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Chhattisgarh CM launches scheme to provide Rs 10K annual aid to labourers

Under this scheme, more than 5.62 lakh landless agricultural labourers, Baigas and Gunias of the state will be given financial assistance

Chhattisgarh landless labourers to get Rs 10,000 a year, announces CM Sai

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Monday launched a scheme to provide Rs 10,000 a year financial assistance to landless farm labourers, and said the measure will augment their net income and secure their own future. More than 5.62 lakh beneficiaries will be covered under the scheme titled, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Bhoomihin Krishi Majdoor Kalyan Yojana, which besides landless farm labourers, also covers a host of financially vulnerable social groups, the government said. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the scheme at New Circuit House in Raipur, Sai said with this, another guarantee (poll promise) given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of the BJP-ruled state ahead of the 2023 elections has been fulfilled. Under the scheme, financial assistance of Rs 10,000 annually will be given to landless farm labourers (in a single instalment), declared the CM. "In Chhattisgarh, a large population depends on agriculture for livelihood. There are also people who ..

Two killed, 12 children hurt as truck collides with bus in Chhattisgarh

A teacher and a driver were killed and 12 students returning from a tour were injured in a collision between a private bus and a truck in Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district on Monday, police said. The accident occurred near Chikalputi village on National Highway 30 under the City Kotwali police station limits. "Students of a government school in Kevat Tola village from Mohla Manpur district had gone on a tour of Bastar and Dantewada districts in a hired private bus. "While returning, the bus collided with a truck around 2 AM, killing the driver and a teacher," a police official said, adding that 12 students were injured. Police personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured children to the Kondagaon district hospital, the official said, adding that four of them are in critical condition. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway, he added. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai expressed grief and directed officials to provide better treatment to the injured.

Attack on Saif Ali Khan: Suspect detained from train in Chhattisgarh

Two days after Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed at his home during a robbery bid, a 31-year-old suspect was on Saturday detained from a train at Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh, officials said. The man, whose photo had been shared by Mumbai Police with the Railway Protection Force (RPF), was traveling by the Jnaneshwari Express which runs between Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) to Kolkata Shalimar. He was identified as Aakash Kailash Kannojia and a Mumbai police team would be reaching soon to take his custody, said an RPF official in Durg. Saif Ali Khan, 54, grievously injured in the attack, was recovering well at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital and could be discharged in two-three days, according to the doctors. Mumbai Police, who had formed 30 teams to nab the assailant and recovered CCTV footage showing a suspect's face, informed RPF at Durg around 12.30 pm that the man was travelling by Jnaneswari Express. RPF Durg alerted its counterpart at Rajnandgaon station (w

2 BSF jawans injured in IED blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh

Two personnel of the Border Security Force were injured when Naxalites set off an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, police said. The incident took place in the morning when a BSF road-opening party from its camp near Garpa village was out on patrolling, a police official said. The road-opening party was between the camp and Garpa village when Naxalites detonated the IED causing injuries to two jawans, he said. The injured jawans were being shifted to the hospital, he added. On Thursday, two commandos of CoBRA, an elite jungle warfare unit of CRPF, were wounded when a pressure IED planted by Naxalites went off in the neighbouring Bijapur district. On January 12, a 10-year-old girl was injured in Sukma district and two policemen sustained wounds in Bijapur district in similar pressure IED blasts. Two days before, a villager was killed and three others were injured in two separate such incidents in the Orchha area of Narayanpur ...

Security forces kill 12 naxalites in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

As many as 12 Naxalites were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out at around 9 am in a forest of south Bijapur when a joint team of security personnel was out an anti-Naxalite operation and the intermittent exchange of fire lasted till late in the evening, he said. Personnel belonging to the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) from three districts, five battalions of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action - an elite jungle warfare unit of the CRPF) and the 229th battalion of CRPF were involved in the operation, he said. "As per preliminary information, 12 Naxalites were killed in the gunfight. Further details were awaited as a search operation was still underway in the area," the official informed. No harm was reported to security forces, he said. With this, 26 Naxalites have been gunned down in separate encounters in the state so far this month. On ...

Maoism like cancer, need to eradicate it from its root: Chhattisgarh CM

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has said Maoism is like cancer and there is need to strike at its root to end the menace. In the last one year, security forces have killed more than 230 Maoists in various encounters, Sai said addressing a function on Monday after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of several development projects in Sukma. "Maoism is like cancer. If cancer has to be eradicated, it is necessary to attack its root. Maoists had stuck like leeches in some areas of Bastar and were exploiting the people by intimidating them. These places were their safest hideouts. We decided to attack Maoists by entering their den," a government release quoted Sai as saying. "Maoists had thrown Sukma along with Bastar division into deadly violence. Due to this, the development of Sukma was badly affected. In the last one year, the government took many important decisions to develop Sukma and has implemented them rapidly," he said. Under a well-planned strategy, police .

Chhattisgarh govt grapples to achieve its paddy procurement target

The state government has set up 2,058 cooperative societies and 2,739 paddy procurement centres where farmers can sell their yield

'We salute our security forces': Chhattigsarh CM Sai on Bijapur encounter

Five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district

Adani announces Rs 65K cr investment in energy projects in Chhattisgarh

Industrialist Gautam Adani on Sunday called on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and announced an investment of Rs 65,000 crore in the Adani Group's energy and cement projects in the state, officials said. Adani met Sai at the latter's official residence in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, a statement issued by the state's public relations department said. During the meeting, Adani announced a planned investment of Rs 60,000 crore to expand the group's power plants in Raipur, Korba and Raigarh in the state. This expansion will enhance Chhattisgarh's total power generation capacity by an additional 6,120 MW, the statement said. Additionally, the Adani Group chairman also committed Rs 5,000 crore for the development and expansion of the group's cement plants in the state, it said. On the advice of the CM, Adani also assured the state government of a Rs 10,000 crore impetus over the next four years to support initiatives in education, healthcare, skill development and tourism und

9 Naxalites carrying Rs 43 lakh cumulative bounty surrender in Chhattisgarh

Nine hardcore Naxalites, allegedly involved in attacks on security forces and carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 43 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Saturday, police said. The cadres, including two women, turned themselves in before senior officials from the police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) here, citing disappointment with "hollow" and "inhuman" Maoist ideology and infighting within the outlawed outfit, Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan said. He said the surrendered Naxalites were also impressed by the state government's 'Niyad Nellanar' (your good village) scheme, which aims at facilitating development works in remote villages and stated that senior cadres were on backfoot with the increasing pressure of security forces and setting up of police camps in interior areas. The official said Ransai alias Oyam Buska (34), the commander of platoon no 24 of Maoists, and Pradip alias Ravva Rakesh (20), a member under a company wing of PLGA ...

Four IEDs planted by Naxalites defused in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur

A potential tragedy was averted with the recovery of four IEDs planted by Naxals to target security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Saturday. The explosives were unearthed from the Kachchapal-Toke road under Kohkameta police station limits on Friday afternoon by a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF), a police official said. The Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing 5 kg each, were later defused by a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS). The police official said a cattle was injured and two villagers had a close shave when a pressure IED, planted by Naxalites, exploded in the same area on Friday morning. On December 20, 2024, two personnel of DRG were injured in an IED blast in the same Kohkameta area, he said. Naxals often plant IEDs along the road and dirt tracks in the forest to target security personnel patrolling interior pockets of the Bastar region comprising seven districts including Narayanpur. Several civili

Chhattisgarh silo crash: Bodies of three workers recovered; toll rises to 4

The bodies of three workers were recovered on Saturday from the debris of a collapsed iron silo at a smelting plant in Chhattisgarh's Mungeli district after a 42-hour operation, taking the death toll to four, officials said. On Thursday, a labourer was killed and another injured after the fly ash storage structure weighing over 350 tonnes crashed at Kusum Smelters Private Limited, located near Rambod village in Sargaon police station area of Mungeli district. Rescue teams of multiple agencies, involving over 400 personnel, launched an operation after receiving information that some workers were trapped under the rubble, officials said. "The search and rescue operation involving machines, cranes and gas cutters began on Thursday afternoon," Mungeli Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel told PTI. He said moving the massive structure containing fly ash was an arduous task. "During the 42-hour-long rescue operation, the iron structure was shifted and fly ash removed, leading to the .

2 injured in accident at Chhattisgarh smelting plant, many feared trapped

Two labourers were injured and many others feared trapped after a silo at a smelting plant collapsed in Chhattisgarh's Mungeli district on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred in the afternoon at the plant located in the Saragaon area of the district, Mungeli Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel said. As per preliminary information, the silo an iron structure used to store bulk materials crashed, trapping under it some workers present at the site, he said. After being alerted, police reached the spot and a rescue operation was launched, the official said. So far, two injured workers have been rescued and shifted to a hospital in Bilaspur, he said. Many more workers are reported to be trapped under the collapsed structure and efforts are being made to pull them out, the official added.

Chh'garh PWD suspends registration of contractor held in scribe murder case

Chhattisgarh Public Works Department (PWD) has suspended the registration of construction contractor Suresh Chandrakar, the main accused in the murder of a journalist in Bijapur district, officials said on Tuesday. Freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar (33) went missing on January 1. His body was found on January 3 in a septic tank on a property owned by Suresh Chandrakar at Chattanpara Basti in Bijapur town, police earlier said. Suresh Chandrakar, who was absconding since the murder came to light on January 3, was arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) from Hyderabad on Sunday night, police said. After his arrest, the chief engineer of PWD Bastar circle, Jagdalpur, recommended to suspend the registration of Suresh Chandrakar, who was enrolled as 'A' category contractor with the department, an official here said. Based on the recommendation, the department suspended his registration on Monday, the PWD official added. Suresh Chandrakar's brothers Ritesh Chandrakar and Dine

Demining excercise underway in Chhattisgarh after 9 killed in IED blast

The demining exercise focuses on removing the unexploded land mines that may pose a threat to civilians as well

Bastar journalist murder case: Main suspect arrested

The main suspect in the murder of Chhattisgarh journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, has been arrested. Watch the video to know the case updates.

9 killed as Naxals blast security personnel's vehicle in Chhattisgarh

Eight DRG guards were among the nine killed after Naxals blew up their vehicle in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

Encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bastar: Death toll of Naxalites reaches 5

The number of Naxalites killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region has gone up to five with the recovery of one more body, police said on Monday. The gunfight broke out on Saturday evening at a forest in south Abujhmaad along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, an official said. Four Naxalites were found dead initially on Sunday, while one more body was recovered later, he said. With this, the number of Naxalites killed in the gun battle with the security personnel has risen to five, including two women, the official said. District Reserve Guard (DRG) head constable Sannu Karam was also killed in the gunfight. Search operation was still underway in the area, the official said. Personnel belonging to the DRG from four districts - Narayanpur, Bastar, Kondagaon and Dantewada - and the Special Task Force (STF) were involved in the operation that was launched on

Booster shot as Medicity set to come up in 200 acres area in Chhattisgarh

Under the project, health facilities with about 5,000 bed capacity would be developed via private investment