Acharya Vidyasagar is no more

Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh), Feb 18 (UNI) Renowned Digambar Jain monk Acharya Vidyasagar passed away in this district’s Dongargarh on Sunday following a brief illness. He was 77. In a message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “His invaluable endeavours vis-à-vis spiritual awakening of the masses shall always be remembered. Throughout his life, he was instrumental in poverty…

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PM Modi was not born as OBC: Rahul

Rengarpali (Chhattisgarh), Feb 8 (UNI) In a major offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, erstwhile Congress President Rahul Gandhi alleged on Thursday that the former was not born in the Other Backward Classes category as his Modh-Ghanchi caste was accorded OBC status by the Gujarat dispensation in the year 2000. Addressing a meeting after his…

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Three security personnel martyred, 14 injured in Chhattisgarh encounter

Sukma (Chhattisgarh), Jan 30 (UNI) Three security personnel attained martyrdom and 14 sustained injuries during an encounter on Tuesday in this restive district of Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division, police said. A detachment comprising members of the Central Reserve Police Force’s Commando Battalion for Resolute Action, Special Task Force and District Reserve Guard were executing a…

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9 Ministers take oath in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Dec 22 (UNI) Nine members were inducted on Friday into Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai’s Council. During a brief ceremony at the Raj Bhavan; Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Brijmohan Agrawal, Ram Vichar Netam, Dayaldas Baghel, Kedar Kashyap, OP Choudhary, Tank Ram Verma, Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Lakhan…

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Nine Chattisgarh Ministers bite the dust

Raipur, Dec 3 (UNI) In a sequence bringing out the strong anti-incumbency sentiment, no less than nine ministers bit the dust in Chhattisgarh though Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel emerged victorious in the vote count for the Assembly election on Sunday.Assembly Speaker Charan Das Mahant also managed a win from Sakti but his deputy Sant Kumar…

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Chhattisgarh CM Baghel wins from Patan

Durg, Dec 3 (UNI) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel (Congress) has been declared elected from this district’s Patan Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Vijay Baghel (BJP) by a margin of approximately 20,000 votes. Though Patan is the Chief Minister’s ‘citadel’, he was trailing in the initial rounds of counting.

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