
  • Naxal carrying Rs 5 lakh reward killed in encounter in Dantewada 12 Jul 2019 07:32 Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 12 (ANI): A Naxal carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter with personnel of District Reserve Guard in Dabba area of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday. A large cache of arms …
  • Top 10: Is cheating one same as cheating 1,000? 12 Jul 2019 03:40 Coming good on its election manifesto promise, the Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government has allocated Rs 132 crore in the state budget to construct 1,000 cow shelters, or gaushalas — becoming the first Congress government to do so. Not just that — the …
  • Chhattisgarh government 'seeks' the state chief secretary's extension 10 Jul 2019 15:22 RAIPUR: In an apparent setback to the senior IAS officers who are in race for the chief secretary (CS) post, the Chhattisgarh government has sent a proposal to the Centre seeking extension of the present CS by another six months, a highly placed source in …
  • Chhattisgarh becomes first state to include project affected people in DMF 09 Jul 2019 10:56 Project-affected people in Chhattisgarh would now find a place in the District Mineral Foundation (DMF). Chhattisgarh government has recently made necessary amendment to include 10 members from a Gram Sabha in a mining-affected area in the DMF Governing …
  • Mohan Markam is new Chhattisgarh Congress President 09 Jul 2019 10:00 Image Source : FACEBOOK Chhattisgarh Congress President Mohan Markam Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday appointed Mohan Markam head of the party's Chhattisgarh unit, replacing Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Markam's elevation to the post …
  • Missing since 2010, Pune youth a ‘Maoist commander’ in Chhattisgarh 09 Jul 2019 04:32 In a list of commanders of the banned CPI (Maoist) group, prepared by the Chhattisgarh Police, Santosh Vasant Shelar figures as the ‘deputy commander’ of the ‘Tanda Area Committee’ of Rajnandgaon district. A young man from a Pune slum who had been reported …
  • Chhattisgarh CM’s mother Bindeshwari Baghel passes away after prolonged illness 08 Jul 2019 09:18 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s mother passed away Sunday. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s mother passed away at a private hospital in Raipur after a prolonged illness, officials said on Monday. A statement released by the state …
  • Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s mother passes away 07 Jul 2019 18:08 Category: India Posted by Sameer Published: Jul 07, 2019, 9:43 pm IST Updated: Jul 07, 2019, 9:43 pm IST Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s mother Bindeshwari Baghel, aged 78, passed away at Ramkrishna Hospital in Raipur on Sunday. Baghel …