Chhattisgarh

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Thursday dismissed the BJP's claim that its recent victory in assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh has set the tone for its win in next year's Lok Sabha elections.

Chhattisgarh recorded the highest rate of accidental deaths at 56.4 and was placed third in rate of suicides among states in the country in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.

The BJP is holding a meeting of its top leaders to brainstorm the issue of new Chief Ministers for the three heartland states they won this week.

The average of assets per winning candidate in the state assembly elections held this time is Rs 5.25 crore compared to Rs 11.63 crore in the 2018 assembly polls.

As many as 17 of the 90 MLAs in the newly elected Chhattisgarh assembly have declared criminal cases against themselves, with six facing serious charges like voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.

Ten of 12 BJP MPs who contested and won seats in November's state elections - including union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel - resigned from Parliament on Wednesday.

Chhattisgarh assembly election: The number of MLAs with declared assets worth over a crore (crorepati MLAs) has increased from 68 in 2018 to 72 in 2023.

A DMK MP's remark in Parliament has added fuel to the 'North vs South' debate that has been raging since the BJP's poll wins in the heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and the Congress's victory in Telangana.

The BJP will choose its Chief Ministers for three heartland states -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh -- with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha election, party sources have said, adding that new faces may be chosen in all three states.

The father of a man named as an accused in the Mahadev betting app scam was on Tuesday found dead under suspicious conditions at a village in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, a senior police official said.

The opposition Congress and the BJP Tuesday ridiculed the AAP for failing to win even a single seat in the recently held assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and asked the ruling party to focus on Punjab.

Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh today questioned the reliability of the electronic voting machines (EVMs), following his party's defeat in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls.

BJP's Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said there are allegations that former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel "funded" the Congress party's campaign in the assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh "from money received through the Mahadev app scam".

TS Singh Deo, former Deputy Chief Minster of Chhattisgarh, agreed that while on the face of it, tribals of the state have shifted allegiance to the BJP, contributing to the Congress's defeat in the state, the fine print indicated something else.

Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah on Monday said that the grand old party lost the assembly elections in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh due to "over confidence".

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Thursday dismissed the BJP's claim that its recent victory in assembly polls in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh has set the tone for its win in next year's Lok Sabha elections.

Chhattisgarh recorded the highest rate of accidental deaths at 56.4 and was placed third in rate of suicides among states in the country in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.

The BJP is holding a meeting of its top leaders to brainstorm the issue of new Chief Ministers for the three heartland states they won this week.

The average of assets per winning candidate in the state assembly elections held this time is Rs 5.25 crore compared to Rs 11.63 crore in the 2018 assembly polls.

As many as 17 of the 90 MLAs in the newly elected Chhattisgarh assembly have declared criminal cases against themselves, with six facing serious charges like voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.

Ten of 12 BJP MPs who contested and won seats in November's state elections - including union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel - resigned from Parliament on Wednesday.

Chhattisgarh assembly election: The number of MLAs with declared assets worth over a crore (crorepati MLAs) has increased from 68 in 2018 to 72 in 2023.

A DMK MP's remark in Parliament has added fuel to the 'North vs South' debate that has been raging since the BJP's poll wins in the heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and the Congress's victory in Telangana.

The BJP will choose its Chief Ministers for three heartland states -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh -- with an eye on the 2024 Lok Sabha election, party sources have said, adding that new faces may be chosen in all three states.

The father of a man named as an accused in the Mahadev betting app scam was on Tuesday found dead under suspicious conditions at a village in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, a senior police official said.

The opposition Congress and the BJP Tuesday ridiculed the AAP for failing to win even a single seat in the recently held assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and asked the ruling party to focus on Punjab.

Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh today questioned the reliability of the electronic voting machines (EVMs), following his party's defeat in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls.

BJP's Jai Ram Thakur on Monday said there are allegations that former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel "funded" the Congress party's campaign in the assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh "from money received through the Mahadev app scam".

TS Singh Deo, former Deputy Chief Minster of Chhattisgarh, agreed that while on the face of it, tribals of the state have shifted allegiance to the BJP, contributing to the Congress's defeat in the state, the fine print indicated something else.

Assam Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah on Monday said that the grand old party lost the assembly elections in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh due to "over confidence".