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Sting operation haunts BJP ahead of election season

Wednesday 30 July '08

Beware of sting operations! That’s what the ruling BJP is telling its ministers, MPs, legislators and chairpersons of state-owned corporations and boards.
Alarm in Raipur as Maoists reach diamond belt

Wednesday 30 July '08

Maoists have begun extending their activities into Chhatisgarh's diamond-rich belt with the murder of a former village panchayat...
A km-long invite for Raman Singh from hometown

Saturday 26 July '08

With reports that Chief Minister Raman Singh is thinking of changing his Assembly seat, his supporters have hit upon a novel idea...
C’garh plans ‘credit shops’ in Naxal strongholds

Thursday 24 July '08

The Chhattisgarh Government is contemplating opening ‘credit shops’ in the Naxalite-infested areas of Dantewada and Bijapur...
C’garh Naxals less dramatic, more lethal now

Wednesday 23 July '08

Even as focus shifted to Orissa with the Maoist military wing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army...
Tribal kids to get free English-medium education in new Chhattisgarh scheme

Monday 21 July '08

In an ambitious scheme, 125 children belonging to the most poverty-stricken and backward tribal communities...
Remote Bastar Judum relief camp hit by ailments

Monday 21 July '08

Diseases have struck an anti-Naxal Salwa Judum relief camp at the south Bastar region of Dantewada district...
Prices hit Chhattisgarh’s mid-day meal plan

Monday 21 July '08

Spiralling inflation has hit the mid-day meal programme in Chhattisgarh with women self-help groups...
EC survey on to include Salwa Judum camp inmates in electoral rolls

Wednesday 16 July '08

Election authorities in Chhattisgarh are carrying out a detailed survey of the tribal population taking shelter in Salwa Judum relief camps...
Chhattisgarh to act tough on cops avoiding Bastar posting

Tuesday 15 July '08

With the reluctance of police personnel towards posting in Naxalite areas, Chhattisgarh Government is now gearing...
Chhattisgarh Information panel for extra pay to PIOs

Monday 14 July '08

Chhattisgarh State Information Commission has suggested that Government staff in various departments...
Post Dantewada jailbreak, Chhattisgarh wakes up to ‘poor’ security system

Friday 11 July '08

With incidents of four jailbreaks in a year, security of prisons in Naxal-hit areas in Chhattisgarh is becoming a matter of concern.
Chhattisgarh suggests PPP model to improve school education

Thursday 10 July '08

Recognising the general aversion to government schools, the Chhattisgarh Government is looking at taking the Public-Private-Partnership...
C’garh AIDS body under CBI scanner

Thursday 10 July '08

The AIDS Control Society of Chhattisgarh is in the midst of a controversy with the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Salwa Judum forced into a huddle, Naxals consolidate

Wednesday 9 July '08

With an average of one killing a day in the tribal Bastar region over the past three years...
Chhattisgarh begins distribution of land titles to forest dwellers

Tuesday 1 July '08

The Chhattisgarh Government has set in motion a process for distribution of land ownership deeds to 4.5 lakh families...
In poll-bound state, BJP deals patriotic cards

Monday 30 June '08

The Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Chhattisgarh has distributed framed portraits of 10 mahapurush or national icons...
Chhattisgarh plans perks for doctors in rural areas

Monday 30 June '08

Faced with a shortage of doctors in rural and Naxalite areas, the Chhattisgarh Government has formulated an action plan...
Now, Mayawati to take social engineering to Chhattisgarh

Friday 27 June '08

The Bahujan Samaj Party, armed with its success formula of Uttar Pradesh , is aiming to dent the bipolar politics of Chhattisgarh...
Come monsoon, Chhattisgarh’s Naglok is flooded with snakebites

Friday 27 June '08

The first shower of monsoon did not bring joy and anticipation to the tribal people of Naglok in north Chhattisgarh.
This monsoon, it’s pouring freebies

Wednesday 25 June '08

Freebies and high subsidies are gradually becoming essential ingredients of electoral politics in Chhattisgarh.
Winning prospects the only criterion for party tickets: Raman Singh

Friday 20 June '08

In a bid to beat the possible anti-incumbency factor, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh is now employing fresh strategies to strengthen its position...
Chhattisgarh’s thank you to Vajpayee: 9,000 Atal Chowks

Thursday 19 June '08

Panchayat dept asks every village to name public square after former PM, Cong calls it sycophancy
Verdict is in: voters recall leaders of three urban bodies they elected

Wednesday 18 June '08

Posts of presidents of three urban bodies in Chhattisgarh today fell vacant after they were “recalled” by voters...
RTI undermined as C'garh panel posts lie vacant

Tuesday 17 June '08

Government institutions in Chhattisgarh have found a loophole to duck orders passed by the State Information Commission:
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