koriya district

A wild elephant was found dead at a forest in Chhattisgarhs Surajpur district on Sunday, an official said. The carcass of the tusker was spotted in the morning in Pratappur forest range under Surajpur forest division, state additional principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) Arun Kumar Pandey told .

After 77 years of independence, three remote villages in Chhattisgarh's koriya district have been electrified for the first time. Despite electric poles being installed over 20 years ago, proper supply was achieved only recently through community efforts and government schemes. Villagers now have electric lamps, fans, and hope for a better future.

A 17-year-old raped a five-year-old girl, threw her into a well to drown her, and strangled her six-year-old cousin in Chhattisgarh's koriya district because they would have identified him.

A senior official of SC & ST development department has been suspended for allegedly misleading government in the case of a minor tribal girl's pregnancy and subsequent delivery at a state-run hostel in Chhattisgarh's koriya district.

An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude hit parts of koriya district in Chhattisgarh on Monday morning. There were no reports of any damage to property or person. The epicentre of the earthquake was from Baikunthpur, about 17 kilometers from Koriya.

Chhattisgarh police on Wednesday served a non-bailable warrant issued by a court in koriya district at the office of Madhya Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (water resources) R S Julaniya here.

Four people, including three women, were killed as soil caved in on them while they were digging it in koriya district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, an official said.

In yet another accident due to selfie-craze, a youth in koriya district received serious burn injuries after coming in contact with live-wire.The youth was trying to click a selfie from the top of railway overbridge.

In a first, women from tribal areas of koriya district of Chhattisgarh have been recruited for meter reading and spot billing since last month. Rural women are being trained in spot billing as a part of efforts to improve the electricity billing system.

Reports of a tribal minor girl who got pregnant and delivered a baby who died later at government residential school of koriya district in Sarguja division surfaced on Wednesday, after probe was ordered by collector.

Kabaddi player Roop Singh hailing from Udhnapur village of koriya district has become the first Kabaddi player from the district to be selected for Khelo India Youth Games 2020, which are going to be held in Guwahati in Assam from January 9.

Two newly-married couples of the same family drowned in Baganaccha waterfall in koriya district of north Chhattisgarh on Monday evening.

Fresh pugmarks and camera trap images confirm a tigress with two cubs has established a nursery in Chhattisgarh's Temri forests. This development, alongside sightings of two adult male tigers, indicates the area is becoming a thriving big cat zone, with villagers now exercising caution.

Korba police lodged FIR against a baiga (self-proclaimed healer) and detained him on Friday, two months after he stabbed a mentally-challenged woman in koriya district with hot iron rod on pretext of exorcising spirits.