Raipur | A day after resigning from the BJP, senior Chhattisgarh tribal leader and former MP, Nand Kumar Sai, joined the Congress on Monday, in a major setback to the saffron party. Sai took the membership of Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, State President Mohan Markam during a programme organised at the […]
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5 security personnel killed, 20 hurt in gun battle with Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Raipur | Five security personnel, including two CRPF and three DRG men of the state police, were killed and 20 suffered injuries in a gun battle with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. At least two Maoists’ bodies were also visible on the spot near Tekulgudem village under Tarrem police station where the shootout began at noon […]
Ganesh Ram Kunjam who got martyred in clash with Chinese forces in Ladakh was set to marry this year
Raipur: Ganesh Ram Kunjam (27), one of the 20 Indian soldiers martyred in a clash with Chinese forces in Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh region, was all set to marry during his next visit to Gidhali village in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. His family members are in total shock […]
IAS officer suspended on rape charges in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government on Thursday suspended an IAS officer after an FIR was filed against him for allegedly raping a woman in his chamber when he was the District Collector of Janjgir-Champa district. The woman, who is in her early 30s, accused Janak Prasad Pathak, a 2007 batch IAS officer, of raping her in […]
Chhattisgarh’s first CM Ajit Jogi passes away
Raipur: Chhattisgarh’s first Chief Minister Ajit Jogi succumbed to cardiac arrest in a hospital here on Friday, doctors said. He was 74. Jogi suffered cardiac arrest around 1.30 p.m. and doctors battled for over two hours to revive him, but were unsuccessful and he breathed his last around 3.30 p.m., said a medical bulletin from the […]
Ajit Jogi slips into coma, condition critical
Raipur: Ajit Jogi, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, slipped into comatose, here on Sunday, according to the afternoon bulletin from the private hospital he has been admitted to. His condition was critical, it said. He was admitted to a private hospital on Saturday after heart attack. According to Dr Sunil Khemka, Hospital Director, oxygen has not […]
Ajit Jogi’s condition extremely serious: Son
Raipur: Ajit Jogi, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, has been battling for life at a private hospital, here on Saturday, following cardiac arrest, according to doctors and his family members. The 74-year-old bureaucrat-turned politician has been put on ventilator at Shree Narayana Hospital and doctors have described his condition “extremely critical”. “My father’s condition is […]
Chhattisgarh: 1 cop, 4 Maoists killed in encounter
Raipur: A police official got killed in a fierce gun battle with Maoists in a remote area of Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district. Four Maoists were also killed in the encounter that took place at Pardhauni village late on Friday, after police raided a Maoist hideout, officials at police headquarters here said. The slain policeman has been […]
7 fall ill while cleaning waste in closed paper mill in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: As many as seven people were rushed to the hospital after they fell unconscious while cleaning waste as part of an operation to restart a closed paper mill in the coal-rich Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday night at Shakti Papers mill in a rural area, about […]
Woman with UK travel history first COVID-19 case in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: A young woman with a travel history to London has tested positive for coronavirus infection in Chhattisgarh, the first such case in the state, Health Minister T.S. Singh Deo confirmed on Thursday. “It is important that people stay alert and careful. Try to avoid meeting people, avoid gatherings,” Deo told the media here. Sources […]