Three villagers were killed allegedly by Naxals in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, the police said on Saturday. The murders were committed in Bijapur and Sukma districts. As per preliminary inputs, the Naxals killed two youths after holding a ‘jan-adalat’...
Two personnel of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) were killed and as many injured after their colleague opened fire at them in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district on Wednesday. The incident took place around 11 am in the camp of the 'B'...
Police say search and rescue operation called off; five workers escape unhurt
Rotten carcasses of four monkeys have been recovered so far
The gunfight broke out in Abhujmad forest area of Narayanpur on Saturday morning
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), May 29 Two Naxalites, including a woman cadre involved in over a dozen murders and carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday, police said....
Sukma, May 18 A Naxalite, who was wanted in connection with 16 cases and carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head, was killed in an encounter with the police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, an official...
Narayanpur, May 14 Unidentified persons shot and killed a functionary of the Congress party in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, police said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred in the Bakhrupara area of Narayanpur town on Monday night, an official said. The victim,...
Bijapur, May 13 14 Naxalites, including 11 carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 41 lakh on their heads, were arrested in Chhattigarh’s Bijapur district, a police official said on Monday. These ultras, comprising six women and eight men, were part...
New Delhi, May 6 Radhika Khera, who quit the Congress, on Monday alleged that the party leaders from Chhattisgarh misbehaved with her and locked her in a room, adding that she was punished for being a “Ram bhakt”. Khera, who...
Raipur, May 5 AICC spokesperson Radhika Khera on Sunday resigned from the party claiming that criticism over her visit to Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya led to the denial of justice to her in the incident that happened at the...
Dantewada, May 5 A total of 35 Naxalites, three of them carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 3 lakh, surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Sunday, a senior police official said. A 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy are among...
Raipur, May 4 The Chhattisgarh police have arrested 26 people from Maharashtra in connection with a racket involved in betting on IPL matches through online applications, including the Mahadev app, a senior police official said on Saturday. A team from...
Narayanpur, April 30 Seven Naxalites, including two women, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest along the borders of Narayanpur and Kanker districts in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said. This is the second major strike on...
Dantewada, April 24 As many as 18 Naxalites, including a militia platoon section commander and three women, surrendered on Wednesday in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, a senior police officer said. Hidma Oyam (34) was working as the Hurrepal Panchayat Militia Platoon (HPMP)...
Raipur, April 18 A frontal group of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) on Thursday released a statement giving the names of 27 of the 29 ultras who were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kanker in...
Kanker, April 17 Silence hangs over the hillocks adjoining Hidur and Kalpar villages in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district where 29 Naxalites were gunned down by security forces in an encounter. Hours after the biggest encounter ever in the state ended, bullet...
Narayanpur, April 17 A worker of the ruling BJP was killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, police said on Wednesday. The incident, which took place at Dandvan village on late Tuesday night, came three days ahead of the Lok...
Kanker, April 16 Ahead of the first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh, security personnel gunned down 29 Naxalites, including some senior cadres, in Kanker district on Tuesday in the biggest encounter ever in the state, police said. This was the...
Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh), April 14 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the BJP will never allow reservations to end and nor will it let Congress do so. Speaking on the BJP’s ‘sankalp patra’ (manifesto) released earlier in the day,...
Raipur, April 6 Security forces gunned down three Naxalites in an encounter in a dense forest in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district bordering Telangana on Saturday and recovered arms and ammunition from the scene, a senior police official here said. The exchange...
Raipur, April 3 At least 13 Naxalites including three women have been killed in an encounter with security forces in dense forests in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Wednesday. Three more bodies were found in the morning at the...
Raipur, April 2 In a major anti-insurgency operation, 10 Naxalites, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday, police said. Bijapur district comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will...
Raipur, March 17 The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in Chhattisgarh has registered a case against former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and others in the alleged Mahadev online betting scam based on a probe report submitted by the ED, officials said...
Raipur, February 27 Four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Tuesday, a senior police official said. The face-off took place in a forest under Jangla police station area when separate teams of...
New Delhi, January 6 A fresh political controversy broke out in Chhattisgarh on Saturday with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) naming former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in its supplementary chargesheet filed in the Mahadev online betting app case recently. Baghel...
Raipur, January 6 Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday alleged the Enforcement Directorate has mentioned his name in its supplementary charge sheet in the Mahadev betting app case as part of a “political conspiracy” at the behest of...
Raipur, December 29 A couple and their 14-year-old daughter were found hanging inside their house in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, police said on Friday. The man worked as a driver for a steel trader. Police suspect that the trio might have...
Raipur, December 17 Senior BJP MLA and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Sunday filed his nomination for the post of speaker of the newly-elected state legislative assembly, officials said. Earlier in the day, senior BJP MLA Ramvichar Netam...
New Delhi, December 13 Three-term Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh with his counterpart in Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai taking oath of office in Raipur. Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo...