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RAIPUR: In a quiet classroom in Bijapur, far removed from the dense forests that once defined their lives, 85 surrendered Maoists sat down this week to write an exam, most of them for the first time in their lives. For years, these men and women had lived in the shadows of insurgency, cut off from…
An Indian Air Force wing commander posted in Raipur and associated with anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh died by suicide at his residence on Wednesday morning. The officer was identified as Vipul Yadav (39). RAIPUR: An Indian Air Force wing commander posted in Raipur and associated with anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh died by suicide at his…
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,…
Battling cancer for 8 yrs, man defies odds to crack UPSC RAIPUR: A battle with cancer delayed the civil services dream of 37-year-old Sanjay Dahariya, son of a farmer from Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh, for almost a decade. But he overcame the physical trauma and the mental agony, and scripted a success story on both…
RAIPUR: A forest guard attached to the Devnagar beat of Surajpur forest division was allegedly manhandled and forced to dance by a group of local youths. The incident, which came to light after video clips surfaced on social media, has raised concerns over rising vigilantism in the region. The footage shows the group forcing the…
RAIPUR: A puff of cigarette nearly turned into a fireball at Chhattisgarh’s Raipur petrol pump after a youth allegedly set a fuel nozzle ablaze using a lighter when asked not to smoke, that triggered flames on a motorcycle and pump. Amid panic, the pump staff averted a major disaster and doused it with a fire…
RAIPUR: A 57-year-old rape accused, who was out on bail, allegedly stabbed the complainant to death at an anganwadi centre in Balod district where she worked, on Friday, and later died by suicide on the spot.According to police, a few children were having meal inside a room when he reached the anganwadi centre. He asked…
AI Image Used For Representative Image RAIPUR: In a disturbing incident coming on the heels of the horrific triple suicide of Ghaziabad siblings, after their parents objected to their fixation with gaming and took away their smartphones, a 27-year-old YouTuber allegedly slit her father’s throat while he was asleep, after he voiced his misgivings over…
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….
‘Naxalism will be completely eradicated by March 31’: Amit Shah after Raipur security review NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Centre’s strategy against Left-Wing Extremism has started delivering clear results and asserted that Naxalism will be fully eradicated before March 31. He made the remarks after chairing a high-level security…
