Chhattisgarh

The Election Commission said that the response has not been heartening but will surely improve in the coming years.

The gunfight occurred in a Tekmeta forest on the Maharashtra border during an anti-Naxal operation by the STF and District Reserve Guard (DRG).

Four critically injured persons were shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur.

The actor was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea

The Congress wanted to change the Constitution and hand over rights of the SCs, STs and OBCs to its vote bank, he said.

No damage or casualties were reported from the area, officials said.

The incident took place near Raikot village on Geedam-Jagdalpur road under Geedam police station limits, the official said.

The injured jawan, belonging to CRPF's 196th battalion, was administered preliminary treatment and was being evacuated.

Officials said as many as 79 Naxalites have been killed so far this year in separate encounters in the Bastar division, a Maoist stronghold.

Out of the 2.05 crore voters, there are over 52.88 lakh (which is 23 per cent of the total) belonging to the age group 18-29.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge is claiming the Constitution will be changed if Modi becomes prime minister again and that party's functionaries allege BJP will end reservations after coming to power, Shah said.

The Congress leader also promised to abolish contractual recruitment in government companies and waive crop loans.

As per preliminary information, the bus with more than 30 people onboard skidded off the road and plunged into the 40 feet deep 'murum' mine.

According to the Kotwali police station in Amen Sahu, an FIR has been lodged against Mahant under the IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation).

Unnamed bureaucrats, police officers and officers on special duty during the ex-CM's tenure too have been charged with various sections under the IPC, and sections 7 and 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Since 1998 the BJP has won 10 of the eleven seats barring the 2019 elections when it bagged nine constituencies and two went to the Congress.

Under the scheme, financial assistance of Rs 1,000 per month is provided to all eligible married women of the state who are above 21 years of age.

2017-batch Indian Forest Service officer Varun Jain's unyielding stance against activities stripping away biodiversity has restored vast stretches of forest terrain in Chhattisgarh.

Sai, who is from a tribal community, has condemned the Sandeshkhali violence-hit incident and dubbed the reports given by the National Tribal Commission as “horrifying and heart-wrenching.”

The Maoists attacked Bhuvariya with a sharp-edged weapon and he died at the spot.