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Congress has set a new record for bribery in govt offices, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Congress has only given dilapidated roads and poorly conditioned hospitals and schools to the people of Chhattisgarh

Naxals kill man in Chhattisgarh; warn officials not to visit poll booths

The Naxalites killed a 40-year-old man, accusing him of being a police informer, and warned election officials not to visit polling booths to conduct voting on November 7

Chhattisgarh elections LIVE: PM Modi to address rally in Kanker today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in the Naxalite-hit Kanker district on Thursday, which is going to polls in the first phase of the elections on November 7

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Women commandos to guard 35 booths in Bastar

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is set to deploy women commandos of Bastar Fighters in 35 polling stations in Maoist-hit Bastar division on November 7

Assembly elections 2023: Stage set for BJP vs Congress in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is set to go to polls in two phases on November 7 and 17; result to be declared on December 3

Chhattisgarh elections 2023: Amit Shah to address two BJP rallies in Bastar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Thursday address two rallies in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, where polling will be held in the first phase on November 7, a BJP leader said. This will be Shah's second visit to the Congress-ruled state after the announcement of election schedule for the 90-member assembly. The former BJP president, a key poll strategist of the party, earlier addressed an election rally in Rajnandgaon on October 16. Voting in the state will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Shah will arrive at the Maa Danteshwari Airport in Jagdalpur from New Delhi shortly after noon, said the BJP leader. The Union minister will attend a public meeting and nomination rally at Lalbagh Maidan in Jagdalpur, he said. Shah will later leave for Kondagaon where he will attend another election meeting and nomination rally at Police Ground, he said. Both Jagdalpur and Kondagaon fall under the Naxal-affected Bastar division of the state. In the first phase, polling will b

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Congress releases second list of 53 candidates

The Congress had announced the first list containing names of 30 candidates on Sunday, which included Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel who will contest from Patan assembly constituency

Naxal-affected Bastar villages to vote for the first time in 40 years

There are 40 highly Naxal-affected villages where polling booths will be established for voting after 40 years.120 polling stations are being reopened in these villages on Saturday

NMDC steel plant to give employment to 50,000 people in state, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the dream of a developed Bharat will "only be realised when states, districts, and villages develop in the country"

Chhattisgarh polls: CM Bhupesh Baghel rides motorbike in Durg to lead yatra

The "Bharosa yatra" by the Congress is aimed at propagating the works done by the ruling Congress in the last five years in the state

PM Modi to inaugurate NMDC's plant, new rail lines in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation or lay foundation stones of several projects worth Rs 26,000 crore, including the NMDC's steel plant, at Jagdalpur city in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, where he will also address a public meeting. Incidentally, the Congress has called for a 'bandh' (shutdown) in the region during the PM's visit alleging the Modi government wants to privatise the steel plant, which is located in Nagarnar village, some 22 kilometres from Jagdalpur in Bastar district. It will be PM Modi's fourth visit in the last two-and-half months to the Congress-ruled state, where assembly elections are due by this year-end. "The PM's programme will be held at 11 am at Lalbag Maidan in Jagdalpur, the headquarter of Bastar district. He will dedicate to the nation the greenfield NMDC Steel Ltd's steel plant built at a cost of more than Rs 23,800 crore in Nagarnar," a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release said. "It will produce high quality steel and ...

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Amit Shah, Nadda hold meet with BJP leadership

During the six-hour meeting at the party's state headquarters, several key issues were addressed such as discussions on candidate selection and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visits to Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh elections: Women commandos to be deployed in Naxal-hit areas

The recruited "Mahila commandos" will be provided training before deployment in districts such as Sukma, Bastar, Dantewada, and Bijapur

Amit Shah cancels Dantewada tour; Smriti Irani to flag off parivartan yatra

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: The Bharatiya Janata Party in the state is set to organise two 'parivartan yatras' on September 12 and September 16

Security to all parties in Naxal-affected areas, says CM Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Last week, the Bharatiya Janata Party had sent a letter to the state's Director General of Police, requesting safety for its 'parivartan yatra'

Polling stations to be opened in 40 Naxalite-affected villages of Bastar

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023: In a first, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will be setting up polling centres at villages in Sukma, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Bastar, and Dantewada districts

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: BJP announces first list of 21 candidates

The list was announced a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee (CEC)

Chhattisgarh government scouts for land for industry in Bastar region

NMDC would feed the raw material to the plant from its two mechanised iron ore mines located about 100 km from the plant in Dantewada district

11 jawans injured after storm hits CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

Eleven Central Reserve Police Force troopers were injured after a storm hit their camp in Bastar district in Chhattisgarh on Friday afternoon, an official said. The camp of 241st battalion, located at Sedva village under Dharbha police station limits, some 336 kilometres from state capital Raipur, suffered substantial damage after a powerful storm hit it, Inspector General of Police Bastar Sundarraj P said. "Eleven CRPF jawans were injured in the incident. The residential quarters of jawans were damaged as the storm blew away tin sheets that formed the roof, power lines, iron frames and false ceilings," he said. "The wind speed was so high that tin sheets were scattered across the camp and several trees were uprooted. The injured jawans have been admitted in the battalion hospital and are out of danger," the IG added.

Chhattisgarh: Farmers in Bastar carve out new identity by planting coffee

Coffee cultivation in Bastar, which started in 2017 on an experimental basis in 20 acres by the horticulture department, has reached the farmers' fields