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RAIPUR: A powerful boiler explosion at the Vedanta Limited Chhattisgarh Thermal Power Plant in Sakti district on Tuesday afternoon left at least 10 workers dead and 23 others severely injured, many with critical burn injuries, in one of the state’s worst industrial accidents in recent years, triggering panic and a massive rescue operation.The blast occurred…
RAIPUR: A 48-year-old tribal woman was allegedly killed in a brutal superstition-linked attack in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district after being accused of practising witchcraft, with police arresting her husband, two women and another man–all tribals in the case.The incident took place in Gatti Mahua village in Sanna region. Police identified the victim as Goidi Bai, 48,…
RAIPUR: In one of the biggest recent mass surrenders in Bastar, 63 Maoists – 36 of them carrying cash rewards totalling Rs 1.2 crore – laid down arms before police and CRPF officers in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Friday under state govt’s ‘Puna Margeim’ rehabilitation scheme, reports Rashmi Drolia. Police said the surrender came months…
RAIPUR: A simmering villagers’ sit-in against a coal block project exploded into violence in Raigarh’s Tamnar region in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, leaving a police officer and several cops badly injured as protesters clashed with security forces, torched vehicles and forced authorities to deploy reserve units to contain the spiralling tension. The situation remained highly volatile…
