Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai of Chhattisgarh has launched the 'Single Window Portal 2.0' to bolster industrial ease and attract investments in the state's burgeoning industrial sector. Developed by the Department of Commerce and Industries, this initiative aims to streamline clearance processes and support entrepreneurs setting up industries in Chhattisgarh.

The gunfight broke out in the morning in the forest of Abhujmad, where a joint team of security personnel from four districts — Narayanpur, Kanker, Dantewada and Kondagaon — was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official in Raipur said.

Manjhi, popularly known as Vaidyaraj, also said he will discontinue his practice. The 72-year-old traditional medicine practitioner last month received Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour.

Polling is being held in Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Korba, Janjgir-Champa (reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates), Surguja (reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates) and Raigarh (ST) seats in the third phase.

Constable Mangal Mandavi, displaying remarkable courage, emerged with bite injuries on his leg after a close encounter with the wild animal. 

In a significant development in the ongoing battle against left-wing extremism, security forces have achieved a crucial victory in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur-Kanker Border area.

Posted video on X showing him walking out of polling booth gates.

The incident took place at a government school in Kudedadar village. No suicide note found, probe underway.

Addressing an election rally in Kanker town, around 150km away from the encounter site, four days ahead of the second round of Lok Sabha polls, Shah took on the Congress and asked party MP Rahul Gandhi to explain what four generations of his family have done for the poor in Chhattisgarh.

Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra decries the use of religion in politics.

Since 2014, security forces have been establishing camps in Maoist-dominated regions, with over 250 such installations set up post-2019, effectively eradicating security vacuums.

In the nearby villages, local tribals, most of them women, could be seen outside, but they were reluctant to speak about what they saw or heard during the encounter on Tuesday.