A gate of the Bilaspur reservoir gave way with a loud blast late Friday night, sending thousands of cusecs of water gushing out like a runaway river within minutes. People in Bhupdevpur village woke to the sound of the blast.
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya underscored the significance of the Games in strengthening India’s talent pipeline from tribal regions.
The probe found that the MEMU train with eight coaches had left platform number 2 of the Gevra station at 3:48 pm for the Bilaspur station on the “UP” line. The train then overshot the red signal and collided with the stationary goods train at the next red signal at 3:50 pm.
The accident occurred when the Korba Passenger Train rammed into a stationary goods train near Lal Khadan station on the busy Bilaspur-Katni rail line.
"Train No: 68733 (Gevara Road–Bilaspur) MEMU Local got dashed with a goods train on the Up/line between Gatora–Bilaspur at about 16:00 hours," the Railways said.
Search operations are ongoing in Himachal Pradesh after a landslide struck a private bus in the Balughat area of the Jhandutta assembly segment, Bilaspur, on Tuesday evening, killing 15 people.
A special NIA court in Bilaspur on Saturday granted conditional bail to two Catholic nuns and a tribal youth arrested in a high-profile case of alleged religious conversion and human trafficking.
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday virtually dedicated eight major developmental projects to the people of the Bilaspur district from New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a ₹33,700-crore development package in Chhattisgarh, presenting a vision for the economic transformation in the tribal-dominated state while sharply criticizing the Congress over corruption and policy failures.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Chhattisgarh on March 30 to inaugurate development projects worth ₹33,700 crore and address a massive public rally in Bilaspur.
