The Hitavada State Bureau: RAIGARH/SARANGARH Setting an exemplary precedent, Chhattisgarh Forest Department booked and subsequently jailed the mahout and owner of a elephant named ‘Ganga’ for meting out extremely inhumane torture on the animal for their personal gains. The elephant had recently died after being subjected to prolonged cruelty in Sarangarh.  The Forest Department had booked mahout Lalamani Gautam and owner Tarkeshwar under relevant Sections of the Wildlife ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Chhattisgarh Parents Association (CPA) has alleged the Schools of depriving the Below Poverty Line (BPL) children from full quota of Right the Education (RTE) Act. Association State President Christopher Pail made this accusation on private schools in a press conference on Tuesday. He even went on to say that School Education Department and Directorate of Public Instruction are also hand-in-glove with the private schools in this act.  Thousands of children ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Mayor Pramod Dubey gave out a laundry list of successful infrastructural projects launched or completed in Raipur in the six months after the formation of government in a press conference on the theme of ‘Nava Anjor Se Gadhbo Nava Raipur’ on Monday. Talking about the projects implemented under the RMC and Raipur Smart City Limited (RSCL), Mayor stated that project ‘Clean Kharun’ is central India’s ..

 Staff Reporter: BHILAI MAMTA Yadav, the bereaved mother of Shrinkhala Yadav, appealed police and judicial system for ensuring complete justice for her innocent daughter. While talking to the mediapersons at her residence on Monday, Mamta Yadav also raised certain points in the case and demanded sternlegal action in the matter. Mamta Yadav alleged that even after rusticated from school in mid-session, the minor involved in the heinous offence was constantly following her daughter Shrinkhala ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR With the arrest of two persons, Telibandha police and Raipur’s Cyber Cell claimed to have cracked murder mystery of 30-year-old man reported in city’s outskirt on late Saturday evening “The joint team of Cyber Cell and Telibandha police arrested mastermind of Deepak Naidu’s murder case Arshad Khan alias Bobby Jani (22) and his accomplice Sayeed Nadeem alias Bada Monu (25), both residents of Kashiram Nagar falling in limits of Telibandha ..

Staff Reporter  RAIPUR, With the arrest of seven persons, including two girls and a hotel manager, Raipur police on Sunday night claimed to have busted sex racket operational in city’s Ganj police limits. “Following a tip-off about sex racket, a police teams raided a hotel ‘Raipur Inn’ located near Raipur Railway Station under Ganj police station resulting in arrest of seven persons,” Kotwali City Superintendent of Police (CSP) D C Patel told The Hitavada.  CSP ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) Health Department teamed up with Medical and Health Department, Urban Health Programme and Epidemic Control Cell have begun inspection of Kushalpur area where 9 children have been diagnosed positive for water-borne disease of jaundice. As the water samples collected from the government taps of the area have been found up to the mark, officials are suspecting the children must have consumed contaminated food or water while summer ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR, Tribals threaten administration of a much more intensive agitation if it fails to meet the demands in 15 days   Tribals who had laid a seize of the NMDC operations in Kirandul since last seven days, suspended their agitation on Thursday but gave an ultimatum of 15 days that if the assurances promised to them are not met by then, the tribals who were protesting under the banner of Sanyukt Panchayat Jan Sangharsh Samiti, will return with much more ..

  Staff Reporter: DURG Three youths of Durg district have been selected in the Indian Yoga team that will be participating in the 4th World Yoga Alliance to be held at Bulgaria. They are Damini, Dhirendra Verma and Dhalendra Sahu. Detailing about the competition Director of Swalambi Yoga Academy, Santosh Rajput informed that this competition has been organised at Sofia the capital of Bulgaria from June 28 to 30.  For this profiles were invited by Yoga Youth Acharya Club Bengaluru ..

 Acting swiftly, Urla police on Wednesday arrested three youths allegedly involved in acid attack on a 15-year-old boy.“Taking the incident of acid attack very seriously, a joint team of Urla police and Cyber Cell arrested three accused involved in the crime within 14 hours. The arrested were identified as Karan Nishad (24), Satish Panriya (21) and Indra Banjare (25), all resident of Rajendra Nagar locality under Urla police station,” said Additional Superintendent of Police (City) ..

  In a letter written to Narendra Modi, Bhupesh Baghel has urged him that instead of Rs 6,000 per annum, the farmers should be allocated Rs 12,000 per annumIn a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has urged him to include forest dwelling farmers carrying out cultivation on lease lands, under Pradhan Mantri Kissan Samman Niddhi (PMKSN) and instead of Rs 6,000 per annum, they should be allocated Rs 12,000 per annum keeping in view their weak socio-economic ..

 Staff Reporter  RAIPUR The sixth death anniversary of veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Vidya Charan Shukla was observed at Radheshyam Bhavan at Labhandi in Raipur city on Tuesday. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel paid tributes to former Union Minister Vidyacharan Shukla on his death anniversary. Baghel reached Radheshyam Bhavan at Labhandi and offered floral tributes on his ‘Samadhi’ and portrait of Vidya Charan Shukla.  Two-minute silence was also observed ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Chhollywood actors Maan Qureshi and Anukriti Chouhan starrer ‘Has Jhan Pagli Fas Jabe’ will be released in the cinema halls of State on June 14. Satish Jain is the film director of the ‘Has Jhan Pagli Fas Jabe’. Earlier, Satish Jain had made five Chhattisgarhi movies- ‘Mor Chaiyan Bhuiyan’, ‘Jhan Bhulo Maa Baap La’, ‘Maya’, ‘Tura Rikshawala’and ‘Laila Tip Top Chhaila Angutha Chaap’ ..

 Baba Sitaram Das. (Right) A crocodile resting outside the pond. (Pic by Anupam Kumar Sisodia)  By Roshan Chachane: RAIPUR  A vividly picturesque chronicle of State’s ‘Crocodile Man’ or Babaji as the locals lovingly call Sitaram Das, a guardian of the Crocodile Park in Kotmi Sonar of Janjgir-Champa penned down by Chhattisgarh-based wildlife researcher Anupam Singh Sisodia has been published into the June 2019 edition of ‘Sanctuary Asia’, ..

 Staff Reporter Raipur: Earlier order to resume academic session in schools from June 18 still exists  If any change in reopening date is required, we have enough time with us to decide, said School Education Deptt Principal Secretary while rejecting a newspaper report  Amidst reports that the schools across State would reopen on June 24 due to scorching heat, School Education Department Principal Secretary Gaurav Dwivedi on Monday made it clear that the Education Department ..

 The Hitavada State Bureau: Dantewada/Raipur As the stand-off between the tribals and NMDC-CMDC Ltd (NCL) management over handing over of the 10MTPA capacity Bailadila Iron-ore Deposit-13 at Kirandul in Dantewada district to Adani Enterprises Ltd as Mine Developer-Cum-Operator (MDO), continued for the fourth day today, the production at NMDC Bailadila mines remained paralysed. On the other hand, politics on the issue continued to boil under the prevailing heat wave conditions in the ..

 The Hitavada State Bureau: SARANGARH/RAIPUR Deeply moved by the plight of a captive elephant found helplessly lying on road at Sarangarh, local conservationist Nitin Singhvi wrote to Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Wildlife, requesting for confiscation of elephant and booking the Mahouts under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 on Sunday. On the blazing surface of road on Sarangarh crowd gathered around an elephant that just couldn’t take another step or ..

 Staff Reporter: DURG The TEQIP-III cell of Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University (CSVTU) Bhilai organised a lecture on the subject “Women Empowerment: Issue & Challenges” (with special relevance to Chhattisgarh State) at CSVTU Auditorium on Saturday. Deputy Collector of Raipur Poonam Sharma and Deputy Collector of Durg Divya Vaishnav graced the occasion as chief speakers. Usha Jain, OSD (Academic/ Administration) CSVTU was also present.  The lecture ..

  The Hitavada State Bureau: Dantewada/Raipur Ajit Jogi reaches agitation to support tribal organisation  Memorandum submitted during agitation to NMDC officials  Braving heat and heavy downpour subsequently, thousands of tribals continued with their agitation on the second day on Saturday, opposing handing over of the 10MTPA capacity Bailadila Iron-ore Deposit-13 at Kirandul in Dantewada district to Adani Enterprises Ltd as Mine Developer-Cum- Operator (MDO). The ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR In connection with alleged tax evasion, Civil Lines police on Saturday arrested an absconding businessman in State capital. Civil Lines police arrested proprietor of M/s Durga Trading Company Shankar Chouhan (32), a native of Bihar and currently residing here in Shri Nagar under Khamtarai police station, for allegedly evading Goods and Service Tax (GST) and causing loss of over Rs 9.91 lakh to government revenue, said police.  Police further informed that ..

Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) has landed in an imbroglio over the transfer of landfill site from Sarona to Sakri as the RMC still continuing to dump solid waste at Sarona despite the High Court ordering to stop the dumping from June 1, 2019. The High Court, in an order issued on May 29, 2019, even refused urgent hearing in the application seeking the 15 days extension for shifting of landfill site and forwarded the case to regular bench. In a previous hearing on April 11, 2019, the High ..

 Staff Reporter: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel chairs meeting of Collectors and SPs  Strongly directing senior administrative officials, Divisional Revenue Commissioners and district Collectors that there shouldn’t be any negligence in the execution of government works, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that all government works should be accomplished timely and with quality. Expressing his resentment over hike in complaints regarding power supply, he said during his recent ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR DGP also asked SPs to maintain coordination with the SPs of neighbouring distts  Director General of Police (DGP) D M Awasthi has directed all the Inspectors General (IGs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) to set one ideal police stations (Adarsh Thana) equipped with all the essential facilities in each district. DGP Awasthi stated, these ideal police stations must have necessary infrastructures such as visitors’ room and drinking water while ..

 Staff Reporter: Raipur Reduction in medical seats by nearly 200 in state medical colleges has invited criticism from various corners, students’ fraternity in particular, of the society. Alleging state government’s failure to ensure adequate facilities in the medical colleges of State, Akhil Bharatiya Vdyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members on Wednesday staged a demonstration and submitted a memorandum to the deputy collector at Raipur collectorate, addressing the Health Minister ..

 Staff Reporter: BHILAI WHILE busting the cheating racket police arrested two and confiscated two Hyva tipper-trucks in Amravati, Maharashtra and Gadak district of Karnataka. The cheating racket of hiring tipper-truck and selling them for illegal gain was being operated by the gang and the police are on lookout for other gang members. Police sources informed that the accused arrested by police were identified as Nasir Khan (50), a resident of Old Hugli, Karnataka and Siraz Khan (35), ..

 Staff Reporter; Durg Four Durg based youths died on the spot in a deadly road mishap which occurred on Pulgaon Nullah over bridge. Their over-speeding motorcycle reportedly collided head-on with an unidentified heavy vehicle killing them on the spot. The incident occurred at around 2:30 AM on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the unidentified vehicle could not be traced and the police are now verifying the CCTV footage of cameras installed in different establishments on Pulgaon road.  The deceased ..

 The Hitavada State Bureau: AMBIKAPUR/RAIPUR Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said that the State government is committed to work for welfare of farmers in the state. Addressing a press conference at Circuit House in Ambikapur, Bhupesh Baghel said that the Congress government has increased the income of farmers by hiking the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy upto Rs 2500 per quintal.  The Congress government has conceptualized the “Narwa, Garwa, Ghurva, Badi” ..

 Staff Reporter: Raipur A Naib Tehsildar and three others, posted at Tilda sub-tehsil office of Raipur, have been issued notice for dereliction of duty. Sandeep Agrawal, Sub-Divisional Officer, Revenue, on Monday paid a surprise visit to Tilda sub-tehsil office following a recent order from District Collector Dr Basavaraju S to the tehsil offices regarding timely disposal of revenue cases and found the officials at Tilda absent from duty without permission.  Naib Tehsildar Krishna ..

 Staff Reporter: BHILAI  16,255 BSP employees to elect recognise trade union through secret ballots  Employees posted at Resident Offices allowed voting through emails  IN BSP trade unions election through secret ballots, about 16,255 employees including trainees would exercise their franchise for electing recognised trade union. The election schedule was finalised in the specially convened meeting at HRD Centre, BSP on Monday morning. According to the information, on ..

 By Partha Sarathi: Behera, Raipur,  Young engineers from Bhilai - Jaideep Tiwari and K Kartik have developed this innovative headphone product based on Bone Conduction Technology  It gives freedom from conventional headphone irritation and ear infection, maintains situational awareness, leading to higher safety for entertainment ‘On the Go’   The technology intends to venture into medical application like Hearing Aid, Defense/Security application for ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR In compliance with the order of the High Court, Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) is gearing-up to shift the landfill site from Sarona to Sakri on June 15. The High Court had directed to stop the dumping of waste at Sarona from June 1. To this end, RMC had appealed the Court for granting them the time up to June 15 for the shifting, which the Court had accepted. Sarona dwellers had suddenly blocked the garbage trucks to demand the translocation of the landfill ..

 Dr Raman Singh, Ajit Jogi,  Kanak Tiwari Staff Reporter: RAIPUR By issuing a midnight order the State Government appointed Advocate Satish Chandra Verma as the new Advocate General of Chhattisgarh by replacing the incumbent Advoc..

  Staff Reporter: Anirban Dasgupta has taken charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) on Saturday. Prior to assuming his current assignment, Dasgupta was CEO, IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) with additional charge of Chief Executive Officer of Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) and Alloy Steel Plant (ASP). Under the leadership of Dasgupta, ISP progressed towards achieving rated capacities and the plant’s performance witnessed turnaround.  For the first time after ..

Staff ReporterRAIPURVINOD Pandey, a renowned name in the advertising sector of Chhattisgarh ventured into the business with a meager Rs 3,000 and with hard work, quality services and commitment has touched the Rs 9 crore annual turnover mark. After facing tough time in initial part of life, the mental preparedness to take risk finally laid foundation for the success journey of ‘Prayas’ from Bilaspur.   In a short journey of ten years, Prayas Advertising gradually registered ..

Staff ReporterBHILAIUnseasonal summer showers in Bhilai for the last couple of days have been making people vulnerable of falling ill. The sudden change in weather in the past few days with vast difference in day and night temperature has adversely affected the health of Bhilaians and the fluctuation in temperature is making the residents suffering with viral fever, jaundice, diarrhea, tanning, upper respiratory tract infection and other diseases.  Patients in queue at Government LBS Hospital, ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Newly-elected Member of Parliament from Surguja Parliamentary constituency, Renuka Singh Saruta was sworn-in as Union Minister of State (MoS) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the swearing-in ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday. Earlier, speculation was rife in the political circles of Chhattisgarh that since Renuka Singh had received a call from the Prime Minister’s Office to participate in the high tea hosted by Prime Minister ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Keoti station of Bastar was connected with station capital through development of new railway line on Thursday. First train was operated from Dalli Rajhara to Keoti Railway station. Many children of Keoti saw the train for the first time in their life. As per information received from railway sources huge rush of villagers assembled near Keoti railway station to get the glimpse of first train reaching the station. Many purchased ticket and took ride of train. ..

 Special Correspondent: Raipur,  We would bring a proposal regarding the Fee Regulatory Commission for private schools before the Cabinet and try it is approved as early as possible Chhattisgarh government would soon establish a Regulatory Commission to provide the parents under burden of arbitrariness of private schools across the state with much-needed relief. “Unlike previous governments, we are determined to reduce the burden of the parents sending their children to ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Raipur police under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shaikh Arif Husen has initiated an innovative move of creating awareness on wide range of issues and simultaneously establishing direct communication with mass by utilising social media. Under this move, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Pankaj Chandra, ASP (IUCAW) Amrita Sori Dhruv, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Satish Thakur on Wednesday have interaction with common ..

 Fruit-laden grape plants at Potato and Temperate Fruits Research Station, Mainpat.  By Sandeep Pradhan: RAIPUR Believe it or not, Mainpat in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, which is known as Shimla/Swiss of the state for its scenic beauty, will soon be making its presence across the country also in terms of producing ‘Temperate Fruits’ including Grape, Peach, Pear, Apple, Plum and other. Moreover, Grapes which usually disappear from market in April and ..

 Staff Reporter: Raipur District Magistrate Dr Basavaraju S on Tuesday said that strict action would be taken against those smoking in the public place, government offices, schools and college premises. The DM directed the administration team for regular inspection of these places.  The DM stated this in the meeting of the District Tobacco Control Coordination Committee at the Collectorate on Tuesday. MLA Kuldeep Juneja was also present in the meeting. Highlighting the ill effects ..

 Staff Reporter  Bhilai Over 1,200 candidates in Bhilai and around 3,000 from all over Chhattisgarh tested their luck at JEE Advanced, which held online second time on Monday. These students felt the paper, especially of Physics as well as Mathematics section, was tougher than last year. Majority of the appeared students found the paper of Chemistry easy and not difficult to solve as like of other two sections. The examination was held at Rungta Group of Colleges and Parthvi College ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR A team of Raipur police’s cyber cell arrested a 31-year-old thief, who steals valuables from dickeys of mopeds in Raipur, and recovered booty worth Rs 1 lakh from his possession. “The personnel of cyber cell arrested a thief identified Prateek Soni (31), a native of Madhya Pradesh and currently residing in Jagruti Nagar under Urla police station, in connection with thefts from two-wheelers dickeys took place at separate locations in the city.  From ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Shaken-up in the aftermath of horrific fire at a coaching centre in Surat, Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials ran a whirlwind inspection of the safety features of the buildings housing coaching centres. Civic authorities checked the centres for exit/entry route, fire fighting system, parking and drinking water arrangements. While some of the coaching centre operators were let off with advice and warning, some centres were also served notices.  Zone-7 ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Newly-elected Congress Lok Sabha Member from Bastar Lok Sabha constituency Deepak Baij called on Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Dr Charan Das Mahant at Speaker House, Shankar Nagar here. Speaker Dr Mahant congratulated newly-elected MP Baij and wished him for his bright future.  Newly-elected Korba Congress MP Jyotsana Mahant, Cabinet Minister Jaisingh Agrawal, former MLA Gurmukh Singh Hora, Motilal Dewangan, Joint General Secretary Amit Pandey, ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR A 32-year-old woman was charred to death when a fire broke out in a hut located in Raipur’s Telghaninaka locality falling in limits of Ganj police station on Saturday. While two children, watching TV in other room of the hut, were reported to be rescued safely. The deceased woman has been identified as Suniti Bai Sahu (32), was hailing from Bemetara, police said.  According to police sources, Suniti along with her husband Kirit Ram Sahu and three children ..

  Staff Reporter: Raipur Just few days after the private carrier Indigo suspended its Raipur-Bangalore flight for a month period citing operational reasons, the civil aviation sector of Chhattisgarh, particularly for the air-flyers, as Alliance Air on Saturday announced to connect two state capitals – Ranchi and Raipur, in addition to Jharsuguda, the industrial belt of Odisha. Alliance Air, the subsidiary company of Air India Limited, has affirmed to start daily flight operations ..

 Aiming to motivate police officers and personnel posted at Police Headquarter at Naya Raipur, Director General of Police (DGP) D M Awasthi on Friday inaugurated a modern gymnasium at PHQ’s ground floor. The gym with modern equipments has been started under the guidance of Special Director General (Planning and Provisions) R K Vij while the special efforts for its setup was made by Deputy Superintendent of Police (traffic) Satish Thakur, DSP (Lines) M S Chandra and Platoon Commander ..

The country is entering into a new era because it is second time in the political history that a political party got the opportunity to form a government with absolute majority, said Bharatiya Janata Party National Vice President Dr Raman Singh,. Addressing media persons, Dr Singh said the golden aspect of this Lok Sabha election is that people have applied brakes on the politics of casteism and rejected dynasty politics. In Chhattisgarh, despite major setbacks which the party received in assembly ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR The Bharatiya Janata Party won nine out of the eleven parliamentary seats in Chhattisgarh making a reversal of the political fortunes. As the counting progressed by the day and after trends started pouring, it was a grand day for the Bharatiya Janata Party, as it aggressively progressed towards an unprecedented win not only in the whole country but in Chhattisgarh as well. Win in Chhattisgarh matters more as the Bharatiya Janata Party had suffered a humiliating ..

  Staff Reporter: DURG leader Vijay Baghel won from Durg parliamentary constituency defeating Pratima Chandrakar of the Congress by a record margin of 3,91,978 votes creating history of winning with highest difference of votes in Chhattisgarh. According to Election Commission, Pratima polled 4,57,396 votes while Baghel, a former Parliamentary Secretary, polled 8,49,374 votes there by securing 61 per cent of votes while Pratima managed to secure only 32.86 per cent votes.  BJP ..

 Staff Reporter  RAIPUR, Over 12,000 government personnel, including 6,000 plus security personnel, have been deployed for the counting process in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. For 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh, counting will be held in 27 counting centres, for which 5,184 counting officials and 1,500 micro-observers have been appointed. Chief Electoral Officer Chhattisgarh Subrat Sahoo said unprecedented security arrangements have been made for counting in State.  Three-level ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR On the recommendation of Union Home Ministry, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has commenced enquiry into the brutal killing of Bharatiya Janata Party Legislator from Dantewada Bheema Mandavi by Maoists. The NIA, after formally registering a First Information Report (Case RC-11/2019/NIA/DLI) dated on May 17, 2019 at NIA Police Station Delhi, has commenced investigation into the case. The NIA has registered FIR under Sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 396, 307 ..

 Staff Reporter: RAIPUR Quick response of police and fire tender on Tuesday morning averted an untoward incident when a fire broke out inside the kitchen of Indian Coffee House (ICH) operational in Raipur’s New Circuit House building under Civil Lines police station limits. The fire was caused due to an explosion in the deep freezer kept in the kitchen of the coffee house leading to fire. Fortunately the fire was doused by fire tenders before it could spread further.  The ..

 Staff Reporter: Durg A 27-year-old man was stabbed to death in broad daylight at GE Road in front of the Government District Hospital on Tuesday morning. Owing to some petty dispute, the accused stabbed the victim with a sharp object (hessian bag sewing needle). Although the victim was soon rushed to the hospital but he died on the way. Meanwhile, the accused, who had escaped on his motorbike, was arrested by a police team from Nayapara area of the city.  Sources informed that ..

 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 ..