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  First phase of Chhattisgarh polls tomorrow amid high security

  Politics | November 10, 2013 17:56 IST

  Raipur: Chief Minister Raman Singh and his three ministers are among the candidates whose fate will be decided tomorrow when 18 assembly constituencies in the worst Naxal-hit regions of Bastar and Rajnandgaon go to polls

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  Chhattisgarh polls: Widow fights to redeem Mahendra Karma's legacy

  India | November 09, 2013 15:06 IST

  Dantewada:  For Mahendra Karma's wife, the November 11 election is a battle to redeem the legacy of the ‘Bastar Tiger' who founded the Salwa Judum and was considered a symbol of tribals' fightback against Maoists

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  Chhattisgarh polls: BJP expels five rebels from party membership

  Politics | November 07, 2013 8:52 IST

  Raipur: Ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh yesterday expelled five of its party leaders, including a former minister, from its primary membership, for a period of six years.The BJP's disciplinary committee expelled five party leaders namely Rajinder

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  Chhattisgarh polls: Villagers don't want ink mark amid Maoist threat

  India | November 01, 2013 14:51 IST

  Raipur: In view of Maoist threat to boycott polls in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, the villagers there have sought that the indelible ink should not be applied on fingers after they exercise their franchise.  According to

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  Congress release list of 4 more candidates for Chhattisgarh

  Politics | November 01, 2013 14:45 IST

  New Delhi: The Congress today released a list of four more candidates for Chhattisgarh assembly polls. The four candidates are : Akaltara: Chunnilal Sahu, Sanjari Balod: Bhaiyyalal Sinha, Gunderdehi: Rajendra Rai, Ahiwara SC: Ashok Dongre.The

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  77 nominations filed for second phase of Chhattisgarh polls

  India | October 30, 2013 9:08 IST

  Raipur: A total of 77 nominations were filed yesterday for the second phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, which featured school education minister Brijmohan Agrawal and three sitting MLAs.Seventy-two constituencies of 16 districts will go

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  BJP announces candidates for 2nd phase of Chhattisgarh polls

  India | October 28, 2013 10:30 IST

  Raipur: Deputy Speaker of Chhattisgarh assembly Narayan Chandel figured in the list of 21 candidates announced by BJP tonight for the second phase of polling to be held on November 19.Chhattisgarh has a 90-member House. 

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  Chhattisgarh polls: Raman Singh files nomination from Rajnandgaon

  Politics | October 26, 2013 13:08 IST

  Rajnandgaon: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, who is heading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Chhattisgarh since December 2003, filed his nomination paper Thursday from Rajnandgaon seat.He is seeking second consecutive victory from Rajnandgaon though

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  Chhattisgarh polls: Moti Lal Vora becomes Congress campaign panel head

  Politics | October 23, 2013 17:58 IST

  New Delhi: Congress has announced that its senior leader Moti Lal Vora will be campaign panel chief for Nov 11 and 19 assembly polls. Congress president Sonia Gandhi approved the name of party treasurer Vora.

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  Chhattisgarh polls: Ajit Jogi's wife, son among Congress candidates

  Politics | October 23, 2013 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: Congress has released its second list of candidates in Chhattisgarh. The list has 45 names and it includes the names of Amit Jogi and  Renu Jogi as well, Amit Jogi is the son

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  BJP finalises 67 candidates for Chhattisgarh polls

  Politics | October 22, 2013 12:04 IST

  New Delhi: The BJP Sunday finalised 67 candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, a party leader said.Talking to reporters after a meeting of the party's central election committee here, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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  Chhattisgarh polls: no nomination filed for first phase on first day

  India | October 19, 2013 8:08 IST

  Raipur: No papers were filed yesterday on the first day of filing of nomination for the first phase of polls to Chhattisgarh assembly on November 11.The process of filing of nomination for 18 Naxal-affected constituencies

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  Naxals readying to organise boycott of Chhattisgarh polls

  India | October 10, 2013 7:23 IST

  Raipur: Naxals were gearing up to organise a boycott of the coming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and chalking out strategies for this, police said.Security forces recently recovered some documents from Maoist-hit Bijapur district after an

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  Sangma's NPP to contest in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh polls

  Politics | September 28, 2013 17:12 IST

  Shillong, Jul 12: Banking on the tribal population in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, the P A Sangma-led Nationalist People's Party (NPP) today said it would contest in the assembly elections of the two states to be