District Administration has rejected registration of three sonography centres of the districts while issued show cause notice to eight sonography centres for shortcomings. ..

Coming down heavily on the Bhupesh Baghel led Congress Government in State, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Vice- President Dr Raman Singh said that the duplicity in the political character of the ruling Congress Government has come to fore. Asserting that since the ruling Congress has come to power, it is continuously attacking on country’s federal structure the BJP National Vice-President said it is incessantly violating the constitutional provisions...

Model made by Anushree Agrawal with title ‘Urine the electricity generator’ has been selected for state- level competition. Ministry of Science and Technology of Government of India organised Inspire Award Programme in Raipur in which Anushree Agrawal, student of class IX of Gandhi English Medium School presented a model...

Despite high rate of malnutrition, Chhattisgarh utilised a mere 25.2 per cent of the funds released under the Poshan Abhiyan or the National Nutrition Mission between December 2017 and 2019 and surprisingly more than 50 per cent of the children below the age of 5 years in 18 out of total 27 districts were identified as malnourished like underweight, low birth weight and anaemic. But still Health Department as well as Woman and Child Development Department failed to use these funds in last two years ..

With the connivance of Revenue officials and the Panchayat Secretary, priceless green trees are being cut down on five acre land to develop gothan. Secretary Prem Kumar Dhruv has been posted to look after three panchayats Kulhadighat, Torega and Amad. Revenue officials informed that the government has not given approval for the construction of gothan in Amad Panchayat under ambitious project ‘Narwa, Garwa, Ghurwa and Badi’, but under the guidance of Secretary and Employment Assistant, green trees ..

the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) carried out signature campaign and formed‘Human Chain’ in support of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA). BJYM alleged that both the Left and the Congress are trying to create mayhem in the country through their violent protests against CAA. Addressing the gathering, former Minister Brijmohan Agrawal said taht the Act is being opposed by those who follow a certain ideology and want divide the country for their vested interests. He said that the country knows ..

A group of students from the villages of Darbha development block in Bastar district was quite excited to be a part of three-day State-level Youth Festival under way at Government Science College Ground of Raipur from January 12 to 14. The reason behind such excitement was the exposure they got through this festival and subsequently a golden opportunity to come out of the Naxal-hit Bastar and perform before a different audience in Raipur...

Manish Rao Suroshe has been appointed as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Youth Wing Raipur District president in a meeting of the party held here on Sunday. Manish was unanimously appointed as president of district youth wing on the recommendation of youth wing state president Tejender Todekar and vice president Laxman Sen, said media in-charge Azim Khan. Also present in the meeting wee State Election in-charge Munna Bisen, M M Haideri, Raipur District Organisation secretary Mukesh Dewangan, Anwar Ansari, Chitrakant ..

 The newly-elected Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, Speaker Pramod Dubey and Corporators on Friday assumed charges after an oath taking ceremony. Immediately after assuming charge, Mayor Dhebar put forth a demand of Rs 500 crore for developmental projects in front of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.The programme had the presence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel as the Chief guest, Pradesh Congress Committee President Mohan Markam, Urban Administration Minister Dr Shiv Kumar Dahariya, Agriculture Minister Ravindra ..

CONGRESS Party candidate Rajkishore Prasad was elected as new Mayor of Korba Municipal Corporation. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ritu Chourasiya by one vote. Korba Municipal Corporation is the 10th in State to have Congress Party Mayor.After much speculations and mutual-allegations by both the major parties, Congress Party candidate Rajkishore Prasad became the fifth Mayor of Korba Municipal Corporation. It is speculated that this result has again established the supremacy of Revenue ..

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken the occasion of ‘Chher Chhera Punni’ (Crop Festival celebrated in Chhattisgarh), to expose the ruling Congress Government on its failure in paddy procurement and many other issues affecting farmers. BJP will be launching ‘Bhaat Pe Baat’ campaign from Friday on the occasion of ‘Chher Chhera’ festival. Addressing mediapersons on Thursday, former Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar said that the BJP is launching the statewide ‘Bhaat Pe Baat’ ..

Aruna Sethi, Chief Advisor (Cost), Ministry of Finance, Government of India arrived on a visit to Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), accompanied by P K Aggarwal, Additional Chief Advisor (Cost) and Jaybrata Bose, Advisor (Cost). On Thursday morning, Advisor Sethi and the other senior officers from Ministry of Finance interacted with Chief Executive Officer of BSP, Anirban Dasgupta and Executive Directors of the Plant at CEO Conference Hall...

Two-day International conference on ‘Recent Advances in Biotechnology and Biochemistry by the Department of Biotechnology, NIT, Raipur began on Wednesday. Dr Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Executive Director, Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre, was the Chief guest and Dr A M Rawani, Director, NIT, Raipur presided over the function. The inaugural ceremony started with the lamp lighting by the dignitaries...

The Chhattisgarh Road Development Corporation (CGRDC) is in process to start repairing and re-building work on Fafadih-Telibandha-Atal Nagar four-lane Expressway. This express way was in news after the poor quality construction work was exposed. The Expressway Road was totally closed for traffic movements after two people travelling in a car were injured in a road accident when the car they were travelling turned turtle after the vehicle plunged into a crater formed on the Express-way in Telibandha ..

As one more elephant was electrocuted in Surajpur, the issue of sagging high-tension power distribution lines passing through jungles and electric traps used in the fields has once again come to the forefront. However even after Principal Chief Conservator (PCCF) Wildlife’s letters, there seems to be response from the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL) in rectification of sagging power lines or other technical issues causing the electrocution of animals. PCCF (Wildlife) ..

THE bank officers and employees from five associations will join the National General Strike called by 11 trade unions on January 8. Bank officers and employees took out a torch march from Budhapara Bijli Chowk on Tuesday evening. All India bank Employees Association (AIBEA), All India Bank Officers Association (AIBOA), Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI), Indian National Bank Employees Federation (INBEF) and Indian National Bank Officers Congress (INBOC), the five associations out of nine under ..

It was a smooth sailing for Congress Mayoral candidate Ejaz Dhebar as he comfortably won the Mayor’s election by 41-29 in a hectic day at Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) and with that the Capital city got its third Congress Mayor in a row on Monday. Congress grabbed the Speaker post with the election of ex-Mayor Pramod Dubey, who defeated BJP Candidate Dr Pramod Kumar Sahu by 39-31. The Speaker’s election was held in succession to the Mayor’s election on the same day. The day at RMC headquarter ..

After a gap of 20 years, Durg Municipal Corporation (DMC) has got a Congress Mayor. In the election held on Monday, Congress candidate Dheeraj Bakliwal defeated Narendra Banjare of BJP to get elected as the Mayor. The Congress that claimed to have the support of 31 Corporators got a total of 40 votes while BJP candidate got 20 votes. Surprisingly the Congress got the votes of nine rebels and Independents. After being elected as Mayor, Dheeraj Bakaliwal was greeted by Home Minister, Tamradhwaj Sahu, ..

Amid protests by several non Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, BJP National Vice President Dr Raman Singh and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar stated that the states have to implement the legislation as it had been passed by Parliament. Commenting on the statement made by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel that he wouldn’t sign NRC form, Dr Raman Singh said giving or withdrawing citizenship ..

The Muslim community members from Takia Para Durg has condemned the stone pelting incident at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan, and demanded that those involved should be arrested and punished. To express their protest they also burned the effigy of Pakistan and shouted slogans against Pakistan government. Nasir Khokhar said that “We demand Prime Minister to initiate action against this and safety should be provided to the pilgrims and the minority in Pakistan...

A tiger, which was for the first time spotted at Mangatta village of Rajnandgaon district on December 27 night, killed a cow at Achhoti village in Durg district on Friday. The pugmarks of the stray tiger were also found at Latabod village in Balod district on Saturday. The images of the pugmarks of the stray tiger were taken by the forest officials for examination. Forest officials from three districts- Rajnandgaon, Durg and Balod were deployed to keep a close watch to monitor the locations of the ..

A meeting was held on Saturday with B N Satpathy, Senior Consultant to Principal Scientific Officer, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India at Bhilai Niwas Board Room on ‘R&D Eco System, Resource Efficiency and Identification of Areas for Research by Academia in Iron & Steel Sector’. The meeting was attended by senior officers from BSP and led by Anirban Dasgupta, Chief Executive Officer of Bhilai Steel Plant; Anita Sawant, Regional Officer, Chhattisgarh Environment Control Board; Dr A M Rawani, ..

RAIPURA Centre of Excellence (CoE) has been established in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur for Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). The CoE will work as State Resource Hub for providing technical support in planning, implementing and capacity building for management of malnutrition in State.  Dr Anil K Goel  As per information received from official sources with around 2.5 lakh SAM children are in State, the newly-established CoE will bridge the ..

DANTEWADA/RAIPURFrail security of the protected forests in Chhattisgarh was once again exposed as a joint team of Police and Forest Department recovered four leopard hides with the arrest of 7 smugglers near village Karli of Gidam in Dantewada district on Friday. The incapability of officers’ in-charge of protected forests reflects from the facts that 20 tiger hides have been recovered in Chhattisgarh in past 10 years and 50 leopard hides from 2014 to 2018.   Chhattisgarh forests ..

Chhattisgarh Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at the Chief Minister’s House on Thursday evening, has decided to give 26 acres of land at Pipraud village to Shri Balaji Swami Shri Dudhadhari Muth Raipur in exchange of Muth’s 26 acres of lands where Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) has been developed at Ravanbhatha. Talking to mediapersons after the Cabinet, Forest Minister Mohammad Akbar said that according to the memorandum, the State Government has taken a ..

Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF), Eco-Tourism Kaushalendra Kumar has ordered CCF Wildlife and Regional Director of Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve H L Ratre to probe the reported cases of illegal tree felling for Forest Rights titles in Panduka area as published in ‘The Hitavada’. Citing the reports published on ‘The Hitavada’ on December 17, 2019, wildlife & environment conservationist Nitin Singhvi had written to Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Wildlife Atul Shukla, apprising him with ..

Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Tuesday fined Rs 5,000 each on two dhabas at Tatibandh. The dhabas were fined for dumping the waste in open. RMC Zone-8 Public Works Department and Health Department staffers inspected the restaurants, hotels and Dhabas of the Tatibandh area. Zone Sub-Engineer Abhishek Gupta informed that there was a complaint that MP Dhaba and Khana Kothi weren’t giving the waste to garbage truck; instead they dumped the waste in open...

THE chilling cold has engulfed entire Chhattisgarh and Chilfi Valley was transformed into a valley of snow under extreme cold conditions on Monday. Among all districts, the minimum temperature of 6.8 degrees was recorded at Durg, which is seven notches below normal. With good forest cover and high altitude, Chilfi Valley which is called the Kashmir of Chhattisgarh recorded extreme cold conditions and the area witnessed sheet of snow. Similar conditions were also witnessed at Bodla and Pandaria...

A Large number of people thronged the public support rally taken out by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NRC at Durg on Monday. During the rally, people carrying placards and banners raised slogans in support of CAA, NRC and Modi Government. The rally, led by Durg MP Vijay Baghel, commenced from Manas bhavan, situated in front of Pt. Ravishankar Stadium, and moved towards new Bus Stand...

Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Odisha and Uttarakhand won first prize in different categories of National Tribal Dance Festival, which concluded with many enchanting performances and much fanfare at Science College Ground here on Sunday evening. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the National Tribal Dance Festival. Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Speaker Dr Charandas Mahant presided over the function. Speaker of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Nanabhau Patole was present ..

Yet another dance prodigy from Steel City, Farhan Ansari braught laurel to Chhattisgarh state by securing place among Top -10 finalists of reality show “Dance Ka Tadka”, being conducted and airing on Oscar Movie channel. By conquering over thousand dancers from various parts of country in the audition round, he has made it to the mega final, semifinal and now entered in the finals of the dance reality show. It is worth mentioning that Farhan has the credit winning several state and national level ..

 Terming the current economic slowdown as cyclic, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu expressed confidence that the economy will rebound in the near future. Cautioning modern day politicians against waivers and calls for diversifying rural economy, the Vice President said the centre has launched various reforms aimed at making the economy more robust and resilient. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu expressed these views while inaugurating the 102nd Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association ..

 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that no violent incidents took place during protests against National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state because people in Chhattisgarh believe in peace. “We believe in Indian constitution. We are united. Social, economic and cultural developments are happening because of the pro people oriented policies of the state government”, said Bhupesh Baghel. The Congress government in the state has ..

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will be inaugurating the 102nd Annual Conference of the Indian Economic Association at Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Auditorium, Science College Ground in the capital on Friday. Governor Anusuiya Uikey, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, President of International Economic Association Professor Kaushik Basu and Professor Mahendra Dev, President of International Economic Association, Dr G Viswanathan and Vice Chancellor of Pandit Ravi Shankar University Kesari Lal Verma will ..

Three-day “National Tribal Dance Festival” will begin at Science College Ground Raipur on Friday. Talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, Chhattisgarh Culture Minister Amarjeet Bhagat said that the purpose of the event is to make people empathise with the tribal culture. All arrangements for the festival which is being held for the first time in the state have been completed...