Raipur: Chhattisgarh government has decided to run a monorail in Raipur to reduce traffic congestion and increase share of public transport in the urban transport network. "The state government has planned a comprehensive network of monorail at Raipur which mostly has narrow roads and requires a quick solution for its mounting traffic problems," an official in Raipur said on Thursday.
"In this connection, Chief Secretary Sunil Kumar chaired a meeting on Wednesday at New Mantralaya here," he said. According to the official, a monorail is best suited to solve the city's growing traffic woes and its routes will be finalised very soon and a committee headed by the secretary to Chief Minister Raman Singh will initiate steps.
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12:50 AM, May 17, 2013
Hamirpur: Uttar Pradesh's poor law and order situation was once against highlighted when a former students' union leader and one more person was allegedly killed by the mining mafia. Former students' union leader Raman Singh had been protesting against illegal mining in Morang. He was allegedly cornered by the mining mafia in Hamirpur late on Sunday night and shot dead. One more person was shot dead along with Singh. But...
06:53 PM, May 13, 2013
Raipur: Attacking the BJP government in Chhattisgarh, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the time has come for people to vote out two-time Chief Minister Raman Singh accusing him of spending public money for his administration's publicity. "Under BJP rule, natural resources were being openly looted. Chhattisgarh government had also come under the scanner over coal and iron ore block allotments," he said. "Statewide corruption is being witnessed...
01:07 AM, May 08, 2013
Raipur: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Monday flagged off Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's state-wide 'Vikas Yatra' which will cover over 6,000 km and conclude on June 20. Advani flagged off the campaign this afternoon from Dantewada district in Bastar region after offering prayers at the famous Danteshwari temple, official sources said in Raipur. The CM's mass contact programme comes just six months ahead of the Assembly elections. Speaking...
01:25 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Keeping an eye on the Assembly elections later in 2013, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh will begin his 2,700 km long 'Vikas Yatra' on Monday. Senior BJP leader LK Advani will flag off the campaign from Dantewada district in Bastar. The blueprint for the six-phased yatra was drafted and approved at a key meeting at state BJP headquarters in Raipur on May 1. It was attended by senior...
07:37 AM, May 06, 2013
Raipur: Appreciating the ongoing development work in the state, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that a new India was taking shape in the newly-formed Chhattisgarh and the Centre would extend all "possible support" on renewable energy projects. "A new India is taking shape in the newly-formed state," Abdullah said while inaugurating the 1 MW solar plant at the new Mantralaya building in Raipur....
02:10 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Raipur: Keeping a hawk-eye on pulling off the BJP's third consecutive victory in the assembly polls later in 2013, Chief Minister Raman Singh will roll out his 2,700 km long Vikas Yatra May 6, 2013. The blueprint for the six-phased yatra was drafted and approved at a key meeting at state BJP headquarters in Raipur on Wednesday. It was attended by senior party leaders, including state president Ram Sewak Paikra...
02:33 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Breaking down repeatedly while addressing the media, Sanjay Dutt said he isn't seeking pardon and will surrender within the stipulated deadline. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 28, 2013
An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls are being sexually abused in government-run homes and schools in Chhattisgarh. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Last week, the government passed the much awaited Anti-rape Bill. The Bill promises to tackle sexual crime. But will it really make a difference, especially in the remote corners of this country. An IBN7 investigation exposed how young tribal girls are being sexually abused in government-run homes and schools in Chhattisgarh. ...
09:41 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, slamming the central government's decision to lower the age of consensual sex to 16 years saying that it is felt by many that the decision is solely based on culture prevalent in metro cities. ...
03:20 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said Chhattisgarh had become the first Indian state in country to have a legislation on right to food for its citizens while a similar bill was pending before the Congress-led UPA central government for a long time. ...
03:18 AM, Feb 26, 2013
None of the nine companies who have been allotted ten coal blocks by the Centre in Chhattisgarh in the last five years could start production, Chief Minister Raman Singh told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. ...
12:46 AM, Feb 20, 2013
In the wake of the state-wide protests over the Kanker rape case, Raman Singh-led BJP government has decided to send a proposal to the Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court to set up fast-track courts in all the districts for speedy disposal of rape cases. ...
03:55 PM, Jan 20, 2013
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday opposed implementation of cash subsidy transfer under Public Distribution System (PDS), saying it was vulnerable to "misuse". In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said any changes in the proposed system should only be done with the state governments' consent. "There are lots of problems in implementation of cash subsidy transfer under PDS. In my view, fair price shops...
04:29 AM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday stepped into controversy after saying that good-looking girls and mobile phones were primary reasons for road accidents. "If you have a good motorcycle, good mobile and a beautiful girlfriend, accidents are bound to happen," he told media. The BJP leader is not the first one to make such a controversial remark. In India, it is the order of the day, especially...
10:31 PM, Nov 10, 2012
Raipur: An office-bearer of Chhattisgarh Youth Congress has alleged the local police had beaten him up for asking a question to Chief Minister Raman Singh at a farmers' meeting held in Raipur on October 7. Youth Congress general secretary for Raipur Lok Sabha constituency Anwar Hussain (30) charged he was bashed up by the police for putting a question to the Chief Minister after the farmers' meeting held in Raipur,...
11:51 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: In the traditional working of a political world, power flows outwards from the centre, but it appears to be quite the opposite in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with the script for change in the next general elections being written by influential regional satraps. It's not just Gujarat's Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Madhya Pradesh's Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Chhattisgarh's Raman Singh have also emerged as mass leaders capable...
10:25 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh has said that the allocation was made by the Centre without state recommendation. ...
07:57 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Raipur: The main opposition Congress on Friday filed a criminal petition in the sessions court here against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and two others, accusing them of corruption, in connection with regularisation of land in the possession of Bharat Aluminium Compnay Ltd. Former minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel filed the petition, seeking investigation against the Chief Minister, the then Chief Secretary P Ummen and BALCO CEO Gunjan Gupta....
12:23 AM, Jul 21, 2012
