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It was raining heavily when I had set out to venture into the deep,dense,difficult-to-penetrate remote village of @SukmaDist. Unsure of what lies ahead on that muddy stretch, I wondered about life of kids in Bastar. @TimesSpecialTOI https://t.co/pyekdZrz1p
Union home minister @AmitShah visits #Chhattisgarh first time after Mar 31, 2026 deadline, to eliminated #Maoists. He’s scheduled to attend a series of events in #Raipur and #Bastar before chairing Central Zonal Council Committee meeting on May 19.
Before the monsoon arrive, @BalodaBazarDist#forest villages are already living the spirit of #CatchTheRain. Digging trenches & check dams, people are working under the summer sun to save every possible drop of rainwater by creating 1.25 lakh water conservation structures.
Ajay Gupta, son of a tendu leaf collector from @RaigarhDist#Chhattisgarh, has secured an All India Rank of 91 in the Indian Forest Service (#IFS), scripting a journey from forest floors to the frontline of conservation.
A @toi report.
When headlines matter, everything else blurs.
Shot at a bustling Indian railway station, this black-&-white frame captures a striking contrast between chaos and stillness; a signature of a photojournalist @RaghuRai’s visual storytelling. He passed away today.
Many #tribal kids of #Abujhmarh are the first generation in family to ever attend a school as education steps in @NarayanpurDist There’s no way to describe the twinkle in their little eyes when they saw books, pencils & school bags for the first time.
#Chhattisgarh#Bastar@toi
Grief is not uniquely human.
#Elephant Mother not able to comprehend death of her calf.
She keeps dragging body for some time, at times for days. They are so like us. Mourning, remembering, refusing to let go.
This we documented in nov 2024.
🐘 A 10-cm secret… hidden inside a wall for 4 years!!
What looked like a tiny broken #elephant tusk has just cracked open a wildlife crime trail in #Chhattisgarh . Found in a field in 2021, Passed quietly from one to another, Then… sealed inside a house wall. @elephantlovers
Could you believe these moving radiums are giant #elephants?
Just elephants glowing in the dark!
Captured through #AI thermal #drones,
Deep inside #Chhattisgarh’s forests,
Where the wild moves silently,
Even when the world sleeps.
#ChhattisgarhForests
#Chhattisgarh’s ‘Elephantine’ problem.
Atleast 181 #elephants died in since 2014. and 698 people lost their lives in incidents linked to human-elephant conflict.
@TimesSpecial @timesofindia
Kin of #Maoists in #Chhattisgarh’s #Bastar going on Air appealing them to shun violence & return home. @GovtOfIndia_ has set a deadline to eliminate LWE from the country by March31. Thousands cadres have been killed, surrendered or arrested in past two years.
1000s of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from #Chhattisgarh’s #Maoist hit dists living in Telangana & AP for 20yrs face the risk of losing their voting rights during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (#SIR ) of electoral rolls. @ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI