Raipur: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in connection with a large-scale misappropriation of tendu leaves bonus funds in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, officials said. Deputy Director of Prosecution Mithilesh Verma confirmed the arrest, identifying the officer as Ashok Kumar Patel, who was the … Read more
Bhopal: The Chhattisgarh government has made a significant amendment to the century-old Adoption Act, replacing the term ‘adopted son’ with ‘adopted child’ in all legal documents. This is being seen as a major step toward gender equality and social reform. State Finance Minister OP Choudhary said, “In the 1908 Act, only the term ‘son’ was … Read more
New Delhi: Unnatural sex between a man and his adult wife does not merit punishment, the Chhattisgarh High Court said in a recent judgment. The case involves a man whose wife died in hospital after unnatural sex. The doctor said she has peritonitis and rectal perforation. Marital rape is not punishable by law in India. … Read more
The forces’ supplies ran low and they were hungry and thirsty, but they didn’t let that affect their morale and went on to kill 16 Maoists, including a senior leader carrying a Rs 1-crore bounty, in Kulhadighat in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district earlier this week. Speaking exclusively to NDTV on Thursday, Raipur Inspector General of Police … Read more