The Chhattisgarh government has extended restrictions imposed in all districts of the state under CrPC Section 144 for the next three months in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, an official said on Monday.
The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of Chhattisgarh is estimated to grow by 5.32 percent and per capita income is likely to reach Rs 98,281 in 2019-20, the Economic Survey Report tabled in the state Assembly on Monday revealed.
The Congress has launched an attack on the Union Government over Income Tax raids in Chhattisgarh for the past 4 days and termed it as "Coercive & Insecure Centrism".
A Special Task Force (STF) jawan was on Wednesday injured in an encounter with Naxals in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
Four persons were killed and few others injured when the tractor they were travelling in turned turtle in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Thursday, police said.
State BJP chief Vikram Usendi said results were an indication that the Bhupesh Baghel government had become unpopular in just one year.
Over 10,000 candidates are in the fray where the main fight is between the ruling Congress and the BJP, though a large number of independent and rebel candidates in the fray could spoil chances of the national parties.
Polling will be held from 8 am to 5 pm, he added. Over 10,000 candidates are in the fray, while the number of eligible voters is 40,05,353, including 20,00,303 women and 443 third gender persons.
The state government has started an effort to bring awareness of health and hygiene among the women of Vananchal region through the 'Respect for Women' campaign.
Calling the Centre an "anti-farmer" government, the Congress leader sought a reply why such discrimination was being made with Chhattisgarh which he said has led to farmers' distress.
One of the accused was arrested on Monday, a day after the incident on Sunday, police said.
In the coal block auction held earlier, Balco, part of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd, had emerged as the highest bidder for Gare Palma IV/1.
The main contest is between Rajman Benzam of the Congress and Lachhuram Kashyap of the BJP.
The accused, identified as Shailendra Kumar Gwarle, used to target mostly unemployed youths from villages and sell forged degrees of BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery), DAMS (Diploma in Ayurveda Medical Science) and MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) through his fake institute since 2013.
The main agenda of the meet is to look into the loopholes of the force and weakness of the hidden armed enemies. Their main concern is the Communist Party of India (Maoist) grand plan to expand the existing battle field in Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh, tri-junction area where the Maoists have made new guerrilla zone to support Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC)
Around 39.53 per cent polling was recorded till noon in the byelection to Chitrakot Assembly seat in Chhattisgah on Monday, an official said.
Polling began at 8 am and will end at 5 pm. A total of 229 polling booths have been set up for the bypoll 213 in Bastar district and 16 in the neighbouring Sukma district.
Some locals spotted the body lying on Toynar road on Tuesday morning and informed the police, he said.
Congress party's Devati Karma won the Dantewada election Bypoll by defeating BJP's Ojasvi Bhima Mandavi by over 11,000 votes.
As per the early trends, Devti Karma of the Congress was leading by a margin of 2,778 votes against her nearest rival Ojaswi Mandavi of the BJP, he said.
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