Tag: Chhattisgarh

Bhubaneswar: With the south west monsoon active over the state, rain soaked Odisha is likely to receive further downpour at many places during the next 24 hours due to a well marked low pressure area, IMD said. The system created over north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of Chattisgarh and Telangana now lies over […]

Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha government apprehensive of slowing down of the water flow in the Mahanadi river system due to construction of projects on the upstream by Chhattisgarh government, environmentalists have expressed concern over its possible impact on the eco-system. The concerns were expressed by Citizen Action Forum and Foundation Ecological Security when they met […]

Bengaluru: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik does not want to create a bitter “India-Pakistan type conflict” between the state and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi river water dispute, his Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra said. Patnaik was ready to discuss the issue with his Chhattisgarh counterpart during a meeting convened by Union Water resources Minister Uma […]

Raipur: Amid an ongoing row over Mahanadi river with Odisha, Chhattisgarh Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal today asserted his state will continue with the projects approved by Central Water Commission (CWC) on the river. “The ongoing projects, approved by the CWC on Mahanadi river (in Chhattisgarh), will not be stopped,” Agrawal told PTI. Notably, Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Narasingha Mishra has lambasted the BJD-led Odisha government alleging that it was never concerned to stop the construction of Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh and the barrages on the upper stream of Mahanadi river in Chhattisgarh, which is why the government has failed to stop the projects. […]

Bhubaneswar: The mortal remains of Doordarshan video journalist from Odisha, Achutyananda Sahu, who was martyred in the Naxal attack at Dantewada of Chhatisgarh along with two other policemen yesterday, was consigned to flames at his native Ghusuramunda village of Bolangir district today. Achyutnanda was accorded a guard of honour before his elder brother conducted the […]

Bhubaneswar: With the contentious Mahanadi matter still pending before Tribunal, the dialogue process between Odisha and Chhattisgarh should continue, said noted water conservationist Rajendra Singh. He further expressed hope that with change in government in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, the issue can be resolved amicably. Singh met Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik at Secretariat on Saturday and discussed […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court today expressed its shock on how a mega project like Polavaram was undertaken without any public hearings. The court made the observation during a hearing on the petition filed by Odisha government and NGO, Readiness for Empowerment through Legitimate Action (RELA), over Centre’s move to accord national project status […]

Bolangir: After losing their sole bread earner in an attack by Naxals in Chhatttisgarh’s Dantewada, the family of martyred cameraman of DD, Achyutananda Sahu is still awaiting government help. Though the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Rajyavardhan Rathore had announced a compensation of Rs 15 Lakh for the family of the deceased, such assistance is […]

Bhubaneswar: Naxal attacks are not new in the country but media on the target of the Red Rebels certainly is. The pin-point attack by the Naxals on one of the Doordarshan video journalists in the line of duty in Dantewada of Chhatisgarh along with two other policemen today morning sent shock waves across the country […]

Six members of a polling party and five CRPF personnel were killed as Naxals struck twice on Saturday in gap of less than an hour, blowing up a bus and an ambulance in Bijapur and Bastar districts of Chhattisgarh

Hours after reports of around 500 people being held "hostage" by Maoists in a Chhattisgarh village surfaced today, a senior police officer said such reports were a "fiction created by the media"

Prime minister Narendra Modi, interacting with students in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Dantewada district on Saturday, said that life should not be judged through the prism of success or failure

Five security personnel were on Sunday critically injured in a landmine blast triggered by Naxals in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said

Two policemen were killed and six people, including two civilians, sustained bullet wounds Monday in an attack by Maoists on security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said