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State Correspondent for Chhattisgarh. Reports Maoism, Politics, Mining and important developments from the state. Covered all sorts of extremism in Central India. Reported from Madhya Pradesh for eight years.
Articles by Ritesh Mishra
‘Mistaken’ signal likely led to Coromandel Express ramming goods train: Railways
A preliminary probe by senior railway officials said that a ‘mistaken’ signal likely led to the Coromandel Express ramming the goods train in Odisha’s Balasore
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 03:34 PM IST
Odisha train accident: A ‘mistaken’ signal may have caused the fatal collisions
A railway report stated that the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express entered the loop line in Balasore because of a “mistaken” signal.
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 03:24 PM IST
Coromandel Express went on wrong track minutes before accident, say officials
The Coromandel express train running at a speed of 127 km/per hour collided with a goods train and derailed on the main line, an official said
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 01:16 PM IST
Ritesh MishraDebabrata Mohanty
In Chhattisgarh, alcohol has always been a potent election mix
Despite a pre-poll promise to ban liquor, CM Bhupesh Baghel recently remarked that the move is simply not feasible. Here’s why his hands are tied.
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 10:57 PM IST
Chhattisgarh police books journalist for circulating rumour, possession of drugs
The journalist was booked on the complaint from one advocate in Bilaspur over a news article allegedly run by him on a judge
Updated on Jun 01, 2023 06:58 PM IST
FIR against Chhattisgarh food inspector for emptying reservoir over phone
Apart from the food inspector Rajesh Kumar Vishwas, two irrigation department officials who allegedly complied with his request and pumped out 4.1 million litres of water are also named in FIR
Updated on May 31, 2023 10:46 PM IST
₹53k fine on Chhattisgarh officer for emptying reservoir over phone
It emerges that the officer drained 4.1 million litres of water from the reservoir, not 2.1 million litres as originally believed
Updated on May 31, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Raipur
Chhattisgarh official suspended for getting canal drained to find phone
Sub-divisional officer (water resources department) RC Dhivar allegedly gave verbal permission to Rajesh Kumar Vishwas to drain out the water
Updated on May 26, 2023 04:36 PM IST
'BJP has no answer for Chhattisgarh model': Bhupesh Baghel to HT
Chhattisgarh chief minister says that central agencies were pressuring people to “take his name” and implicate him
Updated on May 26, 2023 03:17 PM IST
‘Campaign should be against addiction, not liquor ban’: Bhupesh Baghel
Baghel said that he did even ban alcohol in the state during the COVID-19 lockdown even after witnessing deaths due to the consumption of spurious liquor as people were getting addicted to other substances
Updated on May 14, 2023 06:37 PM IST
ED makes third arrest in alleged ₹2,000 crore Chhattisgarh liquor scam
The agency had claimed that it has unearthed corruption and money laundering of multi-crore by a syndicate comprising high-level state government officials, private persons and political executives of the state government who controlled and manipulated the entire chain of the liquor trade in the state
Updated on May 11, 2023 06:18 PM IST
ED attaches properties of 2 Chhattisgarh Congress MLAs in alleged coal levy scam
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party has roped in the ED after it failed to take on the Congress government on its own
Updated on May 10, 2023 09:05 AM IST
Explained: How liquor scam of over ₹2,000 cr in Chhattisgarh was unearthed by ED
The ED in the remand application stated the sale of unaccounted illicit liquor was almost 30-40% of the total sale of liquor in the state
Updated on May 09, 2023 05:12 PM IST
Travails of Bastar’s Fighters who weren’t
Over 51,000 people applied for Bastar Fighters, a police unit aimed at combating Left-wing extremism in Chhattisgarh, but only 2,057 candidates made the cut
Updated on May 09, 2023 01:41 PM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Sukma (chhattisgarh)
Chhattisgarh: 2 Maoists carrying ₹11 lakh reward killed in encounter in Sukma
A team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal operation along with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and its elite unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) following specific inputs of Maoists presence in the village
Updated on May 08, 2023 02:32 PM IST
S KareemuddinRitesh Mishra
Corruption worth ₹2,000 crore found in Chhattisgarh liquor scam: ED
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Anwar Dhebar, brother of Congress leader and Raipur mayor Aijaz Dhebar, in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:40 PM IST
‘We may consider banning Bajrang Dal, if needed’: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
Baghel, however, said that decisions taken in Karnataka may not apply in Chhattisgarh as situations in both states are different
Updated on May 04, 2023 09:33 AM IST
Former BJP leader and Chhattisgarh party president Nand Kumar Sai joins Congress
In 1980, Sai was elected as the BJP’s Raigarh district unit chief. He was elected as the BJP MLA from Tapkara in 1985 and 1998
Updated on May 01, 2023 01:43 PM IST
Explosives placed a day earlier, senior Maoist likely behind Bastar attack
The Darbha divisional committee of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) has claimed responsibility for the Wednesday’s attack
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 04:30 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Dantewada
Blood splattered all over in seconds: Eyewitness in Maoist attack
The victims were part of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), which is staffed largely by local tribal communities and some former insurgents.
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 04:33 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Dantewada
Lack of intel, violation of SOPs under lens after Maoist attack in Dantewada
A police official said the crater on the road suggested that the Maoists had dug a foxhole to plant the explosives at night.
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 04:02 AM IST
Maoists kill 11 in attack on police van in Bastar
Officers said they will investigate whether the standard operating procedure for travelling in Maoist regions was followed, how the rebels planted an IED so close to a police station
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 12:05 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Dantewada
10 policemen among 11 killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada
In April 2021, 22 police and paramilitary personnel were killed and at least two dozen others injured in a gunfight with Maoists in the Bastar region
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 04:45 PM IST
A mass suicide wrenches apart vulnerable tribe’s reclusive life
A suicide that police are struggling to solve because of how reclusive the tribe is; a suicide that has shone light on the lives of a vulnerable tribal group
Updated on Apr 20, 2023 01:15 PM IST
2 goods trains derail after collision in MP’s Shahdol; 6 railway staffs injured
At least 10 trains on the Bilaspur-Katni rail route and one of the loco pilots was seriously injured and is admitted to the nearby hospital
Updated on Apr 19, 2023 12:33 PM IST
8 held for killing 2 in violence-hit C’garh village
The bodies of Raheem Mohammad and his son Idul Mohammad were found at a mine, a few kilometres away from the village on April 11, three days after it was rocked by communal violence.
Updated on Apr 18, 2023 12:43 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Raipur
Police declare ₹30,000 reward for info on killings of father-son in Bemetara
Rahim Mohammad (55) and his son Idul Mohammad (35), both residents of the Shaktighat area in Biranpur, were allegedly hacked to death by the mob three days after the village was rocked by communal violence.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 01:14 PM IST
Chhattisgarh violence: Police yet to identify accused in murder of father-son duo
Violence in Biranpur village erupted after Sahu was allegedly killed in the clash in which three policemen also suffered injuries on April 8. Police on the same day arrested 11 people in the case
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:01 AM IST
Two bodies found in violence-hit C’garh village
The clashes, police said, erupted after a fight between school children. Three policemen were also injured in the violence.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:53 AM IST
Ritesh Mishra, Biranpur (bemetara)
2 persons found dead outside Chhattisgarh’s Biranpur village: Police
The state government deployed about 5,000 police personnel in Bemetara district in central Chhattisgarh following tension over the April 8 clash
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:33 PM IST
