The Latest Breaking News from Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: 28 of 31 Haryana Congress MLAs shifted to a resort in Raipur

RAIPUR: Congress legislators from Haryana were shifted to the Chhattisgarh capital on Thursday evening amid apprehensions of cross voting in the June 10 biennial elections in that state.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

Govt to relax qualification criteria for tribal youth from Chhattisgarh for recruitment to CRPF

400 candidates to be recruited as constables

The Hindu · Jun 1, 2022

All parties do this: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Congress naming 2 ‘outsiders’

RAIPUR: Congress candidates Rajeev Shukla and Ranjeeta Ranjan on Tuesday filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections even as chief minister Bhupesh Baghel sought to defend the party’s decision to name leaders from outside the state for both seats, arguing that Shukla and Ranjan have parliamentary experience and…

The Times of India · Jun 1, 2022

Has excessive coverage of elections turned politics into a spectator sport?

On May 26, the Narendra Modi government completed eight years in power, and three years of its second term. This means that four or five months are all that remain before a series of elections of varying stakes pushes aside other themes to the margin of political gaze. Gujarat and…

Newslaundry · May 27, 2022

Chhattisgarh sees 9 new Covid cases

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh on Monday recorded nine COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 11,52,388, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,034, an official said.

The Times of India · May 23, 2022

Chhattisgarh: 10 held for looting Rs 50 lakh from trader

RAIPUR: Ten persons, including two minors, have been nabbed in connection with loot of Rs 50 lakh from a food grains trader in Raipur in Chhattisgarh, a police official said on Sunday.

The Times of India · May 22, 2022

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel transfers Rs 1.8k crore to Nyay beneficiaries

RAIPUR: Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel virtually transferred Rs 1860 crore amount to the accounts of more than 26.6 lakh farmers, agricultural labourers, self help group women and others under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, on the occasion of Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary.

The Times of India · May 21, 2022

Chhattisgarh government asks PFRDA to return ₹17,240 crore for old pension scheme rollout

In a letter to the Chairman of PFRDA, State's Finance Secretary said the Chhattisgarh government has decided to reinstate the old pension scheme and therefore, the demand is being made to implement the decision

The Hindu · May 21, 2022

Chhattisgarh: Abujhmad boy sets Mallakhamb record

RAIPUR: Rakesh Varda, a 12-year-old boy hailing from the Maoist hotbed of Abujhmad region of Chhattisgarh, had to leave his home village Orchha along with his father four years ago. Seeing Rakesh’s passion for sports, the Naxalites threatened his father to stop his son from playing and even forced him…

The Times of India · May 20, 2022

Chhattisgarh: 2 killed, 1 injured after bus hits scooty

RAIPUR: Two youths were killed while a girl was severely injured in an accident after a bus rammed the scooty on Raipur-Jagdalpur National Highway-30 of Chhattisgarh.

The Times of India · May 20, 2022