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Toss-up between Congress, BJP in Chhattisgarh

By Sujeet Kumar • Nov 4th, 2009

Raipur, Nov 4, The Congress in Chhattisgarh is displaying a rare united front as it fights for the lone assembly seat to which a by-election will be held Saturday. Pundits say it is the party’s first show of unity since losing power in the state in 2003, mainly due to intra-party bickering.



Chhattisgarh serves notice to polluting steel mills

By ians • Nov 3rd, 2009

Raipur, Nov 2, Chhattisgarh’s Environment Conservation Board has served notices to four steel units on the outskirts of this state capital city for defying pollution control norms, a board official said Monday.



No trace of student missing in Chhattisgarh

By ians • Nov 3rd, 2009

Raipur, Nov 3, Police Tuesday remained clueless on the whereabouts of a 17-year-old student who went missing from a railway station here Sunday.



Wild jumbo found dead in Chhattisgarh forest

By ians • Nov 3rd, 2009

Raipur, Nov 3, A five-year-old male elephant was found dead in a hamlet in the middle of a forest in Chhattisgarh’s northern Surguja area, forest department officials said Tuesday.



Police begin probe after death of three workers in Chhattisgarh

By ians • Nov 2nd, 2009

Raipur, Nov 2, Police Monday began probing into the deaths of three workers at a mega construction site on the outskirts of Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.



‘Brutality’ in Chhattisgarh anti-Maoist offensive, say rights groups

By ians • Oct 31st, 2009

New Delhi, Oct 30, Civil rights activists Friday alleged “massive brutality” in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada region during the offensive against Maoist rebels and demanded the operation be ended immediately.



Maoists kill three civilians in Chhattisgarh

By ians • Oct 30th, 2009

Raipur, Oct 30, Suspected Maoist guerrillas Friday killed three civilians in a village in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said.



Three held in Chhattisgarh with leopard skins

By ians • Oct 30th, 2009

Raipur, Oct 30, Three young men were arrested from a Chhattisgarh village Friday with leopard skins worth Rs.600,000, police said.



Chhattisgarh serves notice to 15 industries for pollution

By ians • Oct 28th, 2009

Raipur, Oct 28, The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board Wednesday served notices to 15 steel making units ion the state for defying pollution control norms.



Bhilai Steel gets iron ore mining rights in Chhattisgarh

By ians • Oct 28th, 2009

Raipur, Oct 28, Bhilai Steel Plant, the most profitable unit of the state-owned Steel Authority of India, has got the mining rights lease for over 2,028 hectares of iron ore reserves in Chhattisgarh for 20 years, a senior company official said Wednesday.