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In a heart-wrenching event, 19-year-old medical hopeful Ankit Shekhar took his own life in Sasaram, reportedly in the grips of clinical depression. His death is the second student suicide in the area within just a day, alarming locals and families alike.

Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday downgraded security cover of BJP vice-president and former chief minister Raman Singh and his family members.

Chhattisgarh chief minister and senior BJP leader Raman Singh will address four public meetings in western and southern Odisha on Monday.

Raman Singh took a jibe at the number of opposition leaders seeking to oust the BJP and said from SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and Congress president Gandhi, everybody wanted to be the prime minister. "Narendra Modi is one prime minister from the BJP while there are six PMs from there (the opposition)," he said.

Congress has slammed the BJP-led government in Chhattisgarh and demanded sacking of chief minister Raman Singh over the death of young women after a botched sterilisation procedure at a state-run camp which the party termed as ‘sarkari maut’.

BJP vice-president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister, Raman Singh, extended best wishes to veteran tribal leader Nand Kumar Sai on behalf of the party after Sai quit the BJP and joined the Congress ahead of the state assembly polls.

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh's personal assistant, O P Gupta, has been arrested under POCSO Act for allegedly sexually exploiting a minor girl for nearly two years.

As a serious policy feud, sparked by Digvijay Singh's public criticism of Union home minister P Chidambaram, rages, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has taken up the cudgels against the former.

A day after Maoists released Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Friday said no hardcore insurgents would be released and rubbished suggestions of a clandestine deal.

Ruling out the role of the Army in fighting Naxalite violence in the state, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Tuesday admitted security lapses that led to the killing of key Congress leaders last weekend.

RAIPUR: Raman Singh was on Friday elected leader of the BJP legislature party in Chhattisgarh.

RAIPUR: The chief minister-elect of Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh, on Saturday virtually took command of the state administration when he held a meeting with the chief secretary, inspector-general of police and other officials at the VIP guest house here.

With an aim to financially empower representatives of local bodies in order to enable to carry out development activities in their respective area, Samajwadi Party national general secretary and Allahabad MP, Reoti Raman Singh has sanctioned a sum of Rs 5 lakh from MP Local Area Development fund to some corporators in different municipal wards of the city.

The quashing of summons issued to Samajwadi Party(SP) national general secretary and Allahabad MP, Reoti Raman Singh in cash for vote scam has been hailed by party leaders and members of SP minority cell on Friday.

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Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh's personal assistant, O P Gupta, has been arrested under POCSO Act for allegedly sexually exploiting a minor girl for nearly two years.

Former CM Raman Singh advises administrative officers not to sign pending files on backdate due to government formation in Chhattisgarh. Singh received information that officials were signing files on backdate, which is inappropriate. He urges the future CM to investigate the matter. No new decisions or orders can be made until the government is formed. Singh warns officers to work for Chhattisgarh's welfare instead of one person. Senior BJP leader Brijmohan Agrawal cautions about anti-encroachment drives and promises law and order. Rajesh Munat plans to convert a skywalk into a Congress memorial.

The Delhi high Court on Monday stayed a trial court order issuing summons to Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh to appear as an accused in 2008 cash-for-vote scam case.

In an embarrassment to the Raman Singh government, just ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, Chhattisgarh chief secretary Sunil Kumar, has volunteered to present himself for an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), after a complaint was lodged with the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), alleging corruption and irregularities in purchases by the school education department.

Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday performed bhumi-poojan of 130 development projects worth Rs 69 crore and released schemes worth Rs 18 crore at a function held at Supela Bus Stand in Bhilai here on Friday evening.

The day is not far when Chhattisgarh will become "Naxal-free", thanks to the joint efforts of state government and Centre in wiping out the Maoist menace, chief minister Raman Singh said on Sunday.

The two tribal dominated regions - Bastar and Surguja - will witness ample development in coming days, Raman Singh asserted.

Chief minister Raman Singh, laid the foundation stone for 50-seats of medical college, with a 300-bed hospital, in his home constituency, Rajnandgaon.

Before the state cabinet met on Tuesday, chief minister Raman Singh had a talk both with chief secretary Sunil Kumar and additional chief secretary D S Mishra.