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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicChattisgarh

Topic: Chattisgarh

The Great Bastar Makeover—from red corridor to green tourism

Jagdalpur DM wanted to empower the district's cultural exchange. His goal was to record a Coke Studio song infused with Bastar folk music. What came of that ambition was Jadoo Bastar.

SC order ends row over Chhattisgarh pastor’s burial, but judges divided. What they said

Family wanted to bury pastor, whose body has been in a morgue since 7 January, on their land, but high court had ruled he be laid to rest in earmarked graveyard in a nearby village.

Shocker in Supreme Court as ED lawyer calls agency’s Chhattisgarh liquor scam affidavit ‘fishy’

When court re-heard case, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju stunned bench again, taking back what he said during earlier round of discussions and offered to rely on ED's affidavit.

31 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh’s biggest anti-naxal op: How security forces plotted deadly onslaught

Maoist commanders & cadres were trapped within a 10-km radius, it is learnt. A fierce gunbattle followed, beginning Friday afternoon and ending late evening. Op may resume Saturday.

Habib Tanvir’s Charandas Chor was led by Dalit actors from Chhattisgarh—and they owned the play

Habib Tanvir and His Legacy in Theatre, edited by Anjum Katyal and Javed Malick, features essays exploring the lasting impact of the thespian's work, which blended tradition with modernity.

‘Country ready to leapfrog,’ says NITI Aayog CEO at chintan shivir for Chhattisgarh’s development

BVR Subrahmanyam added that Chhattisgarh had all the potential to contribute to the idea of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ and be a prime mover.

SubscriberWrites: Talking to Maoists

In the first week of March, Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai offered dialogue with Maoists, promising to fulfill their legitimate demands for a normal life.

Vishnu Deo Sai sworn in as Chhattisgarh’s 1st tribal CM in presence of Modi, Shah

Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan also administered oath to state BJP chief & OBC leader Arun Sao and Brahmin leader Vijay Sharma, who are the new deputy chief ministers.

BJP is boasting about Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh. He may be the party’s only choice for CM

BJP supporters have again started calling Raman Singh 'Chaur wale baba,' a nickname he got in 2008 for starting a rice scheme.

Sindoor, bindi, AK-47—an intimate look at CRPF women’s lives in J&K, Manipur, Chhattisgarh

Shashi, a CRPF soldier in J&K, loves donning the ghoonghat when she’s at her in-laws’. She defends India’s terrains with the same gusto with which she guards her children.

On Camera

India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

The challenge of translating the AI wave into livelihoods is a bigger governing test for PM Modi than collecting selfies with Silicon Valley’s elite.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.