Chhatisgarh
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Pregnant woman, carrying dead foetus for 5 days, dies after hospitals deny treatment
India | Sep 21, 2016, 03:07 PM ISTIn a heart-wrenching incident, a pregnant woman carrying a foetus that died in her womb five days earlier, finally died of infection in Chhattisgarh's Korba district .
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Swachh Bharat: 11 village heads in Chhattisgarh threaten suicide over non-payment of dues
India | Sep 05, 2016, 01:07 PM ISTthe sarpanches of many villages in Chhattisgarh are facing debt traps and are being threatened from material suppliers and creditors.
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ACB raids in Chhattisgarh target 10 government officials
India | Apr 09, 2016, 08:47 PM ISTRaipur: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Saturday raided the homes and other places linked to 10 senior government officials in Chhattisgarh to look for ill-gotten wealth, sources said. The raids were conducted in Raipur, Bilaspur,
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7 CRPF men killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack, weapons looted
India | Mar 30, 2016, 07:36 PM ISTRaipur: Seven CRPF men were killed today and their weapons looted after Naxals carried out a deadly landmine blast on their vehicle in the jungles of the worst Naxal-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Officials
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Four women Naxals killed by security forces in Chhattisgarh
India | Nov 22, 2015, 11:13 AM ISTRaipur: At least four women Naxals were killed and a top Maoist leader injured in a gunbattle with security forces in insurgency-hit Sukma district today.The operation was conducted jointly by Special Task Force (STF), District
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National Tribal Festival 'Vanaj 2015'
India | Feb 18, 2015, 03:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has organized a week-long National Tribal Festival, ‘Vanaj 2015' that has a host of activities lined up to showcase the culture of tribal people from across the
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Suspected 'bomb' at Chhatisgarh MLA's house creates panic
India | Nov 07, 2013, 08:12 PM ISTRaipur: Amid the enhanced security for the visits by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the Naxal-affected Bastar region, a report of suspected bomb at a BJP MLA's house in
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India TV-CVoter survey: Hung assemblies in Delhi, Mizoram; BJP win in MP, Chhatisgarh, and Rajasthan
National | Nov 07, 2013, 09:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: India TV-CVoter opinion poll survey has projected hung assemblies in Delhi and Mizoram, while BJP is projected to retain power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with reduced majority and may storm back to
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Chhatisgarh: Maoists kill former member of Salwa Judum
India | Aug 10, 2013, 12:26 PM ISTRaipur, Aug 10: Naxals yesterday killed the sarpanch of Kunded village, who was a former member of anti-Maoist vigilant group Salwa Judum. in Sukma district of southern Chhattisgarh, police said.Uike Bodaru (47) was stabbed to
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Chhatisgarh to use CSR budgets to build students hostels in Naxal-hit areas
India | Aug 09, 2013, 09:26 AM ISTRaipur, Aug 9: Chhattisgarh government has planned to construct hostels for students in Naxal-affected areas through public-private-partnership (PPP) mode, using the Corporate Social Responsibility budgets of corporates.The hostels will be built using the Corporate Social
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Maoist attack: Kishenji's associate Pankaj alias Gaganna led the operation in Chhatisgarh
India | May 27, 2013, 09:54 PM ISTDantewada, Chhatisgarh, May 27: Pankaj alias Gaganna, the associate of late Maoist leader Kishenji, killed in an encounter in West Bengal, led Saturday's bloody Maoist attack on Congress leaders in Darbha Ghati, police sources here
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Maoists send threatening letter to Mahendra Karma's son asking him and his family to leave village
India | May 27, 2013, 09:45 PM ISTRaipur, May 27: Martyred Congress leader Mahendra Karma's son Chhavindra Karma today said, he has got a threatening letter from Maoists asking him and his family to leave their village immediately or face consequences. Chhavindra
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Nine killed in Maoist-police gunbattle in Chhatisgarh
India | May 18, 2013, 10:57 PM ISTRaipur, May 18: Eight villagers, including suspected Naxals and a securityman of elite Cobra battalion, were killed in a gun-battle between security forces and the ultras in Maoist-affected Bijapur district in southern Chhattisagrh."Eight villagers, including
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Maoists in Chhatisgarh fire 10 rounds at BSF helicopter
India | Apr 17, 2013, 09:33 PM ISTRaipur, Apr 17: Maoists on Wednesday fired 10rounds at a BSF helicopter, involved in lifting Greyhound commandos in the Basanguda jungles of south Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The Mi-17 helicopter suffered bullet shots in the cockpit
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Chhatisgarh amends law to check crimes against women
India | Mar 22, 2013, 09:01 AM ISTRaipur, Mar 22: The Chhattisgarh Assembly Thursday passed the Penal Code (Chhattisgarh Amendment) Bill 2013, seeking more stringent punishment for sexual crimes, including circulation of obscene MMS and SMS.While elaborating the provisions of the bill,
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Maoists fire at IAF helicopter in Chhatisgarh, 2 CRPF jawans killed
India | Jan 18, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTRaipur, Jan 18 : Suspected Naxalites fired at an IAF helicopter trying to airlift two injured CRPF jawans in the Maoist hotbed of Dantewada in Chhattisgarh today. Both the injured jawans later died.According to preliminary
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BJP won elections with money from naxalites: Digvijay
National | Dec 09, 2012, 05:30 PM ISTBhopal, Dec 9: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has alleged that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh won the last two assembly elections by using money received from naxalites.Singh told reporters here last evening that he
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GPS, Android, UAVs, satphones to counter Maoists in Chhatisgarh
India | Oct 31, 2012, 04:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 31 : The country's specialised snoop department, NTRO has set up its first base in a naxal hotbed in Chhattisgarh to monitor the movement of armed Maoist cadres and fly UAVs to
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Sukma collector safe, Maoists make demands
India | Apr 23, 2012, 09:43 AM ISTRaipur, Apr 22: Maoists today demanded release of eight of their jailed leaders in Chattisgarh and a halt to “Operation Green Hunt” in exchange for freedom of Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, who was safe,
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In Chhatisgarh, BJP Councillors, Workers Thrash One Another For Municipal Post
India | Nov 21, 2011, 02:39 PM ISTBhilai, Nov 21: It was a free-for-all at Maharana Pratap Bhavan here among BJP councillors and workers on Sunday as the election for a Leader of Opposition for Bhilai Municipal Corporation was about to begin.