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Topic: Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: Naxal killed in exchange of fire with security forces

On Tuesday, security forces engaged fire with Naxal insurgents in the jungles of Purangel near the border of Dantewada and Bijapur in Chhattisgarh.

BJP gears up for 2024 Lok Sabha polls with core group meeting for five states

The party, in the group meeting for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan, discussed ST seats, Sandeshkali and other key issues.

‘There should be no Congress workers left in villages’ — Shah’s mandate to BJP workers in Chhattisgarh

Ahead of general elections polls, Amit Shah stresses on need to induct Congress workers, discusses issues like opening Lok Sabha offices in each constituency & forming booth committee.

60-day notice, DM verification, jail threat in Chhattisgarh conversion bill — but not for ‘ghar wapsi’

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Chhattisgarh government’s proposed law to regulate religious conversions in the state is largely silent on the subject...

ED makes 9th arrest in probe against betting app Mahadev Online Book

ED says Nitish Diwan was ‘working at the highest level’ in the operations of UAE-based betting company, which is being investigated on several counts.

Subhash Barala, RPN Singh, Sudhanshu Trivedi make BJP’s list of candidates for Rajya Sabha polls

58 Rajya Sabha members from five states including 8 central ministers, ex-PM Manmohan Singh, and BJP president JP Nadda, are set to retire by May this year.

ED not to pursue transfer of 2 accused in coal scam case lodged during Baghel’s term in Chhattisgarh

ED's decision to withdraw the petition filed under Article 32 comes nearly two months after a new government was formed in Chhattisgarh.

How upper castes, OBCs and SCs/STs share the power pie in three heartland states swept by BJP in 2023

33 of 48 cabinet ministers in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MP are from general and OBC groups. Ten among the remaining 15 are from STs, while five are from SCs. 

‘Pliable officers, kickbacks’ — ACB names two Baghel govt ministers in coal & liquor ‘scam’ FIRs

Probe agency accuses multiple Congress leaders & state officials of being involved in two syndicates that extorted money from coal transporters and through illegal liquor supply.

BJP leader Asim Rai killed in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district

50-year-old Rai was a former chairman of Pakhanjur Nagar Panchayat. Doctor has confirmed bullet wound on the leader's head after preliminary examination of the body.

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.