Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday virtually launched procurement operations of Urad, Arhar, and Moong at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in 20 procurement centres across the state.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Aiming to promote the cultivation of pulses in the state, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday virtually launched procurement operations of Urad, Arhar, and Moong at Minimum Support Price (MSP) in 20 procurement centres across the state.

Raipur Feb 28 PTI Chhattisgarh on Monday reported 87 COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 041 per cent taking the tally to 1150894 while the death toll increased by one to reach 14028 an official said The recovery count stood at 1135469 after 17 people were discharged from hospitals and 377 completed home isolation during the day leaving the state with 1397 active cases he said Raipur recorded 10 cases followed by Dhamtari nine Durg eight Korba seven Kabirdham five Bilaspur four Mungeli three Jashpur two and Raigarh one among other districts With 21122 samples examined during the day the tally of tests carried out so far went up to 17106224 he added Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1150894 new cases 87 death toll 14028 recovered 1135469 active cases 1397 today tests 21122 total tests 17106224 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Raipur Feb 22 PTI Chhattisgarh on Tuesday reported 205 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 1149871 while the death toll remained unchanged at 14022 an official said The states positivity rate or cases detected per 100 tests was 071 per cent he added The number of recoveries reached 1133253 after 71 people were discharged from hospitals and 425 completed home isolation during the day leaving the state with an active tally of 2596 he said Raipur recorded 31 cases followed by Bilaspur 30 Durg 23 Kabirdham 14 Rajnandgaon 13 Raigarh 11 Jashpur 10 Surajpur 7 and Korba one among other districts With 28883 samples examined during the day the number of COVID-19 tests in the state went up to 16975673 the official said Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1149871 new cases 205 death toll 14022 recovered 1133253 active cases 2596 today tests 28883 total tests 16975673 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday took over the investigation of the murder case of Vishwanath Nair, nephew of the Rajmata of the erstwhile princely state of Kawardha and registered an FIR of murder.

Raipur Dec 27 PTI A food department officer was suspended on Monday for allegedly making derogatory comments against Mahatma Gandhi on social media in Chhattisgarhs Raipur district a government official saidThe development comes a day after Hindu religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj used abusive language against the Father of the Nation at an event here for which an FIR was registered against himSanjay Dubey posted as Assistant Food Officer here was suspended after it was reported that he had made insulting and derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi on a social media platform Facebook his suspension order saidThe officer denied the charge and said he has immense respect for the independence movement iconHis act amounts to violation of the Chhattisgarh Civil Services Conduct Rules 1965 and therefore he has been placed under suspension with immediate effect the order addedDuring the suspension period he will be posted at the office of his department in Kabirdham district headquarters it addedA screenshot of comments purportedly made by Dubey and circulated on social media read Neither Gandhi was a nation nor a majority of people of this country consider him as father of the nation Even the father of nation is not a constitutional post The person who used to say that India could be partitioned only over his dead body had himself divided the country in two parts The person was responsible for killings of lakhs of countrymen The remarks were in reply to a comment on the social networking siteHowever Dubey claimed his Facebook account was hacked and he did not write the controversial remarksMy phone was hacked by someone who made such derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi ji I have immense faith in Gandhi ji He was the foremost person in nation-building He is an honourable person for me the officer addedThe Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday registered an FIR against Kalicharan Maharaj on the charge of promoting enmity between classes after he used derogatory words against Mahatma Gandhi and hailed his assassin Nathuram GodseDuring the conclusion of the two-day dharma sansad religious parliament at Ravan Bhata ground in Raipur on Sunday evening Kalicharan Maharaj had used abusive words against the Father of the Nation and asked people to elect a staunch Hindu leader as the head of the government in order to protect the religionHis statements drew flak from leaders of the ruling Congress in the stateChief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday slammed the seer for his remarks and said strict action will be taken in the matter PTI COR TKP RSY RSY

Bilaspur Nov 25 PTI A tiger cub was found dead in a forest bordering the Achanakmar Tiger Reserve ATR in Chhattisgarhs Mungeli district on Thursday afternoon an official said hereThe carcass was found in Tingipur forest under the Tendua forest range said Satyadev Sharma Deputy Director of ATRSenior officials rushed to the spot immediately he saidAll the body parts of the cub were intact The exact cause of death will be known after autopsy which will be conducted on Friday he saidIn November last year a tiger was found dead in Bhoramdev wildlife sanctuary in neighbouring Kabirdham district PTI COR TKP KRK KRK

Raipur Nov 24 PTI Senior BJP leaders of Chhattisgarh including MPs and MLAs on Wednesday took out a protest march from the party office here towards Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghels official residence demanding a judicial inquiry into the violence in Kawardha town last monthHowever the opposition party leaders were stopped by police in Civil Lines much ahead of the CMs house and some of them including lawmakers were arrested as a preventive measure and later released officials saidFormer Chief Minister and BJP vice-president Raman Singh partys state president Vishnudeo Sai MPs and MLAs accompanied by senior leaders took out the foot march from Ekatma Parisar the partys city office raising slogans calling the states Congress government as anti-HinduTalking to reporters Sai said the state government should order a judicial inquiry into the Kawardha violence and demanded withdrawal of an FIR lodged against BJP leaders in connection with the incidentHe termed the FIR against BJP leaders as an act of political vendettaLeader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik questioned why the Baghel government was afraid of a judicial probe and sought to know whom it wants to saveA judicial inquiry will clear everything he claimedThe BJP leader accused the state government of being biased over the Kawardha violence and deliberately targeting people associated with the opposition partyHowever their attempt to stage the protest in front of the CM house was foiled by a heavy police contingent deployed in Civil Lines with barricades put up in the area to block the marchersBJP leaders including 7 MPs and 14 MLAs were formally arrested under preventive measures and later released unconditionally a police official told PTIReacting to the protest Chief Minister Baghel said the BJP does not have any issue to raise in the state and it knows only two things - communalism and conversionReplying to a query Baghel told reporters in Jagdalpur Bastar district We had told them if they have facts related to violence they can share it with government but they did not give us anythingThey have been left with no work Nobody is with them BJP - be it farmers tribals women or youth - because the state government has launched welfare schemes for all these sections and they are benefitting from them The CM said the saffron party has no issue of public interest to raiseThe BJP does not have issues to raise and they know only two things - communalism and conversion Except these two they have nothing A small incident happened apparently referring to a group clash in Kawardha Strict action was taken in that incident But the BJP is trying to make it an issue because it does not have anything to raise he addedOn October 3 a clash occurred between people belonging to two communities over removal of religious flags from a thoroughfare in Kawardha the headquarters of Kabirdham district The local authority had to impose a curfew to bring the situation under controlTwo days later violence erupted in the town during a rally taken out by right- wing outfits causing damage to properties The rally was taken out in protest against the October 3 clashBJP MP Santosh Pandey and former Parliamentarian Abhishek Singh - son of Raman Singh - were among party leaders named in an FIR lodged in connection with the violence Some BJP leaders were also arrested PTI COR TKP RSY RSY

Kabirdham (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 23 (ANI): Villagers in Kothar village in Kabirdham district of Chattisgarh allegedly called a private shooter to kill a herd of monkeys.

Raipur, August 16: A woman was allegedly gangraped in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district by three men on Thursday. The accused even thrashed the woman’s husband. The incident took place in the Khamtarai region when the couple from Janjgir had gone to Raipur in search of a job. The accused have been identified as Rajesh, Mukesh and […]