How 10-Rupee Salt Buys 1,000-Rupee Chironji in Bastar Markets

A first-hand account reveals how middlemen in Bastar’s haat bazaars manipulate scales and rig amchoor prices while Mandi Board regulators ignore the exploitation.
Chhattisgarh Fuel Panic Sparks Long Queues in Raipur

Panic buying triggers long queues and pump shutdowns in Raipur and parts of Chhattisgarh, despite officials denying any fuel shortage.
Three dead in Balod pipeline collapse, families demand arrests

Three labourers died in a Dalli Rajhara trench collapse. The Bhilai Steel Plant suspended two senior officials as police launch a criminal investigation.
NCRB reports ₹3.8 crore fake currency seized in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh ranks third in India for fake currency seizures with ₹3.8 crore recovered, according to new NCRB data revealing a massive shift in smuggling routes.
4 DRG Personnel Killed in Kanker IED Blast During Anti-Maoist De-Mining Operation

Four DRG personnel were killed in an IED blast on the Kanker-Narayanpur border during an anti-Maoist de-mining operation in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region.
Rajya Sabha MP and Chhattisgarh Native Sandeep Pathak Faces Two FIRs After Quitting AAP

Chhattisgarh native and Rajya Sabha MP Sandeep Pathak faces two non-bailable FIRs in Punjab just days after leading a seven-member defection from the AAP to the BJP.
Chhattisgarh Assembly passes women empowerment resolution after 8 hour debate

Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai moves a landmark resolution for 33% women’s reservation in the Assembly. Read about the 8-hour debate and the BJP-Congress clash.
NLCIL Secures Composite Mining Licence in Chhattisgarh

NLC India Limited has secured a composite licence to explore phosphorite and limestone blocks in Chhattisgarh, driving a major shift toward strategic mineral security.
Raigarh tribals invoke PESA to block Adani-Ambuja coal mine

Tribal communities in Chhattisgarh are weaponising constitutional laws to halt an 8.7-square-kilometre underground mine they say will destroy their water and escalate fatal elephant attacks. RAIGARH, April 24 — Ten tribal villages in Chhattisgarh have drawn a hard line in the forest dirt against the Adani Group. They’ve invoked sweeping constitutional powers to block a…
SC Orders Korba Police Chief to Appear with Missing Rape Suspect

The Supreme Court has summoned the Korba Superintendent of Police after Chhattisgarh police blatantly failed to produce an acquitted rape suspect in court.