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  • Guy rapes and kills teenager in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur, tries to go it off as suicide

    Through PTI

    KORBA: A teenage woman was once allegedly raped and killed by way of a 23-year-old guy in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district and the latter attempted to go it off as a case of suicide, police stated on Sunday.

    The incident happened on March 24 and all the way through a probe into it, the police on Saturday arrested the person, recognized as Sabir Ali alias Baba Khan, who allegedly strangled the sufferer to dying after which hanged the frame from a ceiling fan at her space in Bhatgaon police station limits, Surajpur Addl SP Harish Rathore stated.

    As in line with initial investigation, the sufferer, a Elegance XII scholar, gave the impression for her sensible examination on Thursday after which returned house in Surajpur, positioned round 300 km from the state capital Raipur. Her mom was once in Bilaspur to handle her sick father, who was once admitted in a health facility there, whilst her more youthful brother had long gone out of house to play, the legit stated.

    “On discovering the sufferer on my own in the home, the accused went there. He allegedly raped her after which strangled her to dying together with her shawl. The person then hanged the frame from a ceiling fan and wrote a observe on her hand with a pen to make it seem as a case of suicide,” the legit stated.

    Later, the sufferer’s brother and neighbours discovered her putting and knowledgeable the police, he stated. In response to the investigation, the accused was once arrested and booked underneath Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (homicide), 376 (rape) and different related provisions, the legit stated.

    “The precise age of the deceased is but to be ascertained and if she is located to be a minor, provisions of the Coverage of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will likely be incorporated within the case,” he added. On Saturday, numerous other people amassed in Jarhi house of Surajpur to pay tributes to the sufferer and demanded dying sentence for the accused.

  • Shivalinga seems earlier than court docket after summons despatched to Chhattisgarh temple

    Through ANI

    RAIGARH: In a atypical incident, a Shivalinga, which was once uprooted from a temple in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, was once delivered to the Tehsil administrative center right here to seem earlier than the court docket after a summon was once issued in opposition to the Shiva temple via the earnings officers.

    A couple of days in the past, the earnings officers of Raigarh had given realize to Shiva temple to seem within the court docket. On March 25, the villagers uprooted the Shivalinga at Shiva temple in Raigarh and carried on a cart to offer it within the court docket. Then again, the listening to was once cancelled and the date of listening to was once set for April 13.

    “Our villagers and a Shiva Temple got the awareness to seem earlier than the court docket via a Tehsil Place of job and a high quality of Rs 10000 was once additionally imposed. So we seemed within the court docket with the Shivalinga. However after looking ahead to hours, a realize was once posted that the following listening to will likely be on April 13. We weren’t knowledgeable about this previous. Sudha Rajwade, who’s a resident of our village had moved the petition to the Top Courtroom. We instructed her no longer to try this however she refused and stated that she is a central authority legit and is doing her paintings,” stated native councillor Sapna Siddar.

    Shiva temple at Kauvakunda in Raigarh the city was once served a realize complaining of unlawful career.

    The Tehsil administrative center had additionally issued a realize to villagers and summoned them. The Tehsildar had additionally warned everybody within the realize that failure to seem on the listening to may just lead to a Rs 10,000 high quality and eviction from the premises.

    The incident got here to gentle after a petition was once moved within the Chhattisgarh Top Courtroom referring to unlawful ownership of presidency belongings via Sudha Rajwade, a central authority legit, and then the management issued a realize.

  • Bypolls in Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra introduced

    Through IANS

    NEW DELHI: The Election Fee on Saturday introduced that by-elections within the states of West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra will probably be hung on April 12.

    “The Fee has made up our minds to carry the by-election to fill vacancies within the states of West Bengal – Asansol (Parliamentary Constituency) and Ballygunge, Chhattisgarh – Khairagarh, Bihar – Bochahan (SC) and Maharashtra – Kolhapur North,” the Election Fee mentioned.

    In step with the EC, the date of issuing gazette notification is March 17 and the ultimate date of nominations is March 24. The ultimate date of scrutiny of nomination is March 25 and the candidature will also be withdrawn until March 28.

    The date of polling will probably be April 12 and the votes will probably be counted on April 16, Saturday.

    “The Type Code of Behavior shall come into pressure with speedy impact within the district(s) by which the entire or any a part of the Meeting constituency going for election is integrated,” the EC mentioned.

    The Fee mentioned it has made up our minds to make use of EVMs and VVPATs within the by-elections in all of the polling stations. Good enough numbers of EVMs and VVPATs had been made to be had and all steps had been taken to make certain that the polls are performed easily with the assistance of those machines.

    Electoral Picture Identification Card (EPIC) will probably be the principle record of id of a voter. Then again, Aadhaar Card, MNREGA Task Card, Passbooks with {photograph} issued via Financial institution/Publish Place of job, Well being Insurance coverage Good Card issued underneath the scheme of Ministry of Labour, Riding License, PAN Card, Good Card issued via RGI underneath NPR, Indian Passport, Pension record with {photograph}, Provider Identification Playing cards with {photograph} issued to staff via Central/State Government/PSUs/Public Restricted Corporations, Legit identification playing cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and Distinctive Incapacity ID (UDID) Card, may also be proven on the polling station.

  • Chhattisgarh CM Baghel carries briefcase fabricated from cow dung to give state Finances 2022-23

    By means of ANI

    RAIPUR: In a primary, Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday offered the state price range 2022-23 on the Legislative Meeting in a briefcase which used to be fabricated from cow dung.

    The briefcase has been made through making use of layer through layer mix of cow dung powder, chuna powder, maida wooden and guar gum in 10 days. Specifically designed for price range, the care for and nook of this briefcase are crafted from Bastar Artwork Artisans through Kondagaon Town Crew.

    Particularly, Godhan Nyay Yojana of Chhattisgarh has made a unique identification within the nation and likewise won reward from Top Minister Narendra Modi prior to now.

    Presenting the state Finances 2022-23, Baghel introduced the rise in annual help beneath the Rajiv Gandhi Bhumihin Krishi Majdur Nyay Yojana from Rs 6,000 to 7,000 in step with annum from the following yr.

    “On this Finances, I suggest the recovery of the outdated pension scheme for government workers. Rs 2 crore proposed for Chhattisgarh Rojgaar Challenge to paintings at the probabilities of developing new jobs through coordinating the ability construction methods,” Baghel mentioned.

    The once a year help beneath the Rajiv Gandhi Bhumihin Krishi Majdur Nyay Yojana has been greater from 6,000 to 7,000 in step with annum from the following yr.

    Within the Finances, the federal government made the availability of Rs 600 crore to supply fundamental facilities like progressed infrastructure and fundamental products and services like electrical energy, water in commercial parks.

    The Leader Minister additionally proposed the availability of Rs 2 crore for Chhattisgarh Rojgaar Challenge to paintings at the probabilities of developing new jobs through coordinating the ability construction programme run in city and rural spaces.

    Baghel additionally introduced the availability of Rs 123 crore in The Krishak Samagra Vikas Yojana to make sure the supply of high quality qualified seeds to the farmers. 

  • Setback for NIA as HC dismisses its plea towards recent probe into Jhiram Maoist ambush

    By means of Categorical Information Carrier

    RAIPUR: In a setback to the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA), the Chhattisgarh top courtroom on Wednesday disregarded the probe company’s attraction towards the recent FIR registered via the state police into the fatal 2013 Jhiram Maoist ambush that eradicated a bit of the state Congress celebration’s most sensible management.

    The state police had registered a brand new case in Might 2020 into the incident on fees of Sections 302 (homicide) and 120 (B) (legal conspiracy) of the IPC in keeping with the compliant lodged via Jitendra Mudilyar, son of Uday Mudliyar, a senior Congress chief who was once amongst the ones killed within the Maoist ambush at Jhiram in Bastar.

    A department bench of Justice R C Samant and Justice A S Chandel rejected the petition of the NIA that filed an attraction towards the particular consultation trial courtroom (Jagdalpur) and Chhattisgarh’s probe, giving the state police liberty to analyze the subject. The NIA had in 2020 filed an software ahead of the particular courtroom in Jagdalpur to take over the probe but it surely was once rejected.

    Sunil Otwani, further suggest normal, gave the impression ahead of the courtroom on behalf of the Chhattisgarh govt.

    The audacious Maoist assault at Jhiram valley in Bastar killed the frontline Congress management throughout the parivartan yatra on Might 25 within the election 12 months of 2013.

    The Chhattisgarh govt and the Centre have been at loggerheads after the state police had registered a recent FIR and the ruling Congress govt declared {that a} particular investigation group (SIT) will take over the brand new case to probe the conspiracy attitude.

    The Congress after coming to energy in Chhattisgarh in December 2018 constituted a SIT to analyze the Jhiram incident and sought the overall record of the case from the NIA to appear into the conspiracy attitude however the latter did not proportion it then ostensibly at the flooring that the probe remained underway.

    Later Jitendra Mudilyar lodged an FIR at Darbha following which the NIA filed an software in search of to take over the probe into the brand new case.

  • Chhattisgarh government to endure trip bills of other people of state coming back from Ukraine: CM

    As according to officers, over 100 other people, together with 70 scholars, from Chhattisgarh are stranded in Ukraine lately.

  • Rahul to put basis stone of memorial housing ‘Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti’ on Thursday

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday lay the root stone of a memorial in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur for infantrymen and safety workforce who misplaced their lives within the line of accountability and can space an everlasting flame at the traces of the ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’.

    The everlasting flame might be lit at the premises of ‘Chaithi Vahini Chhattisgarh Defense force’ at Mana in Raipur as a mark of tribute to infantrymen who’ve sacrificed their lives for the rustic, state govt officers stated.

    Throughout his day-long talk over with to Chhattisgarh, Gandhi will even release two state govt schemes — ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana’ and ‘Rajiv Yuva Mitan Membership’ at a programme at Science School, Raipur.

    The ‘Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti’ may have a brown marble wall with names of infantrymen inscribed on it, a memorial tower and in addition a VVIP platform, the state govt officers stated.

    The crescent-shaped wall might be about 25 ft prime with a period of about 100 ft and a thickness of three ft.

    In entrance of the crescent-shaped wall, a memorial tower might be constructed the usage of sandstone, brown-white marble and granite with a souvenir on best.

    A rifle and helmet within the type of insignia might be positioned on the base in entrance of the memorial tower.

    “Chhattisgarh Amar Jawan Jyoti might be lit in entrance of this image which can stay ignited 24 hours via gasoline provide via underground pipelines,” the officers stated, including that the two-storey development might be built simply in entrance of the memorial tower.

    The ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’ at India Gate in Delhi used to be just lately merged with the Nationwide Battle Memorial (NWM), drawing complaint from some political leaders, together with Gandhi and Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    Baghel had stated the removing of the Amar Jawan Jyoti pained him. Gandhi may also be laying the root stone of ‘Sewa Gram’. He’s going to switch the primary instalment of the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana’ within the financial institution accounts of three,55,000 landless agricultural labourers registered beneath the scheme.

    An quantity of Rs 6,000 might be immediately transferred to the beneficiaries’ accounts in 3 instalments in a yr. The state govt has made a provision of Rs 200 crore within the supplementary finances for this scheme, the officers stated.

    Underneath the ‘Rajiv Yuva Mitan Membership’ scheme, 13,269 Rajiv Yuva Mitan Golf equipment might be constituted in each and every of the gram panchayats and concrete our bodies of the state in a phased approach, they stated. Kids gets a possibility to ascertain their identification and increase their management abilities beneath this scheme, they stated.

  • Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill police informer; torch cars used for street building in Bijapur

    By means of PTI

    BIJAPUR: Naxals allegedly killed a 45-year-old police informer and torched 3 cars engaged in street building paintings in separate incidents in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district, police mentioned on Saturday.

    The ultras killed a gopniya sainik (secret police informer) on Friday and dumped his frame on Gangloor street underneath the Bijapur police station limits, further superintendent of police (ASP) Pankaj Shukla mentioned.

    The police recovered the frame of the person recognized as Ando Ram, every other authentic mentioned, including that additional probe is underway.

    In a separate incident, Naxals torched 3 cars engaged in street building paintings at Cherkanti Patelpara village underneath Bijapur police station limits on Friday, the authentic mentioned.

    The ultras set hearth to a truck, a JCB device and every other heavy car, that have been getting used within the building paintings underneath the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), he added.

  • EC must give demo on ballot campaigning amid Covid, says Bhupesh, alleges panel’s ‘bias visual’

    By way of ANI

    NEW DELHI: Day after an FIR used to be registered in opposition to Chhattisgarh Leader Minister Bhupesh Baghel for flouting COVID-19 norms right through his fresh talk over with to poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, he requested Election Fee to present a demo on the way to do election campaigning amid the pandemic. He alleged that “EC’s bias is visual in the beginning” of the polls.

    On Sunday, an FIR used to be registered in opposition to Baghel and others in Noida for violating COVID-19 norms whilst doing door-to-door campaigning for the impending meeting elections.

    Baghel is recently in Delhi.

    Talking to ANI these days, Baghel, who’s Congress’ senior observer for Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls, mentioned, “Why used to be the FIR simplest in opposition to me? How will an election marketing campaign occur like this? Why used to be there no FIR in opposition to BJP’s election marketing campaign in Amroha? EC’s bias is visual in the beginning itself. I can once more pass to UP, what’s going to we do if no longer marketing campaign?.”

    “The Election Fee must give a demo on the way to do election campaigning. We will be able to do it precisely like that. BJP has been campaigning door-to-door for 5 days in Amroha, why are there no movements on that? I campaigned simplest the day past. EC must be truthful,” he added.

    The Congress chief began this door-to-door marketing campaign for the polls after the Election Fee on Saturday put a ban on maintaining public rallies and gatherings in view of the spurt in Coronavirus circumstances.

    Baghel allotted ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ wrist bands right through this marketing campaign on Sunday.

    ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ marketing campaign used to be commenced by means of Congress Common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra remaining 12 months to woo ladies electorate within the state.

    In the meantime, elections for the 403 meeting constituencies in Uttar Pradesh shall be held in seven stages beginning February 10, the Election Fee mentioned. The polling in Uttar Pradesh shall be hung on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and seven in seven stages.

    The counting of votes will happen on March 10. Significantly, Congress has been out of energy within the state for greater than 30 years.

    Within the 2017 Meeting elections, the BJP received a landslide victory profitable 312 Meeting seats. The celebration secured a 39.67 in step with cent vote proportion within the elections for 403-member Meeting. Samajwadi Birthday celebration (SP) bagged 47 seats, BSP received 19 whilst Congress may set up to win simplest seven seats. 

  • Chhattisgarh HC quashes FIR in opposition to former bureaucrat Aman Singh, his spouse in DA case

    By way of PTI

    BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh Prime Courtroom on Monday quashed the FIR registered in opposition to the state’s former fundamental secretary Aman Singh and his spouse for allegedly gathering disproportionate property staring at that the registration of the case used to be the “abuse” of the method of regulation and that the allegations have been prima facie primarily based upon chances.

    A unmarried bench of Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas handed the order after listening to the petitions filed by means of Singh and his spouse, Yasmin Singh, difficult the FIR, their recommend Abhishek Sinha mentioned.

    The case used to be registered in February 2020 in opposition to the Singhs below sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and 120 (B) (felony conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code in line with a grievance lodged by means of Uchit Sharma.

    Sharma, who claims himself to be an RTI activist, is primarily based in Raipur.

    The petitioners had challenged the FIR claiming that it accommodates baseless and immaterial allegations and merits to be quashed.

    The petitioners had additionally submitted that the FIR is an abuse of police and State energy, Sinha mentioned.

    After listening to the arguments, the HC had reserved its order on October 4 remaining 12 months.

    “The FIR has been registered in line with the grievance made by means of one Uchit Sharma for the alleged disproportionate belongings in opposition to the petitioners and involvement of the petitioner (Aman Singh) within the quite a lot of rip-off and cash laundering, however the FIR does no longer discuss how the petitioner concerned within the alleged rip-off as discussed within the FIR.

    “It has additionally been mentioned within the FIR that the petitioner used to be operating in quite a lot of posts of benefit and dealing as an influential individual and the truth isn’t in dispute that the petitioner used to be on deputation and labored as Joint Secretary with the Govt of Chhattisgarh, certainly he has posted within the place of work of Leader Minister of State, subsequently, simply his operating as Joint Secretary can’t be mentioned to had been the fee of an offence below Segment 13 (1)(b), 13 (2) of the Act, 1988 and Segment 120B of IPC, thus, the registration of FIR is not anything however an abuse of technique of regulation,” the top court docket’s order mentioned.

    It mentioned the FIR nowhere discloses fee of any offence with particular info and figures.

    “It’s not in dispute that truthfulness of allegation needs to be tested on proof, however a minimum of it’s incumbent at the a part of the prosecution that the FIR must prima facie reveal the fee of an offence below Segment 13 (1)(b) learn with Segment 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Segment 120B of IPC, however all of the allegations levelled in opposition to the petitioner are prima facie primarily based upon chances and in line with chance anyone can’t be prosecuted,” the bench mentioned.

    Aman Singh, previously an IRS (Indian Income Provider) officer, had joined the Raman Singh govt right through its first tenure in 2004 on deputation.

    He resigned from the IRS in 2010 and endured to paintings with the state BJP govt on a contractual foundation.

    He used to be an influential bureaucrat right through the 15-year Raman Singh rule within the state and served in quite a lot of outstanding capacities.

    His spouse labored with Public Well being Engineering (PHE) and Panchayat and Rural Building Division on a contractual foundation from 2005 to 2018, the EOW had mentioned.

    Aman Singh had resigned from carrier after Congress used to be elected to energy following the 2018 meeting elections.