Surguja (Chhattisgarh), May 25 (IANS) A video showing a woman carrying her 90-year-old mother-in-law on her back in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district has gone viral on social media, drawing widespread attention and criticism over the difficulties faced by elderly pensioners in accessing welfare benefits. The woman, identified as Sukhmaniya, said on Monday that she was forced to carry her elderly mother-in-law for nearly three kilometres in extreme heat after bank officials allegedly insisted tha…
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Raipur, May 16 (IANS) The Government of Chhattisgarh has officially appointed Senior Indian Police Service officer Arun Dev Gautam as the full-time Director General of Police for the state. According to an official order issued by the Home Department from the Mahanadi Bhawan in Nava Raipur, this appointment comes following the recommendations of a panel constituted by the Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.Arun Dev Gautam, a highly regarded officer belonging to the 1992 batch of the Indi…
Surguja (Chhattisgarh), March 6 (IANS) A 21-year-old woman farmer from Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district has set an example by adopting modern farming practices and shifting to flower cultivation, earning lakhs of rupees annually.Ratna Majumdar, a resident of Digma village in Surguja, decided to move away from traditional farming after her marriage and explore new opportunities in agriculture. She joined a women’s self-help group under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and took a loan…