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  Acid-like substance rubbed on tribal activist Soni Sori's face in Chhattisgarh

  India | February 21, 2016 9:52 IST

  Raipur:  Three unidentified men allegedly hurled acid like chemical tonight on tribal activist and Aam Adami Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada district, police said.The incident took place near Jawanga village under

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  Bastar: AAP candidate Soni Sori fails to hold sway over voters

  Politics | May 23, 2014 12:15 IST

  Raipur: Contrary to expectations of a triangular contest in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bastar Lok Sabha seat during the just-concluded elections, it turned out to be a confrontation only between BJP and Congress as AAP nominee Soni

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  Polling sluggish in Bastar's Maoist dominated areas

  Politics | April 10, 2014 11:54 IST

  Jagdalpur: Voting was sluggish in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency's Maoist-dominated forested areas, but the urban centres reported brisk polling. Balloting was peaceful.A Chhattisgarh election commission official said that till 10 a.m., 18-20 percent votes had

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  Bastar to vote in shadow of terror

  Politics | April 09, 2014 13:19 IST

  Jagdalpur: Over 1.29 million voters of Chhattisgarh's Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, one of India's worst insurgency-hit regions, are set to exercise their franchise Thursday in the shadow of terror and guerrillas' poll boycott.Eight candidates are

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  Atrocities on tribals by Congress, BJP gov led to rise in Maoism

  Politics | April 07, 2014 12:04 IST

  Raipur: Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Prashant Bhushan today held atrocities on tribals during the rule of both Congress and BJP governments responsible for the rise in Maoism in Chhattisgarh.“The parties looted natural resources of

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  Read the sixth list of AAP candidates, Shazia Ilmi from Ghaziabad, Soni Sori from Bastar

  Politics | March 15, 2014 20:02 IST

  New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party today released its sixth  list of 55 candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, taking its tally of candidates to 242. AAP leader Shazia Ilmi, who had declined to

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  Atrocities in jails forced me to join politics: Soni Sori, the AAP leader

  Politics | April 17, 2014 7:11 IST

  New Delhi: She never thought of joining politics. But 38-year-old Soni Sori, brutally tortured by police in Chhattisgarh for her alleged links with Maoists, has joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in her desperate bid