Priyanka Shukla

‘Hamar labs’ are being established by the National Health Mission to strengthen health facilities in the state by providing various disgnostic tests at affordable rates in district hospitals and community health centres. Director of National Health Mission Dr. Priyanka Shukla said, the number of tests in these labs has been gradually increasing and with the success of such labs it has been decided that it will be opened in other districts including Durg, Balod, Baloda-Bazar, Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar, Sukma, Bijapur, and Balrampur.

One day after the death of pharmacy student Priyanka Shukla, a condolence ceremony was held by the students and teachers of the Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University at the Institute of Pharmacy on Friday.

A 12-year-old tribal girl was gangraped by three men in Jabalpur district after one of them promised to give her a lift to her relative's home on Sunday night. The three accused have been arrested. Bargi CSP Priyanka Shukla said the girl knew one of the accused for around a month, and he lives in the same village as her maternal aunt.

Covid vaccination drive for children in the 12-14 age group will begin in Chhattisgarh from Wednesday. The state government has set a target to inoculate 13.21 lakh children in this age group. For this, eligible beneficiaries can register themselves on the CoWin app.

Elated over its massive victory in Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)is all set to launch a campaign to gear up for the next year’s assembly elections in Chhattisgarh by organizing a ‘Vijay yatra’ in the state capital on Monday.

Amid increasing human-elephant conflict in North Chhattisgarh, a workshop on ways to tackle elephant menace organised at Jashpur town suggested organising Gajmitra symposiums to create awareness among people.

Precautionary dose has been started in private immunisation centres of Chhattisgarh among the age group of 18 to 59. The health department gave training to the paramedical staff of private immunisation centres regarding vaccination through webinars. State nodal covid vaccination officer Dr.

In Chhattisgarh, 99% in the above 15 years of age are inoculated with the first dose and 83 % of the population have received double dose vaccines of corona vaccine.As per state health officials, rapid vaccination of people is being done in the state to prevent corona infection.

Days after a school principal was suspended for sexual harassment of girls in Kanker district of Bastar division, the collector has initiated a massive drive in all residential hostels, kanya ashram shalas for inspection, ensuring security, self-defence training and health concerns of girls.

TOI, Jashpur collector Priyanka Shukla said, " Around 400 panchayats in the district are ready to be declared ODF but convincing the villagers to make a permanent change in their habits is a challenge.

In first of its kind, Chhattisgarh government has come up with a unique initiative of setting-up a bakery unit for survivors of human trafficking, as its pilot project under flagship of ‘Beti Zindabad’ campaign in Jashpur.

Adopting innovative methods for awareness campaign, tribal Jashpur district in North Chhattisgarh today kicked off a month long “Swachh Bandan Divas” rallies under which women will demand construction of toilets as their “Raksha Bandhan” gift form their brothers on the festival on August 18.

In a bizarre case of a ‘proxy prisoner’ in Jabalpur, a 45-year-old who is out on bail after spending 84 days in prison has alleged that he was jailed in the name of a 70-year-old man in a case of fraud.

In an unusual case, three persons who were serving five-year jail-term after being convicted were found to be proxies for the actual convicts who were roaming freely. After learning about the issue, Jabalpur cops registered fresh cases against the accused.

To spread voter awareness among residents of Maoist-hit Jashpur district, a campaign - Jash-Pran - was organized on Monday.

Before taking to farming, Umesh from Ankarikona village was unemployed.With no source of permanent earning, he temporarily worked as a labourer in nearby Sanna village, which is popular for green chilli cultivation.

In an unusual case, three persons who were serving five-year jail-term after being convicted were found to be proxies for the actual convicts who were roaming freely. After learning about the issue, Jabalpur cops registered fresh cases against the accused.

In a state-level post Covid follow-up camp around 107 people were screened in Raipur District Hospital on World Health Day.

Divers were called, and two powerful pumps drained over 41 lakh litres of water for three days to recover the phone from the dam. Now, the food inspector has been suspended or water wastage in the peak of summer season and other officers are facing departmental inquiry.

Cooking may be far removed from rocket science.The two diverse fields that are largely dependent on fuel and energy can also make use of extreme low temperatures.

Amid Raipur recording 13 positive cases of Covid 19 that includes two children, Chhattisgarh’s Covid-19 logged 69 new cases with two deaths due to infection recorded. There was no fresh Covid case recorded in 19 districts of state while the total number of active cases were 393.

Kanker District administration has come up with novel ideas of combining voters awareness for not only 100 % voting but also due sensitisation of electors towards clean and green environment and climate sensitive ecologically sustainable practices during the first phase polling scheduled on November 7, said Kanker collector Priyanka Shukla.

AHMEDABAD: In all, 147 complaints of cheating and fraud have been filed against Platinum India Associate, an immigration firm.

In the current financial year, a total of 2110 cases of leprosy have been found out of 2.20 crore people in Chhattisgarh following investigation.