Anand Shukla

A senior BJP leader's phone was snatched in Raipur during a morning walk, sparking a political row over law and order. Police swiftly apprehended a 19-year-old suspect and recovered the device within eight hours. The incident drew criticism from the Congress, which questioned the effectiveness of the city's police commissionerate system amidst rising crime rates.

Six people have been booked for dacoity and abduction among other charges after they had kidnapped a cable operator from Samadhan Nagar in Gittikhadan locality on Saturday.

Amid a four-member central team visiting Chhattisgarh to probe an alleged rice scam, the opposition BJP on Friday demanded the resignation of chief minister Bhupesh Baghel alleging that 68,000 tons of rice, meant for the poor, was siphoned off in the state.

Former chief minister and BJP national vice president Raman Singh stepped up attack on the state government raising issues of poor condition of roads and government's unwillingness towards imposing a ban on liquor.

The I-T department carried out simultaneous searches on several liquor and steel traders, chartered accountants and coal transporters in Raipur and other districts of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. Teams of I-T officers swooped down on dozens of offices and residences early in the morning.

The Income Tax department carried out simultaneous searches at several places, including the premises of liquor and steel traders in the state capital and other districts early on Wednesday.

Under the aegis of Doaba Vikas Evam Utthan Samiti at town area Karari, district Kaushambi eye relief camp (cataract camp) was organized.

Mandavi, 58, was taken to a hospital in neighbouring Dhamtari town after he suffered a heart attack where he died in the morning, state Congress communication wing head Sushil Anand Shukla said.

Close on the heels of the Covid care centre (CCC) at Baba Burfani Hospital in Haridwar not disclosing 65 deaths, unrecorded fatalities in hospitals across Uttarakhand are now tumbling out — from other cities like Roorkee, Dehradun, Rudrapur.

Another kabaddi athlete, who was injured during a match in the ongoing Chhattisgarhiya Olympics, died on Wednesday after being in hospital for a month. Samaru Kerketta is the third kabaddi player in around a month to die from injuries suffered in the tournament.

Chhattisgarh government formulating a transfer policy has sparked a political debate with the opposition terming it formation of "transfer industry to mint money”.

Four members of a family were killed in a road accident on Kanpur highway near Nawabganj late on Monday night.The victims were riding a bike.The two-wheeler was hit by a speeding vehicle, police said.

It’s 3.45pm but Chhattisgarh resident Lucky Puri is clueless about his train’s arrival. Ten minutes before the scheduled arrival, he heard an announcement saying his train would be late by an hour. His train however, didn’t come till 6pm.

Five people including two motorcyclists were killed and three others critically injured in a road mishap on Tuesday in Chitrakoot district.

The opposition BJP has alleged a scam in cow dung procurement and vermicompost collection under the states flagship Gaudhan Nyay Yojana and demanded a probe into it. Congress, however, denied the charges.

Congress has renominated tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam for the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh, setting up a contest with BJP's Laxmi Verma. Netam, a survivor of the 2013 Naxal attack, aims to strengthen the party's tribal outreach. Her renomination highlights confidence in her performance and grassroots connection, underscoring representation and regional balance.

Of the 135 flats allotted to BSP chief Mayawati’s brother Anand Kumar by Logix Infratech in its Blossom Greens project in Sector 143, 36 were initially given to other homebuyers. And of the 126 apartments allotted to Anand Kumar’s wife Vichiter Lata, 24 were also allotted to other homebuyers, a transaction audit of Logix Infratech has found.

District officials in Jalaun arrested one person and seized machines and trucks allegedly being used illegal sand mining in Sikarivas village, a senior government official said on Saturday.

In a thumbs-up to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s bulldozer culture, senior leaders of the opposition BJP in Chhattisgarh on Sunday said that if their party forms the government in the state, both crime and criminals will be crushed with a bulldozer. The ruling Congress has hit back, saying the BJP has turned issueless and is copying the destructive ideas of other states.

The Chhattisgarh ruling Congress party has accused the BJP of planning to create a religious conversion issue during their national executive council meeting in November 2021. They allege that the BJP has been involved in religious conversions in tribal-dominated areas for years, and that this is what is causing the current religious violence in Bastar. The Congress also claims that the BJP was silent when these conversions were happening, and that they are now giving misleading statements in an attempt to create more violence.

The Chhattisgarh Congress said that the Union Minister has insulted the mothers and sisters of the state by making false claims. Amit Shah claimed that the cases of rape have increased in Chhattisgarh whereas the NCRB figures released by his own department show that rape cases in Chhattisgarh have halved after the formation of the Congress government. Congress Communication Department Head Sushil Anand Shukla said that the Union Minister heaped praise on former Chief Minister Raman Singh for his Chawal Wale Baba Tag but forgot to mentioned Rs 36000 crore Nan Scam. He asked as to why Shah remained silent on the promises made by the Modi government in the Pre-Poll Manifesto. Two crore jobs every year remain a distant dream.