Chhattisgarh

Samajwadi Party member Santosh Punem was abducted and killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. Read More

Alarmed by the stunning defeat in the 2018 assembly election in Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that it has decided to replace all its 10 existing members of Parliament in the state with fresh candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Read More

The officer has been accused of harassment and violation of human rights in the past, especially during anti-Maoist operations. Read More

President of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee Bhupesh Baghel has been sworn in as third chief minister of Chhattisgarh, on Monday. Read More

The result in the 5 assembly elections has thrown open the electoral field for the opposition before the general election, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP had been dominating for the last five years. Read More

The ruling BJP in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh seems to be in the backfoot while in Chhattisgarh, it is locked in a tough fight with the Congress. In Telangana, TRS is ahead of Congress while in Mizoram, the MNF appears to be winning. Read More

The second and final phase of polling in the Chhattisgarh assembly election concluded on Tuesday. This phase recorded nearly 72 per cent of voter turnout. Read More

The Election Commission has ordered transfer of secretary and commissioner of public relations in the state government of Chhattisgarh, Rajesh Sukumar Toppo, from his present post for alleged “misconduct and unbecoming of a civil servant”. Read More

Poll officials have confirmed that 70 per cent voters have turned out to cast their votes in 18 constituencies that went to the poll. Read More

In a fresh Naxalite attack near Maoist-infected Dantewada district’s Aranpur village, a Doordarshan cameraman and two policemen were killed. Two more policemen sustained injuries in the attack and were sent to a nearby hospital for treatment. Read More