
Raipur: An IPS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, Rahul Sharma, posted as Superintendent of Police in Bilaspur on Monday allegedly shot himself dead with his service revolver, police said. According to the police, a 2002-batch IPS officer, Sharma (37) allegedly shot himself in the head inside the toilet of Police Officer's Mess, where he was staying. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Officials said...

05:36 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced candidates for three Assembly constituencies for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections. SP state president Akhilesh Yadav has announced candidature of Beena Bharadwaj from Bilaspur Assembly seat, Naseer Ahmad Khan from Chamraua and Vijay Singh from Milak constituency, party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said. With this the party has announced candidates in 397 of 403 seats in the Assembly. ...

12:38 PM, Dec 29, 2011

Bilaspur: Twelve persons were on Saturday killed and ten injured when a train ran over them at a rail crossing in the district, a senior railway police official said. The victims were crossing the tracks when the mishap took place at a spot near Tarbahar area of the town on the Mumbai-Howrah rail route, IG (Railway) RK Devangan said. The gates of the crossing were closed as two trains were...

11:01 PM, Oct 22, 2011

New Delhi: The European Union is sending a team for Human rights activist Binayak Sen's bail hearing at the Chattisgarh High Court in Bilaspur on Monday. The External Affairs ministry has informed the Home Ministry to this effect. According to sources, The European Union delegation, will include representatives of Delhi based diplomatic missions from Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden and the UK. The bail plea comes exactly after one month...

10:25 AM, Jan 23, 2011

Bilaspur: A private security guard at a movie theatre in Bilaspur was allegedly beaten to death by security guards of Superintendent of Police Jayant Thorat. Ironically, the theatre was screening Bollywood blockbuster Dabangg, in which Salman Khan plays a corrupt policeman. Thorat had gone to see the film with his family on Sunday evening. Reports say security guard Mahendra Yadav pushed Thorat while trying to control the crowd. The incident...

02:01 PM, Sep 14, 2010

Eight bogies of Tata Nagar-Bilaspur passenger train derailed. ...

07:03 AM, Nov 20, 2009

Judeo is confident of a win from Bilaspur. ...

05:22 PM, Apr 16, 2009

After the stampede at the Naina Devi shrine, yatra resumes on Monday. ...

09:19 AM, Aug 04, 2008

The crowd had gathered on the second day of the Sharavan Ashtami festival. ...

08:41 PM, Aug 03, 2008

The incident occurred at Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur. ...

03:50 PM, Aug 03, 2008