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Chhattisgarh CM to brief PM on anti-Naxal ops, hails top leader's death

While hailing the recent successful anti-Naxal operation, which neutralised Gautam, a Central Committee Member (CCM), the Chief Minister saluted the jawans for their bravery

Vedanta Aluminium partners with PwC India for sustainability initiatives

Vedanta Aluminium on Thursday announced the expansion of its partnership with PwC India to scale up sustainability initiatives across its operations in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Initially centred on biodiversity projects around Vedanta's Jharsuguda smelter, the partnership will now extend across all its operational regions and will also focus on decarbonisation, water positivity, and biodiversity conservation, marking a major step in integrating sustainability throughout the company's value chain, the company said in a statement. "This collaboration with PwC exemplifies our unwavering dedication to driving sustainable growth and championing environmental stewardship. Anchored in robust ESG principles, we are actively working towards carbon neutrality by 2050 and supporting India's net zero vision for 2070," Vedanta Aluminium Chief Executive Officer Rajiv Kumar said. Kumar further noted that "by addressing critical ecological challenges, improving operational efficiencies, and placing

Gutkha spitting at 100 kmph triggers crash in Chhattisgarh; 1 killed

Driver opened door of speeding Innova to spit gutkha, causing the car to flip multiple times; businessman killed, two others critically injured

Chhattisgarh biggest laggard in mobile ownership by women: NSO data

NSO data shows 92% women in Goa, Ladakh owned a phone, followed by Mizoram, Kerala

SC interim bail for 3 bureaucrats, 3 others in Chhattisgarh coal-levy scam

Two days after being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court in the Chhattisgarh coal-levy scam case, two suspended IAS officers and a former deputy secretary in the chief minister's office walked out of jail on Saturday. Defence counsel Faizal Rizvi told reporters that Sameer Vishnoi and Ranu Sahu, both IAS officers, and Saumya Chaurasia, a deputy secretary in the CMO during the previous Bhupesh Baghel government, and three others were released from Raipur central jail. The SC has granted interim bail to eight persons, of whom two individuals Suryakant Tiwari and Nikhil Chandrakar have not been released (due to other pending cases), he said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has been probing the money laundering angle in the alleged coal-levy scam since 2022, had arrested Vishnoi in October 2022 and Chaurasia in December the same year. The central agency had taken Sahu into custody in July 2023. Rizvi said the bureaucrat trio has been granted interim bail in the two case

Chhattisgarh in talks with Medanta Hospital, Varun Beverages for investment

VBL is a key player in the beverage industry and one of the largest franchisees of PepsiCo in the world, barring the USA

Four maoists gunned down in encounter on Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border

In a joint operation, police's special commando unit C-60 and the CRPF killed four Maoists in an encounter along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border in Gadchiroli district on Friday, a senior official said. The official, in a statement, informed that based on credible intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists formations on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border near a recently opened FOB (Forward Operating Base) in Kawande area, an operation was launched on Thursday afternoon. A dozen C-60 parties (300 commandoes) and a component of the CRPF launched the operation from Kawande and Nelgunda areas towards the banks of the Indravati river amidst heavy rains, it said. On Friday morning, when the cordon was being laid and river banks were being searched, Maoists started indiscriminate firing on C-60 commandoes, leading to an effective retaliation by security forces in Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra, said the official. Intermittent exchange of fire continued for almost .

DRG jawan killed in blast while returning from encounter in Chhattisgarh

A District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawan of the state police was killed when an improvised explosive device planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, officials said. The incident took place in densely forested Abhujmad area on Wednesday evening when security personnel were returning after a major encounter with Maoists, a senior police official said. At least 27 Naxalites including Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju (70), general secretary of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), were killed in the encounter which took place in the forests along the border of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts. While returning, Ramesh Hemla, a jawan belonging to the Bijapur DRG, stepped on a pressure-activated IED, triggering a blast that killed him on the spot, the police official said. Another DRG member, Khotluram Korram, was killed during the encounter earlier on Wednesday. Korram was a resident of Bhatbeda village in Orchha police station area of Narayanpur.

Watch: DRG jawans celebrate after successful naxal operations | Basavaraju | Chhattisgarh | CRPF

After successful elimination of 27 Naxalites, including 12 women, in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday, DRG soldiers on Thursday late night

Intermittent firing underway between security forces, Naxals in Sukma

An Intermittent firing is underway between security forces and Naxals in the Kistaram area of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, Police said on Friday.

Basavaraju, other slain Naxalites, carried bounty of Rs 3.33 cr: Police

The 27 Naxalites, including 12 women, killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district were dreaded cadres carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 3.33 crore in the state, an official has said. In one of the biggest strikes on Naxalites, security forces gunned down Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, the general secretary of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), and 26 other cadres during an encounter in the forested Abhujmad along Bijapur-Narayanpur inter-district border on Wednesday. Two jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) of the state police also lost their lives during the operation. Of the killed cadres, one was identified on Wednesday as Basavaraju (70), who carried a reward of Rs 1 crore in Chhattisgarh. The identities of the remaining were established on Thursday, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P told PTI. The operation involving personnel of DRG from Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, and Kondagaon districts

Who was Basavaraju, the Maoist chief killed in Chhattisgarh encounter?

CPI (Maoist) chief Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju, with ₹2.02 crore bounty, is killed in a Chhattisgarh encounter today. He was seen as key planner behind deadly Maoist attacks across India

Security forces kill 27 maoists in Chhattisgarh's Abujhmad forest

The encounter took place during a joint anti-Naxal operation involving DRG personnel from four districts; top Maoist leader Basavaraju suspected among the dead

For the first time, 17 Naxal-hit villages in Chhattisgarh get electricity

Seventeen villages nestled among nearly inaccessible mountains and dense forests in Naxal-hit Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district of Chhattisgarh have got electricity from the supply grid for the first time, officials said on Friday. About 540 families will benefit from the electrification, which has been done at Rs 3 crore under the Mukhyamantri Majratola Vidyutikaran Yojana, they said. Due to the difficult terrain, reaching these areas was extremely challenging amid the Naxalite threat. Providing the electricity supply through the grid was no less than a mission in these villages, said an official statement. The villages had access to solar power to light up bulbs, but faced maintenance issues. In many villages, solar panels got stolen, forcing children to study under kerosene lamps, said officials. Celebrations broke out in the villages Katuljhora, Kattapar, Bodra, Bukmarka, Sambalpur, Gattegahan, Pugda, Amakodo, Petemeta, Tatekasa, Kundalkal, Raimanhora, Nainguda, Metatodke,

Chhattisgarh amends Industrial Development Policy; aims to woo investment

The policy, which was notified on February 27, envisages "Amrit Kaal: Chhattisgarh Vision 2047 with an aim to set new benchmarks in the industrial development of the state"

Ex-CM Baghel raises concern over increasing road accidents in Chhattisgarh

Former Chhattisgarh CM Baghel requested the BJP-led government to come up with some solutions to prevent road accidents, along with providing ex gratia to the families of the victims

At least 13 dead, 11 injured in trailer-truck collision in Raipur

Thirteen people, all women and children, died and 11 were injured in a collision between a trailer truck and a truck in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, police said. Four children and nine women died in the road accident that happened late Sunday night near Saragaon on Raipur-Balodabazar road in Raipur district. Police officials said a family from Chataud village had gone to Bansari village to attend a family function. While returning, the truck they were travelling in collided with a trailer near Saragaon under the Kharora police station area. After getting information about the accident, a police team was sent to the spot and the injured were taken to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital, Raipur. Raipur district collector Gaurav Singh said district administration officials also reached the spot. Thirteen people died and 11 people were injured in the accident, he said. Police registered a case and the matter is being investigated, the collector said.

Adani Group deploys India's 1st hydrogen-powered truck for mining logistics

The truck comprises three tanks that can carry 40 tonnes of cargo for 200 kms of range, will be used to transport coal from Chhattisgarh's Gare Pelma III Block to the state's power plant

CGBSE Class 10th, 12th Result 2025: Board results to be out today at 3 pm

CGBSE will declare the class 10th and class 12th board results at 3 pm today. The Class 12th exams were held from Mar 1 to Mar 28, and the Class 10 exams took place from March 3 to March 24

Chhattisgarh gets investment proposals worth Rs 4.50 trn in 6 months: CM

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has said the state has attracted investment proposals worth more than Rs 4.50 lakh crore in different sectors after the launch of a new industrial policy in November last year, and their benefits will be visible in two years. In an exclusive interview with PTI videos on Sunday, Sai also claimed that his government has plugged leakages and checked corruption that prevailed during the previous Congress rule, enhancing the state's revenue collection. It has not been more than six months since we launched our new industrial policy, and in such a short span, we have received investment proposals of more than Rs 4.50 lakh crore, Sai said. In this period, the state government has held investor-connect events in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Raipur, which were attended by hundreds of entrepreneurs, and many of them have proposed to invest in the state, he said. The chief minister said the work has also been started on the execution of the ...