From what has come to fore from the alleged corruption in the implementation of Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojna and Ready-to-Eat Food Distribution schemes being implemented by the Women and Child Welfare department in Mahasamund district, the ruling Congress Government is trying to save the skin of one its Minister by gagging the Government officer, alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. Addressing mediapersons in a virtual joint press conference, Rajya Sabha Member Saroj Pandey, former Women ..

Under the joint aegis of Training and Placement Cell and Commerce Department of Swami Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Mahavidyalaya, a three-day-long workshop on Entrepreneurship and Personality Development virtually was concluded on Monday. In the second day of workshop, conference was held on topic ‘Tricks Statistics for Business’. Here as keynote speaker, Niyaz Qureshi, E-cell IBTC of IIT Kanpur addressed students via online and threw lights on important points to start business. For production, five ..

Despite all kinds of assistance from the Central Government, the ruling Congress Government has failed in carrying out proper COVID-19 inoculation drive, said Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary and Chhattisgarh State In-charge D Purandeshwari. Asserting that from day one the State Government has been raising questions on the inoculation drive, Purandeshwari said that due to this indifference, a situation of confusion has been prevailing in State over COVID-19 vaccination. She observed ..

THE lockdown in the last six weeks has resulted in the drop of cases of COVID-19 in the district, but at the same time it is also seeing an increase in the people complaining of mental health. Apart from COVID-19 recovered patients, others are also feeling the stress and at present, the district is seeing a rise in various mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, stress disorder and trauma caused by this dangerous virus. Dr Prashant Tiwari, a well-known psychiatrist and expert in Drug Rehabilitati..

Although, plants and saplings are being planted ceremoniously by Bhilai Municipal Corporation, civic authority, social organisations and other groups on a large scale occasionally, which is a noble initiative towards creating green and aesthetic environment around Steel City. Unfortunately, after getting accolades and appreciations for plantation drive; hardly anybody from concerning department comes forward for nurturing the planted saplings for ensuring their survival and growth. If environmentalist ..

In a bid to motivate people to wear mask to avoid coronavirus infection in State, Indian Youth Congress (IYC) Chhattisgarh unit has launched ‘Mask Pahno Chhattisgarh’ campaign at State Congress party office Rajiv Bhawan on Friday. ..

Minister for Health and Family Welfare T S Singhdeo has instructed all medical colleges of State to make necessary preparations to face coronavirus infection challenges ahead of third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic...

JCI India is providing services of oxygen concentrators for covid patients in Raipur and other cities. JCI India National Director (Management) JC Devesh Marodia informed that under leadership of National President JC Rakhi Jain, the JCI is providing oxygen concentrators for Covid-19 patients in different cities of the country. In Raipur, 20 oxygen concentrators have been arranged for the Covid patients...

THE district administration led by Collector Bhim Singh is leaving no stone unturned to win battle against the global pandemic. Several efforts are being made in this direction. In this sequence, a total of 50 BiPAP machines have been arranged for treatment of the Covid patients. These machines have been supplied from Hyderabad with initiative of Collector Bhim Singh. These will be provided to Covid Care Centers at various locations. The district administration is continuously making efforts for arranging ..

With dead bodies of Covid patients pouring in at crematoria across State, capital city Raipur in particular, municipal bodies find it tough to perform last rites in the absence of fully electric crematoria. Crematoria in the limits of big cities like Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Korba etc. are overcrowded with dead bodies, waiting for last rites and municipal bodies here are helpless. Using woods to burn these bodies of covid patients not only cost dearer to municipal corporations, but also consume more ..

Mayor of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) Aijaz Dhebar held three virtual meetings on Wednesday to review the corona situation. Mayor Dhebar held a virtual meeting with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporators of the RMC. RMC Speaker Pramod Dubey and Leader of Opposition in RMC Meenal Choubey were also present in the virtual meeting. Mayor Dhebar discussed with the BJP corporators on different issues including use of corporator fund for vaccination, home isolation, sanitisation and status ..

Lalburra/Balaghat, Bhartiya Jain Sangthan has set up oxygen bank at Balaghat to provide oxygen concentrators to the needy patients. It may be mentioned that Pune office of Bhartiya Jain Sangthan had imported oxygen concentrators from Singapore. Now members of BJS have collected funds among themselves and had arranged oxygen concentrators. Sushil Jain, State Vice President of the Sangthan informed that ten days ago, oxygen concentrator bank was set up and Mahaver International, Balaghat has also provide ..

The ‘Tritiya’ of ‘Baishakh Shukl’ is celebrated as ‘Akshay Tritiya’ (Akti) in Chhattisgarh. This festival is falling on May 14 this year and it marks the practice of donating earthen pots. The purpose of donating earthen pots is to facilitate needy to quench thirst with cold water in summer as earthen pots keep water Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Ltd Additional General Manager (Public Relations) Vijay Mishra ‘Amit’ has come up with new ideas to save birds. He has decided to hang used earthen ..

Public Health Engineering (PHE) Minister Guru Rudrakumar on Tuesday inspected the Covid centre set up at Radha Krishna Sanskar Manch at Jamul Municipal Council in Durg District. Minister Rudrakumar praised the organisation’s office-bearers and medical team for the initiative. Minister Rudrakumar said that on the call of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, many social, voluntary organisations, industrialists and public representatives have contributed the fight against Covid-19. The success will be achieved ..

SOCIAL organisation ‘Badhte Kadam’ popular for human services has been on the forefront for taking care of the animals and birds in Raipur. Former Vice-Presdient of the organisation and Project In-charge Premprakash Madhyani, Ajay Valecha and Yashwant Rahuja said that during summer season stalls are set-up in the city for free distribution of shallow earthen bowl, grains etc for birds to bathe, quench their thirst and food to eat in hot conditions. Since, is not possible to set-up stalls due to ..

Health Minister T S Singhdeo took review meeting of senior officials of Health Department and took information on corona testing and vaccination taking place in State here on Monday. Singhdeo directed the officials to speed up the vaccination drive in all categories. He also directed the health officials to set-up vaccination centres at places convenient for the public. During review meeting organised at New Circuit House Minister Singhdeo directed the officials to make all necessary arrangements ..

Amidst this tough time, the Chemical Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur has been successful in organising a two-day virtual International Conference on Reaction Engineering (ICRE-2021) from May 7 to 8, 2021. With the sheer effort and dedication of the organising committee, 6 different sessions were held in two days which marked the presence of 2 eminent speakers from Abroad and 1 speaker from India. The Chief guest for the event was the Dean of Mechanical ..

For the last five years, Kilol, a magazine for children, is being published to develop creative writing skills of teachers and students, develop interest in writing in them, and placing their creative works in this magazine. The Wings2fly Society has categorised this magazine keeping in view the interest of readers of two types. The first edition is directly printed with limited content while the second edition is available online with all the materials. Meanwhile, a webinar was organised in order ..

For saving their village from the danger of Covid infection, the villagers are taking initiatives. The public representatives of Gram Panchayat Mudpar have also taken one such initiative. Over a dozen of people from the village have been tested Covid positive and the public representatives for stopping the infection from spreading further have decided to provide all the facilities needed by the corona patients at their home. Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Mudpar in order to ensure that the corona positive ..

  High Court of Chhattisgarh has directed the Chhattisgarh Government to start Covid vaccination, which was stopped by State Government for the age group between 18 and 45 years, immediately. A division bench of the High Court comprising of Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon and Justice Parth Prateem Sahu heard the Suo Moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Friday. After hearing State Government government’s reply and counsels for interveners and petitioners, the division bench have ..

  Pt Ravishankar Shukla University (PRSU), Raipur, on Friday announced the revised time-table of semester examination scheduled to be held in December-January 2020-21, but was postponed due to Covid pandemic. The university announced the dates, as per guidelines issued by the Chhattisgarh Government. The examination will start from May 24 with third semester. As per the time-table, the third semester examination of Post Graduate students will conclude on May 28. The first semester ..

Closure of liquor shops during lockdown has resulted in the death of eight alcoholics, after they consumed a spurious cocktail of country made mahua liquor with cough syrup in village Dhiripara located on the outskirts of city. Five more from the village are currently admitted in the hospital, battling for their lives. The police came to know about the incident late at night. Sirgitti Police, under whose jurisdiction the area comes, have taken possession of the bodies and sent them for autopsy. They ..

Government Railway Police (GRP) Raipur on Thursday arrested two men with 22 bottles of English liquor worth Rs 14,900 and 49 pouches of country liquor worth Rs 2058. According to report, GRP Station In-charge R K Borjha along with Sub-Inspector B N Mishra, constables Mordhwaj Verma, Rajesh Misra, CIB RPF Inspector Madhubala Patra, Sub-Inspector BR Sahu, Head Constable PK Dubey, RNK Mahana and Staff Sub-Inspectro Rituja Bhalekar, Head Constable PK Gaurah, and Head Constable MS Patel conducted checking ..

A Day before the imposition of third lockdown in Raipur district from May 6, District Collector Dr S Bharathi Dasan and Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Yadav held a joint meeting of Revenue, Police and Municipal Corporation officials in the war room here on Wednesday. The Collector and the SSP appealed the people and traders community to adhere to the containment zone rules. It is to be mentioned that the third lockdown in the district will come into effect with some relaxations, such as opening ..

WITH lockdown-like restrictions in many states due to the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, hiring activity declined by 15 per cent sequentially in April, according to a report. According to the Naukri JobSpeak Index, there were 2,072 job postings in April compared to 2,436 job postings in March. “The disruption caused by the second wave of Covid-19 has impacted the hiring activity leading to a 15 per cent sequential decline in April...

Under the national programme ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Rasoai’, food packets were distributed to helpless and destitute people with disabilities at Durg Railway Station by BJP Vyapar Prakost, Durg. During this second wave of the global pandemic corona ‘Seva Hi Sangathan’ programme has been launched nationwide by BJP and it was decided to provide dry ration as well as cooked food to labourers and destitute, under which District Unit of BJP duly launched the programme in district...

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel discussed with mitanins and health workers from Surguja and Bastar divisions about the current corona situation in their respective areas through video conference on Tuesday. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that Mitanins and health workers are playing an important role during the Covid crisis to contain the spread of coronavirus infection in rural areas of State. Baghel further said that today, the responsibility of mitanins and health workers in rural areas has increased. ..

UTAI, SUPERINTENDENT of Police Prashant Thakur accompanied by other officials conducted inspection at the isolation centres and took stock of situations. Many security personnel, who have returned from different states after election duty, have been quarantined...

Selling vegetables and fruits has become the most-sought after trade for a number of people who have been rendered unemployed due to the total lockdown in Bhilai and Durg. The COVID-19 pandemic and its induced lockdown to check spread of virus is not only limited to impact people’s healthy life but also adversely affecting on their wealth, forcing them to change professions. There has been a spurt in the number of vendors selling fruits and vegetables, an essential item for supplying, selling and ..

Corona vaccination of people between age group of 18 and 44 started in Raipur from Saturday. However, Antyoday card holders will be administered vaccine for now. As many as 14 centres have been set up in Raipur district. One of the vaccination centres is Medical College, Raipur where a large number of citizens got vaccinated on the first day today. Vaccination starts daily from 11:00 am. Vaccination will be done even on Sunday. Similarly, vaccination centres have been set up at District Hospital Pandri, ..

The online ‘61st All India Art, Drawing, Mask, Graphic, Photographic, Computer Graphic and Collage Art Exhibition-2021’ has begun on the Facebook page of Mahakoshal Kala Parishad on Thursday. The exhibition is being organised by Mahakoshal Kala Parishad in collaboration with Kalyan Prasad Sharma Smriti Mahakoshal Lalit Kala Mahavidyalaya Raipur, Government Nagarjuna Post Graduate College of Science Raipur, Lions Club Raipur Friends, Rotary Club East and JCI Club Raipur Sanskar on its facebook page. ..

Team IGNITRR of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur added another feather in the cap by securing an overall 7th position and the key takeaway being the 2nd position secured in the Manufacturing event at the prestigious SAE E Baja 2021. It was conducted by Society of Automotive Engineers, India in collaboration with Mahindra & Mahindra. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the event was shifted to a virtual platform and the focus of the event moved to the challenges of designing and validating ..

To guard against COVID-19 pandemic policemen at Chhaoni police station in Bhilai are regularly taking steam through a system, developed with the help of a pressure cooker at the police station. Gopal Vaishy, Station House Officer, Chhaoni Police Station informed that on the line of Ghaziabad police they have set up a system with the help of pipes attached to a pressure cooker on gas lit burners, generating steam for inhalation and police officials and personnel are taking steam regularly in a brake ..

SEEING the surge in the corona cases in the capital city and elsewhere also, the District Administration has extended the lockdown till May 6. However, the Administration permitted opening of wholesale market for loading and unloading of goods from 11 pm to 4 am so that the people are not devoid of the essential commodities. But the opening of the wholesale market after a long time resulted in huge crowd at the wholesale market violating all protocols. Biggest crowd was seen at Dumartarai market, ..

Raipur Collector on Tuesday issued an order fixing the tariff for the operation of private ambulance ferrying patients and the dead body of COVID-19 positive/suspected person. According to the order, Rs 1,100 has been fixed for half day (6 hours), covering 50 kilometre for tempo travellers and other vehicles (similar to the vehicle used in 108 ambulance service) and Rs 2,000 for 100 kilometre a day. Moreover, Rs 14 per kilometre has been fixed as additional charge...

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday reviewed the updated status of COVID cases and preventive measures being taken in the municipal councils of Raipur and Durg division. President and Chief Municipal Officers of all the municipal councils of Raipur and Durg division participated in In the joint review meeting. While addressing the review meeting, the Chief Minister said that presently, we all are passing through a difficult phase because of this global pandemic, but we are determined to overcome ..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with a nurse Bhawna Dhruv of Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital (BRAMH) in Mann Ki Baat programme over telephone on Sunday. During interaction PM Modi asked about her experience working successfully with the Covid patients despite so many responsibilities of her family and multitasks, she is involved in, as the Prime Minister wanted to share it with the listeners as nurses are the one who spend a long time with patients during treatment in the hospitals...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a mega virtual demonstration on Saturday against the alleged failure of the ruling Congress Government in handing COVID-19 situation. BJP workers protested across State on Saturday in front of their house, accusing State Government of failure and negligence in fighting against corona. Staging a sit-in protest against the horrific state of corona in State, the BJP alleged that Chhattisgarh is the topmost State in the country in terms of spreading COVID-19 infection ..

Acting on a precise tip-off, Khamtarai police have arrested six persons allegedly indulged in cricket betting and recovered Rs 1.45 lakh from them. “Following an input that few persons are taking bets on a match played between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders at WRS Colony, a police team from Khamtarai swung into action and arrested ..

    Advocating for maintaining uniformity in the prices of COVID-19 vaccines for the Centre and State Governments, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure availability of COVID-19 vaccines to the states at the uniform prices at which is it being provided to the Central Government. Amidst severe oxygen crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting on Friday with Chief Ministers of 10 states including Chhattisgarh, having most number ..

   Chhattisgarh Government, the Central Government and Railways have on Friday submitted their data to the High Court of Chhattisgarh in connection with suo moto Covid-19 public interest litigation (PIL). A division bench comprising of Chief Justice of the High Court P R Ramachandra Menon and Judge of the High Court Justice Parth Prateem Sahu heard the PIL on Friday through video conference. Advocate General Satish Chandra Verma informed the Court that a meeting of the officers ..

MISCONCEPTIONS and little knowledge are contributing largely to increase in COVID deaths with second wave of pandemic in Durg district. It is learnt to be the outcome of negligence on part of patients and their attendants to delay hospital admission for any reason. The District health department officials appealed all COVID positive persons for ensuring immediate hospital admission if Oxygen level falls below 94. District administration authorities set aside rumours of dearth of oxygen beds stating ..

IN a fire mishap a speeding ambulance caught fire and it reduced to scrap at four-lane highway in Bhilai-3 on Thursday noon. At the time of mishap only the driver was on wheels and he managed to escape unhurt. Police sources informed that at about 3 pm on Thursday, a speeding ambulance all of a sudden caught fire and soon it was engulfed into flames with emission of thick smoke at highway near Purani Bhilai Police Station in Bhilai-3. After information the well equipped fire fighting squads from ..

During the prevailing crisis in State because of the heavy surge in COVID-19 pandemic, a very gloomy picture of the pandemic came to fore, when the family members of a dead suspected COVID patient were seen pushing stretcher on the Jail road with the dead body in the capital due to lack of ambulance or any other vehicle for transportation of dead body. While undergoing treatment at the COVID Isolation Ward in Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital in the capital, Narmada Bahahud (55), died on Monday...

A truck driver was held on charges of committing breach of trust. He allegedly attempted to sell the iron bars which were supposed to be supplied from Maa Mani Industries Private Limited situated in Chakradhar Nagar to Jai Ambe Ispat Private Limited and R S Steel Industries in Urla Raipur. The accused identified as Ramsingh Sidar has been charged under Sections 420, 407, 120 b and 34 of IPC. As much as 30 tonnes of iron bars worth Rs 14.67 lakh was recovered in action. Driving license of Sidar was ..

A constable has been arrested after he strangulated his wife to death at Shanti nagar ward under limits of Kotwali police. The constable suspecting his wife’s character strangulated her to death. The constable was identified as Pallav Budh (33), a resident of Bijapur was married to Miani Pallav in the year 2011. The couple have three children. According to the police sources, Pallav Budh suspected his wife’s character and this had led to fights often between the two. Budh wanted to get rid of his ..

Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) teams again cracked down on two grocery shops for violation of lockdown rules. The teams sealed one shop at Gole Bazaar and another at Moudhapara. The authorities have also advised the small hawkers to sell the vegetables/fruits on mobile push-cart and not from a fixed point. RMC Zone-4 Executive Engineer Lokesh Chandrawanshi said one shopkeeper was selling grocery items at Gole Bazaar from his shop...

Asserting that the ruling Congress Government has passed all limits of insensitivity the Bharatiya Janata Party has alleged that the Government has failed completely in public accountability during this hour of crisis. Addressing a virtual press conference, the BJP National Vice-President and former Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh said the current spike in COVID-19 positive cases is very dangerous which is not even sparing children and youths. Medicines are also becoming less effective gradually. The ..

AMID spread of COVID-19 pandemic it is certainly heartening news that Ringni village Panchayat is successfully maintaining zero case while two other villages Mohandi and Nandouri are looking forward to eliminate pandemic by monitoring case and regular sanitisation across villages under Dhamdha block in Durg. It needs a mention that Sarpanchs from these villages along with Panchayat army of Anganbadi, Mitanin and Bihan Samuh members are putting in efforts to beat the pandemic. They are ensuring ..

Despite foolproof precautionary measures ensured by the authorities at the examination centres in Raipur, 75 per cent candidates skipped entrance examination held for National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy. Fear of rising number of Covid cases in Chhattisgarh may be the reasons behind the dismal attendance of candidates in the NDA entrance examination, said Deputy Collector and Examination In-charge Poonam Sharma. “Only 25 per cent attendance was recorded in the morning and afternoon ..