India’s one of the oldest and leading national newspapers, The Pioneer, will organise a symposium — ‘Rising Chhattisgarh’, on Saturday in Raipur to mark the second anniversary of its Chhattisgarh edition.
The anniversary celebration will begin at 6.30 pm at hotel Babylon Inn in presence of a class gathering of Chhattisgarh’s intellectuals, people’s representatives, top bureaucrats and academia.State’s Chief Minister Raman Singh will be the chief guest of the function. Singh who is heading the BJP Government in the mineral-rich State since December 2003, will brief the audience in detail about the growth story of Chhattisgarh.
The Editor-in-Chief of The Pioneer and Rajya Sabha member Dr Chandan Mitra will address the gathering.Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal will also grace the occasion and will share his views on ‘Rising Chhattisgarh’.Notably, The Pioneer has completed two-years-long journey in Chhattisgarh after it was launched in the State in the year 2012 by Former Deputy Prime Minister lK Advani.