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Topic: Chhattisgarh

Inside small-town India’s Reel economy. Lights, camera, unemployment

Most content creators in Tulsi have logged off, returning to farms, factories, or unemployment. Falling views, internal rifts, and an inability to adapt to short-form video led to the collapse.

Surrender, eliminate, develop: Fall of the Red Corridor, ending 6 decades of Maoist insurgency

Mass surrenders, a gutted Maoist high command, and 17,500 km of new roads — New Delhi's account of dismantling left-wing extremism, on its own 31 March deadline.

Maoists had plans to expand beyond Abujmarh. MP’s Hawk Force stood in their way

Formed in 2000, specialised unit crushed Maoists’ Maharashtra-MP-Chhattisgarh strategy, combining field ops with outreach to locals to contain rebels in Abujmarh bastion.

Durg’s Mahila Thana now counsels ‘men victimised by women’. Every Sunday, husbands line up

The Durg police station is the newest entrant into India’s nascent but growing men’s rights movement, with Sunday counselling sessions for aggrieved husbands.

Week before 31 March deadline, last Maoist commander in Bastar to surrender before Chhattisgarh Police

Papa Rao's surrender marks a crucial turning point in history of armed Maoist movement & its presence in Dandkaranya region, once considered the den of the banned outfit.

‘Dark chapter’ over, Chhattisgarh budget sets Naxal hotbed Bastar on path to ‘education cities’ & tourism

The Vishnu Deo Sai government's 2026-27 budget outlined a post-Naxal era vision for Chhattisgarh's tribal-majority belts of Bastar & Surguja. Finance Minister OP Choudhary presented it Tuesday.

SC intervenes as plea says tribal Christians’ bodies being exhumed, relocated in Chhattisgarh

Plea says SC’s 2025 split verdict is being cited by police to block burial of tribal Christians in their villages; court restrains forcible exhumation.

2 dhaba employees arrested in Raipur for ‘stabbing’ man to death after he fed stray dog from plate

The accused have been identified as Sagar Sahu, 24 and Pawan Sen, 35. The deceased was Shiv Prasad Dhurve, 35, a factory worker from Madhya Pradesh. 

How HC punched holes in ED, EoW probe, granted bail to Chhattisgarh ex-CM Bhupesh Baghel’s son

Chhattisgarh HC granted bail to Chaitanya in two liquor scam cases probed by EOW & ED.  It is alleged the ‘scam’ took place during Bhupesh Baghel's tenure as CM.

Excise case: EOW cites ‘coal deal bid for brother-in-law’ to show influence of Bhupesh Baghel’s son

Chhattisgarh EOW's charge sheet says Bhupesh Baghel’s son was 'controlling player' who pocketed Rs 200-250 cr. Chaitanya's lawyer calls allegations 'move to prejudice case further'.

On Camera

Should you pick your partner from the airport? It can be the ultimate gesture or a lovebomb

Imagine someone came to pick you up at Bengaluru airport. Spend more than two hours in traffic to see you? And pay for a cab both ways? There’s no bigger confession of love.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.