Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh's Dadhapara, a Vande Bharat train was pelted with stones. On February 6, the Vande Bharat Express train running from Nagpur to Bilaspur was pelted with stones, leaving nine windows of five coaches were broken. Although no injuries were reported to passengers, but properties were damaged. Meanwhile, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) initiated an investigation. It is trying to catch the miscreants using CCTV cameras installed… read-more

In Chhattisgarh’s Manendragarh, police arrested four persons for allegedly slaughtering cow. Reportedly the accused belonged to the same family. The police have also confiscated the weapon, with which the slaughter was committed. The police upon reaching the spot, found the cow’s carcass. A case has been filed against the accused under Cruelty to Animals Act. The police further stated that the family hail from Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad.

In Chhattisgarh’s Koriya district, six persons died by way of drowning in the Ramdaha waterfall, while one person was rescued on August 28. District Magistrate Kuldeep Sharma stated that all were residents of Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli. Soon after the incident, a rescue operation was launched, and officials were able to retrieve the bodies of the deceased, and rescue one person who was drowning.

Boxer Vijender Singh is back to his winning forte, as he won the "Jungle Rumble" event held at Balbir Juneja Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. On August 17, Singh won with 12-1 score against his opposition, Eliasu Sulley from Ghana. "We haven't been fighting for two years and now that we start our season with a victory, it is an amazing feeling", said Vijender Singh, who fought after 19 months.

CRPF Commando Suraj R (27), passed away by way of drowning, while trying to rescue assistant commandant from getting washed away in a river. Suraj hailed from Kerala's Kollam, and was posted in Chhattisgarh's Sukma. The incident occurred while they were returning from an anti-maoist operation in Sukma. Chandan, the official Suraj tried to save, was rescued. "He saved me and I can never forget his smiling face," said Chandan.