chhattisgarh

New Delhi, March 11 In a remarkable success for the government's efforts to combat Naxalism, 108 hardened Maoists, carrying a combined bounty of ₹3.95 crore, surrendered in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials said.Thirty-seven Maoists from Bijapur, 30 from Dantewada, 18 from Sukma, 16 from...

Jagdalpur, March 11 – In a significant development in India's anti-Naxal operations, a total of 108 members of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) formally renounced violence on Wednesday and joined mainstream society under the Poona Margem rehabilitation initiative.The surrender...

Raipur, March 11 The Chhattisgarh cabinet has approved a draft bill aimed at preventing forced or fraudulent religious conversion. The bill seeks to effectively curb conversion from one faith to another through force, allurement, undue influence, or false representation.The decision was made...

Raipur, March 10 Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said on Tuesday that most paramilitary forces deployed in the Bastar region of the state are likely to be withdrawn by March 31, 2027.Responding to a discussion on the budget demand proposals of his departments in the assembly...

Durg, March 10 Authorities in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh carried out an anti-encroachment drive in the Samoda village on Tuesday, during which they demolished a shop that had been "illegally constructed" belonging to the brother of a suspended BJP leader, who has been arrested in...

Raipur, March 10 Amid reports of a shortage of commercial LPG cylinders in several parts of the country due to the US-Israel-Iran conflict, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai assured people on Tuesday that they need not worry about the availability of cooking gas in the state.He...

Balrampur (Chhattisgarh), March 10 Authorities discovered illegal opium cultivation on more than two acres of land in a village in the Balrampur-Ramanujganj district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, prompting them to take action, officials said.This came to light days after the police uncovered...

Raipur, March 10 The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft bill aimed at preventing forced religious conversion through coercion, inducement, fraudulent means, or misrepresentation.The decision was made at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai at the premises of...

Raipur, March 10 As many as 434 people have died due to lightning strikes in Chhattisgarh in the last two years, and relief assistance of ₹17.28 crore has been provided to the families of the victims, Revenue Minister Tank Ram Verma informed the state assembly on Tuesday.In a written reply to...

Raipur, March 10 As many as 38 elephants and nine tigers died due to various reasons, including electrocution, poaching, and infighting, in Chhattisgarh over the past 26 months, state Forest Minister Kedar Kashyap informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.During the same period, 562 other...

Raipur, March 10 The opposition Congress on Tuesday alleged a loss of Rs 8,500 crore in Chhattisgarh's paddy procurement process, a charge the state government denied, sparking uproar in the state assembly that led to the brief suspension of 30 MLAs.The opposition legislators were briefly...

Raipur, March 9 – The Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday approved grants totaling more than ₹14,655.74 crore for the financial year 2026-27.This includes key allocations for Public Health Engineering, Urban Administration and Development, Public Works (Roads, Bridges, and Buildings), and Sports...

Raipur, March 9 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Laxmi Verma and Congress nominee Phulo Devi Netam were unopposed elected to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh on Monday, a state Assembly official said.Verma and Netam had filed nominations for the March 16 biennial polls to the Rajya...

Raipur/Jagdalpur, March 8 On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai transferred the 25th installment of the "Mahtari Vandan Yojana" to the bank accounts of over 69 lakh (6.9 million) beneficiary women through direct benefit transfer at the...

Durg, March 7 A BJP Kisan Morcha leader and two others were arrested on Saturday for allegedly cultivating opium worth Rs 8 crore in a maize field in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, a police official said.Durg Superintendent of Police Vijay Agrawal identified the accused as Vinayak Tamrakar, the...

Hyderabad, March 7 Ahead of the March 31 deadline set by the Centre, as many as 130 Maoists, including some women, surrendered to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday.As part of the surrender process, the cadres handed over 124 firearms, including one LMG, 31 AK-47 rifles...

Hyderabad, March 7 The NIA has issued notices to several individuals who attended and spoke at the funeral of a CPI (Maoist) leader last year, sources said on Saturday.They claimed the notices were issued to at least seven people, including a lawyer, who attended and addressed a gathering at...

As of March 2023, the Polavaram Irrigation Project's headworks remained incomplete, despite being initiated 17 years prior. The physical and financial progress of the Polavaram Hydroelectric Power project was also limited, at only 12% and 17% respectively.This period covers the tenures of the...

Hyderabad, March 7 Ahead of the March 31 deadline set by the Centre, as many as 130 Maoists surrendered to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday.As part of the surrender process, the cadres handed over 124 firearms, including AK-47 rifles and over 5,200 rounds of ammunition...

Hyderabad, March 7 As many as 130 Maoists surrendered to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday.They also handed over 124 weapons, including AK-47 rifles.Of the 130 surrendered Maoists, 125 are from Chhattisgarh, four are from Telangana, and one from Andhra Pradesh, DGP B...