Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018
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Chhattisgarh Polls: CM struggled for 10 years due to UPA's 'remote-control' governance, says PM Modi
Nov 18, 2018, 03:55 PM ISTPM Modi also reiterated his challenge to select someone as the Congress party president who doesn't belong to the 'Nehru-Gandhi' family.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018 | PM Modi in Mahasamund: 'Raman Singh had to fight UPA govt for 10 years'
Nov 18, 2018, 01:16 PM ISTAs per itinerary released by the state BJP office, he will arrive at 11.45 am at Mahasamund and address the public in the Bemcha Bhata ground at noon.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: Naxalism, corruption, poverty, jobs, agrarian crisis - 5 key issues
Nov 18, 2018, 09:24 AM ISTA state which has had only two CMs till date in undergoing fresh Assembly Elections, will it vote for change or stick with the old? The results will be revealed on December 11. Have a look at the key poll issues in Chhattisgarh.
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Rafale Row: Rahul Gandhi steps up attack on PM Modi, challenges him for debate over deal
Nov 18, 2018, 06:52 AM ISTSpeaking to supporters in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur, the Congress scion claimed that the Prime Minister will not be in a position to answer his questions over the alleged scams in the deal.
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Chhattisgarh Elections: Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver in 10 days if Congress comes to power
Nov 17, 2018, 03:57 PM ISTRs 3.5 lakh crore of corporate loans were waived off by the Centre; Modi should answer why was not even a rupee of farm loans had been waived, Gandhi said.
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'Prefer sitting in opposition than alliance with Cong or BJP': Mayawati rules out post-poll tie up in Chhattisgarh
Nov 17, 2018, 07:54 AM ISTIn a snub to the Congress, the BSP had announced its decision to contest the state election in alliance with the JCC, declaring Jogi as the chief ministerial face of the coalition.
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Exclusive | Ajit Jogi not 'untouchable' for BJP in post-poll scenario, hints Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh
Nov 16, 2018, 10:14 PM ISTRaman Singh conceded that the alliance between Ajit Jogi-led Janta Congress and Mayawati-led BSP has the potential to emerge as the third force in the state, adding the combine will have an impact on the poll outcome.
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People of India, not Nehru, made a 'chaiwala' Prime Minister of country: PM Modi
Nov 16, 2018, 04:15 PM ISTAddressing a poll rally in Ambikapur, PM Modi said the Congress is yet to come to terms that a person from such a humble background has become the prime minister of the country.
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Chhattisgarh Polls: People disproved that it was right of only one family to speak from Red Fort, says PM Modi
Nov 16, 2018, 01:22 PM IST72 constituencies of the state will go to polls in this phase on November 20.
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'Italian agents forced religious conversions in state': Adityanath attacks Congress in Chhattisgarh
Nov 16, 2018, 09:41 AM ISTAddressing a campaign rally for the second phase of Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, Adityanath said, "Italy se ayatit saudagar" (agents imported from Italy), undertook "anti-national" activities like conversion of tribals in the state.
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Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh: 'Will not protect 10-15 industrialists at the cost of rights of poor, farmers'
Nov 14, 2018, 03:16 PM ISTAccusing the Raman Singh government of being involved in corruption, Rahul Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not uttered a word about corruption in Chhattisgarh.
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Over 76% polling in Chhattisgarh assembly polls phase-I: EC
Nov 13, 2018, 09:26 PM ISTThe second and final phase of polling in Chhattisgarh will be held on November 20. The vote count will take place on December 11.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: Note ban hurt poor, benefited rich, claims Rahul Gandhi
Nov 13, 2018, 02:57 PM IST"India's prime minister helped turn the black money of the rich into white. He snatched money of the poor, but ensured benefits for the rich," Gandhi said.
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Chhattisgarh Polls: Amid sporadic Maoist violence, 60.49% voter turnout recorded in first phase
Nov 13, 2018, 11:42 AM ISTThe voter turnout in the 10 areas where polling began at 7 am was recorded at 52 per cent, while 70.08 per cent people turned up for voting in the other 8 areas where voting commenced at 8 am.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: CRPF team narrowly escapes Naxal blast
Nov 12, 2018, 01:07 PM ISTThe Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off just 700 metres from polling booth number 183 in Nayanar village in Katekalyan area, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer said.
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Chhattisgarh polls 2018 | PM Modi in Bilaspur: 'Our opposition still don’t know how to fight the BJP'
Nov 12, 2018, 03:09 PM ISTPM Modi's Chhattisgarh rally today coincides for the first phase of polling in the state for 18 Assembly constituencies, mostly in Naxal-affected zones.
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Chhattisgarh assembly polls: Voting for all 18 seats in first phase of state elections ends; turnout 70%
Nov 12, 2018, 07:23 PM ISTThe BJP, ruling the state since 2003, has 49 seats in the outgoing Assembly, the Congress 38 and the Bahujan Samaj Party one in the 90 member Assembly.
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: Congress exploits Vajpayee's name to take on Raman Singh
Nov 11, 2018, 09:47 PM ISTRaman Singh, the longest serving Chief Minister of the BJP, is locked in a direct fight with his former mentor Karuna Shukla, niece of the late Vajpayee.
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Chhattisgarh: Ghanaram Sahu, state Cong vice-president resigns from membership of party
Nov 11, 2018, 10:24 PM ISTThe state has in total 90 constituencies.
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Chhattisgarh: Naxal gunned down in Bijapur, BSF ASI killed in IED blast in Kanker ahead of assembly polls tomorrow
India | Nov 11, 2018, 01:46 PM ISTThe exchange of fire took place at a forest in Bedre area when a team of the STF was out on anti-Naxal operation, a senior police official told PTI.