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Gujarat may let officials join RSS

Feb 27, 2015 - 5:43 am EST @theindpanorama 0

GANDHINAGAR (TIP): BJP-ruled Gujarat may follow Chhattisgarh in al lowing government employees to join the RSS. A senior official of the state general administration department (GAD) said the state government is considering delisting the RSS […]

134 companies enter final coal block race

Feb 13, 2015 - 8:30 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Altogether 134 of the 176 companies that queued up for 21 producing coal mines have been found technically qualified to make their financial bid, coal secretary Anil Swarup said on Thursday. Adani […]

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Video clip shows Naxals training to gun down choppers

Jan 8, 2015 - 7:32 am EST @theindpanorama 0

RAIPUR (TIP): A rare video footage of Maoists purportedly showing the rebels conducting a ‘commando-style’ training to gun down helicopters, used to ferry security personnel and VIPs in Chhattisgarh’s worst insurgency-hit Bastar region, has been […]

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22 STATES, UTS SUPPORT BILL TO PREVENT ‘HONOUR KILLINGS’

Dec 12, 2014 - 5:45 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The government has initiated the process of drafting a law against honour killings by treating crimes in the name of honour as a separate category of offences. The moves comes after 22 […]

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CRPF men’s uniforms in garbage bin to be probed

Dec 5, 2014 - 8:33 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after blood-stained uniforms and shoes of CRPF troops killed by Maoists were found in a garbage bin, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on December 4 instructed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman […]

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Botched sterilizations: Fungus-laden anaesthesia used at health camp

Nov 21, 2014 - 7:02 am EST @theindpanorama 0

RAIPUR (TIP): It was not just antibiotics laced with rat poison (zinc phosphide) that was administered on victims of botched surgeries at Bilaspur health camps, local anaesthesia injected on women at the Gaurella camp in […]

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An Avoidable Tragedy

Nov 14, 2014 - 8:03 am EST @theindpanorama 0

It is at once sobering and shocking that the sterilization procedures (laparoscopic tubectomy) carried out on 83 women at a camp in Pendari village of Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district on November 8 ended up killing 11 […]

CHHATTISGARH

Nov 14, 2014 - 6:49 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The newly formed state of Chhattisgarh is an interesting tourist destination considering the blend of tribal tourism, history, nature and wildlife that it offers. The bulk of tourist attractions in Chhattisgarh however lie virtually unexplored. […]

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BJP TO ROLL OUT BIG GUNS FOR ASSEMBLY POLLS

Oct 4, 2014 - 7:33 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): With Dussehra over, BJP will get into campaign mode for the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly polls on a war footing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his senior ministers will have little time […]

No new VIP security duties for NSG

Jul 25, 2014 - 7:32 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): VIPs may no more enjoy the cover of coveted ‘Black Cat’ commandos. Government is learnt to have decided that VIPs would no longer get the cover of NSG commandos and the force […]

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Rewarding Democracy

May 9, 2014 - 7:31 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

One of the most encouraging aspects of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has been the significantly high voter turnout in areas affected by Left-wing extremism. Bastar in Chhattisgarh, that remains severely affected by Maoist insurgency, […]

Phase 5: Voter turnouts higher than 2009 poll figures

Apr 19, 2014 - 10:04 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Voter turnouts higher than the 2009 poll figures marked the fifth and biggest round of Lok Sabha elections covering 121 seats across 12 states amidst largely peaceful balloting on April 17. A […]

High voter turnout in 91 seats in LS polls, crosses the 2009 mark

Apr 11, 2014 - 8:52 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Marking a considerably high voter turnout as compared to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, India voted for 91 constituencies in 14 states and Union Territories which went to polls in the third […]

How candidates cook books to spend crores over Election Commission limit

Apr 11, 2014 - 8:18 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Elections, it is said, are about spending big. This despite repeated poll panel efforts to curb candidate expenses. The EC rule book is clear: Each candidate is entitled to spend a maximum […]

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CBI ARRESTS 5 WITH FAKE MEDICAL DEGREES

Mar 21, 2014 - 6:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): In a countrywide crackdown, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested five people possessing medical degrees from Russia and China and obtaining recognition from Medical Council of India through allegedly fraudulent […]

Opinion poll predicts gains for BJP, losses for UPA

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:47 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite an apparent wave of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) till recently, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would have won 200-odd seats if the general elections were held in January 2014, […]

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