Shekhar Dutt's resignation has sparked a debate on the parameters of removing a governor.
In Chhattisgarh, the Satnami sect voted for its own candidates in 21 constituencies, leaving the Congress trailing the Bharatiya Janata Party in its own strongholds. R Krishna Das evaluates the role the Satnami community played in the Congress loss and BJP victory in a tightly fought election.
Congress has pushed Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to counter the development theory of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
People normally pray for good rain. But in a few villages of Chhattisgarh this year, it is a different story.
The Naxal ambush on a Congress convoy near Darbha on Saturday has kicked off a war between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh. The attack had left 28 dead, including state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and former leader of the Opposition Mahendra Karma.
Naxal violence in Orissa has also put several investment proposals in jeopardy.
Tourist destinations have also come under the scanner of Naxalites as rebels detonated a powerful blast at one of the enchanting sites near Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Monday morning in a move aimed to unleash a reign of terror among visitors.
"The two LeT operatives had reportedly attended the meeting as observers at a forested location inside Orissa, close to Chhattisgarh's Bastar region," Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan said.
The railway is not operating trains on Kharagpur-Rourkela section between 10 pm and 5 am.
The Naxalites who once claimed to be the protectors of poor people are now brutally killing the civilians. On the part of security personnel, a small lapse is landing the poor people in trouble. Monday's stunning incident in Dantewada that killed 35 civilians and policemen when Naxalites blew up a passenger bus stands witness to how the 'saviours' of poor tribals are turning into slaughterers.
Naxals, security forces big buyers; durables fail to click as families flee.
Disruption of work, levy to insurgents, targeting of communications and security concerns stall development.
Top construction companies in the country are in the race to bag Rs 9,600-crore (Rs 96 billion) deal for constructing All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in Raipur.
A home ministry report revealed that among the worst Naxal-infested states, maximum rebels were killed in Chhattisgarh, Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan said. Minimum Naxal incidents had taken place in the state in the last one year as well, he added.
Chhattisgarh officials appear to be in a rush to buy luxury cars at the government expense for their official use. Senior bureaucrats who are authorised to purchase official vehicles from the state exchequer prefer to drive luxury vehicles. The officials are purchasing vehicles equipped with advanced and modern specifications, at costs beyond their entitlement.
But, process is getting frozen wherever the state retreats before the Naxals, complain officials and industries.
The "liberated zones" of the Leftist guerrillas in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh contain some of the most precious and valuable minerals. But the state authorities could not explore the minerals as the area had been under the control of rebels.
GMR's power plant envisages to come up on 530 hectares, of which 310 hectares belong to some 250 farmers. The district administration had convened a public hearing, but had to stop the proceedings soon after it began. The villagers gathered at the meeting place and lodged a strong protest against the project, vowing not allow the power plant to come up in the area.
ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and three other companies are in the race to get control over the iron ore mines in Kawardha, about 120 km from Raipur. The company winning the bid to mine 100 million tonnes of iron ore in Kawardha will have to set up a steel plant. "We have kept the matter pending and any decision on the allotment of the iron ore mines in Kawardha is likely to be taken after the state assembly elections," CMDC Chairman Gourishankar Agrawal said.
The issue was raised in 2005 by none other than the then revenue minister of the state, Nankiram Kanwar. The minister alleged that the company had grabbed prime land and cut down a large number of trees without permission. The government conducted an inquiry that established that Balco had encroached 1036.52 acres of government land. The company, however, contended and claimed that the land under question was allotted by the government.
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