NEW DELHI: Chilkapalli village in Bijapur, a former Naxal-prone area, has received electricity for the first time since India’s independence under Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ scheme. The village, located about 50 km from the Bijapur district headquarters, is the sixth village in Bijapur to be electrified under the ‘Niyad Nellanar’ Yojana, a…
RAIPUR: After an aggressive campaign against Maoists, inflicting the heaviest toll on insurgents in any year, the Vishnu Deo Sai govt in Chhattisgarh aims to move to phase-2 for Bastar – to turn the once-battleground into a tourism destination. “Chitrakote Falls (in Bastar district) is as beautiful as Niagara. We will turn it into an…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said it will examine the serious allegations of Enforcement Directorate and Chhattisgarh govt that Nagarik Apurti Nigam (NAN or PDS) scam accused ex-bureaucrats Anil K Tuteja and Alok Shukla allegedly influenced a HC judge for getting anticipatory bail.A bench of Justices A S Oka and A G Masih…
