Chhattisgarh

New Delhi: The Congress has formed a 23-member election manifesto committee for Chhattisgarh, to be headed by Mohd Akbar. A seven-member poll management committee will have Shiv Kumar Dahariya its chairman and Ramgopal Aggarwal convener. A nine-member disciplinary committee will...

Jaipur, August 18 Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs 15 crore to Himachal Pradesh where heavy rains and landslides have wreaked havoc. “An assistance of Rs 15 crore will be given by the...

New Delhi, August 18 As many as 2,038 people lost their lives due to floods, lightning and landslides this monsoon, with Bihar reporting the highest casualty figure of 518 and Himachal Pradesh 330. According to the data prepared by the...

Shimla, August 18 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday said that proper drainage and cross-drainage system would be made mandatory for all roads in the state.  The chief minister added that a high-level committee and monitoring teams...

New Delhi, August 18 A Delhi court on Friday convicted a former official of the Ministry of Steel in a coal scam case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh. In the 14th conviction...

New Delhi, August 18 The Congress on Friday announced constitution of a 23-member Election Manifesto Committee for Chhattisgarh. Mohd. Akbar has been named Chairman of the committee. The party also announced seven-member Election Management Committee for the poll-bound state. While...

Bijapur, August 18 An inspector of the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), a jungle warfare unit of the CRPF, died after allegedly shooting himself with his service rifle in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, the police said. The incident...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, August 17 The BJP on Thursday announced candidates for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh elections even before the declaration of the poll schedules by the Election Commission. The party named 39 candidates for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh...

New Delhi, August 17 Effecting an organisational shake-up, the Congress on Thursday appointed former MLA Ajay Rai as the chief of the party’s Uttar Pradesh unit and Randeep Surjewala as general secretary in-charge of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Also, Congress president...

New Delhi, August 17 The BJP has begun early preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh naming 39 candidates for MP and 21 for Chhattisgarh. The party has fielded sitting MP Vijay Baghel from Chhattisgarh’s Patan...

New Delhi, August 16 The BJP’s Central Election Committee, whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders, will meet on Wednesday evening to hold deliberations on the upcoming state Assembly polls, party leaders said. The CEC members...

New Delhi, August 14 President Droupadi Murmu has approved 76 gallantry awards for armed forces and central armed police forces on eve of Independence Day. These include four Kirti Chakra (posthumous), 11 Shaurya Chakras (including five posthumous), two Bar...

New Delhi, August 14 On the eve of the Independence Day, the Central Government on Monday announced names of a total of 954 police personnel, who will be awarded with Police Medals for 2023. President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG)...

New Delhi, August 12 Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has been suspended from Lok Sabha, Saturday said he had no intention to insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wondered why was he opposed to the word INDIA for the...

The political mood is one of possibilities and a strong contest between BJP and the Opposition

FIVE months after the Supreme Court ruled that the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and his/her deputies would be made by the President on the recommendation of a committee comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition in...

THE reinstatement of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi as a Lok Sabha MP is a morale booster not only for his party but also for the newly formed Opposition alliance, INDIA. Three days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction...

Karam Prakash New Delhi, August 3 The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment in its report titled “Drug abuse among young persons: Problems and solutions” has expressed shock over the fact that the menace of drug addiction has...

Janjgir, August 3 A man with mental health issues allegedly killed his wife and three daughters with a hoe, an agricultural tool, in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place on the night of July...

New Delhi, August 2 Despite Delhi, Goa, Sikkim expressing dissent, the GST Council which met virtually on Wednesday approved 28 per cent GST on full face value for online gaming, casinos and horse racing which will be implemented from October...

New Delhi, July 31 At least three Haryana MLAs feature on the list of 25 names announced by the Congress today as observers for the parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan to oversee preparations for the Assembly polls in constituencies falling under...

New Delhi, July 31 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a plea for probe into alleged incidents of sexual violence against women in Opposition-ruled states such as West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Kerala, saying the violence perpetrated against...

Noida, July 31 Three Chhattisgarh government officials, including two IAS officers, and the elder brother of Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar have been booked on charges of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy by the police in Greater Noida in connection with...

New Delhi, July 30 Over 13.13 lakh girls and women went missing in the country between 2019 and 2021, with Madhya Pradesh reporting the highest cases at nearly two lakhs, followed closely by West Bengal. The data, which was...

New Delhi, July 30 Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), a unit that specialises in jungle warfare to fight armed Naxals, are now being trained to deal with terrorists in urban and rural areas...