The Latest Breaking News from Chhattisgarh

The Gutti Koya tribespeople of Ramachandrapuram, a village deep inside a forest on A.P.-Chhattisgarh border, erect stone memorials in the event of death of their three most important service providers—physician, priest and village leader; notably, only bodies of these three are buried by the tribe, which normally cremates its dead

Defence minister Rajnath Singh on July 1 warned India’s “neighbour” that if anyone tried to harm the country, a befitting reply will be given.

The newly-appointed Deputy CM of Chhattisgarh on June 29 said he had never spoken of an agreement over rotation of the chief ministerial post and claimed it was a buzz created by the media.

Seeking to put an end to the leadership tussle in Chhattisgarh, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday approved a proposal to make Senior Minister T.S. Singh Deo the Deputy Chief Minister. 

A body of a Naxal was recovered following an encounter between Naxals and security forces under Bhejji PS limit in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

For the Koya tribe inhabiting the secluded villages bordering Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, the annual Bhumi Panduga festival marks the beginning of agricultural activity during the monsoon. But, on the darker side, it spells disaster for the wildlife here as the tribal folk set out on a hunting spree…

Police take up campaign against Maoists in tribal habitations on the border with Chhattisgarh

Devraj Patel, a Chhattisgarh-based popular comedian and YouTuber and the face of viral “Dil Se Bura Lagta Hai” meme, died in a road accident here on June 26. 

Insisting that the government and the Congress organisation in Chhattisgarh were on the same page, Mohan Markam said that all “orders and instructions of State in-charge Kumari Selja were being followed in the literal sense.”