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Unaccounted cash, liquor worth over Rs 25 crore seized amid poll code in Chhattisgarh

Unaccounted cash, liquor worth over Rs 25 crore seized amid poll code in Chhattisgarh Unaccounted cash, illicit liquor and other items worth more than Rs 25 crore have been seized by authorities in Chhattisgarh since the model code of conduct came into force on March 16 for the Lok Sabha elections, an official said on Friday. Various law enforcement agencies, comprising personnel from the excise, police and income tax departments, have been keeping a close watch on illegal transportation and storage of liquor, cash and other items during polls, the official associated with poll duty said. The unaccounted cash, illicit liquor and other items worth over Rs 25.08 crore were seized from different places in the state till March 28. The recovered items include cash worth Rs 5.28 crore, 17,311 litres of illegal liquor worth Rs 41 lakh, 23 kg ornaments worth Rs 94 lakh and narcotics worth Rs 1.48 crore, he said. Chief Electoral Officer Reena Baba Saheb Kangale has issued guidelines to all the district election officers and superintendents of police to take necessary action to maintain law and order during the assembly election. As per the guidelines, illegal transportation and storage of money and goods is being closely monitored through various enforcement agencies in the state, she added. Elections to the 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh will be held in three phases on April 19, 26 and May 7, and votes will be counted on June 4.

devdiscourse 29 Mar 2024 2:07 pm

Peanuts as wage hike draw barbs in poll season

NEW DELHI: A paltry annual hike in daily wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for unskilled workers was jeered at by the Opposition, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promising to jack it up to Rs 400 a day. Each state has a different daily wage rate under the scheme. Haryana was at the top of the pecking order at Rs 374 after the revision this year while in Uttar Pradesh it was just Rs 237. In gross terms, states like UP and Assam witnessed an increase of just Rs 7 as compared to last year while the wage rise in Goa was Rs 28. The annual revision by the Centre is meant to mitigate inflation. A government official termed the revision a routine exercise. Taking a dig, Rahul sarcastically said, Congratulations to MNREGA workers! The PM has increased your salary by Rs 7. Now he might ask you, What will you do with such a huge amount of money? Trinamool leader Saket Gokhale sharply criticised the inadequate increase of wages, especially in West Bengal. Shameful & shocking that in todays wage revision announced for MGNREGA, Modi Govt has increased wages for workers in Bengal by only 5%, Gokhale posted on X. Goa topped the chart with a hike of 10.56%, while in Karnataka it was 10.4%, MP and Chhattisgarh 9.9%, Gujarat 9.3% and Bihar 7.4%.

The New Indian Express 29 Mar 2024 6:00 am

Ex-lover, his friends gang-rape minor in Chhattisgarh

A 16-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh was gang-raped and thrashed by a 17-year-old boy and his friends after an unsuccessful conversation attempt. The survivor is hospitalized, and all three accused are apprehended and facing legal actions.

The Times of India 29 Mar 2024 2:38 am

Uddanam in Limelight with Farmers-Bears Conflict

Visakhapatnam: Man-animal conflict is raging in the Uddanam area of north Andhra, with Raitanga Samasyala Sadhana Committee complaining that nearly a hundred wild bears in the region are causing significant problems for farmers, including loss of lives. Bears in the past largely confined themselves to their habitat of wild cassava plantations in hills and coastal regions of north Andhra. However, farmers of villages on fringes of these wild areas have started encroaching upon them. They are cutting down and selling cassava in coastal areas, leading to a loss of habitat for bears. Looking for food, they are straying into cashews, mangoes, and coconut groves, apart from fields. This is leading to a conflict between the bears and farmers, with the latter complaining that the wild animals are destroying their crops. However, the matter becomes serious when bears end up attacking farmers. Recently, a sloth bear attacked two labourers Ch. Lokanadham and Appikonda Kumar working on a cashew plantation, leading to their death. This has created panic among the locals. Earlier too, on June 11, 2018, a bear attacked a couple and killed them near Erramukkam in Mandasa mandal of Srikakulam district. Seven others were injured in the incident then, leading to a huge outcry. Similarly, on June 19, 2022, Kadamati Kodanda Rao from Kidisingi village in Vajrapukottur mandal lost his life in a bear attack. The very next day, a bear struck again, this time targeting six individuals working on a cashew plantation in the same Mandal, leading to three of them dying while undergoing treatment at the hospital. Bear attacks have once again started increasing this year. Locals are complaining to forest officials, who are asking farmers to take precautions. Farmers are wondering whether officials are taking any action at all. They believe relocating the bears to a sanctuary will mitigate their problems. When contacted, forest range officer A. Muralikrishna told Deccan Chronicle that about 1520 bears have been moving in the shelter bed zone of Uddanam. Some of them are reportedly coming from nearby Chhattisgarh and Odisha forests. Muralikrishna says, The natural spaces where bears used to roam have been destroyed and encroached. As a result, bear habitats have become drier, forcing them to venture into villages searching for food. As a precautionary measure, forest officials are asking farmers to work in groups when they are in cashew, mango, or coconut groves, making noises frequently. During nights, villagers have been asked to carry a Kagada, the traditional torch.

Deccan Chronicle 28 Mar 2024 11:42 pm

Sought 'bride' for son, but party gave one to me: Congress Bastar candidate Kawasi Lakhma

Sought 'bride' for son, but party gave one to me: Congress Bastar candidate Kawasi Lakhma Comparing a ticket for Lok Sabha polls with a bride, Congress Bastar candidate Kawasi Lakhma on Thursday said he had requested the party for a 'bride' for his son, but it gave a bride (or ticket) to him. I am not contesting the elections, the Congress party is contesting the elections... Why did I get the ticket? I had not asked for it...I had insisted on giving the ticket to my son. I had asked for a bride for my son but they gave me a bride, Kawasi Lakhma said in his campaign speech in Bastar. Today, our country is being sold and our Constitution is in danger..., Lakhma continued. Earlier on Wednesday, Lakhma filed his nomination for Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel accompanied him during the same. Earlier on Monday, Kawasi Lakhma expressed gratitude to the party for selecting him as the candidate for the Bastar seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls 2024. The Congress nominated its senior tribal leader and former minister Kawasi Lakhma to contest the Bastar (ST) seat in Chhattisgarh, replacing its sitting MP Deepak Baij, who is also the president of the state Congress unit. Confident in the party's prospects, Lakhma said that the Congress would secure the highest number of seats in Chhattisgarh during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Congress party released the fourth list on Saturday of 46 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list contains candidates from seats in Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. (ANI)

devdiscourse 28 Mar 2024 10:28 pm

Rahul Gandhi boon for BJP: Anurag Thakur

Rahul Gandhi boon for BJP: Anurag Thakur Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress leader was a ''boon'' for the BJP as his contribution was immense in ensuring the saffron party's victory. ''There cannot be a bigger boon for the BJP than Rahul Gandhi,'' Thakur said at the TimesNow Summit here. The senior BJP leader said he had lots of respect for Rahul Gandhi as he was a ''big leader''. ''He spends equal amount of energy in ensuring BJP's victory as much as we do,'' Thakur said. In a dig at Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, Thakur said he was happy that the Congress leader was touring the country instead of travelling to foreign locations. ''But, what did he achieve? The yatra passed through Madhya Pradesh, they lost there. The yatra passed through Chhattisgarh, they lost there. The yatra passed through Rajasthan, they lost there,'' Thakur said. ''Now, the Yatra has traversed the entire country. You can only imagine what they are going to lose,'' the union minister said. Thakur wondered why others would tolerate Gandhi when his own party is unable to bear with him. Thakur also said the BJP will return to power for the third consecutive term with the NDA coalition winning more than 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.

devdiscourse 28 Mar 2024 10:14 pm

National Green Tribunal takes suo motu cognisance of illegal sand mining at Hasdeo river in Chhattisgarh

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took Suo Motu cognizance of the matter of illegal mining of sand in Hasdeo River. The Petition is registered suo-moto on the basis of the news item appearing in the daily newspaper dated 28.01.2024. As per the news item, illegal mining of sand in Hasdev River is rampant and the []

indialegallive 28 Mar 2024 4:11 pm

CGPSC State Engineering Service Result 2022: Prelims Written Exam Scores Announced

Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) has announced a notification for the recruitment of State Engineering Service Exam 2021. Candidates interested in the vacancy details and who fulfill all eligibility criteria can read the Notification and Apply online.

Naukrinama 28 Mar 2024 3:40 pm

Low hike in MGNREGS wages brazen display of BJP's hatred for Bengal: TMC's Saket Gokhale

Low hike in MGNREGS wages brazen display of BJP's hatred for Bengal: TMC's Saket Gokhale Flagging that the MGNREGS wage rates for West Bengal have only been hiked by 5 per cent, TMC leader Saket Gokhale on Thursday said it is a brazen display of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ''hate'' for the state. Referring to the wage notification for the flagship rural employment scheme issued by the Union rural development ministry, Gokhale said the wage hike for West Bengal is only 5 per cent, while it is more than 7 per cent for Bihar, over 9 per cent for Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and more than 10 per cent for Andhra Pradesh. ''After withholding over Rs 7,000 crore of MGNREGA wage dues, the anti-Bengal BJP zamindars have again resorted to targeting the people of West Bengal by punishing them with a meagre 5 per cent wage hike while BJP states get as much as 10 per cent hike,'' the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader said in a post on X. ''This is yet another brazen display of BJP's hate for Bengal -- something that will get a resounding response from the people in the upcoming elections,'' he added. A notification on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage rates was issued by the BJP-led Centre on Wednesday. The wages under the scheme have been revised, with hikes ranging between 4 and 10 per cent for different states. The wage for West Bengal has been increased to Rs 250 (a hike of Rs 13). The TMC is the ruling party in the state. The revised wage rates were notified by the rural development ministry after the Election Commission's (EC) clearance as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force for the Lok Sabha polls. Meanwhile, the funds under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for West Bengal have been stopped since March 9, 2022. According the rural development ministry, the funds have been stopped in accordance with section 27 of the Act due to non-compliance of the Centre's directives.

devdiscourse 28 Mar 2024 3:29 pm

Security forces seize explosives, Maoist literature in anti-Naxal op in Maha

Based on intelligence about presence of Naxalites along Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border, security forces conducted an operation near Bhumkan Village.

Mid Day 28 Mar 2024 2:41 pm

Car driver mows down a dog in Raipur, FIR lodged

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh police has registered a case against a car driver for fatally running over a community dog at Shanti Nagar area of Raipur. The civil lines police station in Raipur registered an FIR under IPC Sections 279 ((or rash, negligent driving) and 429 (for maiming or killing an animal) acting on the information received from eyewitnesses and CCTV footage of the dog being run over by a car. According to eye witnesses, the accused driver didnt make any effort to stop to help the injured dog. The case was registered following a complaint lodged by Dr Kiran Ahuja of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) along with the local activists. The accused, who is the owner of a private car, has been identified and summoned to the civil lines police station that proceeded further to investigate the incident. Such an incident draws the attention toward the importance of responsible driving and also the necessity of stopping to make humane efforts if any untoward eventuality occured, says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Sunayana Basu. The swift action of the Raipur police was commended for sending across a message that careless driving and leaving afflicted animals to suffer wont be tolerated.

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 11:39 am

BHEL shares climb over 4% on receiving Rs 4,000 crore order from Adani Power

BHEL received the letter of award (LoA) for supply of equipment (boiler, turbine, generator) and supervision of erection and commissioning for a 2x800-MW power project based on supercritical technology at Raigarh Phase II, Chhattisgarh.

The Economic Times 28 Mar 2024 11:26 am

Couple held for duping investors of crores of rupees in Odisha

ROURKELA: Two months after detection of a Cambodia-based cyber fraud racket and arrest of six criminals, the Cyber Police of Rourkela with help of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested a couple from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad upon their arrival from Cambodia. The arrested scamster couple identified as Harish Kurapati alias Harry and Naga Venkata Sowjanya Kurapati alias Lisa was produced before a court at Rourkela on Monday. Rourkela SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said a complaint was received at the Cyber Police Station, Rourkela in December 2023 when a central government officer was duped of Rs 67.70 lakh. The investigation headed by Panposh SDPO Upasana Padhi led to the detection of the cyber crime racket operating from Cambodia and arrest of six cyber criminals from Punjab and Chhattisgarh earlier in January. Following investigation, 16 people were identified and a lookout notice was issued against them. Upon the arrival of Harry and Lisa at Hyderabad, the BI informed Rourkela police leading to their arrest. SP informed interrogation of the couple led to several startling disclosures. Police also gathered critical information about a scamming company operating from Cambodia. With help of the Interpol, efforts would be made to arrest three high-level operatives of Indian origin and one of Nepalese origin, Mohapatra further informed. The couple, through an Indian agent, had landed in Cambodia and engaged in a scamming company at Phnom Penh in April 2023. The duo admitted that through dating apps, they collected profiles of Indian male victims and after winning their confidence successfully lured the victims to invest in crypto currency trading only to dupe them of hefty amounts. During the stock market boom around October last year, the scamsters using fake apps committed large scale investment forgery to the tune of several crores of rupees in a short span, the SP informed. The woman confessed to have duped above 30 victims in the investment fraud in which one single victim had lost about Rs 2 crore. Further investigation revealed bosses of the Cambodia-based scamming companies are invariably Chinese nationals, who with a network of people from Indian sub-continent and Cambodia, contact Indian job-seekers with offer of legitimate employment, but upon their arrival force them to work for scamming companies.

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 11:08 am

Vedantas BALCO, first Indian company to be certified with ASI Performance Standard

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh-based Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), a unit of Vedanta Aluminium, has emerged as the first Indian company to achieve the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard V3 Certification for the manufacture and supply of a wide range of primary aluminium products at its facility in Korba. This includes a smelter with two potlines for producing molten aluminium (hot metal), three cast-houses for shaping the aluminium, a rolled product plant and a power generation plant. Together, they contribute to an annual production capacity of 575,000 tonnes at Balco. The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process and is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the global aluminium value chain. The ASI Performance Standard V3 defines 11 principles and 62 criteria under three sustainability pillars Environment, Social, and Governance - with the aim to address sustainability areas in the aluminium value chain, such as biodiversity, indigenous peoples rights, circularity and greenhouse gas emissions. The independent, third-party audit of Balco was carried out by CETIZION Verifica, stated the company. BALCO, as Indias iconic aluminium producer, has pioneered sustainable processes across every step of the aluminium value chain, establishing itself as a benchmark within the global industry. We appreciate BALCOs inclusion in the esteemed ASI membership and its Certification against the ASI Performance Standard V3, said John Slaven, CEO, Vedanta Aluminium. BALCO produces aluminium wire rods, ingots, primary foundry alloys and rolled products, as well as Indias first low carbon aluminium range Restora. They find applications in several sectors including automobiles, infrastructure, insulations, power projects, electrical and packaging. As a large aluminium producer in India and a part of Vedanta Limited - Aluminium Business, Balco plays an important role in the global aluminium industry and such certification marks a notable milestone, said Fiona Solomon, CEO, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. Balco is adopting a multi-pronged approach to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

The New Indian Express 28 Mar 2024 10:49 am

Lok Sabha polls: BJP appoints in-charges, co-in-charges for States and UTs

As per BJPs statement, Bihar MLA Nitin Nabin will be in-charge for Chhattisgarh and Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Sharma for Maharashtra

The Hindu 28 Mar 2024 1:50 am

6 Maoists killed; toll 37 since BJP assumed office

Six Maoist insurgents, including two women, were killed in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, following the murder of three villagers near Basaguda. 17 Reds have died in Bastar this month under the BJP government's security operations.

The Times of India 28 Mar 2024 1:34 am

DNA Exclusive: Congress Party`s EVM Fear And Bhupesh Baghel`s New Idea For Ballot Voting

In today's DNA, Sourabh Raaj Jain analysed the claims made by former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.

Zee News 27 Mar 2024 11:45 pm

BHEL bags Rs 4,000 cr order for 1600 MW thermal project from Adani Power

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd secures Rs 4,000 crore order from Adani Power to set up 1,600 MW Raigarh Phase-II Thermal Power Plant in Chhattisgarh, with Unit-1 delivery in 31 months and Unit-2 in 35 months.

The Economic Times 27 Mar 2024 11:40 pm

LS Elections: Filing of Nomination for 1st Phase Polling Ends in Chhattisgarh

Bhopal: Filing of nomination for the first phase Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, scheduled to be held on April 19, ended on Wednesday. As many as 153 candidates have filed papers for six LS seats in Madhya Pradesh that are going to polls in the first phase elections on April 19. The six LS seats in MP which are going to polls in the first phase are Chhindwara, Jabalpur, Sidhi, Mandla (ST), Shahdol (ST) and Balaghat. The remaining 23 LS constituencies in the state are going to polls in three other phases on April 26, May seven and May 13. BJP had won 28 out of 29 LS seats in the last polls, leaving the lone seat of Chhindwara for Congress to secure. Similarly, total 12 candidates have filed nomination for Bastar (ST) LS seat in Chhattisgarh. In first phase polls in Chhattisgarh, only one seat, Bastar (ST), is going to elections. The remaining ten LS seats in Chhattisgarh are going to polls in two other phases on April 26 and May seven. BJP had won nine out of 11 LS seats in 2019 general elections in Chhattisgarh and Congress had bagged the remaining two seats. Both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are set to witness a bipolar poll battle between BJP and Congress.

Deccan Chronicle 27 Mar 2024 10:05 pm

PM Modi, JP Nadda, Amit Shah Among BJP Star Campaigners In Chhattisgarh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, and Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah have been named as star campaigners of the saffron party among 40 others in Chhattisgarh which will vote in three phases of general elections.

NDTV 27 Mar 2024 9:54 pm

Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi, Nadda and Shah among star campaigners of BJP in Chhattisgarh

Yogi Adityanath, Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Mohan Yadav, chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh, respectively, and former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also hit the hustings. Elections to the 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh will be held in three phases - April 19, April 26, and May 7. Votes will be counted on June 4.

The Economic Times 27 Mar 2024 9:42 pm

6 Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

India Today 27 Mar 2024 7:53 pm

Six Naxals killed in encounter with security personnel in Chattisgarh

BIJAPUR: Six Naxalites, including deputy commander Punem Nagesh, his wife, and another female cadre, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, a police officer said. Many other Naxalites were believed to have been injured in the gunfight and a search operation was underway in the area, he said, adding that no security personnel was injured. The six slain Naxalites collectively carried a bounty of Rs 14 lakh on them, the officer said. The slain deputy commander of Maoists' PLGA platoon no.10 Punem Nagesh was instrumental in carrying out several deadly attacks on security forces in the past. The gunfight took place at around 8 am in jungles along the Talperu river near Chipurbhatti village under Basaguda police station area, when a joint team of security personnel was conducting an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI. The operation was launched based on inputs about the presence of cadres belonging to Maoists PLGA platoons no.9 and 10, who were involved in the murder of three civilians near Basaguda during the Holi festival celebrated on Monday, he said. The personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force's 229th and 168th battalions and 205th and 210th battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action- an elite unit of CRPF) were involved in the operation, the police officer said. The patrolling team came under fire near the Talperu river, he said, adding that the exchange of fire continued for about an hour after which bodies of six Naxalites were recovered from the spot. Security personnel found arms and ammunition from the spot of the encounter. A carbine gun, factory-made 9 mm pistol, country-made 9 mm pistol, 12 bore gun, muzzle-loading gun, 10 live cartridges of SLR, two tiffin bombs, gelatin sticks, safety fuses, Maoist bags, medicines and other items of daily use were also seized from the spot, the IGP said. Sundarraj further said security personnel have gunned down 37 Naxalites so far in separate encounters in the Bastar region, comprising seven districts, since December 2023. The killed Naxalites were identified as Punem Nagesh, his wife Vetti Soni (30), Aaytu Punem (28), Sukka Oyam (40), Nuppo Moka (30), and Kovasi Gangi (27), said Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav. Nagesh was active as the Deputy Commander of Maoists' PLGA platoon no.10. His wife was also a member of the same formation. The couple carried rewards of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 2 lakh on their heads, respectively, he said. Gangi was an area committee member of Maoists and carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh on her head, the SP added. Aaytu Punem was an active member of PLGA platoon no.10, who was carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head. Oyam was a small action team commander while Moka worked as a militia section commander, he said. The slain Naxalites were involved in several incidents including the deadly Tekalgudiyam attack (in Bijapur) on April 3, 2021, wherein 22 troopers were killed and more than 35 others injured. They were also involved in the murder of three villagers near Basaguda on Monday, he added. Many other Naxalites were reported to be injured in the gunfight and the search operation was still underway in the area, according to Yadav. Naxalites generally observe the Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign (TCOC) between March and June in summer and step up their activities. A large number of attacks on security forces have taken place in the Bastar region during this period. However, Wednesday's encounter seems to have dealt a massive blow to Naxalites who lost key cadres. Bastar Lok Sabha constituency will go to polls in the first phase of three-phase general elections in Chhattisgarh on April 19.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 7:52 pm

BALCO certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiatives Performance Standard V3

Bhubaneswar: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), Indias iconic aluminium producer and a unit of Vedanta Aluminium, has achieved the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard V3 Certification for the manufacture and supply of a wide range of primary aluminium products at its facility in Korba, Chhattisgarh. This includes a smelter with two potlines for producing [] The post BALCO certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiatives Performance Standard V3 appeared first on Pragativadi | Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha, Latest Odisha News .

Pragativadi 27 Mar 2024 7:28 pm

45 bills passed in 17th Lok Sabha same day they were introduced: ADR report

NEW DELHI: A total of 222 bills were passed in the 17th Lok Sabha and 45 of these were cleared the same day they were introduced in the House, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Some of these bills are The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, The Appropriation Bill, The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.2) Bill, The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021. A report of the analysis, which was conducted by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW), was released on Tuesday. It sheds light on the performance of the 17th Lok Sabha and its members. According to the report, 240 bills were introduced during the tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha and 222 of them were passed. Additionally, 11 bills were withdrawn and six are pending. Only one bill received the President's assent. According to the data, 45 bills were passed the same day they were introduced in the House. On average, an MP asked 165 questions and attended 189 of the 273 sittings. MPs from Chhattisgarh had the highest average attendance, with 11 representatives from the state attending 216 of the 273 sittings. Conversely, Arunachal Pradesh had the lowest average attendance, with two of its MPs attending only 127 sittings. The analysis further delves into engagement levels across states and political parties. MPs from Maharashtra were the most vocal, with 49 representatives asking 315 questions each on average. In contrast, Manipur MPs asked 25 questions each on average. Among parties, the NCP stood out with five of its MPs raising an average of 410 questions each. On the other hand, two Apna Dal (Soneylal) raised only five questions each on average. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members attended 229 of the 273 sittings on average. AAP members had the lowest attendance with only 57 sittings on average. The report also names 10 MPs who participated actively in parliamentary proceedings, posing the highest number of questions. BJP's Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar, who asked 596 questions, topped the list. The majority of the questions revolved around health and family welfare, agriculture and farmers welfare, and railways, according to the report.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 6:20 pm

Chhattisgarh govt school students chase drunk teacher, pelt stones

Students in a government school in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, threw stones at a teacher in Pallibhata village for arriving drunk, leading to a probe by district officials due to his inappropriate behavior.

The Times of India 27 Mar 2024 6:03 pm

Record 45 Bills Passed in Lok Sabha on Introduction Day: ADR Report

In a remarkable display of efficiency, the 17th Lok Sabha witnessed the passing of a staggering 45 bills on the very day they were introduced, reveals a recent report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Out of a total of 222 bills passed during the tenure, this swift legislative action underscores a significant aspect of parliamentary proceedings. The report, jointly conducted by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW), unveiled key insights into the performance of the 17th Lok Sabha and its members. Among the notable legislations fast-tracked through the House were The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, The Appropriation Bill, and The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023. An analysis of the data indicates that out of 240 bills introduced, a vast majority of 222 were successfully passed. Conversely, 11 bills faced withdrawal while six remain pending, with only one bill receiving the coveted assent of the President. The report also sheds light on the engagement levels of Members of Parliament (MPs) across various metrics. On average, an MP posed 165 questions and attended 189 of the 273 sittings. Notably, MPs from Chhattisgarh showcased commendable dedication with an average attendance of 216 sittings per representative. In contrast, MPs from Arunachal Pradesh recorded the lowest attendance, with only two members attending 127 sittings on average. Furthermore, the analysis reveals intriguing patterns across states and political parties. MPs from Maharashtra emerged as the most vocal, with an average of 49 representatives posing 315 questions each. Conversely, Manipur MPs averaged 25 questions per member. Among political parties, the NCP distinguished itself with five of its MPs raising an average of 410 questions each, while the Apna Dal (Soneylal) lagged with just five questions per member on average. Attendance patterns also varied significantly among parties, with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members showcasing robust participation by attending an average of 229 sittings, whereas AAP members averaged only 57 sittings. The report commends the active participation of 10 MPs who significantly contributed to parliamentary proceedings by posing the highest number of questions. Notably, BJP's Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar topped the list with 596 questions, primarily revolving around crucial areas such as health and family welfare, agriculture, and railways. This report underscores the dynamic nature of parliamentary operations, reflecting both commendable efficiency and areas warranting further attention for enhanced democratic governance. Lok Sabha Polls: BJP Unveils Heavyweight Lineup for Bihar Campaign BJP Releases Sixth List of Candidates for Lok Sabha Elections

News Track 27 Mar 2024 4:05 pm

Chhattisgarh: Six Naxals killed in encounter

Jagdalpur, Mar 27 (UNI) Six Naxals were killed in a clash with the police, including four men and two women, on Wednesday morning in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. They recovered a large quantity of explosives from the scene, police said. Deputy Inspector General of Police, South Bastar Range, Kamalochan Kashyap, said that since the recent killing of... The post Chhattisgarh: Six Naxals killed in encounter first appeared on Central India's Premier English Daily .

Central Chronicle 27 Mar 2024 3:26 pm

45 bills passed in Lok Sabha same day they were introduced: ADR report

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) A total of 222 bills were passed in the 17th Lok Sabha and 45 of these were cleared the same day they were introduced in the House, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). Some of these bills are The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, The Appropriation Bill, The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation (No.2) Bill, The Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021. A report of the analysis, which was conducted by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW), was released on Tuesday. It sheds light on the performance of the 17th Lok Sabha and its members. According to the report, 240 bills were introduced during the tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha and 222 of them were passed. Additionally, 11 bills were withdrawn and six are pending. Only one bill received the President's assent. According to the data, 45 bills were passed the same day they were introduced in the House. On average, an MP asked 165 questions and attended 189 of the 273 sittings. MPs from Chhattisgarh had the highest average attendance, with 11 representatives from the state attending 216 of the 273 sittings. Conversely, Arunachal Pradesh had the lowest average attendance, with two of its MPs attending only 127 sittings. The analysis further delves into engagement levels across states and political parties. MPs from Maharashtra were the most vocal, with 49 representatives asking 315 questions each on average. In contrast, Manipur MPs asked 25 questions each on average. Among parties, the NCP stood out with five of its MPs raising an average of 410 questions each. On the other hand, two Apna Dal (Soneylal) raised only five questions each on average. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members attended 229 of the 273 sittings on average. AAP members had the lowest attendance with only 57 sittings on average. The report also names 10 MPs who participated actively in parliamentary proceedings, posing the highest number of questions. BJP's Balurghat MP Sukanta Majumdar, who asked 596 questions, topped the list. The majority of the questions revolved around health and family welfare, agriculture and farmers welfare, and railways, according to the report. PTI UZM DIV DIV Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 27 Mar 2024 2:55 pm

Chhattisgarh encounter: Two women among 6 Maoists killed in gun battle with security forces

Raipur: Security forces gunned down six rebels of outlawed CPI (Maoist) including two women cadres in a fierce exchange of fire at Chipurbhatti area of an edgy district of Bijapur, about 350 km south Raipur on Wednesday. According to the Bijapur police, a joint party of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Elite CoBRA unit and District Reserve Guards (DRG) had launched a search operation in the region after the Maoists had killed three villagers in the area on the day of Holi festival. The security forces moved out on the operation on Tuesday late night following a tip-off about the presence of Maoists in the region. The gunfight occurred between the forces and the Platoon no. 10 of Peoples' Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) of the Maoists close to Talperu river, a police officer told TNIE . PLGA is cited as the military wing of the banned outfit. So far six bodies have been recovered by the forces and are yet to be identified.Further details are awaited. The forces claimed that after the encounter there remains a strong possibility that several Maoists might have sustained injuries. There was however no report of any injury sustained by the forces that comprised personnel from 210, 205 battalion of CRPFs elite commando unit CoBRA, 229 battalion of CRPF and the DRG from Bijapur district police force. Bijapur is among the seven Maoists-affected districts in the conflict zone of Bastar, south Chhattisgarh.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 1:29 pm

Chhattisgarh: 6 Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Bijapur

Chhattisgarh: 6 Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Bijapur In a significant blow to Naxal insurgency, a joint team of security forces on Wednesday neutralised six Naxalites, including two women, during a fierce gun battle that occurred in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. The fierce exchange of gunfire occurred between the security forces and People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA)-- an armed wing of the Platoon No 10 of Naxals-- near Chipurbhatti jungle along Talperu River under Basaguda Police Station in Bijapur. Basaguda District Reserve Guard and Central Reserve Police Force and its CoBRA unit were involved in the action against the Naxals. Officials said the operation indicates a significant blow to the Naxal insurgency in the region as security forces intensify efforts to combat the threat posed by the extremist group. The bodies of two female Maoists (Naxals) and four male Maoists recovered after the gun battle. The identities of the Maoists are being ascertained, said officials. Following the encounter, a search operation is currently underway to ensure the area is secure and to gather additional information. There is a strong possibility that several Naxalites have been injured in the encounter, said the officials, adding the security forces have seized a large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and daily use items during the operation. Authorities are yet to release further details regarding the operation and the identities of those neutralized. The successful operation underscores the ongoing efforts of security forces to maintain peace and stability in regions affected by Naxal insurgency. Further updates on the situation in Bijapur are anticipated as the search operation progresses and additional information becomes available. (ANI)

devdiscourse 27 Mar 2024 12:31 pm

6 Maoists Killed In Encounter With Security Personnel In Chhattisgarh

Six Maoists, including two women cadres, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, a police official said.

NDTV 27 Mar 2024 11:59 am

At least six Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

The gunfight took place in the jungles of Chikurbhatti and Pusbaka villages under Basaguda police station area

The Hindu 27 Mar 2024 11:37 am

AP LS polls: Keen fight likely in Rampachodavaram Assembly constituency

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM: A big fight is on the cards between two women in Rampachodavaram (ST reserved) Assembly constituency. Sitting YSRC MLA Nagulapalli Dhanalakshmi is set to take on Miriyala Sirisha Devi of TDP, a political novice, belonging to the tribal community. The segment with an electorate of 2.76 lakh comes under the purview of Alluri Sitarama Raju district. The constituency bordering Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, consists of Chintur, Kunavaram, VR Puram, Yatapaka, Rampachodavaram, Gangavaram, Addateegala, Maredumilli, Rajavommangi, Devipatnam and Y Ramavaram mandals. Of the total, VR Puram, Kunavaram, Chintur, Yatapaka and Devipatnam are popularly known as submerged mandals of the Polavaram Irrigation Project. Polavaram project displaced families and their rehabilitation and resettlement is a major issue, which is likely to decide the election outcome. Speaking to TNIE, Dhanalakshmi exuded confidence of victory for the second consecutive time from Rampachodavaram. The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government has constructed R&R colonies for displaced families of Polavaram project, besides implementing several development programmes and welfare schemes. The YSRC governments commitment to the welfare of people will fetch us votes in the elections, she asserted. Sirisha Devi, an Anganwadi staffer, has quit the job and joined politics. Though she is a novice, her family has a political background. Her parents worked as sarpanch and MPTC member in Rajavommangi mandal. She seems to be facing dissidence from former MLA P Rajeswari, who was denied party ticket. Exuding confidence of her victory, Sirisha Devi said the TDP would expose the failures of the YSRC government on various fronts in the last five years to reach out to the people. Our district headquarters Paderu is located 300 km away. Visiting the district headquarters is a cumbersome experience. There is no systematic approach to develop the tribal constituency. Development is the poll plank of the TDP-JSP-BJP combine. We will make coordinated efforts to win the peoples trust in the elections, she asserted. Though the people of the constituency seem to be divided on the performance of the YSRC government in the last five years, the undue delay in completion of Polavaram and the rehabilitation and resettlement of the project displaced families is likely to be the determining factor in the election outcome, observed a political analyst. Polavaram project displaced to decide poll outcome? Though the people seem to be divided on the performance of the YSRC government, the undue delay in completion of Polavaram project & rehabilitation of the displaced families is likely to be the determining factor in the poll outcome, a political analyst observed

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 11:22 am

2 women among 6 Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

Bijapur, Mar 27 (PTI) Six Naxalites, including two women cadres, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Wednesday, a police official said. The gunfight took place in the forest area located along the Talperu river near Chipurbhatti village under Basaguda police station area, when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI. The operation involving personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), was launched based on inputs about the presence of Naxalites from People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) platoon no. 10 of Maoists, he said. After the exchange of fire stopped, bodies of six Naxalites, including two women, and a huge cache of weapons and explosives were recovered from the spot, the IG said. The official earlier said the deceased Naxalites included only one woman. The identity of the dead Naxalites is yet to be ascertained, he said. Many other Naxalites were reported to be injured in the gunfight and the search operation was still underway in the area, he added. Bijapur district is located in the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in the first phase of the general elections on April 19. PTI COR TKP NP Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 27 Mar 2024 11:19 am

Electoral bonds: Poor fund flow for regional parties in Hindi heartland

NEW DELHI : In eight states of the Hindi heartland, which elect about 200 Lok Sabha members, the fund flow to regional parties through the now-scrapped electoral bond scheme was poor in comparison to their southern counterparts and the BJP, according to data disclosed by the Election Commission and the parties. The eight states are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Utatrakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Haryana. The BJP, which is the ruling party in six of the 8 states and in power though an alliance in one, got Rs 6986.5 crore through electoral bonds between March 2018 and July 2023. But none of the major regional parties in these states could manage to find a place in the list of big gainers, barring Lalu Prasad Yadav-led RJD, Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and Akhilesh Yadav-led SP. UP has 80 Lok Sabha seats, Bihar 40, MP 29, Rajasthan 25, Jharkhand 14, Chhattisgarh 11, Haryana 10 and Uttarakhand 5. In the politically crucial UP, only one out of the five major regional parties received contributions through the electoral bonds, which was introduced by the Centre in 2017. The parties which did not receive funds include the BSP, the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) ASP, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the RLD. Making the disclosure on behalf of the party, SP secretary general Ram Gopal Yadav submitted to the EC that the party received electoral bonds worth Rs 84 lakh in April 2019 and another Rs 3 crore on January 10, 2022, ahead of the UP assembly polls. The party also submitted that in May 2019, ahead of the general election, it received electoral bonds worth Rs 10 crore via unnamed sources by post. Electoral Bonds Data: Listed companies overwhelmingly back BJP Later, in the data released by the EC, the SPs donors were identified as Gurugram-based SK Traders, Jaipur-based BS Traders, Delhi-based AS Traders, Faridabad-based BG Traders, and San Beverages Pvt Ltd. In adjacent Bihar, the RJD in its submission to the EC informed about receiving an electoral bond worth Rs 1 crore during 2019 general election and another tranche worth Rs 55 crore between July and October 2023. The JD(U) had disclosed that it received electoral bonds worth Rs 24.40 crore -- including the first lot worth Rs 13 crore in April 2019 and the second one worth Rs 1.40 crore in October 2020 days before the first phase of the assembly elections. The party received the last tranche worth Rs 10 crore in January 2022. The electoral bonds scheme was announced in the 2017-18 Budget on 1 February 2017. The Finance Bill, 2017 made elaborate changes in the Companies Act, the Income Tax Act, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Act, and the Representation of People Act to build the architecture of the scheme. The Parliament did, after considerable discussion, pass the Finance Bill to lay the legal bedrock for electoral bonds. The Supreme Court on February 15 scrapped electoral bond scheme.

The New Indian Express 27 Mar 2024 11:17 am

Six Naxalites, Including Woman Cadre, Killed in Encounter with Security Forces in Bijapur

Chhattisgarh: Six Naxalites, including a female member, were killed during a clash with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. The encounter occurred in the jungles of Chikurbhatti and Pusbaka villages, under the Basaguda police station area, while security personnel were conducting an anti-Naxal operation. Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P confirmed the incident, stating that the operation involved personnel from the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action). After the gunfire ceased, the bodies of six Naxalites, including a woman, were found at the scene, Sundarraj P said. The search operation is ongoing in the region. Bijapur district falls within the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which is scheduled for elections in the initial phase on April 19th. The clash erupted as security forces were engaged in a mission to counter Naxal activities. The joint team, comprising personnel from various security units, encountered armed resistance from the Naxalites in the dense jungles of Bijapur. In the ensuing exchange of fire, six Naxalites lost their lives, marking a significant victory for the security forces in their ongoing efforts to combat insurgency in the region. The presence of a female cadre among the deceased highlights the active involvement of women in Naxal operations, underscoring the complex and multifaceted nature of the conflict. Security officials have intensified their search operations in the area to ensure the complete elimination of any remaining threats. Bijapur district, situated in the heart of the Naxal-affected region of Bastar, has witnessed sporadic incidents of violence and unrest in the past. The successful operation by security forces is expected to boost morale and instill confidence among the local populace ahead of the upcoming general elections. Deadliest Attack on Russian Soil Unfolds Over the Weekend at Crocus City Hall Islamic State Releases Photo and Footage of Moscow Attack, 133 people died in Terror attack

News Track 27 Mar 2024 11:10 am

Six Maoists, including two women cadres, killed in Bastar

Six Naxalites, including a female cadre, were killed during a clash with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. The operation took place in Chikurbhatti and Pusbaka villages. Inspector General of Police confirmed the casualties, emphasizing the ongoing search operation in the region.

The Times of India 27 Mar 2024 11:00 am

Six Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district: Police.

Six Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district: Police. Six Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district: Police.

devdiscourse 27 Mar 2024 10:32 am

In its seventh list, Congress announces four candidates for Chhattisgarh

Congress has fielded Devendra Singh Yadav from Bilaspur, an accused in coal levy money laundering case

The Hindu 27 Mar 2024 12:15 am

Chhattisgarh teacher arrives 'drunk' at school, gets chased away by students; video goes viral

Jagdalpur, Mar 26 (PTI) A video of a government schoolteacher being chased away by students for allegedly arriving at school in a drunken state in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district has gone viral on social media, prompting authorities to launch a probe. The video from Pallibhata village came to light on Tuesday following which the local Block Education Officer (BEO) launched a probe, Bastar Collector Vijay Dayaram K told reporters. Based on the inquiry report further action will be taken in the matter, he said. In the video, a man can be seen starting his motorcycle to escape while some children in school uniform hurl footwears at him. The man escaped from the spot in his motorbike even as students chased him hurling sleepers at him. As per official sources, the video clip is of government primary school in Pallibhata village of Bastar development block. The students allegedly hurled footwears at the teacher after getting fed up with his alleged habit of arriving at school in drunken condition, they said. PTI COR TKP RSY Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 11:45 pm

Two Naxalites surrender in Sukma district

Sukma, Mar 26 (PTI) Two Naxalites on Tuesday surrendered before police and security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, an official said. Gonche Hunga (22) and Kawasi Joga (38) turned themselves in, citing disappointment with the hollow and inhuman Maoist ideology, he said. Hunga was the Militia Platoon Commander under the Lakhapal Revolutionary People's Council (RPC) of the outlawed Maoist organization, the official said. Joga was a member of Lakhapal RPC Committee, he added. They will be rehabilitated as per the state government's rehabilitation policy, he said. PTI COR RSY Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 11:23 pm

Congress declares candidates for remaining 4 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Mar 26 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday declared its candidates for the remaining four Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh and the list features an MLA who is facing an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe, and two women. With this, the main opposition party has announced candidates for all the 11 Lok Sabha seats in the state, which will vote in three phases in April-May. The BJP has also announced all its candidates in the state. The four Congress candidates are Devender Singh Yadav (Bilaspur), Biresh Thakur (Kanker-Scheduled Tribe reserved), Shashi Singh (Surguja-ST) and Dr Menka Devi Singh (Raigarh-ST). Yadav, a second-term legislator, represents the Bhilai Nagar seat in Durg district in the assembly. Yadav is an accused in the alleged coal levy scam-linked money laundering case being probed by the ED. The state's anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in January this year also registered a case in the alleged coal levy scam based on a report submitted by the ED in which Yadav has been named as accused. Thakur had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections from Kanker in 2019. He had then lost to BJP's Mohan Mandavi by a thin margin of 6,914 votes. Thakur's father late Satyanarayan Singh Thakur was the Congress MLA from 1972-1977 from Bhanupratappur in Kanker. Shashi Singh is a member of the Surajpur Zila Panchayat. Her father late Tuleshwar Singh had served as a minister in the Ajit Jogi-led Congress government (2000-2003) in Chhattisgarh. Menka Devi Singh hails from the erstwhile Sarangarh royal family. She is the daughter of Raja Nareschandra Singh, who had served as chief minister of undivided Madhya Pradesh. Her sisters late Rajni Devi Singh and Pushpa Devi Singh had served as Congress Lok Sabha MPs in the past. Menka Devi Singh's another sister Kamla Devi Singh has been an MLA for 18 years. Three women, including a sitting MP, are among the 11 candidates of the Congress. The Lok Sabha polls will be held in three phases in the state on April 19, April 26 and May 7 and votes will be counted on June 4. The Naxal-hit Bastar (Scheduled Tribe) constituency will alone witness polling on April 19 in the first phase of general elections and filing of nominations for the phase started on March 20. Three constituencies - Kanker (ST), Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund - will vote on April 26 in the second phase, while the remaining seven - Surguja (ST), Raigarh (ST), Janjgir-Champa (SC), Raipur, Durg, Korba and Bilaspur will witness polling on May 7. PTI COR/TKP RSY Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 11:18 pm

LS polls: Cong releases 7th list of five candidates, fields R Sudha from TN's Mayiladuthurai

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday released its seventh list of five candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding R Sudha from Tamil Nadu's Mayiladuthurai constituency. The Mayiladuthurai constituency was with its ally DMK in the last elections. Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar had been an MP from this constituency thrice earlier. The Congress announced candidates for four seats in Chhattisgarh and one in Tamil Nadu. In Chhattisgarh, the party fielded Shashi Singh from Sarguja (ST), Menka Devi Singh from Raigarh, Devender Singh Yadav from Bilaspur and Biresh Thakur from Kanker (ST). With this, the party has fielded a total of 194 candidates so far for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls starting April 19. PTI ASK RT RT RT Disclaimer: This article is published from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Deccan Chronicle team

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 9:52 pm

Elephant kills elderly man in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district

Balrampur, Mar 26 (PTI) A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district, a forest official said on Tuesday. Ramsurat God was attacked by the jumbo on Monday night near Hadhi Mahan river under Rajpur forest range when he was returning to his village after celebrating Holi at a relative's place, he said. God, a resident of Markadad village, had gone to his relatives' place in nearby Narsinghpur village on foot. On his way back, forest personnel cautioned the man, who was inebriated, not to venture into the forest citing the presence of a tusker, he said. However, God entered the forest and came face to face with a tusker. On finding his body on Tuesday morning, forest personnel informed his family members, the official said. The kin of the deceased have been provided with an immediate relief amount of Rs 25,000 while the remaining compensation will be released after completing necessary formalities. Forest personnel have been deployed to keep a tab on the movement of elephants, he added. Human-elephant conflicts in the state, particularly in the northern part, had been a major cause for concern for the last decade. The districts facing the menace mainly are Surguja, Raigarh, Korba, Surajpur, Mahasamund, Dhamtari, Gariaband, Balod, Balrampur and Kanker. According to the forest department, more than 240 people were killed in elephant attacks in the state in the last three years. PTI COR TKP MVG NR

Deccan Chronicle 26 Mar 2024 8:36 pm

Regional outfit GGP releases first list of 10 Lok Sabha candidates in Chhattisgarh

The Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) announced candidates for 10 of the 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh. Discussion for the remaining seat ongoing. The party, yet to win a Lok Sabha seat, will contest the polls in phases on April 19, 26, and May 7, with votes counted on June 4.

The Economic Times 26 Mar 2024 5:02 pm

IPL 2024: Picked By 'mistake' In Auction Shashank Singh Stars For PBKS With 8-ball Cameo

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: At the end of the auction for the Indian Premier League's 2024 edition in December 2023, Punjab Kings were left red-faced when they got confused over the name of a player and reportedly picked the wrong one. They were prevented by the auctioneer from changing the player as the hammer had come down on the sale. It was claimed that the Punjab Kings management had bought the wrong Shashank Singh for Rs 20 lakh, picking up a 32-year-old who plays for Chhattisgarh, instead of the 19-year-old batter they had originally planned to rope in. On Monday, the 'unwanted' Shashank Singh showed the franchise that mistake would not cost them a lot as he smashed an 8-ball unbeaten 21 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a high-octane clash at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. Shashank flicked and hammered English pacer Alzarri Joseph for a brace of sixes in the final over, before slashing a four over short third man to take 20 runs off the last over and helped Punjab reach 176/6 in their 20 overs. The Punjab Kings (PBKS) had reportedly made a significant blunder during the auction on December 20 by purchasing the 'wrong player'. By the time they realised the mistake, the bid had already been completed and the auctioneer denied the reversal. The focal point of this chaos was the uncapped Indian player, Shashank Singh, whom PBKS mistakenly bought at a base price of Rs 20 lakh after the team seemingly mixed up the name of the player during the auction held in Dubai. During the accelerated round, the auctioneer Mallika Sagar announced and called out the name of 32-year-old Shashank, who represents Chhattisgarh in domestic cricket. Shashank has played 55 T20 games, amassing 724 runs at a strike rate of 135.83 while taking 15 wickets. He had previously been part of the Delhi Daredevils, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad squads in IPL and has represented Mumbai and Puducherry besides Chhattisgarh at the domestic level. Though Punjab Kings later clarified that the uncapped batting all-rounder, who remained unsold in the previous year's auction after being released by Sunrisers Hyderabad, was always on their target list and it was not an error on their part, not everyone was convinced. On Monday, the 32-year-old Shashank Singh right-handed batter, who can bowl medium pace and off-break, did not leave any doubts about his utility as he played a crucial cameo. There was no 'mistake' about his innings against RCB.

CNMSports 25 Mar 2024 10:40 pm

Cyclonic troughs set to bring rains for Holi

NEW DELHI: Holi may be wetter in northwest and eastern India as multiple cyclonic troughs are set to bring rains. Northwest India, including Delhi-NCR, has received pre-Holi cloudy weather and isolated events of light rain with gusty winds with speed of 30-40 km/hour under the influence of the ongoing western disturbance. The Indian Meteorological Department has forecast that another spell of western disturbance will hit on March 26. It will cause light to moderate snowfall in higher reaches of Himalayas and scattered rain with thunderstorms in Punjab, Haryana, western UP and Rajasthan between March 26 and 29. Experts say there has been a change in the western disturbance pattern, which mostly took place during the winter. But this time, most of these are taking place post-winter. The alterations in the western disturbance trend are mostly attributed to climate change. This year winter was a record dry and snowless, but the sudden frequency of western disturbance increased from late February, said Mahesh Palawat of a private weather agency Skymet Weather Services. Rain, accompanied with snowfall, will cause a fall in maximum temperatures by 3-4C very likely over northwest India during the next 24 hours and then rise by 3-4C during subsequent 3-4 days. In the meantime, a cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Assam and neighbourhood, and a trough runs from northwest Bihar to southeast Assam across north Bangladesh in lower tropospheric levels. It will bring fairly widespread rainfall in Bihar, Jharkhand and northeast states and snowfall in the sub-Himalyan region such as West Bengal and Sikkim. Such unseasonal rain would impact standing wheat crops ready for harvest. In this period, hot and humid weather is very likely to prevail over Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, and Kerala and Mahe. However, isolated pockets over Saurashtra and Kutch will see heat wave conditions on March 26-27. An analysis from Climate Central, an independent group of scientists and communicators, shows that during Holi, temperatures have been rising in the past five decades. Analysing the data from 1970, the study claims that during March, the northern and western regions have the fastest warming, with the largest change occurring in J&K (2.8C). Wwarming in April has been more uniform and Mizoram stands out with the largest change since 1970 (1.9C). The study shows that only Maharashtra, Bihar and Chhattisgarh would have only a 5% probability of increasing temperature above 40C in the early 1970s. However, in the past five decades, this probability has not only increased but expanded to more states. The analysis states that the chance of reaching 40C expands to Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

The New Indian Express 25 Mar 2024 7:22 am

Chhattisgarh: DRG jawan injured in Maoist attack in Bijapur

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The News Mill 25 Mar 2024 3:57 am

Gadchiroli Encounter Sends Alarm Bells Ringing for TS Police

Picture for representational purpose. Picture for representational purpose. Hyderabad: The deaths of four Maoists of the TS committee in an encounter with security forces in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, have badly affected their movements from their safe havens in the national park at Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh to the border districts of Telangana state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The encounter has also established that the Maoists were planning subversive activities in Telangana state during elections in order to show their presence and about with fresh recruitments, sources said. After the encounter, Gadchiroli SP Nilotpal stated that they got information only after the Maoists had crossed the Pranahita river. Crossing the state was ostensibly after Telangana state police intensified search operations, he said. According to reliable sources, up to 15 TS state committee Maoists are taking shelter in the national park. The four Maoists, who were killed by C-60 team members of Maharhashtra, included divisional zonal committee members Vargeesh and Mangtu and platoon members Kursang Raju and Kudimetta Venkatesh. The divisional zonal committee members were carrying a cash reward of Rs 16 lakh each, as announced by the Maharashtra government. The platoon members were carrying Rs 4 lakh reward each. The C-60 is an elite police force of Maharashtra consisting of commandos, formed out of teh indigenous tribal population. They are well-acquainted with the local terrain and speak the local language, which gives them an upper hand during anti-Maoist operations. Maharashtra DGP Rashmi Shukla went to Gadchiroli and reviewed the arrangements for the Lok Sabha polls with the top cops on Friday. Meanwhile, the Telangana police have intensified coordination with the neighbouring state police. Evidences active inter-state transit movement of Maoists

Deccan Chronicle 24 Mar 2024 11:50 pm

DRG jawan injured in Naxalite firing in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district

DRG jawan injured in Naxalite firing in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district A District Reserve Guard jawan was injured after Naxalites opened fire at him in a residential area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said. DRG jawan Dipak Durgam was targeted around 8.30 pm at Atal Awas Parisar located on the outskirts of Bijapur town on the Bijapur-Gangaloor road when he had stepped out of his home, a police official said. A ''small action team'' of Naxalites opened fire at Durgam from an adjoining forest, leaving him injured, he said citing preliminary information. The attackers then escaped deep into the dense forest. The injured jawan has been admitted to the district hospital and his condition was stated to be out of danger, he added. DRG is an anti-Naxalite unit of the state police.

devdiscourse 24 Mar 2024 10:29 pm

As language declines, its culture and identity also get lost: Prof K K Mishra

Bhopal : On the second day of the 48th Foundation Day celebrations of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, two-day National Seminar on Cultural Heritage of Chhattisgarh was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Shri Kapil Tiwari by lighting the lamp. On this occasion, he said that Sapta Matrika is identified from the tribal folk culture of... The post As language declines, its culture and identity also get lost: Prof K K Mishra first appeared on Central India's Premier English Daily .

Central Chronicle 24 Mar 2024 1:42 pm

Liquor scam: Congress LS candidate from Chattisgarh's Bastar seat among the accused

RAIPUR: Kawasi Lakhma, former excise minister in the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government and an accused in the liquor scam is the Congress candidate from the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. Lakhma's name was among the 70 other accused in thealleged liquor scam by the states Anti-Corruption Bureau. Kwasi Lakhma, a prominent tribal face who has won the Konta (Sukma, south Bastar) Assembly seat for the sixth consecutive time in 2023, has replaced the sitting Congress MP from Bastar Lok Sabha constituency and the state president Deepak Baij, as the partys choice. His name appeared in the fourth list, released by the Congress party on Saturday late night. The Maoist-affected Bastar seat which consists of a pre-dominant tribal population is scheduled to go on the first phase of polls on April 19. The ED had submitted an application last year for registering the case against Lakhma under the previous Congress regime. However, it is only now that the Chattisgarh police have lodged an FIR. It was estimated that Proceeds of Crime of around Rs 2,161 crore have been generated by the suspects in the alleged scam. Meanwhile, the Congress denied the charges against its party candidate and claimed that naming the former minister in the FIR is an attempt to defame the party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

The New Indian Express 24 Mar 2024 1:39 pm

CBSE cancelled the recognition of 20 schools from 10 states...here is the list

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cancelled the recognition of 20 schools in different states of the country. These 20 schools are in many states of the country including Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has cancelled the recognition of 20 schools in different states of the country. Apart from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, these 20 schools are also from Kerala and Uttarakhand. CBSE Secretary Himanshu Gupta said in this matter that these 20 schools were not only behaving against the rules but were also involved in malpractices. How many schools are there in which state? States whose schools have been cancelled. Among them, there are 5 schools in Delhi and three in Uttar Pradesh. There are two schools each in Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Whereas, there is one school each in Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Assam whose recognition has been cancelled by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Recognition of these schools was cancelled Siddharth Public School, Delhi-81 Marigold Public School, Delhi-39 Bharat Mata SaraswatiBalMandir, Delhi-40 National Public School, Delhi-40 Chand Ram Public Senior Secondary School, Delhi-39 Loyal Public School, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh Crescent Convent School, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh Trinity World School, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Prince UCH Secondary School, Sikar, Rajasthan Global Indian International School, Jodhpur, Rajasthan Dronacharya Public School, Raipur, Chhattisgarh Vaikan School, VidhanSabha Marg, Raipur, Chhattisgarh Rahul International School, Thane, Maharashtra Pioneer Public School, Pune, Maharashtra PV's Public School, Malappuram, Kerala Mother Theresa Memorial Central School, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Kartar Public School, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir SAI RNS Academy, Dispur, Guwahati, Assam Sardar Patel Public School, MisroadHuzur, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Gyan Einstein International School, Dehradun, Uttarakhand CBSE downgraded the recognition of these schools Among these three schools is Shri Ram Academy, Barpeta, Assam. The Vivekananda School, Narela, Delhi and The Shri Dasmesh Senior Secondary Public School, Talwandi Sabo, District Bathinda, Punjab.

Kalam Times 24 Mar 2024 1:29 pm

Meet man who sold his house to create business made of waste, now owns company with annual turnoverRs3,00,00,000

Rahul Singh was raised in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, in a middle-class family. Rahul completed his education at the city's municipal government school.

DNA India 24 Mar 2024 11:43 am

Digvijaya Singh, Karti Chidambaram In Congress' 4th List of Candidates

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.While the Congress fielded veteran leader Digvijaya Singh from Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh, it nominated newly-inducted leader Lal Singh from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur to take on Union minister Jitendra Singh. MLA Vikas Thakare will take on Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Maharashtra's Nagpur, according to the list. In its fourth list, the party announced candidates for 12 seats of Madhya Pradesh, nine of Uttar Pradesh, seven of Tamil Nadu, four of Maharashtra, two each of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir, and one each of West Bengal, Assam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh. The Congress has left the Nagaur parliamentary constituency in Rajasthan for the Hanuman Beniwal-led Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP). The tie-up with the RLP is significant as the Congress looks to boost its position in the desert state, where it lost the Assembly polls recently and had not won a single seat in 2019 Lok Sabha election. The party is looking to expand its support base among the jats with the tie-up with Beniwal, who has a significant following among the community. For Uttar Pradesh, where the Congress is in an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) and contesting 17 seats, it has announced candidates for nine seats. These include Rai from Varanasi, Danish Ali from Amroha, Imran Masood from Saharanpur and Alok Mishra from Kanpur. The suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the polls from Amethi and Raebareli respectively continued. There is speculation that Rahul Gandhi may also contest the polls from Amethi, besides his declared seat of Wayanad in Kerala, and Priyanka Gandhi from Raebareli, a seat which was previously held by her mother, Sonia Gandhi. This will be Rai's third direct contest against Modi in the general election after 2014 and 2019. He had lost both times to the prime minister by big margins. Amethi and Raebareli are considered bastions of the Gandhi family and the local units of the Congress have demanded that the two scions of the family contest the polls from there. In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has also fielded Ram Nath Sikarwar from Fatehpur Sikri, Pradeep Jain Aditya from Jhansi, Tanuj Punia from Barabanki (SC), Akhilesh Pratap Singh from Deoria and Sadan Prasad from Bansgaon (SC). In Tamil Nadu, the party has renominated Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga, Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar, S Jothimani from Karur and Vijay Vasanth from Kanniyakumari, among others. In Madhya Pradesh, the party has fielded Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh, Kantilal Bhuria from Ratlam (ST), Akshay Bam from Indore and Arun Shrivastav from Bhopal, among others. Singh had last contested the polls from Bhopal but lost to the BJP's Pragya Thakur in 2019. Among other significant nominations by the party, it has fielded Kawasi Lakhma from Bastar (ST), Raman Bhalla from Jammu, Angomcha Bimol Akoijam from Inner Manipur, Alfred Kanngam S Arthur from Outer Manipur (ST), Anil Chopra from Jaipur Rural, Bhajanlal Jatav from Karauli Dholpur, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat's son Virender Rawat from Haridwar and Piya Roy Chowdhury from Coochbehar (SC). With this, the Congress has declared a total of 183 candidates for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls starting April 19.

Deccan Chronicle 24 Mar 2024 8:01 am

Nari Nyay guarantee on top of party agenda: Sachin Pilot

RAIPUR: The Congress in Chhattisgarh is set to launch a campaign to assist women fill up the forms on Nari Nyay guarantee promising a direct annual fund transfer of Rs 1 lakh into the bank accounts of poor women. Galvanising the party cadres into a battle-ready mode for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, State in-charge for Congress Sachin Pilot on Saturday asserted that the fight is now to save the country. The Congress candidates in fray, party campaigns, the guarantees on Nyay, 10-year of misgovernance and failures of the BJP-led Centre and the soon to be released manifesto will boost the prospect of the Congress party. The Modi government is misusing the central agencies like Enforcement Directorate, CBI, Income Tax raids in targeting opposition leaders, he added. Pilot chaired separate crucial meetings of senior Congress leaders, office-bearers, party functionaries and coordinators at Rajiv Bhawan in Raipur, where he took feedback to chalk-out a strategy for the forthcoming elections on 11 Lok Sabha constituencies. The ruling BJP has nine MPs, while the remaining two seats are with the Congress. Besides, with the key issues of high inflation, problems faced by farmers and unemployment remaining, the country today faces threats to the Constitution and the democratic institutions are under attack. So the upcoming elections are not ordinary polls. To prevent the main opposition Congress from accessing a level-playing field to contest the elections, the bank accounts of the party have been frozen. The onus now lies more on the Congress workers to take up the challenge and be a part of various organised aggressive campaigns, he said. Pilot exuded hope that there will be unprecedented results in favour of the Congress with far-better success in the Parliamentary polls. The Congress will soon declare the candidates for the remaining five constituencies as the party is focusing on women, farmers and youth through various pledges declared for them. The BJP, however, has been asserting that the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections assume much significance as it will determine the future of the country. High inflation, farmers issues threat to constitution Pilot chaired separate crucial meetings of senior Congress leaders, office-bearers, party functionaries and coordinators at Rajiv Bhawan in Raipur. He points out key issues of high inflation, problems faced by farmers and unemployment remaining as threats to the Constitution. Pilot said that the onus now lies more on the Congress workers to take up the challenge and be a part of various organised aggressive campaigns. He exuded hope that there will be unprecedented results in favour of the Congress with far-better success in the Parliamentary polls. Minister Nisith Pramanik. BSP MP expelled for indiscipline Ram Shiromani Verma, the Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Uttar Pradeshs Shravasti, was expelled from the party on Saturday on charges of indiscipline and anti-party activities. A letter by BSP district president Lal Chand Kori stated that Verma was continuously involved in anti-party activities and indiscipline. He was warned several times but there was no improvement. Keeping this in mind, the MP was expelled, the letter said. 14 criminal cases against Pramanik Union minister Nisith Pramanik, who has been renominated by the BJP in Cooch Behar seat for the Lok Sabha elections, has 14 criminal cases pending against him, according to an affidavit filed by him along with his nomination paper. Of the 14 cases pending against the Union Minister of State for Home, nine were registered between 2018 and 2020. The other cases were filed between 2009 and 2014, as per the affidavit. He joined the BJP in 2019 after he was expelled from the TMC. BJP ally refuses to campaign for BJP The Mahayuti ally Prahar Janshakti Party led by MLA Bacchu Kadu threatened that if BJP nominates sitting independent Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana from Amarawati Lok sabha seat, then he will not campaign for BJP or may field his own candidate. Kadu and the Rana couple MLA Ravi Rana and his spouse Lok Sabha member Navneet dont see eye to eye. Kadu, therefore, was against the fielding of Navneet. She was jailed for chanting Hanuman chalisa in front of ex-CM Uddhav Thackerays residence.

The New Indian Express 24 Mar 2024 7:16 am

Congress' 4th list: Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh, Rawat junior Haridwar

Veteran Digvijaya Singh will contest the Lok Sabha election from Rajgarh in MP, while son of former CM Harish Rawat will try his luck from Hardwar in Uttarakhand. Congress released its fourth list comprising 46 candidates across UP, Assam, Andaman, Chhattisgarh, J&K, MP, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Congress has left the Nagaur seat in Rajasthan for RLD of Hanuman Beniwal. The prospect of tie-up with RLD triggered heartburn in some quarters, with speculations that former MLA Divya Maderna may quit Congress.

The Times of India 24 Mar 2024 1:35 am

LS polls: Cong releases 4th list of candidates, fields Ajay Rai to take on Modi in Varanasi

LS polls: Cong releases 4th list of candidates, fields Ajay Rai to take on Modi in Varanasi The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While the Congress fielded its veteran leader Digvijaya Singh from Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh, it nominated newly-inducted leader Lal Singh from Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur to take on Union minister Jitendra Singh. Vikas Thakare will take on Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur, according to the list. In its fourth list, the party announced candidates for 12 seats of Madhya Pradesh, nine of Uttar Pradesh, seven of Tamil Nadu, four of Maharashtra, two each of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir, and one each of West Bengal, Assam, Andaman and Nicobar, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh. The Congress has left the Nagaur parliamentary constituency in Rajasthan for the Hanuman Beniwal-led Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. For Uttar Pradesh, where the party is in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and is contesting on 17 seats, the Congress announced candidates for nine seats. These include Rai from Varanasi, Danish Ali from Amroha, Imran Masood from Saharanpur and Alok Mishra from Kanpur. Suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest from Amethi and Raebareli continued. There is speculation that Rahul Gandhi may also contest from Amethi, besides his declared seat of Wayanad in Kerala, and Priyanka Gandhi from Raebareli, a seat which was previously held by Sonia Gandhi. Both the seats in Uttar Pradesh are considered bastions of the Gandhi family and the local units of the Congress have demanded that the two scions of the Gandhi family should contest from there. In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has also fielded Ram Nath Sikarwar from Fatehpur Sikri, Pradeep Jain Aditya from Jhansi, Tanuj Punia from Barabanki (SC), Akhilesh Pratap Singh from Deoria and Sadan Prasad from Basgaon (SC). In Tamil Nadu, the party has renominated Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga, Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar, S Jothimani from Karur and Vijay Vasanth from Kanniyakumari, among others. In Madhya Pradesh, the party fielded Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh, Kantilal Bhuria from Ratlam (ST), Akshay Bam from Indore and Arun Shrivastav from Bhopal among others. With this, the Congress has now declared a total of 183 candidates for the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls beginning on April 19.

devdiscourse 23 Mar 2024 11:59 pm

Congress like a well-established company with fluctuating market cap; BJP startup: Jairam Ramesh

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh likened his party to a well-established company whose market capitalisation keeps fluctuating and asserted that it will stage a comeback. In an interaction, Ramesh also dismissed suggestions that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma that was responsible for the BJP's electoral performance and stressed on the importance of organisational strength. The idea of a charismatic leader was a dangerous concept to believe in as one doing so, automatically believes in a demagogue, the Congress general secretary in charge communications asserted. Talking about the need for bringing in new faces, Ramesh, however, noted that this was difficult in the Congress because people have been in the party for long. It's easier for the BJP. Because, you know, the BJP is a startup in many states. You look upon the BJP as a startup. The Congress is not a startup. The Congress is a well-established company whose market cap (market capitalization) keeps fluctuating. But the BJP is a startup, he said. So, a startup can absorb a lot of people. The guy who does not get a ticket in the Congress joins the BJP. So in many of the states, I would say, the Congress' disadvantage is that it has been entrenched for decades, he said during an interaction with editors and journalists of the news agency on Friday. One of the disadvantages of being entrenched is that one is not able to give opportunities to new people to come in, Ramesh noted. How not to have an opposition-less India Asked about the central leadership, he said the Congress is the only party to have an elected president. We tend to ascribe far too much importance to individuals... If you read the bible of Indian political science by Rajni Kothari, one of the points Rajni Kothari makes in that book is that there was a Congress system and that system first got broken in 1969 with the first split and then it got broken in 1978 with the second split, Ramesh said. He said, You can have all the charismatic leadership on the top, but if at the district level, at the block level and at the state level you don't have these systems of mediation, of conflict management and of bringing people into the fold, then no individual is going to make a difference. I am not a great believer in the charismatic leader business... it is a very dangerous concept to believe in. That is why I don't believe in it. If I start believing in a charismatic leader then I am automatically believing in a demagogue, then I am believing in a Mussolini (Italian dictator), he said. Ramesh rejected suggestions that about 40 per cent of the country believes in the charismatic leader concept, saying that out of the 36 per cent vote share of the BJP, as per his analysis, at least 22-23 per cent is attributable to the organization. So, at least 70 per cent of the support is about the organizational reach, strength and capability. Modi may have added a few percentage points, he added. On whether Prime Minister Modi's charisma and oratory were making a difference for the BJP, Ramesh said, No, I think it is the organisation that makes a huge difference. You can have all the charisma you want but if you are not going to be able to translate that charisma on the voting day, charisma is going to be of no use. I think we shouldn't be chasing charisma, we should be chasing systems, he said. To ascribe everything to one individual that there is a super charismatic leader in the BJP and we don't have that super charismatic figure in the Congress is simplifying a very complex set of realities, the Congress general secretary said. Asked if the Congress could hit a circuit breaker when the Lok Sabha poll results are announced on June 4, Ramesh said the BJP is doing the damnedest to make sure the Congress hits the circuit breaker. They have frozen eight of our 11 accounts and this would continue, he said, adding the Congress tax books from 1994-95 have been opened and fines are being imposed on them. 2024: Do-or-die polls for Congress party After Kejriwal, they will, I am sure, target some leaders of the Congress... the opponent we are facing today follows no rules, no convention, no tradition and is ruthless, Ramesh said. Refusing to speculate on the number of seats the Congress would get in the Lok Sabha, Ramesh said he would not put it past the realm of possibility that people would be in for a big surprise. He asserted that the party would surely stage a comeback. The Congress had suffered a setback in the latest round of assembly polls when it lost power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and also suffered a crushing defeat in Madhya Pradesh. The party, however, won the Telangana Assembly polls. Talking about the two Bharat Jodo Yatras, Ramesh said it had never entered his calculus as to what their impact on elections would be as that was not the intent of taking out the yatras. It just so happened that we won in Telangana and Karnataka but we lost in Madhya Pradesh and lost in the areas where we travelled in Rajasthan. In politics, it is virtually impossible to establish causation. You can have a correlation and that correlation is spurious... I look upon the yatra initiative more as giving connectivity for the leader and the organisation, Ramesh said. The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls will be held between April 19 and June 1. The results will be announced on June 4.

The New Indian Express 23 Mar 2024 4:23 pm

FORGING PROGRESS IN PLASTIC SURGERY

Dr Sunil Kalda from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, with a humble beginning of developing plastic surgery since 1990 and now one of the most renowned Plastic Surgeons of Central India. He is the practicing surgeon at Kalda Burn and Plastic Surgery Centre. Dr. Sunil Kalda is the engine of this specialized Kalda Burn & plastic surgery centre, one of its kind 120 beded well equipped state of art Hospital. He excels in cosmetic surgery (Hair transplant, Liposuction & Breast surgery) Laser surgery, Microvascular surgery, Re-implant, Craniofacial surgery and cancer reconstructive surgery. Utterly dedicated to his work for the last 34 years, Dr Kalda undertakes a lot of the work he does on a pro-bono basis. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and his experience with such complex surgeries, he is able to offer expert advice and undertake complicated SRS (Sex Re-assign Surgery) to deliver affirmative results. In fact, one of his patients, Veena Sendre, went on to be crowned Indias first Miss Trans Queen at the national-level beauty contest. With the confidence she has gained from her avatar, and now she became the Actress & model in film industry. He has organised over 200 free health camps in rural and tribal areas across states. He has established a skin bank since 2015 for rehabilitation of acid attack victims and treatment of burn patients with his skills, restoring these survivors self-esteem and enabling them to move on with their lives He is known for spearheading several limb amputation prevention initiatives, positively impacting over 5,000 cases of diabetic foot complications. He is a chairman of IPA (indian podiatry association) Chhattisgarh Chapter to prevent amputation In Diabetic Foot. He has also achieved the distinction of his name appearing in the Golden Book of World Records by performing the highest number of cleft lips and palates surgeries free of charges in the world from the last 34 years. A veteran surgeon who has performed over 175000 surgeries. 70,000 surgeries were done absolutely free, Including 27,000 on children for cleft lip and cleft palate for which he was felicitated with Golden Book of World Record. Due to his social work and the acknowledgement and recognition that Dr Sunil Kalda has brought to his profession and the state of Chhattisgarh, he has been felicitated with the Shaheed Veer Narayan Award (Highest award of Chhattisgarh government for upliftment of tribal population), Dr B C Roy Award and many more in the medical category, which is an outstanding endorsement of his work and purpose. He is the Bhishmpitamah of Plastic, Cosmetic & Reconstructive surgery in the central India. Beat the Heat: Water-Rich Fruits for a Refreshing Summer If you are thinking of losing weight, then eat these 5 types of dishes for breakfast Health Benefits of Paneer: How to Make Deepti Sharma's Favorite Dish

News Track 23 Mar 2024 4:12 pm

Chhattisgarh: 2 Maoists Killed In Encounter, 2 Jawans Injured In Blast

Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, while two jawans were injured in an IED blast in the neighbouring Sukma district, a police official said on Saturday.

NDTV 23 Mar 2024 4:08 pm

Chhattisgarh High Court dismisses PIL seeking protection for people of one community to perform religious duties

The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondents to protect people of one community for performing their religious duties. The Counsel for the petitioner submitted that some fundamentalist organizations are attacking a particular society (Muslim community) and this attack is a kind of mob lynching and the []

indialegallive 23 Mar 2024 2:25 pm

Cong like well-established company with fluctuating market cap; BJP startup: Jairam Ramesh

Cong like well-established company with fluctuating market cap; BJP startup: Jairam Ramesh Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh likened his party to a ''well-established company'' whose market capitalisation keeps fluctuating and asserted that it will stage a comeback. In an interaction at the PTI office here, Ramesh also dismissed suggestions that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's charisma that was responsible for the BJP's electoral performance and stressed on the importance of organisational strength. The idea of a charismatic leader was a ''dangerous concept'' to believe in as one doing so, automatically believes in a ''demagogue'', the Congress general secretary in charge communications asserted. Talking about the need for bringing in new faces, Ramesh, however, noted that this was difficult in the Congress because people have been in the party for long. ''It's easier for the BJP. Because, you know, the BJP is a startup in many states. You look upon the BJP as a startup. The Congress is not a startup. The Congress is a well-established company whose market cap (market capitalization) keeps fluctuating. But the BJP is a startup,'' he said. ''So, a startup can absorb a lot of people. The guy who does not get a ticket in the Congress joins the BJP. So in many of the states, I would say, the Congress' disadvantage is that it has been entrenched for decades,'' he said during an interaction with editors and journalists of the news agency on Friday. One of the disadvantages of being entrenched is that one is not able to give opportunities to new people to come in, Ramesh noted. Asked about the central leadership, he said the Congress is the only party to have an elected president. ''We tend to ascribe far too much importance to individuals... If you read the bible of Indian political science by Rajni Kothari, one of the points Rajni Kothari makes in that book is that there was a Congress system and that system first got broken in 1969 with the first split and then it got broken in 1978 with the second split,'' Ramesh said. He said, ''You can have all the charismatic leadership on the top, but if at the district level, at the block level and at the state level you don't have these systems of mediation, of conflict management and of bringing people into the fold, then no individual is going to make a difference.'' ''I am not a great believer in the charismatic leader business... it is a very dangerous concept to believe in. That is why I don't believe in it. If I start believing in a charismatic leader then I am automatically believing in a demagogue, then I am believing in a Mussolini (Italian dictator),'' he said. Ramesh rejected suggestions that about 40 per cent of the country believes in the charismatic leader concept, saying that out of the 36 per cent vote share of the BJP, as per his analysis, at least 22-23 per cent is attributable to the organization. So, at least 70 per cent of the support is about the organizational reach, strength and capability. Modi may have added a few percentage points, he added. On whether Prime Minister Modi's charisma and oratory were making a difference for the BJP, Ramesh said, ''No, I think it is the organisation that makes a huge difference. You can have all the charisma you want but if you are not going to be able to translate that charisma on the voting day, charisma is going to be of no use.'' ''I think we shouldn't be chasing charisma, we should be chasing systems,'' he said. ''To ascribe everything to one individual that there is a super charismatic leader in the BJP and we don't have that super charismatic figure in the Congress is simplifying a very complex set of realities,'' the Congress general secretary said. Asked if the Congress could hit a ''circuit breaker'' when the Lok Sabha poll results are announced on June 4, Ramesh said the BJP is doing the damnedest to make sure the Congress hits the circuit breaker. ''They have frozen eight of our 11 accounts and this would continue,'' he said, adding the Congress tax books from 1994-95 have been opened and fines are being imposed on them. ''After Kejriwal, they will, I am sure, target some leaders of the Congress... the opponent we are facing today follows no rules, no convention, no tradition and is ruthless,'' Ramesh said. Refusing to speculate on the number of seats the Congress would get in the Lok Sabha, Ramesh said he would not put it past the realm of possibility that people would be in for a big surprise. He asserted that the party would surely stage a comeback. The Congress had suffered a setback in the latest round of assembly polls when it lost power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and also suffered a crushing defeat in Madhya Pradesh. The party, however, won the Telangana Assembly polls. Talking about the two Bharat Jodo Yatras, Ramesh said it had never entered his calculus as to what their impact on elections would be as that was not the intent of taking out the yatras. ''It just so happened that we won in Telangana and Karnataka but we lost in Madhya Pradesh and lost in the areas where we travelled in Rajasthan. In politics, it is virtually impossible to establish causation. You can have a correlation and that correlation is spurious... I look upon the yatra initiative more as giving connectivity for the leader and the organisation,'' Ramesh said. The seven-phase Lok Sabha polls will be held between April 19 and June 1. The results will be announced on June 4.

devdiscourse 23 Mar 2024 2:04 pm

Petrol and diesel prices reduced in Chhattisgarh, people of Bihar will have to buy expensive oil, know the new rate

Prices have also increased in some states including Chennai and Bihar. Apart from this, fuel prices have come down in some states including Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Chhattisgarh. New Delhi. The decline in crude oil prices continues. On Friday, crude closed at $ 78.01 per barrel, down 3.77 percent, while Brent crude closed at 81.90, [] The post Petrol and diesel prices reduced in Chhattisgarh, people of Bihar will have to buy expensive oil, know the new rate first appeared on discountwalas .

DiscountWalas 23 Mar 2024 10:58 am

CBSE disaffiliates 20 schools following detection of misconduct

Five affected schools are in Delhi, with others in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Dehradun, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh. Schools in Delhi, Punjab, and Assam also faced affiliation downgrades. CBSE has taken strict action against schools involved in malpractices, disaffiliating 20 and downgrading three nationwide. Surprise inspections revealed violations in [] The post CBSE disaffiliates 20 schools following detection of misconduct appeared first on Northlines .

The Northlines 23 Mar 2024 8:27 am

CBSE disaffiliates 20 schools for enrolling dummy students; 5 of them in Delhi, 3 in U.P.

Off the 20 schools, five are in Delhi, three in Uttar Pradesh, two each in Kerala, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Dehradun, Assam and Madhya Pradesh.

The Hindu 22 Mar 2024 7:29 pm

Water storage in India's key reservoirs at just 38 per cent ahead of summer season: Data

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the summer season, the live storage capacity in India's 150 primary reservoirs stands at just 38 per cent of their total capacity, which is less than the last decade's average for the same period, according to data. Cities like Bengaluru are already grappling with a shortfall of around 500 million litres of water per day (MLD), against a demand of 2,600 MLD. Karnataka, among other states, registered lower storage levels compared to the same period last year, according to the weekly bulletin by the Central Water Commission. Bengaluru hosts 14,000 borewells with 6,900 of them having dried up. Water bodies have either been encroached upon or have dried up. The city requires 2,600 MLD of water, out of which 1,470 MLD is sourced from the Cauvery River and 650 MLD from borewells, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah had told reporters. Several other states, including Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (two combined projects in both states), and Tamil Nadu, also reported lower storage levels compared to last year. The total live storage capacity of these 150 reservoirs is 178784 BCM, which accounts for about 69.35 per cent of the nation's total live storage capacity estimated at 257.812 billion cubic metres, according to official data. Tambaram, Kanchi among 21 Tamil Nadu local bodies facing severe water shortage Call for mandatory conservation of water to address scarcity in Kochi According to the reservoir storage bulletin on Thursday, the live storage available in these reservoirs is 67.591 BCM, representing 38 per cent of their total live storage capacity. However, during the corresponding period last year, the live storage available was 80.557 BCM, with an average of 72.396 BCM over the past decade. Thus, the current live storage in these 150 reservoirs amounts to 84 per cent of the storage during the same period last year and 93 per cent of the average storage over the past decade. The overall storage position in the country is lower than the corresponding period last year and also falls short of the average storage over the past ten years for the same period, stated the bulletin. The Southern region, which includes states like Andhra Pradesh and Telangana (two combined projects in both states), Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, monitors 42 reservoirs with a total live storage capacity of 53.334 BCM. As of the Reservoir Storage Bulletin dated 21.03.2024, the total live storage available in these reservoirs is 12.287 BCM, which constitutes 23 per cent of their total live storage capacity. This marks a decrease compared to the storage levels during the corresponding period last year (39 per cent) and the average storage over the past ten years (32 per cent). Thus, the current storage levels in the Southern region are lower than those observed during the same period last year and also fall below the average storage over the past ten years. Mosques in Kerala to call for water conservation Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task Why are political parties not addressing water issues in their manifestos?

The New Indian Express 22 Mar 2024 6:20 pm

'What policy prioritizes goods train over passenger?': Chhattisgarh HC asks railways

RAIPUR: Expressing serious concerns over the frequent cancellations and unscheduled suspension of passenger trains in Chattisgarh, the state High Court asked the railways to file a reply within three weeks as to under what policy were the freight trains have been given preference. In South East Central Railways (SECR) zone, the profit-making zone of the railways, has been cancelling the trains in the name of carrying out works undertaken on interlocking safety systems, laying of additional tracks, maintenance, construction works of bridges. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra K Agrawal asked the railways to file an affidavit citing under which policy the preference is given to goods/freight trains on the route besides what works are being carried out and their timeline. The railways was also asked to submit a roadmap on how to ensure minimum inconvenience to the people who are mostly relying on trains as their means of transport. Persisting unforeseen cancellation of passenger trains by the railways for varied reasons has added to the woes of the commuters who never expected such prolonged inconvenience. SECR is issuing routine notifications saying some 30 to 50 passengers trains are cancelled, almost always abruptly even during the occasions of festivals while there is no restriction on the movement of freight trains along the same routes, said Aman Pandey, counsellor the petitioner Kamal Dubey. Meanwhile, the lawyers appearing for the Centre and the railways contended before the court that as per the policy the first priority is usually given to freight trains transporting coal or petroleum products followed by the longer route trains and lastly the local trains, Pandey told The New Indian Express. Owing to frequent cancellations of trains or excessive delays the people not just miss their connecting trains but such situations create anxious moments for those going to appear for interviews, attend medical exigencies or important rituals in the family among other things where the instance remains crucial. Passengers at times were left in helpless circumstances as on several occasions the information on train cancellations are conveyed in the last minute. The court has also asked the railways to make alternative arrangements for the passengers or notify them in prior about the cancellations.

The New Indian Express 22 Mar 2024 4:26 pm

FACTBOX-Top Indian opposition leaders accused of financial crimes

FACTBOX-Top Indian opposition leaders accused of financial crimes India's financial crime agency arrested Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of the capital territory of Delhi on Thursday over allegations of graft related to the city's liquor policy. Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which rules Delhi and the nearby state of Punjab, has dismissed the allegations against him and says it is a politically-motivated smear campaign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) deny any political interference. Here is a list of some other key leaders, all of whom oppose Modi, who have been investigated over corruption or financial crimes. SONIA AND RAHUL GANDHI, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, CONGRESS Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi were both questioned in 2022 by the financial crime agency which is investigating allegations of money laundering against the Gandhi family. The family denies wrongdoing. MANISH SISODIA, AAM AADMI PARTY: Sisodia, the second-in-command of AAP, which wrested control of Delhi's city government from Congress in 2013, was arrested last year on allegations of corruption in the same case as Kejriwal. He has been held on remand in prison since. HEMANT SOREN, JHARKHAND MUKTI MORCHA: Soren, former chief minister of the eastern, mineral-rich state of Jharkhand, was arrested in January in a case related to money-laundering and illegal acquiring of land. Soren, who was chief minister, resigned a few hours before the Enforcement Directorate, India's federal financial crime-fighting agency, arrested him. He denies any wrongdoing. K. KAVITHA, BHARAT RASHTRA SAMITHI: Kavitha, a legislator in the southern state of Telangana and the daughter of the state's previous chief minister, is also being investigated by the financial crime agency on allegations of money laundering in connection with the investigation into the Delhi liquor policy, and was arrested by the ED earlier this month. She denies the allegations. BHUPESH BAGHEL, CONGRESS: Baghel, the former chief minister of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, was charged by the ED in a graft case, local media reported. Baghel has denied the charges and said the case against him is politically motivated. ABHISHEK BANERJEE, TRINAMOOL CONGRESS Banerjee, a lawmaker from the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, has been named and summoned by the ED in several cases, most recently, one related to a government school recruitment. He has denied the allegations. LALU PRASAD YADAV, RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL Yadav, the former chief minister of the northern state of Bihar, one of the poorest in the country, is accused of asking for land in return for jobs in the railways. He has denied the allegations.

devdiscourse 22 Mar 2024 4:04 pm

Chhattisgarh CGPSC State Service Exam SSE 2023: Result Out Now for 242 Positions

Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) has announced the recruitment notification for various posts through the State Service Exam 2023. This presents an excellent opportunity for candidates seeking government jobs in Chhattisgarh. Interested candidates meeting the eligibility criteria can apply online for CGPSC SSE Advt No. : 11/2023.

Naukrinama 22 Mar 2024 3:10 pm

CS Santhi Kumari asks officials to work together to effectively implement poll code

HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari instructed officials of various departments to work in coordination for effective implementation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in light of the Lok Sabha elections. On Thursday, a high-level meeting was held at the secretariat on the implementation of MCC. Senior officers of Police, Excise, Commercial Taxes, Forest, Revenue, Transport and other departments were present during the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, the CS asked officials to work for the LS polls with the same spirit as they did in the Telangana Assembly elections. According to officials, in addition to setting up special check posts on the borders of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, effective surveillance is also being conducted. They said, Special control rooms have been set up by all major departments for the conduct of elections and the implementation of MCC. As many as 444 check posts and nine interstate check posts have been set up by the police department. Till date, the police has seized Rs 10 crore in cash, unlicensed weapons, explosives, gelatin sticks and gold. The transport department has also set up 15 check posts and 52 enforcement teams. Officials said that 16 interstate check posts have been set up by the Commercial Taxes Department and special monitoring is being done at 31 strategic points and added that 25 godowns where there is a possibility to distribute freebies to entice the voters have been identified and special vigilance has been kept on them. Besides this, 141 manufacturing godowns and 912 trading godowns have also been kept under surveillance. As many as 21 interstate and six mobile check posts have also been established by the Excise Department and eight districts where there is a possibility of illicit liquor manufacturing have been identified and also five railway lines where there is a possibility of illegal transportation of liquor have been identified and special measures have been taken to prevent them. Santhi Kumari directed the Command and Control Centre to monitor the transportation of liquor through surveillance.

The New Indian Express 22 Mar 2024 11:20 am

'Protection money' paid to Chhattisgarh babus, cops, says key accused

Chandrabhushan Verma accuses Sourabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal of paying 'protection money' to bureaucrats and police. ED recorded his statement on August 8, 2023, regarding the betting syndicate in Chhattisgarh.

The Economic Times 21 Mar 2024 11:48 pm

Baghel mustn't be afraid of probe in Mahadev app 'scam' if he is innocent: Chhattisgarh CM

Sai advises Baghel not to fear the Mahadev scam investigation if innocent. EOW registered case against Baghel. BJP confident in winning 11 Lok Sabha seats with Modi's strong popularity.

The Economic Times 21 Mar 2024 5:53 pm

Govt issues fresh categorisation of LWE-hit areas, 12 out of 38 are 'most affected districts'

The categorisation of the LWE-affected districts in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and West Bengal provide the basis for deployment of resources under the National Policy and Action Plan, approved in 2015, to combat LWE holistically.

The Economic Times 21 Mar 2024 5:30 pm

Chhattisgarh High Court dismisses PIL seeking to quash Shri Ramlala Darshan Scheme

The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to the respondents for quashing and setting aside the Shri Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme. Challenge in this petition is to the Cabinet meeting decision dated 10.01.2024 alongwith the Shri Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme which provides for free Pilgrimage to Ayodhya, []

indialegallive 21 Mar 2024 1:43 pm

Chhattisgarh HC judge transferred to Madras HC, rerouted to Patna HC

The Supreme Court Collegium, led by CJI D Y Chandrachud, which on March 15 proposed transferring Chhattisgarh high court Justice Arvind Singh Chandel to the Madras high court, changed its mind after receiving the HC judge's representation and recommended to the Union government on Wednesday that he be transferred to Patna high court.

The Times of India 21 Mar 2024 8:36 am

Nomination begins for 102 seats across 21 states

NEW DELHI : With the Election Commission of India (ECI) issuing a notification for the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections, the nomination process for 102 parliamentary constituencies spread across 21 states and Union territories began on Wednesday. These constituencies are set to vote on April 19. According to the notification, the final date for filing nomination papers is March 27. However, due to a festival, the deadline for filing nominations for the Lok Sabha seats in Bihar participating in the first phase has been extended to March 28. In Bihar, electorates in four out of 40 Parliamentary constituencies will vote in the first phase. Nomination papers will be scrutinized on March 29, with a specific date of March 30 set for Bihar. The deadline for the withdrawal of candidature is March 31, and for Bihar, it is April 2. The elections for the 18th Lok Sabha are scheduled to start on April 19, with subsequent phases to follow on April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. In addition to Bihar, other states where polling will be held in the first phase include Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry.

The New Indian Express 21 Mar 2024 7:16 am

Stop Paying IT of CM and Ministers, Forum for Good Governance Urges CS

Hyderabad : The Forum for Good Governance has written to the Chief Secretary seeking that the state government should paying the income tax of the Chief Minister, his cabinet colleagues and advisors with cabinet ranks as thy already enjoy many privileges. The exemption, they said, was being made under clause (4), Section 3 of the AP (Telangana) payment of salaries and removal of disqualification Act, 1953 though they are entitled to facilities like special allowance, camp office allowance, security car allowance, house rent allowance and constituency allowance, among others. The forum opined that the income tax exemption was impacting the state exchequer. It felt that the facility violates Article 14 of the Constitution of India (equality before the law). It pointed out that the practice of such tax waiver has been done away with in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Uttarakhand. After the amendment of pension rules, it further said, a legislator gets Rs.30,000 per month for the first term or part of it and a pension of Rs.1,000 for each year of service in the subsequent term. It asked the chief secretary to dispense with this obnoxious practice and sought payment of one-term pension to MLAs irrespective of the number of terms they serve.

Deccan Chronicle 21 Mar 2024 12:39 am

Police Surveillance Intensified Along Rivers Pranahitha and Godavari After Encounter on State Borders

Only during an event of death in a police encounter, a probe by the CID is required. It is not deemed necessary that all shootouts involving the police should be inquired into - Sources Only during an event of death in a police encounter, a probe by the CID is required. It is not deemed necessary that all shootouts involving the police should be inquired into - Sources Adilabad: Police have intensified surveillance along the rivers Pranahitha and Godavari - sharing borders with Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh - following an encounter that killed four Maoists on the state borders in the early morning Wednesday. The four Maoists were divisional committee member Vargeesh (secretary of Mangi Indravelli area committee) and member of Komaram Bheem Mancherial divisional committee and another divisional committee member Magthu, who was secretary of SirpurChennur area committee and platoon members Kursaga Raju and Kudimetha Venkatesh. The four collectively carried a cash reward of `36 lakh on their heads, as announced by the Maharashtra government. Vergheesh and Mangthu had been looking after the Maoists' activities in the erstwhile Adilabad district for some time. Among the dead, two Maoists were functioning as secretaries of one each divisional committees in Adilabad district. The Adilabad, Komaram Bheem, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Bhoopalapalli and Mulugu districts are sharing borders with Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Police said they have learnt that a contingent of Maoists has crossed River Pranahitha and entered Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. The security forces of the three states have been engaged in coordinated efforts to control Maoist movements. Ramagundam police commissioner Srinivas is leading the operations. Police identified some Maoist-affected and sensitive villages in the Chennur assembly constituency that shares borders with Maharashtra. Recently, an inter-state police meeting was held in Jaipur for coordinated efforts to control the Maoist movements along the border region in view of the approaching Lok Sabha elections. Police heads of Gadchiroli, Bijapur and Ramagundam participated in the meeting. The Greyhound police have intensified combing operations in the forests along River Pranahitha. Atram Shobhan alias Charles, who was acting as a commander of Mangi Dalam, had been killed in a police encounter in the forests along the state borders on June 17, 2016. He was active in the forest areas in Tiryani mandal and had tried to recruit youth into the Maoist dalam. Ramagundam commissioner Srinivas said they were closely monitoring the Maoist-affected villages. These problematic and sensitive villages share borders with Maharashtra, he said, and added that they were also focusing on movements of strangers entering Mancherial and Peddapalli districts by crossing rivers Pranahitha and Godavari.

Deccan Chronicle 20 Mar 2024 11:23 pm

Chhattisgarh: Bodies of 3 Covid victims lie unclaimed at hospital

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India Today 20 Mar 2024 9:41 pm

International Day of Forests: Vedanta Aluminium announces significant afforestation efforts across its operations

Bhubaneswar: On International Day of Forests, Vedanta Aluminium, Indias largest producer of aluminium, announced the extensive efforts undertaken by the company to preserve the ecology in and around its operations in Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The company is committed to conserving and promoting the biological diversity of ecosystems as part of its strategy. Vedanta Aluminiums complete [] The post International Day of Forests: Vedanta Aluminium announces significant afforestation efforts across its operations appeared first on Pragativadi | Odisha News, Breaking News Odisha, Latest Odisha News .

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