Chattisgarh
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Govt to honour policemen killed by Naxals with gallantry award
National | Apr 13, 2015, 04:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government has decided to confer gallantry awards on the security personnel who sacrificed their lives in the recent Naxal attacks in Chhattisgarh and said it would also extend benefits to their kin."We have
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Seven cops killed, 12 injured in naxal attack in Chhattisgarh
India | Apr 12, 2015, 11:36 AM ISTRaipur: Seven policemen were today killed and a dozen injured when Naxals ambushed them, triggering a gunbattle in the dense jungles of Maoist hotbed of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.The two-hour gunbattle took place in the
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Government to take stern action against Naxalites: Rajnath
National | Apr 11, 2015, 11:20 PM ISTGhaziabad: The Centre will take stringent action against the Naxalites who killed seven policemen in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.The Home minister told media persons that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister
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Sonia concerned over continuing Maoist attacks in Chattisgarh
National | Apr 11, 2015, 08:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed grave concern over continuing Naxal attacks in Chhatisgarh in the wake of killing of seven policemen in a fresh incident in Sukma district.Extending her condolences to the
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Yogendra Yadav to meet AAP volunteers in Chattisgarh, Lucknow
National | Apr 06, 2015, 07:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Ahead of a crucial convention of rebel AAP leaders next week, dissident Yogendra Yadav is pulling out all the stops and holding meetings in Chandigarh and Lucknow to muster support among the volunteers
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Surajkund mela: Two artists who made it big!
India | Feb 14, 2015, 06:15 PM ISTSurajkund Mela, undoubtedly, is a place of talented craftsmen who come from across the nation to showcase their scared art form.This year's craft mela too has attracted various artists who have received State Award and
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Swine Flu alert sounded in hospitals across Chattisgarh
India | Feb 05, 2015, 02:39 PM ISTRaipur: In the wake of increasing Swine Flu cases in Chhattisgarh, the health department has issued an alert to all medical colleges and hospitals across the state to take measures to prevent the spread of
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No central programme as popular as MNREGA: Many states
India | Feb 02, 2015, 08:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: There is no central programme as popular as MNREGA; this was some state governments' message to the Centre as they conveyed their displeasure over the fund crunch for the scheme.On the occasion of
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Republic Day celebrated in Bastar; no response to Naxal boycott
India | Jan 26, 2015, 05:03 PM ISTRaipur: Amid tight security, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh today unfurled the national flag in Naxal-hit Bastar district where a boycott call by the rebels for the Republic Day celebrations failed to evoke response.Tight security
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Modi condemns attack on CRPF troopers
National | Dec 02, 2014, 07:44 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday condemned the attack on CRPF troopers in Chattisgarh's Sukma, that left 13 personnel dead.“Words are not enough to condemn the brutal and inhuman attack by anti-national elements in
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Another botched surgery case kills one; several hospitalized
India | Nov 12, 2014, 10:22 PM ISTRaipur/Bilaspur: In yet another case of botched sterilisation surgery in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, a woman died and several others were hospitalised after undergoing tubectomies at government-organised sterilisation camps in the Pendra block, a senior district
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Senior CAF officer suspended after Naxals kill a jawan
India | Oct 18, 2014, 09:33 PM ISTRaipur: A senior officer was suspended for not taking standard security measures, after a jawan of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force was killed by Naxals in the state's insurgency-hit Sukma district today. Constable Shivkumar Sidar was
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3 CRPF personnel injured in landmine blast
India | Sep 15, 2014, 06:04 PM ISTRaipur: An assistant commandant of CRPF and two other personnel were today injured in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 168th battalion's assistant commandant Madhukumar, and inspectors T
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CRPF jawan kills self by shooting in Chattisgarh
India | Sep 14, 2014, 10:44 PM ISTRaipur: A CRPF jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district today, police said.The constable Hari Narayan Dwivedi (29) belonging to 168th battalion of Central Reserve Police
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Chhattisgarh's new strategies fructify as 200 naxals surrender
India | Sep 12, 2014, 04:01 PM ISTRaipur: Redefining of strategies by Chhattisgarh Police to tackle Maoist menace in Bastar restive region with a focus on curtailing key Naxal sub-fronts and 'janmilitia' cadres seems to have fructified with nearly 200 rebels laying
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Chhattisgarh to extend Rs 10 crore relief to flood-hit J&K
India | Sep 11, 2014, 05:41 PM ISTRaipur: Chhattisgarh Government has announced an assistance of Rs 10 crore for the flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir.The aid will be released both in terms of cash and commodities after having discussions with the
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Naidu to meet CMs of Odisha, Chhattisgarh on Polavaram project
India | Sep 11, 2014, 04:51 PM ISTHyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will visit Chhattisgarh and Odisha next week to discuss issues related to multi-purpose Polavaram irrigation project with his counterparts in the two states."The Chief Minister will discuss
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Woman among four Naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh
India | Aug 30, 2014, 10:10 PM ISTRaipur: Four Naxals, including a woman, surrendered before security forces in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, police said today.Siyabatti alias Mankay (25), Bandu alias Karu (22), Chaitu Ram (25) and Sugdu (24) surrendered at a BSF
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Chattisgarh: About 700 kg of explosives seized in Bastar
India | Aug 28, 2014, 11:14 PM ISTRaipur: Around 700 kg of explosives—gelatin sticks and ammonium nitrate powder—were seized from a pick-up van by police in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar district today.Driver Asgar Khan (42) and his assistant Jagarnath (21) were arrested in
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No idol of Shirdi Saibaba will be removed, say Sai devotees
India | Aug 27, 2014, 11:52 PM ISTIndore: No idol of Shirdi Saibaba will be removed from any temple in the city, an association of Saibaba devotees said here today.“The diktat of Dharam Sansad to remove 19th century saint Sai Baba's idols