Raipur, Oct 9, Thousands of policemen in Chhattisgarh are getting ready for the biggest assault on Maoist rebels in the mineral-rich state, where insurgents have commanded vast forested areas for years, senior officials said Friday.
Raipur, Oct 9,Thousands of policemen in Chhattisgarh are getting ready for the biggest assault on Maoist rebels in the mineral-rich state, where insurgents have commanded vast forested areas for years, senior officials said Friday.
Raipur, Oct 7, Chhattisgarh police have interrogated several Chinese engineers employed by Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCO) at Korba town to probe the Sep 23 collapse of an under-construction power plant chimney that killed 45 workers.
Raipur, Oct 7,A senior official of the Gannon Dunkerley and Company Ltd (GDCL), which was constructing the 257-metre chimney for the Balco power plant at Chhattisgarh’s Korba town, was arrested Wednesday for the Sep 23 chimney collapse that killed 45 workers.
Raipur, Oct 6,Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of the state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is facing a severe water crisis that could hit its production, an official said Tuesday.
Raipur, Oct 6,At least 11 tribals died of food poisoning and about a dozen were battling for life in a hospital in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region after they reportedly ate half-cooked ox meat at a village feast, officials said Tuesday.
Raipur, Oct 5,The Chhattisgarh government Monday suspended a senior labour official after an under-construction chimney collapsed at a Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) power plant Sep 23, and left 45 workers killed under its debris.
Raipur, Oct 5, Chhattisgarh has embarked on a plan to become a leading power producer in India, signing 61 deals with independent power producers (IPPs) to generate about 50,000 MW of electricity, an official said Monday.
Raipur, Oct 3,A daylong nationwide strike called by Maoists hit life in Chhattisgarh’s trouble-torn Bastar region Saturday as buses stopped plying and guerrillas blocked key roads even as thousands of security personnel were deployed in the area and in the state capital here.
Raipur, Oct 2, Chhattisgarh’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government Friday said is is planning to provide interest free loans to farmers.