Our Correspondent: SURAJPUR,  IN a tragic road mishap, six people including four of a family died and 10 others sustained critical injuries after the Bolero they were travelling collided head-on with a truck at Ghat Pendari on Ambikapur- Banaras Road on intervening night of Sunday and Monday. As per information, the spot of the mishap falls under jurisdiction of Chandora police station, some 50-kilometers away from Surajpur district headquarters. Fifteen persons were travelling in ..

  Staff Reporter: Deputy General Manager of Punjab National Bank (PNB) Sunil Agrawal was sent to four days Police Custody Remand (PCR) in connection with alleged financial irregularities at the State Government’s DKS Super Specialty Hospital, Raipur.  According to police sources, the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sumit Kapoor had sent the then AGM in PNB Sunil Agrawal to PCR till 4 pm of May 23. After hearing argument from both the sides, the court has granted ..

Dr Raman Singh,  Brijmohan Agrawal,  Vikas Tiwari Staff Reporter: RAIPUR/DURG  THE mood in Bharatiya Janata Party camp in Chhattisgarh is upbeat after the Exit Polls on Sunday predicted the ruling National Democratic Alliance government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, more or less a clean sweep in Lok Sabha Elections – 2019. The exit poll predicts over 300 seats for the NDA in the 545 seat Lok Sabha. While in Chhattisgarh the Exit Poll has predicted 7-9 seats for ..

 Staff Reporter: BHILAI With the mercury crossing 43 degree Celsius, the residents from Steel City are reeling under the sweltering day-time temperature over the past couple of days. Bhilians witnessed scorching heat on Sunday with mercury touching 44 degrees Celsius and residents are waiting for summer showers, which is nowhere in sight. With escalating heat, the residents of Twincity are wilting under the grip of scorching heat and they are experiencing a heat wave-like condition ..

 Staff Reporter; RAIPUR The counting for posts including president, senior vice-president (female), junior vice-president, secretary, joint secretary (male) and joint secretary (female) of the Bar Association were in progress whose election was held on Friday. Since the counting of votes began late even at midnight the counting of votes was in progress. Meanwhile the Returning officer announced the winners of some of the posts whose counting was completed accordingly Senior lawyer Rakesh ..

 Staff Reporter; RAIPUR  Azad Chowk police on Saturday arrested five youths, including four minor, in connection with burglary recently took place at a general store and recovered stolen cash worth Rs 4.51 from their possession. “Acting on a precise tip-off and technical evidences, Azad Chowk police arrested Jhamman Sahu alias Vishal Sahu (18), a resident of Arjun Nagar, and four minors in connection with burglary recently took place at Laxmi Pan and General Store. From the possession ..

Staff ReporterRaipurThe winners of the Chhattisgarh Sub-Junior Karate Championship will be representing the State in the forthcoming National Championship to be held in New Delhi from June 10 to 13. Winners of the Chhattisgarh Sub-Junior Karate Championship posing along with officials.  According to international coach Harsha Sahu, Chhattisgarh Sub-Junior Championship which was also selection of the players for the national meet was held in Bhilai from May 16 to 17. The selected players ..

Staff Reporter RAIPURChhattisgarh State Power Company conducted a departmental enquiry which was centered on the subject ‘Departmental Enquiry’. The workshop which was conducted at Seva Bhawan, the State Power Companies HQ, was chaired by Chairman Shailendra Shukla. Giving his impression on the subject Chairman Shailendra Shukla said that Departmental Enquiry is an important act and procedure. The objective behind carrying of departmental enquiry is to provide justice to the sufferer employees ..

 Staff Reporter:  Bhilai With 2,833 candidates appeared for Chhattisgarh Pre Engineering Test (CGPET) this year in twin cities of Durg as well as Bhilai, there was a dip of over 10% and one of lowest students’ appearance in this exam in last 15 years. In last year, around 3,630 students of the twin cities appeared for the examination. Every year, CGPET witnessed 10 to 12 examination centers due to large number of students’ appearance but this time due to poor registration, ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Even as the Forest Department launched a probe on a National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) supervisory visit report, incriminating Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in poaching and burning/cutting forests in Udanti-Sitanandi Tiger Reserve (USTR), two previous cases of CRPF personnel indicted in wildlife poaching remain unresolved till date. Now when the Forest Department has set the ball of investigation rolling, Environment Conservationist Nitin ..

  Staff Reporter: BHILAI Attack was not to kill the victim union leader but threaten him as he was stabbed with paper cutters  SIX including a BSP contractor and a supervisor were arrested for involvement in the armed attack on a senior leader from BSP trade union (CITU) in Bhilai a week ago. The contract criminals carried out the armed attack which was meant to threaten the victim trade union leader Yogesh Soni. The gory crime could be termed as the outcome of the conflict ..

 By Dr Abhinav Mishra  KAWARDHA Actor in Chhattisgarhi cinema (Chhollywood) n Imparts training of ‘Computer Operation and Programming’ to youngsters.  Meet the zestful and versatile young boy of Kawardha named Dev Singh Ahire, who did not let his short stature come in the way of his standing tall. This boy has been suffering from dwarfism and is mere 4 feet (122 cms) in height, but his achievements have been ‘colossal’. This ‘Lilliputian heighted’..

  Staff Reporter; BHILAI ‘Shiromani Puraskar’ were awarded to the winners for the months of March and April 2019 on Tuesday at the auditorium in Plate Mill of Bhilai Steel Plant in the specially organised function. Departmental head and GM M M Gadre was present on this occasion.  The main purpose of conferring this citation was to felicitate the non-executive employee with serious concern for abiding by all the safety regulations, while remaining committed and ..

 Staff Reporter: ARANG Water crisis at village Riwa is aggravating with every passing day. Amidst the growing commotion over drinking water, local youths called on a meeting, which was largely attended by women to ponder on possible solutions of the water shortage. Many suggestions were tabled to counter the water problems. After hearing the suggestions, a consensus was built on installing motor pump on bore below Naiya talab and construction of water tank near Riwa School as temporary ..

 Staff Reporter  DURG, With an objective to make youth’s self-reliant, Insmart Systems, Hyderabad granted 30 lakhs to Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University (CSVTU) Bhilai for providing training to 10 students for preparing Bio Fertilizers. After training, the students will be provided further assistance to start up their own business in this field under the scheme. CSVTU Vice Chancellor, Dr MK Verma said that this is a golden opportunity for those students living ..

 Staff Reporter; RAIPUR The Supreme Court retired Justice AK Patnaik reviewed the cases against the Scheduled Tribe (ST) people in Naxal-affected areas in New Circuit House on Monday. Justice Patnaik chaired the committee constituted of senior officials of concerned departments for reviewing the cases. Officials as Advocate General Kanak Tiwari, Director General of Police DM Awasthi, DG Jail/SIB Naxal Ops Girdhari Nayak, Home Secretary Arun Dev Gautam, Secretary SC/ST Department DD ..

   Most of these high schools (till class 10th) and higher secondary (till class 12th) are located in remote rural areas of tribal dominated districts or some are Government ones of the urban areas Many schools that are affiliated to Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) enjoyed the distinction of bagging cent percent pass result as well as those that received hassle for seeing either below 20% pass percentage or not seeing a single pass the board examination had student ..

  While Jashpur district tops both X and XII examinations with 85.22% and 90.09% results respectively, Bemetara and Janjgir-Champa remain at the bottom of the tableRaipur stands 24th in Class X Exam and 15th in Class XII Exam while Durg stands 12th in both. Bilaspur too fails to secure a berth even in the top ten list As government schools in rural Chhattisgarh, naxal-hit and tribal-dominated districts in particular, outperformed their urban counterparts of State in the Class X and XII ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR It seems like burglars are finding Chhattisgarh’s capital an easy prey and emerging a tough challenge for Raipur police as series of house-breakings were recently reported at separate locations in the city. According to police sources, unidentified burglars recently stormed into the office of one Konark Industry located at posh Samta Colony falling in limits of Azad Chowk police station during day hour and escaped with cash worth Rs 1.10 lakh. The burglary ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR   Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management and Technology Raipur has secured 5th position in the ranking recently released by Tessolve Semiconductor. In this ranking programme, engineering colleges from the across the country were registered.   Tessolve Semiconductor is a company run by Hero Group, which is leading the semiconductor chip testing in the nation. SSIPMT Raipur had signed agreement with the company in 2017. As per agreement, ..

Yogendra Verma, a student of Maharana Pratap Higher Secondary School, Jhaphal (Mungeli), has topped the tentative top ten student list of Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination 2019 conducted by the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) in March this year. Yogendra has scored 97.40 per cent as he obtained 487 marks out of total 500 in the Class XII Examination, results of which were announced by CGBSE Chairman and School Education Principal Secretary Gaurav Dwivedi on Friday. ..

 Our Correspondent: JAGDALPUR  A pedestrian informed that the main objective behind taking out the padyatra is to draw the attention of both Chhattisgarh and Odisha governments so that Odisha provide 45% of water to Bastar  Under the campaign to save the life-giving Indravati River of Bastar, thousands of people from the villages around took out a ‘Padyatra’ on Thursday morning. The ‘Padyatra’ was started from Maa Danteshwari temple situated at Sirhasar ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Padmashri Dr Surendra Dubey was felicitated by North America Chhattisgarh Association (NACHA) in Chicago for the contribution he made in the field of literature and to promote the Chhattisgarhi language internationally. The Association also hosted a Kavi Sammelan for Padmashri Dr Surendra Dubey. The event was hosted by NACHA National Executive President Ganesh Kar and Founder & Chicago President Deepali Saraogi along with Joint Secretary Chicago Sonu Joshi, ..

 The Hitavada State Bureau: SURGUJA/RAIPUR Surguja police on Wednesday arrested two tricksters, who fraudulently managed to avail compensation to the tune of around Rs 1.75 crore from South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) through forged documents. According to police sources, the arrested were identified as Arvind Beck (20) and Wahid Hussain (27), both hailing from Surajpur district. With the help of fake Aadhaar card and other forged documents, Arvind by introducing him as one of ..

 Staff Reporter; RAIPUR In a humanitarian gesture, residents from Agrasen Nagar in the capital have prepared nests for birds with earthern pots, so as to ensure that the birds do not suffer due to prevailing heat-wave conditions in the state. The inspiration behind this initiative is Vijay Mishra, Deputy General Manager, Chhattisgarh State Power Companies Ltd.  On the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, which was celebrated yesterday, the residents installed such earthern pots containing ..

Staff Reporter  BHILAI Victim leader did not name, but suspected the possibility of involvement of BSP contractors behind attack   IN an armed attack, a senior leader from BSP trade union (CITU) was repeatedly stabbed and inflicted upon serious injuries by two unidentified motorbike born assailants at Forest Avenue in Risali, Bhilai on Tuesday morning. The victim union leader was hospitalised for treatment and his condition was stated to be stable. After attacking the union leader, ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Sejbahar area was rocked by a string of thefts as thieves struck at five homes in a single night, making away with ornaments, cash and other valuables worth in several lakhs. Come summer and many families take off to enjoy the vacations or to attend marriage functions, leaving behind vacant homes. These homes then become easy target for the burglars.  At dead of the Monday night, thieves charged at several homes at Housing Board Colony Sejbahar along with ..

 Staff Reporter  RAIPUR In another revelation to loan sharking cum extortion case, Raipur police on Monday claimed that the brother duo of loan shark-turned-extortionist Virendra Singh Tomar and Rohit Tomar have cheated some banks by availing loans to the tune of several lakhs with the help of forged documents. “By furnishing forged documents, Virendra Singh Tomar and Rohit Tomar have cheated banks and availed loan worth several banks for purchasing four-wheelers.  The role ..

Pilgrims from Gujarat estranged due to Cyclone Fani, at Indoor stadium in capital.Pilgrims returning to Jamnagar by Kaviguru Express.  Staff Reporter; RAIPUR In an humanitarian initiative, the Raipur district administration on the behest of state government, made arrangement for the safe return of 153 pilgrims from Gujarat, who had visited Puri in Odisha but were estranged due to Cyclone Fani. On the directive of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, these pilgrims, who somehow managed ..

  Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Newly-appointed Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Justice P R Ramchandra Menon was given rousing welcome on his arrival to the capital on Sunday. Governor Anandiben Patel will be administering the oath of office and secrecy to Justice P R Ramachandra Menon on Monday as the 12th Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, at Darbar Hall, Raj Bhavan.  The oath ceremony of the new Chief Justice is scheduled to begin at 11 am. Justice P R Ramchandra ..

   Staff Reporter: Bhilai It is indicated that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is most probably to release the results of class X board examination on Sunday. But for CBSE Bhubaneswar region (handles CBSE affiliated schools of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Odisha) it is difficult to release results on May 5th, as recent storm Fani affected as well as damaged the entire state including capital of Odisha too.  In this position, how will authorities of CBSE ..

  Staff Reporter: RAIPUR ITM University organised ‘Skill Development programme for Industry 4.0’ for the first time in Chhattisgarh at Hyatt, Raipur on Friday. This exclusive programme included industry meet followed by hands on practice workshop. General Manager Asia of Universal Robots Pradip Daid and Technical Officer Manish Kumar Garg were the keynote speakers.  ITM Group of Institutions has always been sensitive to the innovations and disruptive changes happening ..

Staff Reporter  BHILAIONE was arrested on charges of cheating involving Rs 16 lakh in Nehru Nagar, Bhilai on Friday. The accused was remanded to jail from the court following his arrest.   The accused Kuldeep Narayan in police custody. Police sources informed that the accused was identified as Kuldeep Narayan (36), a resident of Anushka Residency, Nehru Nagar, Bhilai. In her complaint, the victim Devantin Soni, a resident of Laxmi Nagar, Risali, Bhilai alleged that since January ..

 Staff Reporter Indian Oil Corporation’s (IndianOil) Research & Development Centre at Faridabad crossed a major milestone this week by filing its 1,001st patent, the first among Indian oil & gas PSUs to do so. The R&D Centre’s IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio comprises 794 active patents, of which 542 patents were granted abroad and 252 in India. The Centre has also registered a healthy commercialisation rate for its patents, higher than the global average.  ..

Our Correspondent BEMETARATRAGEDY struck a marriage party after its three members, including groom, died after the car they were traveling overturned near Narainpur, Mohlai turn under Maro police out-post of Nandghat police station.  Overturned car at the spot.   Three more people were injured in the mishap that occurred on National Highway-130 on Thursday evening.the deceased has been identified as Sangeeta Sahu, groom Shivnath Yadav and driver Taleshwar Sahu. Sangeeta died on ..

 Staff Reporter; Bhilai M Thomas Jacob of DPS Bhilai topped the State with 98.6 percentage  After two decades, the results of class XII board examination of CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) were declared first time in the first week of May and students of Chhattisgarh recorded a pass percentage of 92.1%- the highest among the three states (Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal) of CBSE Bhubaneswar region. The results of the All India Senior School Certificate Examination ..

  Sports Reporter  Raipur  A summer coaching camp for imparting free coaching on Bodybuilding, Weightlifting, Power Lifting and Wrestling was inaugurated at Sports Complex of Forest Department in Pandri. Raipur District Body Building Association and Achiever United Health are jointly organising the month-long camp from May 1 to 31. Raipur District Bodybuilding Association Secretary Manik Tamrakar said that participants between the age group of 9 and 17 are attending the coaching ..

   By Partha Sarathi Behera  Raipur: This latest development has come as a major setback for PRSU which is enjoying NAAC Grade ‘A’ for its overall performance  None of the universities from Chhattisgarh has been able to meet the criteria fixed by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) when it comes to performance by these universities in developing human resource and faculty development. Unfortunately, two major universities of Chhattisgarh ..

 Staff Reporter Bhilai:  1,590 samples were collected from retails, wholesalers and public healthcare in all parts of Chhattisgarh in time duration of 4 years (2015-2019) and 311 samples of drugs or medicines were not of standard quality and many of them crossed their expiry date too   It is really a shocking factor that 21 per cent of drug or medicine samples collected from different public healthcares consist of civil hospitals, community health centres, primary and sub-primary ..

  Staff Reporter: RAIPUR; In the capacity of environment conservation activist Nitin Singhvi has forwarded certain suggestions to the NGT State-level Committee on issues pertaining to garbage dumping yards at Sakri and Sarona, disposal of plastic carry-bags and catering wastes as well as some other pollution related issues. Singhvi has urged the state committee to ensure complete compliance of norms mentioned under Solid Waste Management rules. On the directive of National Green ..

  Staff Reporter; RAIPUR:  Chhattisgarh Government has got three weeks to reply on National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) proposal for declaration of Bhoramdev Sanctuary as the Tiger Reserve. NTCA submitted the reply to Chhattisgarh High Court acting Chief Judge P P Sahu, who was hearing the PIL filed by environment conservationist Nitin Singhvi on Tuesday. NTCA responded, saying the Bhoramdev Sanctuary abuts the Kanha National Park and also borders with Navegaon, ..

  Staff Reporter: BHILAI “Dost Zindagi Saza Thi Tere Jane Ke Bad, Aur Ye Gunah Kar Diya Maine Apno Ke Sath” Similar to the saying, succumbing to encompassing sorrow of losing the childhood friend and with guilt towards parents and the sibling, a youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging self in his house in Sector-10, Bhilai on Tuesday morning. Police sources informed that the deceased was identified as Pushpendra Dhruv (21), son of Rajeshwar Dhruv, a resident of ..

  Staff Reporter BHILAI: The BSP employee couple and family members were fortunate enough as no one was injured when all of a sudden ceiling plaster of large area collapsed at their residential quarter in BSP Township on Sunday evening. During allotment of residential quarter, the BSP employee couple was not extended benefits under the Welcome Scheme and their complaint regarding complaint of necessary civil work was pending for over six months. According to information, the incident ..

  Staff Reporter Durg: Two Durg based young businessmen recently proved that honesty is the best policy when they returned Rs 33,870 to the police which they had found lying on the street just outside their house at Gandhi Chowk, Durg. The money was wrapped in a bundle of clothes and after noticing it, the youths rushed to the police station and handed it over to the police. Durg police is appreciating the youths and have now launched massive investigations to trace the owner of the ..

  By Amlan Sinha Bhilai: UNEMPLOYMENT is a serious topic widely in discussion in the general elections, the number of people unemployed in Chhattisgarh till March 2019 amounts to just 1,95,473 informed Union Ministry of Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood. Thus Chhattisgarh has the unemployment rate of 2.4% and the State has the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the nation after Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi. It has been revealed by Centre for Monitoring ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR: Raipur South MLA Brijmohan Agrawal has taken up the command of election campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Lucknow Rajnath Singh. Brijmohan Agrawal in accompaniment of Union Minister Maheshchandra Sharma on Sunday attended the resolution letter programme organised by the businessmen at Dilkhush Garden in Lucknow.  Senior BJP Leaders as former Minister Kurud MLA Ajay Chandrakar, Bhatapara MLA Shivratan Sharma and Janjgir MLA Narayan ..

   Staff Reporter Raipur: The Khosla Ka Ghosla and Bheja Fry actor, Vinay Pathak, feels in a democracy everyone has the rights to speak and whatever said by a section in the film fraternity regarding this general elections was genuine. “This is democratic country and I don’t feel anybody should be prevented from presenting his/her views even though I am not part of that episode,” said Pathak while replying to the question if he supports an appeal made by a group ..

  Staff Reporter BHILAI; ‘Advanced Amenities under Modex at SMS-3’ was the topic of lecture, organised under the auspices of Indian Institute of Metals, Bhilai Chapter, on April 26, 2019 at the auditorium of HRD Centre of BSP. ED (Project) A K Kabisatpathi graced the occasion as chief guest. The honourary chairman and Executive Director (Works) P K Das, ED (MM) S K Basar and ED (P&A) K K Singh were also present on this occasion as the special invitees. While sharing ..

  FOUR ultras including three carrying cash reward of Rs 1 lakh each surrendered before Superintendent of Police D S Maravi and Additional SP Shalabh Sinha. The Naxals cited the reasons for surrender for being fed-up with hollow ideology of Maoists and harassment of top cadres. Impressed with surrender and rehabitation policy of state government, the Naxals intended to join main stream of society. According to police, the Naxals surrendered have been identified as Militia Commander in Arampalli ..

 Exposing the reality of police claims about night patrolling and negligence of bank authority, unidentified burglars broke into State Bank of India (SBI) located near Urla police station.Although, the burglars failed to enter the bank’s strong-room, the accused managed to escape with Rs 1,400 and a few dairies kept in a drawer. “On intervening night of April 25 and April 26, burglars broke into SBI Urla Branch by making a hole in bank’s wall. The burglars failed to enter ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur; The World Bank funded Sustainable Partnership for Rooftop Acceleration in Bharat (SUPRABHA) Technical Assistance (TA) Programme was inaugurated on Thursday at Institute of Renewable Energy Technology & Management, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University (PRSU). Chhattisgarh State Power Company has nominated 30 DISCOM officers for the training programme aimed at capacity building and skill development. Er. Shailendra Kumar Shukla, Chairman, Chhattisgarh State Power ..

  RAIPUR; Suspended Director General (DG) Mukesh Gupta on Thursday gave deposition to Economic Offence Wing (EOW) in the phone tapping case. EOW had sent him notices for deposition in two separate cases following an order issued by the High Court.  Gupta came to the EOW after receiving the notices. Sources informed, DG Gupta had object the presence of Supervisory Officer, but EOW Officials unequivocally told him that the statement will be recorded in the presence of Supervisory ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur;  A Day after the third phase Lok Sabha elections 2019 concluded in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, Electronics Voting Machines (EVMs) from Dharsiwa, Raipur Rural, Raipur City (West), Raipur City (North), Raipur City (South), Abhanpur and Arang assembly segments were sealed in the strong room on Wednesday in the presence of general observer Keshav Kumar Pathak and Chandrashekhar, Police observer Ranjit Mishra, District Election Officer Dr Basavaraju S and representatives ..

  Our Correspondent BHANUPRATAPPUR: UNDER most ambitious project Narawa, Garava, Ghurva and Baadi Yojana of the State Government, village Mungval in Bhanupratappur block and village Karramadh in Durgukondal are being developed as model Gothan, where enough facilities will be made available for cattle. A Gharuva under the project is being constructed in Gothan for manufacturing organic fertilizer. Besides, provision has also been made for repairing drains.  Gothan Samiti will look ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR; Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will form next Government at the centre. Talking to media persons at state party office Rajiv Bahwan just after ending of third phase Lok Sabha elections in the State, Baghel said that the people of the State are happy with the works of the Congress Government.  The Chief Minister stated that the UPA will win over 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. In Chhattisgarh, the party ..

  The Hitavada State Bureau DANTEWADA/RAIPUR: A desperately wanted outlaw was gunned down during a fierce encounter between the security personnel and Naxals in restive Dantewada district on Tuesday. While the slain Naxal was carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, his main task with the banned outfit was to develop intelligence on the movement of security forces accordingly which they used to plan coordinated attacks on them.  “The slain outlaw aging around 35-years ..

 Our Correspondent WADRAFNAGAR: A polling team member died and others suffered severe injuries when the vehicle in which they were travelling hit a tree on the roadside near Karamdiha Syahi turn on Monday evening. The injured have been admitted at Wadrafnagar Community Health Center.  The deceased was identified as Ganesh Kumar, a government teacher. According to police sources, polling team after receiving the poll material was on its way to respective polling booths for Lok Sabha ..

  Staff Reporter BHILAI: Production, Planning and Control Department has recently organised a Communication Forum at Sayantra Bhavan of BSP, which was presided over by GM (PPC) G P Ojha. Assistant Manager (PPC) Ankita Mishra welcomed the participants. Soon after, Sachin Kanikdale (Statistics Department) gave the Technical Presentation.  Ojha stressed upon the challenges in future ahead of BSP. He also pointed that through such communication forums, the employees share their working ..

   Staff Reporter RAIPUR: Spreading strong and clear message that there would be no mercy shown to trouble makers and mongers, two companies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Raipur police on Sunday staged a flag march. The flag march, which commenced from Police Lines and traversed well in all the directions, sent a strong message that any type of nuisance in the State capital during election will not be tolerated and trouble makers will be dealt with iron hand. “Th..

  Staff Reporter DURG: After her lead role in ‘Mooso’, the upcoming feature film, Shweta Padda of twin city will be seen in ace filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s next venture ‘Love Aaj Kal 2’. “I am really happy to be a part of Imtiaz Ali sir project ‘Love Aaj Kal-2’. It’s a dream come true working with Imtiyaz Sir, after Mughal -e -Azam this is another break in bollywood for me,” Shweta told The Hitavada.  Working with Imtiyaz sir ..

   Staff Reporter RAIPUR: Sending strong message of zero tolerance towards crime, Raipur police on Saturday paraded loan shark-turned-extortionist Ruby Singh on the city’s streets. The accused Ruby Singh was produced in a local court from where he was sent to jail. “After Police Custody Remand (PCR) of Virendra Singh Tomar alias Ruby Singh ended on Saturday, police has produced the accused in a local court from where he was sent to judicial custody. Late on yesterday ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR: A four-wheeler recklessly driven by a girl hit a motorcycle leaving a youth dead and two others severely injured in Naya Raipur on Saturday. The fatal road accident took place at Sector-30 in Naya Raipur under Rakhi police station, police said. Police further informed that the accused girl Khusboo Tiwari, a resident of Pandri under Civil Lines police station and studying in Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur, has been arrested in connection with the ..

 Just four days before polling, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Raipur Lok Sabha seat Khilesh Kumar Sahu has extended his support to Congress candidate Pramod Dubey. Talking to mediapersons at Congress state party office Rajiv Bhawan, BSP candidate Khilesh Kumar Sahu said that he has decided to extend his support to Congress candidate Pramod Dubey in the elections. Sahu said that he liked the works of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel led Congress government and so he is willing to join ..

 Two youths were arrested on Friday in connection with robbery recently took place at village Guma falling in limits of Urla police station and a mobile handset looted by the duo recovered from their possession, police said. The arrested were identified as Himanshu Verma alias Lucky (19) and Rahul Rajput (19), both residents of Birgaon under Urla police station.  According to police sources, three bike borne robbers in March this year, robbed of mobile handset and Rs 400 from a person ..

  The Hitavada State Bureau  DANTEWADA/RAIPUR,  IN a major blow to the Left Wing Extremists (LWEs), security forces on Thursday eliminated two dreaded Naxals, who were involved in the brutal killing of Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Legislative Assembly Bhima Mandavi along with four security personnel on April 9. Both the ultras were neutralised during heavy Exchange of Fire (EoF) between the security forces and outlaws in State’s insurgency-hit Dantewada district on Thursday ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR:  Under the Second phase of Lok Sabha Elections – 2019 in Chhattisgarh, Kanker Lok Sabha constituency polled highest 72.37 percent votes followed by 71.76 percent in Rajnandgaon and 68.23 percent in Mahasamund as on 5 pm. The total average polling in these three Lok Sabha constituencies as on 5pm has been 71.09 percent, which is likely to increase as data from over 100 polling booths are still awaited. The polling percentage in Lok Sabha Elections ..

  By Abhishek Kumar RAIPUR: Sarguja Lok Sabha reserved seat for scheduled tribes (ST) is expected to witness a tough and straight fight between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Renuka Singh Saruta and Congress candidate Khel Sai Singh in the Lok Sabha elections-2019. The elections for Sarguja seat will be conducted under the third phase of the general elections on April 23. Sarguja Lok Sabha segment is comprising eight Assembly segments- Premnagar, Bhatgaon, Pratappur, Ramanujganj, Samri, ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur: Department of Mining Engineering (MED), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur, scripted history by being elected as a Student Chapter for SME and joined the list of IIT ISM, IIT BHU and IIT KGP as SME student chapters. Society of Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) has elected NIT Raipur as an International Student Chapter on 5th April 2019.  SME is a member-driven society representing students and professionals serving the mining industry in ..

By Roshan ChachaneRAIPUR, Apr 16The State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is in doldrums as the sword of proposed revival plan through VRS hangs over around 54,000 staffers, a plan which the BSNL Unions/Associations are viewing as a surreptitious roadmap for a secret invasion by the Private Telecom Operators.  The Telecom Market went through a major disruption with the introduction of low tariffs and cut-throat competition among the private players. The disruption caused BSNL bleed ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR:  The manifesto promises employment for youths and women  Congress party released the manifesto titled ‘Meri Soch, Mera Sankalp’ for Raipur Lok Sabha constituency here on Monday . Talking to mediapersons, senior Congress party leader and Raipur Rural MLA Satyanarayan Sharma said that efforts would be made by Congress party candidate Pramod Dubey for Metro Railway service if he is elected from Raipur constituency.   The manifesto ..

   Staff Reporter Raipur: Bangali Samaj Chhattisgarh urged Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for action against Dr Hemant Kashyap for using derogatory words against Bengalis. A delegation of the Samaj submitted a memorandum to the District Collector of Raipur, addressing to the Chief Minister, on Monday. In the memorandum, Samaj members mentioned that Dr Kashyap is running a clinic at Pamgarh in Surguja district. A Bengali man, who used to deal with ‘jadi-buti’ medicines ..

  Our Correspondent  JASHPUR: Apr 14 NO ROAD, NO VOTE is the slogan shouted by villagers of Darupisa for Lok Sabha polls. Darupisa village falls under Gram Panchayat Dokda where people are boycotting elections scheduled on April 23 for not getting road connectivity.  Besides, entry of any political leader has also been restricted in the village. As per information, Darupisa village is still eyeing for development. People are fed up with demanding basic amenities since their ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur; “Media should play a vital role to highlight plight of transgender community which is incredibly diverse. Some transgender people identify as male or female, and some identify as gender queer, non-binary, a gender or somewhere else on or outside of the spectrum of what we understand gender to be. Some of us take hormones and have surgery as part of our transition, and some don’t,” said senior journalist Ramesh Nayyar during the day long workshop ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR,   Chhattisgarh Government wrote to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Subrat Sahoo seeking consent of Election Commission of India for constituting Judicial Inquiry Commission in connection with the brutal killing of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi on April 9. Addressing a press conference at State party office Rajiv Bhawan, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee’s Communication Department Chairman Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said that Secretary of General Administratio..

  Staff Reporter  DURG Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Chief Electoral Officer of State, Subrat Sahoo on Saturday reached Durg Lok Sabha constituency and took stock of the preparations and arrangements being done. Sahoo inspected the Strong Room at Rungta College Bhilai premises. He evaluated the constituency-wise arrangements being made for counting of votes. He also inspected the counting rooms along with strong room. Sahoo directed the District Election Officer, Police Administration ..

Bharatiya Janata Party has raised objection to the participation in active politics and carrying out campaigning for Congress by the four Advisors of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Addressing a press conference on Friday, BJP State Spokesperson Shivratan Sharma said that all the four Advisors are government servants and cannot participate in campaigning on behalf of any political party.  The BJP has further extended a complaint to the Election Commission of India demanding action on the same. ..

 Addressing an election rally in Chhattisgarh, three days after the brutal killing of BJP Legislator from Dantewada Bhima Mandavi by Maoists, Bharatiya Janata Party National President Amit Shah said after the demand for impartial enquiry into the killing of her husband has been made by Late Mandavi’s wife Ojaswi Mandavi, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel should immediately order an CBI enquiry, provided he has nothing to hide. Adressing a mega gathering at Gents Club grounds in Dongargaon at ..

  The Hitavada State Bureau Dantewada/Raipur: The family of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi ,who was killed just two days back in an IED blast triggered by Maoists, reached the polling booth to be a part of the biggest festival of democracy. As the whole family of Late Bhima Mandavi reached their polling booth for exercising their franchise, it took the people by surprise but they were also moved by the family’s faith in the ballot. Among those who came to vote were father Linga Mandavi, ..

  Our Correspondent NARAYANPUR: BRAVING the Naxal terror, the voters here started reaching the polling centers from early in the morning to cast their votes during the first phase of Lok Sabha polls 2019 on Thursday. A great enthusiasm was seen amongst the voters of Narayanpur which is Scheduled Tribe assembly constituency. Long queues of men and women voters were seen eagerly waiting outside the polling booths to exercise their franchise and validate their faith in democracy and ballot. ..

  By Abhishek Kumar RAIPUR:  Mineral Resources Department has not implemented new policy on sand mining so far  Sand is being sold at higher prices across the state after Chhattisgarh government decided to hand over the operation of sand mines to Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC). At present, sand is being sold for approx Rs 18 cubic foot (CFT) earlier the price was Rs 12 CFT. According to suppliers, the price of sand increased one and half times in local ..

   Staff Reporter RAIPUR: SWELTERING conditions that continued unabated in the State on Wednesday made life miserable for the common man and the temprature is expected to rise according to the local Met office. With the days’ maximum temperature revolving around 41 Degree Celsius for the last one week including the highest maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius recorded at Rajnandgaon on Wednesday. The common man it seems has no respite from the soaring temperature. Denizens ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur: Voting in Dantewada, Konta, Bijapur and Narayanpur of Bastar Lok Sabha constituency will be held between 7am and 3pm to counter the Naxal menace while Chitrakot, Kondagaon and Jagdalpur will see polling between 7 am and 5 pm.  Direct fight likely between Dipak Baij from Congress, Baiduram Kashyap from BJP. Other candidates are Aaytu Ram Mandavi (BSP) and Ramu Ram Maurya (Communist) Panish Prasad Nag (API), Mangalaram Karma (ABSKP) and Suresh alias Sargiram ..

  By Sandeep Pradhan RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh will soon be witnessing easy and regular availability of protein-rich breed of chicken ‘Kadaknath’ as Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in insurgency-hit Kanker district has developed a low cost ‘Egg Incubator’ that will promote the fowl’s commercial farming. “The agriculture extension centre of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) has successfully developed this affordable as well as efficient Egg Incubator ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR: Negligence on part of the Chhattisgarh Veterinary Department resulted in the tragic death of a healthy camel brought to the State Veterinary Hospital Pandri after rescuing from Kumhari. Informing about the entire incident, People for Animal’s Kasturi Ballal stated that the camel was abandoned by vagabonds near a stop-dam on river Kumhari one month ago.  They contacted Joint Director of Medical Department over the issue, who initially tried to shrug ..

 Staff Reporter Raipur: India is making strides towards becoming a global solar superpower: Shukla  Five-day National-level workshop on entrepreneurship, skill development programme on Solar PV Rooftop was organised by Institute of Renewable Energy Technology & Management along with School of Studies in Electronics and Photonics from on April 3 to 8. The valedictory function of the workshop was graced by Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Power Companies (CSPC) Engineer Shailendra ..

  Sports Reporter Raipur: Former Indian wicket-keeper batsman Surinder Khanna feels those questioning the selection process are hiding their own weaknesses. “I would suggest players should not complain in case they are not lucky enough to get selected in the team. They should keep trying and continue their hard work to remove the shortcomings. I would not hesitate to say that only weak people complain,” said the dashing middle order batsman of his era while talking to The ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR:  Inner Wheel Club of Raipur Greater successfully installed a Sanitary napkin incinerator at Central Mahila Jail Raipur on Friday. As per information received from Innerwheel over 200 ladies residing in the jail would be benefited by the installation of machine under one of the Innerwheel’s motivational move towards sanitization and women health.  It was a step towards clean jail premises, for which all jail officials as well as prisoners were ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur:   International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Naya Raipur hosted its second Industry-Academia Meet at its campus on Saturday. The meet witnessed a congregation of representatives from top industries of the country. Dr Pradeep K Sinha, Vice-Chancellor and Director of IIIT Naya Raipur during his welcome address drew attention to the fact that today more than 60% of the engineers produced in India are not employable by industries due to lack of ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR: The poster of upcoming Chhattisgarh movie ‘Mahu Kuwara Tahu Kuwari’, directed by Manoj Verma, was released at Swapnil Digital Studios, Raipur on Saturday. The movie will be released in the cinema halls of the state on April 26. Photographers Gokul Soni, Vinay Sharma, Rupesh Yadav and others were the guests in the programme.  Rocky Daswani and Neeraj Vikram are the producers of the movie. Neeraj Virma is the script writer of the movie. Maan Qureshi ..

  The Hitavada State Bureau Bijapur/Raipur: As Chhattisgarh is gearing up for coming Lok Sabha elections, Naxals dropped pamphlets in one of the worst insurgency-hit districts Bijpaur have at area close to the office of District Collector and Superintendent of Police with message of boycotting the polls. According to information received, the group of Naxals late on last night reportedly entered the district headquarter and dropped large numbers of pamphlets calling for boycott of the ..

  Staff Reporter Raipur: Namrata Jain, hailing from Naxal-infested district Dantewada (Bastar), bagged 12th rank while Varnit Negi (Bilapsur) got 13th rank in the UPSC examination whose results were announced on Friday. Namarta Jain was a student of KPS Bhilai and completed her B Tech from Bhilai Institute of Technology.  This was Namrata’s second attempt for the coveted exam. Earlier (2017) in UPSC examination Namrata Jain got 99th ranking and was awarded IPS, which she ..

  Staff Reporter RAIPUR;  CM Baghel, C’garh Congress In-charge P L Punia release Congress party’s manifesto  Chhattisgarh Congress In-charge P L Punia said that Congress party’s manifesto for Lok Sabha elections-2019 caters to all classes and the Congress government would implement minimum income guarantee scheme-‘NYAY’ if the party is voted to power. Talking to mediapersons at state party office Rajiv Bhawan here on Thursday, Punia said that ..

 Staff Reporter RAIPUR,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a brief stopover at the Swami Vivekanand Airport here in Raipur before proceeding on a campaign tour of the neighbouring Odisha. The Prime Minister arrived at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur around 10.05 am by a special aircraft and was there for a few minutes before he headed for Kalahandi in Odisha, a state BJP spokesperson said. He was welcomed by Chhattisgarh’s former Chief Minister and BJP National Vice-Presi..

 Special Correspondent Raipur, Department of Technical Education (DTE), Chhattisgarh government, has defended its stand amidst criticism over its alleged lackadaisical attitude towards granting No-objection Certificates (NoC) to the technical institutions of the state.  The DTE has also advised the institutions to properly study the Approval Process Handbook (APH) 2019-20 of the DTE, so that the technical institutions stop blaming the DTE without any reason. According to some technical ..

  By Partha Sarathi Behera Raipur,  Apr 1 In a significant achievement, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University (PRSU), Raipur, will be leading a major research project aimed at finding the role of black carbon and brown carbon on the atmospheric changes and the consequent effect on cloud formation and monsoon, and its impact on glaciers of Leh-Ladakh, Gangotri-Gaumukh and Karakoram mountain ranges. A team of senior professors, research scholars and young scientists led by Dr Shamsh Pervez ..

Staff Reporter,   BHILAI, Apr 1 AMIDST intensive checking and round the clock vigil ahead of Lok Sabha election, in a major burglary, some unidentified burglars - probably equipped with gas cutter and hacksaw blade, struck at Bajaj showroom and decamped with cash Rs 9 lakh from the showroom in Chhaoni, Bhilai. The police claimed to have launched intensive investigation to track down the culprits behind the burglary. According to information, during intervening night of Sunday an..

   Staff Reporter RAIPUR,  Congress to take out “Nyay Yatra” to publicise party’s minimum income guarantee scheme Chief Minister and President of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) Bhupesh Baghel will flag off ‘Nyay Yatra’ from Kirandul of Dantewada district on Sunday. Addressing a press conference at state party office Rajiv Bhawan on Saturday, CPCC’s Communication Department Chairman Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said that the Congress ..

   Staff Reporter RAIPUR,  Director General of Police (DGP) DM Awasthi presented the certificate of Best Police Station to Superintendent of Police Balaji Rao and the then City Kotwali Dhamtari Station House Officers (SHO) Santosh Jain and Rakesh Kumar Mishra at Police Head Quarters (PHQ) on Saturday. Union Home Ministry had accorded Dhamtari City Kotwali with the title of Best Police Station in the Nation for year 2018 recently.  In the selection process, Union Home ..

NSUI meeting held to review preparations of Raipur LS polls..

 Staff Reporter BHILAICHHATTISGARH police are fully resolved and committed for eliminating Naxalism as many brave police officials and jawan laid down their lives while retaliating Maoists attacks and also compelling them to surrender within their terrain, asserted Himanshu Gupta, Inspector General of Police, Durg Police Range. He was addressing the media persons in aftermath of NIA Court granted bail to N Venkatrao alias Nakka, the National Coordinator of Central Committee of Maoists. NIA Court ..