Maoists kill two abducted villagers in Chhattisgarh Sep 13, 2008
RAIPUR: Maoists on Friday killed two of the eight villagers whom they abducted last week on suspicion that they were police informers in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. According to Dornapal sub-divisional police officer O P Sharma, the villagers are residents of Palamargu village. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Taj Hotels launches Gateway brand Sep 12, 2008
The ten new hotels have been signed up in key metros Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Jullunder, Mysore, Navi Mumbai, Raipur and Gondia. The Taj Group has aggressive plans for the brand and is open to owned hotels and management contracts. (Hindu)
Two held with deer skins Sep 5, 2008
RAIPUR: Two youths have been arrested for illegally trading deer skins in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh. The seized skins are worth about Rs. (India Times, India)
Drunk father kills three-month-old boy Sep 4, 2008
RAIPUR : A man who was inebriated and dashed his three-month-old boy on the ground was arrested in a Chhattisgarh village Thursday. The child died on the spot. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Phoenix Mills gets 200 m from German fund Aug 23, 2008
Phoenix Mills, through its subsidiaries, is executing projects in cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Indore, Raipur, Udaipur and Chandigarh. Akme venture. (Hindu Business Line)
German fund buys stake in Phoenix SPVs for Rs 1,300 crore Aug 22, 2008
These projects, subsidiaries of Phoenix Mills, are coming up in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur, Udaipu 00004000 r and Chandigarh. Each project is structured as a separate corporate entity in the form of an SPV. Each project is FDI compliant. (India Times)
Jindal Steel to invest Rs 18300 on Chhattisgarh unit Aug 16, 2008
Raipur: Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) will invest Rs 18300 crore in Chhattisgarh to set up a steel unit and a 1,000 MW captive power plant, a company official said Friday ... JSPL already has a 3 MTPA steel unit at Raigarh, some 220 km north of Raipur. (Sify)
Heart patient dies in Delhi during VHP roadblock Aug 13, 2008
In Chhattisgarh, protesters laid siege to dozens of busy squares in capital Raipur besides bringing traffic to a halt at Bilaspur, Jagdalpur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba and Raigarh towns. Protesters armed with sticks and iron rods squatted on national highway 43, connecting Raipur to the Bastar region, as well as the Raipur-Bilaspur highway ... South East Central Railway (SECR) officials said several trains were stuck at stations as activists of the VHP and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)... (Sify.com, India)
GPIL Signs Rs 15.70 Bn MoU With Chattisgarh Govt Aug 12, 2008
Godawari Power and Ispat (GPIL) formally Ispat Godawari Limited (IGL) belonging to HIRA Group of Industries, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, was incorporated on 21st Sept 1999 to set up an integrated steel plant with captive power generation facility. The company has a dominant presence in the long products segment of the steel industry, mainly into mild steel wire. (TopNews)
Berggruen Holdings forays into Indian realty space Aug 11, 2008
The other locations for the realty space include Nagpur, Coimbatore, Mysore, Raipur and Vizag. We have a group of people who can execute property development from A to Z. They will acquire land, develop capability, deliver projects in ho 00004000 using and retail formats. (India Times)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Ahmedabad moves towards normalcy Jul 29, 2008
"The city is yet to completely bounce back to normalcy," said Vinod, a resident of Raipur Darwaja area of the old city. Ads By Google. (Hindustan Times)
Macabre piece of local engineering Jul 27, 2008
At Sarangpur market and Raipur Chakla the bombs had the same hallmark seen in other areas all coming neatly packed in three plastic bags tied to cycle carriers with a rope. The bombs were planted near pan shops and vegetable vendors where common people usually congregate. (Sify.com, India)
Maoists shifting bases from Chhattisgarh to Orissa Jul 19, 2008
RAIPUR: Maoists are shifting their bases from the forests of Chhattisgarh to neighbouring Orissa, officials said. "Due to heavy police build up in Chhattisgarh, Maoists who had been hiding in the Bastar region since early 1980s are relocating their bases to Orissa's Malkangiri forest," a police official said on condition of anonymity. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Indian state 'backing vigilantes' Jul 16, 2008
"Human Rights Watch has found that since mid-2005 government security forces and members of the Salwa Judum attacked villages, killed and raped villagers, and burned down huts to force people into government camps," a new report released by HRW in Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh state, says. The group says it has collected more than 50 eyewitness accounts of attacks involving government security forces in 18 different villages in Dantewada and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Crorepatis on the rise in Nagpur Jul 16, 2008
"A property worth around Rs 10 lakh in Nagpur a few years ago is at least a crore of rupees now,'' said Kumar. One crorepati, who shifted from Raipur a few years ago, feels that Nagpur is the future city of central India. "Facilities apart, the city has an advantage of providing skilled and technical personnel which industrialists and businessmen often do not get in other parts in neighbouring states," he added. "Despite all these advantages, successive state governments have ignored the city. "... (India Times, India)
Shoe garland in Chhatisgarh Ambedkar statue sparks tension Jun 23, 2008
Raipur: Tension has gripped a tribal village in Rajnandgaon district here after the statue of Baba Saheb Ambedkar was desecrated by few unknown miscreants, police said today. "Some unknown persons had garlanded shoes on the statue of Ambedkar in Gopalpur village of Mohla Police station, about 165 km from the state capital, yesterday," Rajnandgaon District Superintendent of Police V K Choubey told PTI.. (Sify.com, India)
Salwa Judum upsetting agriculture activities: Jogi Jun 20, 2008
Raipur, June 19: Opposition Congress today said Salwa Judum (anti-naxal movement by local people) had badly affected the agriculture production in Maoist-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. "This is the third consecutive year the agriculture production in the Dantewada district is grossly affected due to Salwa Judum," former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister of Congress Ajit Jogi said in a statement here. (Sahara Samay)
3 SPOs held for raping tribal women Jun 18, 2008
RAIPUR: Four persons, including three special police officers (SPOs), who had allegedly kidnapped four tribal women at gunpoint and raped them, were arrested by the police on Tuesday at Kirandul in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. Dantewada SP Rahul Sharma told the TOI that three SPOs were detained following allegations by these women that they were raped and the complainants had been sent to the district headquarters for medical examination after women constables, who were specially sent for,... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Maoists' new blueprint for terror Jun 15, 2008
RAIPUR: Emboldened by an effete administration and their own increased firepower for a war of attrition against the Indian state, Maoist rebels are now beginning to show flexibility in strategy - from striking against the police and paramilitary forces in dense forests, they are now targeting infrastructure around urban areas to cripple Chhattisgarh's economy. In May last year, the Maoists - active in 13 out of the 18 districts of Chhattisgarh - struck vital power infrastructure in the state's... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Women in same-sex relationship kill selves Jun 11, 2008
RAIPUR: A suspected suicide pact involving two teenaged girls has shocked a small hamlet in Chhattisgarh's Durg district. The girls Gansehia (15) and Asha (16) set themselves on fire after their parents allegedly discovered they were lesbians and rebuked them. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Essar Steel plant attacked by Maoists Jun 10, 2008
RAIPUR: A huge fire is raging in the Essar Steel plant in Chhattisgarh's Kirandul, after Maoists attacked it and set the trucks parked inside the premises on fire. Security personnel posted at Kirandul police station in Bastar division told TOI that flames of the burning vehicles are visible from the police station, 3 km from the plant, but no policemen have reached the plant yet. (Times of India)
Red blast kills CISF men Jun 9, 2008
Raipur, June 8: Three jawans of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were killed and two others critically injured today when Naxalite guerrillas detonated a landmine and blew up a jeep in which they were travelling near Dalli Rajhara in Durg. The jawans were on a patrolling duty in the area, as a huge quantity of explosives was scheduled to reach Mahamaya mines of Bhilai Steel Plant the flagship entity of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) later in the day. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Do you have an HIV+ kid? Donate May 30, 2008
Raipur: With people with HIV/AIDS continuing to face social stigma across India, an orphanage in Raipur has launched a State-wide campaign in Chhattisgarh to adopt and care for infected children up to 12 years of age ... "Since May 23, I have held dozens of street meetings in Raipur, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Janjgir and Jashpur and in each meeting I appealed to the people to give me the address of any child in the 0-12 age group who they know is infected with HIV," Rao told IANS.. (Sify.com, India)
Charles City plays host to Rotary GSE team from India May 22, 2008
In addition to Pati, who owns and operates his own restaurant ( best sweets and snacks on our city ), the India GSE team consists of: Sunita Pani, a Delhi public school teacher from Damanjodi, Orissa; Dr. Manish Shrivastava, head of the Department of Computer Science, Guru Ghasidas University in Bilaspur; Dr. Poonam Pandey, a junior medical officer at Pandey Nursing Home (hospital) from Raipur; and Murali Krishna Ramachandravarapu of Berhampur, a business consultant in the areas of telecom... (Charles City Press, IO)
Lafarge to raise debt for L&T deal May 16, 2008
Lafarge Aggregates started its RMC operations just few months ago in Raipur. L&T Concrete, with a market share of 25%, is the leader. (India Times)
'Free Binayak' campaign gathers steam across globe May 14, 2008
In the one year that he has since spent in a Raipur jail on terror charges, Sen's fame has spread far and wide ... The growing band of Sen's supporters are planning to hold demonstrations in Delhi, Kolkata, Trivandrum, Coimbatore, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Lucknow and of course Raipur. (Times of India)
Hospital sends HIV+ baby to orphanage May 14, 2008
RAIPUR: Instead of taking care of an orphaned HIV+ baby, doctors in a government hospital in Chhattisgarh sent the four-month-old girl to an orphanage on the ground that she could infect other patients. The baby girl, who is now being looked after at the Gurukul Ashram here, was found on March 10 in the forests of Balrampur in Surguja district by local tribals. (Times of India)
Nobel appeal to free jailed doctor May 13, 2008
Mohuya Chaudhuri Monday, May 12, 2008 (Raipur) In just a little over a fortnight, Dr Binayak Sen will receive the prestigious Jonathan Mann award for his humanitarian work in the field of health. But he has been in jail for a year now and cannot travel to receive the award. (NDTV.com)
Zenith Computer Launches SmartStyle PC Apr 10, 2008
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Red prey on SAIL ammo Mar 29, 2008
Raipur, March 28: Maoist rebels raided a mining facility of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in Durg around 3pm yesterday and walked away with about 2 tonnes of explosives. More than 100 armed rebels reached Mahamaya mines in Dallirajhara area in Durg, some 170km from here, in the afternoon. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Bollywood box-office report of the week Feb 27, 2008
40 lakhs from Raipur, 1. 25 lakhs from Wardha, 31. (Glam Sham)
20 Cong MLAs suspended from Chhattisgarh Assembly Feb 21, 2008
RAIPUR: Twenty Congress MLAs, including the Leader of Opposition Mahendra Karma and his deputy, were on Wednesday suspended from the Chhattisgarh Assembly for violating the House rule. Raising the Maoist issue for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, the Opposition members pressed for an adjournment motion on the Dantewada jailbreak incident by Naxalites in which 300 inmates, including 105 Maoists, had escaped on December 16. (Times of India)
Shekhar Sen: Giving past philosophies new life Feb 16, 2008
He moved there from his hometown Raipur; like many others with the hope of finding his big break composing music for Bollywood films. Frustrated with the lack of originality of Bollywood music, Shekhar turned to devotional music. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Paswan lays foundation stone for steel plant expansion Feb 10, 2008
RAIPUR: Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan today laid the foundation stone of the Rs 11,262-crore expansion and modernisation project of Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh. "We want to become number one steel producer in the world. This can be possible with the cooperation between Government and the workforce," he said at the function at Bhilai in Durg district. (Economic Times)
India's Christians see rise in hostility by Hindu extremists Feb 6, 2008
Nelson Daniel, a pastor based in Durg, a town near Raipur, Chattisgarh's capital, suspects that Hindu extremists who have threatened to knock down his church are paid thugs. "They are never local Hindus," he says. (Christian Science Monitor)
Law schools set 30% quota for girls Feb 2, 2008
While NLSIU, Bangalore, has a 5% quota for foreign students, NALSAR, Hyderabad, and Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, have reserved 10 seats (two foreign and eight NRI). National Law University, Jodhpur, has 3% reservation in each category for physically challenged students. (India Times, India)
ENIL Q3 revenues rise by 46% Jan 24, 2008
With the launch of Raipur station, Radio Mirchi is now operational in 30 cities. On a consolidated basis, the company reported revenues of Rs 135. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Anti-naxal police team sent to Raipur Jan 24, 2008
CHANDRAPUR: Two police teams from the anti naxal cell of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts have been sent to Raipur to interrogate two naxal commanders Meena and Malti, who were arrested in Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday along with a huge cache of arms and cash ... Quoting senior police personnel, sources said that both the arrest of naxalites and recovery of arms from Raipur were linked ... "From Bhilai, police personnel in plainclothes trailed a car owned by the journalist and carrying... (Times of India)
CAT 2007 Results on Mobile Phones Jan 9, 2008
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Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Gutka ban: Violators may get 3-year jail Jan 2, 2008
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday banned the production and sale of gutka and the use of polythene bags in the state. Anyone violating the ban would be jailed for up to three years and fined under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. (India Times, India -- Community News)
All 12 missing policemen in Dantewada killed Dec 30, 2007
RAIPUR: All the 12 policemen, who went missing after an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada forests, have been killed by the extremists, police sources said on Friday. The extremists also looted 11 self-loading rifles and an AK-47 rifle from the policemen, they told a news agency. (India Times, India)
Chhattisgarh priest kills himself, promises rebirth Dec 24, 2007
RAIPUR, India (Reuters) - A Hindu priest in Chhattisgarh killed himself with the promise he would come back to life after two days, police said on Monday. Manoj Baghel, described as an intensely religious man, poisoned himself in front of a small crowd on Saturday at a temple in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh, police said. (Reuters India)
Chhattisgarh: 12 policemen still missing Dec 22, 2007
Press Trust of India Friday, December 21, 2007 (Raipur) All the 12 policemen, who went missing after an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada forests, have been killed by the extremists, police sources said on Friday. The extremists also looted 11 self-loading rifles and an AK-47 rifle from the policemen, they said. (NDTV.com)
Only three cops were guarding Dantewada jail Dec 18, 2007
RAIPUR: This could be sent off to the compilers of a "believe it or not" strip on the cartoons' page: There were just three armed cops guarding the 377 inmates of Dantewada jail. On Sunday afternoon, when Maoists set free 294 prisoners, nearly 110 of whom were Naxalites, more than 16 jail personnel were missing from duty. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Chhattisgarh jailbreak: Jail official arrested Dec 18, 2007
RAIPUR: A jail official has been arrested and five others suspended over a dramatic jailbreak in which nearly 300 prisoners including Maoist rebels escaped, police said on Tuesday. Police in Chhattisgarh, a stronghold of Maoist rebels, has blamed the incident on security lapses. (India Times, India)
299 escape in daring India jailbreak Dec 17, 2007
Rahul Sharma, the superintendent of police, said 299 of 377 inmates fled from the Dantewada prison, nearly 350 miles south of Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh state. The jailbreak occurred while dinner was being served. (MSNBC -- International)
News in brief Dec 17, 2007
Rahul Sharma, the superintendent of police, said 299 of 377 inmates escaped from the Dantewada prison, 350 miles south of Raipur. "The inmates overpowered the prison guards and fled amid gunfire," Sharma said. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
110 Maoists flee from Chhattisgarh jail Dec 17, 2007
RAIPUR: Maoists no longer need to storm jails to set their comrades free; their fellow travellers inside prisons, brushing aside a demoralised police force and a listless administration, have taken up the challenge with gusto and are executing it with finesse. Late on Sunday afternoon, around 4. (India Times, India)
Nuclear deal: Karat denies he warned of polls Dec 16, 2007
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted in agency reports from Raipur as saying that the Left parties threat to withdraw support on the India-U.S. nuclear deal issue was a media creation. I spoke to Prakash Karat today and he denied what had been published Mr. Mukherjee was quoted as having said. (Hindu)
Emergency rule saved Pak: Musharraf Dec 16, 2007
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, in Raipur, however, refrained from making further comment, saying, "But this is an internal matter of Pakistan and Indias stand is not to comment on others internal matters". British PM Gordon Brown said he spoke with Musharraf by phone Saturday. (India Times, India)
Maoists blast police station, kill three in Chhattisgarh Dec 13, 2007
RAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Maoist insurgents have blown up a police station in Chhattisgarh, killing at least three constables, an official said on Thursday. The attack took place Wednesday night in the rebel-infested Bastar region, the worst-hit among about a dozen states where Maoists are active. (Reuters India)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Cong moves no-confidence motion in Chhattisgarh Assembly Dec 3, 2007
RAIPUR: The main opposition Congress on Monday moved a no-confidence motion in the Chhattisgarh Assembly against the four-year-old BJP government in the state. Immediately after the Question Hour, leader of Opposition Mahendra Karma moved the no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Raman Singh and his Cabinet. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Indian police die in mine blast Nov 30, 2007
Dantewada district, 560km (350 miles) from the Chhattisgarh capital, Raipur, is one of the areas worst affected by Maoist violence in India. Earlier this year Maoists ambushed and killed 115 policemen in Dantewada, the BBC's Sunil Raman in Delhi says. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Unbanked districts to get a leg-up Nov 25, 2007
Of this, six approvals have been given for bank branches in under-banked areas of Raipur, Jodhpur, Kolhapur, Salem, Udaipur and Kanchipuram. Only Shinhan Bank was allowed to open a branch in a metro, New Delhi. (Business Standard)
Readerspeak: Get well soon, Lakshmi! Nov 8, 2007
MM Tiwari, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, says: Thanks and salute to the team of doctors who performed the surgery free of cost. When there is increasing lust for money and the inhuman acts are on rise some hopes are left that humanity is still alive and there are some noble persons in a noble profession. (India Times, India)
Maoists kill 5 cops in Chhattisgarh Oct 30, 2007
RAIPUR: Close on the heels of the Maoists' onslaught in Jharkhand, about 200 CPI(Maoist) rebels on Monday went on rampage in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, killing five special police officers and injuring three ... "The condition of one of the injured, Robin Singh, is critical and he will be shifted to a hospital in Raipur soon," he said. (Times of India)
Readerspeak: Left does not have India's interest at heart Oct 24, 2007
Vatsal, Raipur, India, says: The Left is just trying to gain political mileage. Vaidya, Thane, says: The leftist are selfish and have time and again shown that they can not be taken for granted by any alliance government. (India Times, India)
Smaller cities' investors hit big shots on D Street Sep 30, 2007
"Currently, 30% of our revenues come from non-metro cities. We expect the share to increase to 40% in the next three years. We plan to open 20 offices in tier II and tier III cities such as Trichy, Allahabad, Moradabad, Raipur, Jodhpur," says B Gopakumar, vice-president and head, financial planning group, Kotak Securities. In the recent past, the company did a business of Rs 6 crore from a small centre like Bellary in a month. (India Times)
Police rescue engineering students caught for dacoity Sep 16, 2007
RAIPUR: The day community vigilantism took the lives of 10 thieves in Bihar's Vaishali district, cops rescued three engineering students of Chhattisgarh from villagers who were about to lynch them for committing a dacoity in a house. Alert villagers overpowered the three students, who had stopped their motorbike while returning from Sunderkera village near Rajim, 45 km from Raipur, after committing the crime, to change their clothes and remove masks from their faces on Thursday night ... Police... (India Times, India -- Community News)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Sainath: 90 Years Non-Violence Aug 24, 2007
And so he took a cycle, my friend Lakshman Sahu, no money, and went from here to Raipur. A distance of 350 km of very tough, mountainous terrain. (Zmag.org)
Wreckage of missing chopper found, four killed Jul 19, 2007
The EC-135 helicopter, Maina, which had flown to for mandatory technical checks, lost contact with the air traffic control half an hour after taking off from for Raipur at 12. 30 p.m. July 14. (India eNews.com)
