New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Despite regional differences, informal employment remains the predominant form of employment across all states, an SBI Research report said on Friday, highlighting the need for greater workforce formalisation and expansion of social security coverage.Female workers are 4.8 per cent more likely to be informal workers compared to male workers whereas construction sector workers are 4.5 per cent more likely to be engaged in informal employment relative to agricultural sector…
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Raipur, May 7 (IANS) Chhattisgarh is set to organise mass marriage ceremonies simultaneously across all districts under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana on Friday.This year’s ceremonies will witness more than 2,300 couples from diverse religions and communities — including Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and particularly vulnerable tribal groups — entering into wedlock according to their respective customs and traditions.Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai described the programme as a celeb…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG & CCI) on Thursday flagged off six awareness vans as part of the Census 2027 public outreach campaign in Delhi for the ongoing first phase of Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO), an official said. The Census awareness vans, flagged off from Janganana Bhawan in Delhi, will travel across Delhi NCT carrying messages on Census participation, Self-Enumeration (SE) facility, key features of Census 2027 and the imp…
Raipur, May 6 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday carried out a major administrative reshuffle, transferring senior IAS officers, principal secretaries and district collectors across the state.The move is aimed at strengthening governance and improving administrative efficiency under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai.According to the official order, Richa Sharma has been appointed Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development, while Manoj Kumar Pingua will…
Narainpur (Chhattisgarh), May 6 (IANS) West Bengal and Manipur secured themselves a spot each in the Swami Vivekananda U20 Men’s National Football Championship after the former drew with Odisha, while the latter defeated hosts Chhattisgarh at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday.Odisha drew with West Bengal 2-2, with Shankha Shekhar Hembram (28′) and Barial Tudu (73′) scoring for them, while Sahil Kar (60′) and Tanbir Dey (65′) struck for the latter.Ground 2…
Raipur/Surajpur, May 6 (IANS) Three persons were killed when a pickup van carrying them overturned in the Chandni Biharpur region of Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh. The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday near the Umzhar valley in the Moharsop outpost area when the pickup vehicle carrying people returning from a wedding-related ceremony lost control and overturned, police officials said.Two people died on the spot, while another injured person succumbed during treatment, raising…
Bhopal/Pithampur, May 5 (IANS) A tragic accident in the industrial city of Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh claimed the lives of three labourers early Tuesday morning, leaving the community in shock. The incident occurred when a support vehicle accompanying a boring machine ran over the workers as they slept beneath it. Reports indicate that the three men, exhausted after a long night of work, had chosen to rest under the parked vehicle, unaware of the danger that lay ahead. The support vehicle was s…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi’s long tenure at the centre of Congress politics has been defined by a string of electoral setbacks that now total 99 defeats nationwide, leaving him just one short of a century of losses. The infographic of his electoral record paints a stark picture of repeated rejections across states and years, underscoring the challenges faced by the Congress under his leadership.Over the last two decades, the Congress has navigated a difficult path, accumulating a total…
Raipur, May 3 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has intensified its probe into the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam, conducting simultaneous search operations across multiple locations in the state and seizing cash and valuables worth approximately Rs 5.39 crore, officials said.According to an official statement, the Raipur Zonal Office of the ED carried out searches on April 30 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, covering 13 premises across Raip…
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), May 2 (IANS) Three jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED), allegedly planted earlier by Maoists, detonated during a demining operation in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police officials said. The incident occurred after a security team was deployed in the border areas of Kanker and Narayanpur districts to carry out demining, area domination and search operations, officials said.According to the police,…