RAIPUR: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking about the fulfilment of a 500-year-old dream at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in a Bastar village on Monday, temple bells were ringing 180km away to celebrate the reopening of a Ram temple in one of the worst Maoist-hit areas of Sukma.Security forces have reopened the temple in…
RAIPUR: Congress leader and former Godri Nagar Panchayat president, Jagdish Kaushik, who had been on a fast unto death for the past three days protesting the candidacy of Devendra Yadav — an MLA from Bhilai Nagar as the Lok Sabha candidate for the Bilaspur seat — ended his hunger strike on Friday. Congress Bilaspur district…
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has named former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel in its First Information Report (FIR) lodged in connection with the controversial Mahadeo Book online betting scam, said to involve around Rs 6,000 crore.Details of the FIR, filed on March 4 based on a complaint by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), emerged…
RAIPUR: A 34-year-old RPF jawan died after his service rifle went off inside a train at Raipur station on Saturday, reports Partha Behera. A passenger was also injured in the accident. Two bullets were fired from constable Dinesh Chandra’s AR-M1 rifle, police said. The first hit him in the abdomen and got lodged there, ripping…
RAIPUR: An Italian national was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel in Jagdalpur, the divisional headquarters of Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The deceased, identified as Mori Francesco, 71, was an Italian resident and a professional engineer who had recently arrived in Jagdalpur to offer his services at the NMDC steel plant. Hailing from the…
NEW DELHI/RAIPUR: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for his ‘Akbar’ remark during the Chhattisgarh poll campaign.This notice to the BJP leader was a response to his recent comments directed at Chhattisgarh’s sole Muslim minister, Mohammad Akbar, made during the assembly election campaign last week….
