Tag: Chhattisgarh

Retired Bureaucrat Arrested By Probe Agency In Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam

April 21, 2024 admin

The officer retired from service last year. Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja in connection with an alleged liquor scam linked money laundering case in the state, official sources said on Sunday. The federal agency had detained the 2003 batch officer from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW)/Anti Corruption Bureau…

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Soldier Recounts 4-Hour Op In Which 29 Maoists Were Killed

April 17, 2024 admin

The Maoists were armed with Kalashnikovs, Light Machine Guns, small arms like INSAS On the night of April 15, a search party from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were on patrol in the dense jungles of Hapatola in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. The personnel came from different command…

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8 Maoists Killed In Encounter With Security Personnel In Chhattisgarh

April 2, 2024 admin

The gunfight took place at around 6 am in a forest near Lendra village (Representational) Raipur: In a major anti-insurgency operation, eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today, the police said. Bijapur district comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in…

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On Camera, Boy Slips From Father’s Arms, Falls To Death In Raipur Mall

March 20, 2024 admin

The child was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and died. Raipur: A routine outing turned into a nightmare for a family as their one-and-a-half-year-old child died after slipping from his father’s arms and plummetting to the ground below at a popular shopping mall in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur on Tuesday. CCTV footage…

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Chhattisgarh Declares ‘Article 370’ Film Tax-Free In State

March 8, 2024 admin

The film, directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale and starring Yami Gautam, was released on February 23. Raipur: The BJP government in Chhattisgarh on Friday declared the Bollywood film “Article 370” as tax-free in the state. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai declared the film, which centres around the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the…

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Local BJP Leader Shot Dead By Maoists In Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur: Cops

March 6, 2024 admin

The latest incident took place at around 5 pm in the village. (Representational) Bijapur: A local leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, a police official said. The victim, Kailash Nag, a construction contractor by profession, had given his JCB machine for a…

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“Free Education From KG To PG If Congress Is Re-Elected In Chhattisgarh”: Rahul Gandhi

October 28, 2023 admin

Mr Gandhi also promised Rs 4,000 a year for ‘tendu’ leaf collectors. Raipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday promised free education in government schools and colleges in Chhattisgarh and Rs 4,000 a year for ‘tendu’ leaf collectors if his party retains power in the state. Addressing an election rally in the Bhanupratappur assembly constituency…

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Bhupesh Baghel After BJP’s “Targeted Killing” Allegation

October 23, 2023 admin

Raipur:: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said the BJP can seek a National Investigation Agency probe into the killing of its worker in Maoist-affected Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district, in case it is not satisfied with the police investigation. BJP worker Birju Taram was shot dead by suspected Maoists in village Sarkheda on the night of…

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Central Agency Alleges Another Rs 175 Crore Bribery Scam in Chhattisgarh

October 23, 2023 admin

New Delhi:: The Enforcement Directorate alleged another “scam” in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Monday, claiming a former managing director of the state Marketing Federation Limited or MARKFED, and an office-bearer of a local rice millers’ association generated Rs 175 crore in bribe for the “benefit of higher powers”. Over the last few months, the agency has…

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel

October 20, 2023 admin

Bhupesh Baghel said BJP not getting any chance to arrest him. (File) Raipur: Accusing the BJP-led government at the centre of misusing its power as well as central agencies, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday alleged that the central government will immediately take action against him on getting an opportunity. CM Bhupesh Baghel said,…

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