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Baghel Slams Govt For Delaying Mandavi’s Bijapur Visit RAIPUR: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday questioned the BJP govt’s claim that Maoist violence has come down and would be “wiped out by March”, after Bijapur police asked Congress MLA Vikram Mandavi to postpone his Feb 12 tour of interior villages citing security threats….
RAIPUR:“Dear sister Maase, who is now known as ‘Kranti’ in the Maoist outfit, you had left home as a teenager to join the (Maoists) ‘party’ and I have never seen you since then. I request you to lay down arms and come back home, we all worry for you,” these are the words of appeal…
Have you been to Chhattisgarh before? If not, here we give you reasons to plan a trip soon. Tucked away in the northern hills of Chhattisgarh, there is a small hill station, known as Mainpa, which feels strikingly different from the state’s largely forested and plateau landscapes. It lies around 55 km by road from…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to former excise minister and sitting Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma more than a year after he was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in a Chhattisgarh liquor scam related money laundering case.A bench, headed by CJI Surya Kant, released Lakhma on bail saying given the fact that prosecution…
RAIPUR: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five men, including a driver attached to Chhattisgarh police’s Dial-112 emergency response service, in Korba district. Police have arrested two of the accused, including the driver, while three others remain absconding. The involvement of a Dial-112 driver has caused a big embarrassment to the police force.According to…
RAIPUR: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five men, including a driver attached to the state police’s Dial-112 emergency response system, in Korba district of central Chhattisgarh. The driver and another accused have been arrested, police said Saturday, adding teams were searching for the remaining suspects. The alleged assault occurred late Jan 8 in…
RAIPUR: A class 4 half-yearly English examination at a govt school in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district stoked a major controversy here on Wednesday after a dog named ‘Ram’ appeared as one of the options for a multiple-choice question, with Right wing organisations holding a protest and raising questions over scrutiny of exam papers by the school…
Barse Deva was a close associate of Madvi Hidma, the rebel top gun killed in Andhra Pradesh recently. Over the past two years, over 518 Maoists were killed in encounters across the state, mainly in Bastar division.Bastar IG P Sundarraj the operation was launched following inputs about presence of armed cadres, and of the 14…
RAIPUR: At least 14 Maoists were killed in separate encounters with security forces in the southern regions of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma and Bijapur districts in Bastar on Saturday, as an anti-insurgency operation entered its final stages.Bodies of 14 Maoists were recovered during search operations launched in the southern areas of Bijapur and Sukma following specific intelligence…
RAIPUR: More than ten Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the southern region of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday. The encounter is still ongoing, and casualties may rise.Speaking to TOI, Sukma SP Kiran Chavan said the gunfight broke out during an anti-Maoist operation launched by District Reserve Guard (DRG) teams following…
