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On Labour Day, a look at the daily struggles of the people silently bolstering the Indian economy
Sanket Jain •Over a period of three-and-a-half-years, journalist Sanket Jain has captured the lives of migrant labourers, potters, broom-makers, agricultural labourers, stone-workers, among others in a series of photographs. These images, from at least 10 different villages, look at their back-breaking occupations and capture some of the lighter moments in their lives.
FIR against landlord in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur for telling nurse to vacate home over fear of coronavirus
•A case was registered against a Congress corporator in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur for allegedly asking his tenant, a nurse, to vacate the house fearing that she could become a carrier of coronavirus
Chhattisgarh govt begins survey to rehabilitate and resettle 5,000 tribal families who fled Maoist-affected Bastar in 2005
Yatishyadav •The minutes of the meeting reviewed by Firstpost revealed that the Chhattisgarh representative assured that the state government will ensure those willing to return have forest rights as well as houses, drinking water facilities, hospitals and other amenities.
Naxals fly drones over CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh's Bastar for first time; shoot-on-sight orders issued to security forces
•Shoot-on-sight orders have been issued to security forces deployed across Left-Wing Extremism affected states after a 'serious and new' threat of possession and operation of drones by Maoist cadres came to light recently
‘Not averse to inter-faith, inter-caste marriages’, Supreme Court says while hearing case against Hindu-Muslim couple
•The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it was 'not averse to inter-faith and inter-caste marriages' after the father of a woman who married a Muslim man moved it against the Chhattisgarh High Court order which had allowed the couple to live together
Banned Maoist outfit’s Bastar division calls for struggle against State, fight for identity of adivasis on World Tribal Day
Debobrat Ghose •On the occasion of the Vishwa Adivasi Diwas (World Tribal Day) on Friday, the Maoist cadre in Chhattisgarh asked the tribals to observe it as a ‘day of struggle to protect the rights and identity of tribals’
Lok Sabha Election results 2019: Dipak Baij, one of four Chhattisgarh Congress MLAs fielded in polls, wins from Bastar
•The Congress strategy of fielding four MLAs, elected just six months ago, in the Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh failed to pay off with only one of them emerging victorious
Hardcore Naxal with five lakh bounty on head gunned down in encounter with police in Chattisgarh's Sukma
•A hardcore Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, was gunned down in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
Three Naxals, including one woman surrender in Chhattisgarh, cite disappointment with 'hollow' Maoist ideology
•Three naxals, including a woman, all carrying cash rewards on their heads, surrendered in Kondagaon district in Chhattisgarh today
PM Modi to open first wellness centre under Ayushman Bharat Scheme in Chhatisgarh's Bijapur on 14 April
•Narendra Modi will open the first health centre under Ayushman Bharat Scheme on in Bijapur district in Chhatisgarh on 14 April.