Chhattisgarh: Bastar Division: Declining Ferocity
May 09, 2022, at 10:03 pm
On May 4, 2022, a District Reserve Guards (DRG) head constable identified as Salik Ram Markam (37) was killed during an encounter with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Tulargufa Forest area in Mungeri region under Chhotedonger Police Station limits in Narayanpur District.
7 Naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh
Apr 30, 2022, at 08:20 pm
Sukma (Chhattisgarh)/UNI: In another instance of success of the state government's rehabilitation policy and the police's 'Poona Nakorram' campaign, seven Maoists have capitulated within this restive district of Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division, police said on Saturday.
Byelection results: TMC leads in Bengal, RJD in Bihar, Congress in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh
Apr 16, 2022, at 05:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC), Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress are leading in various seats, which went to byelections in the country recently.
Maoists attack CRPF camp in Chhattisgarh
Mar 22, 2022, at 12:38 am
Jagdalpur/Chhattisgarh/UNI: Three personnel sustained injuries in heavy firing on Monday during a Maoist assault on a CRPF camp recently set up at Elmagunda adjoining Chintagufa Police Station limits in Sukma – an extremely restive district within Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division in Chhattisgarh.
Hindu leader Kalicharan, who abused Gandhi, held; arrest sparks MP-Chhattisgarh row
Dec 30, 2021, at 07:16 pm
Khajuraho/Raipur/UNI/IBNS: Hindu leader Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested before dawn on Thursday in Khajuraho, triggering a war of words between Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, whose police swooped on the man who had abused Mahatma Gandhi.
Naxals carry out explosion in Chhattisgarh, injures two
Dec 29, 2021, at 01:19 am
Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh/UNI: Two employees of a Bhilai Steel Plant contractor were injured by a Naxal improvised explosive device detonation on Tuesday in Khodgaon mine area 16 km from here, police said.
Six naxals killed in Chhattisgarh-Telangana border
Dec 27, 2021, at 04:34 pm
Raipur/IBNS: Six naxals have been killed in a police encounter which took place at a forest in the border of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, media reports said.
Fresh setback for BJP as Congress wins big in Chhattisgarh urban body polls
Dec 24, 2021, at 10:22 pm
Raipur/IBNS: After West Bengal and Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has received a fresh jolt in 15 urban body polls in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh: 3 Naxals killed in encounter
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:31 pm
Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh/UNI: Three hardcore Maoists were killed in an encounter on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Monday.
Chhattisgarh: Blast injures 4 CRPF personnel
Oct 16, 2021, at 07:14 pm
Raipur/UNI: Four Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured – one of them severely – in an explosion caused when a box containing an igniter set and cartridges was dropped while being loaded onto Coach Number 9 of a CRPF special train on Saturday at the railway station here, police said.
Chhattisgarh: Narayanpur: Unbridled Distress
Oct 11, 2021, at 10:53 pm
On October 8, 2021, an Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) trooper was injured after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres fired at him in Kohkameta village in Narayanpur District. Sundarraj Pattilingam, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range, disclosed that the incident took place at around 3 pm [IST] when the trooper belonging to ITBP's 53rd battalion was on duty at the mobile check post in front his unit's camp in Kohkameta village.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s father remanded in judicial custody
Sep 08, 2021, at 12:41 am
Raipur/UNI: A local court on Tuesday remanded Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s father Nand Kumar Baghel to 14 days’ judicial custody on charges of vitiating social harmony.
Chhattisgarh crisis: Bhupesh Baghel to meet Rahul Gandhi today
Aug 27, 2021, at 07:37 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will meet former Congress president Rahul Gandhi at his residence on Thursday as the political crisis deepened in the state.
Amid Chhattisgarh Congress crisis, CM Bhupesh Baghel to meet Rahul Gandhi tomorrow
Aug 27, 2021, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will meet Rahul Gandhi for the second time this week amid a crisis within the Congress party in the state.
Chhattisgarh: 2 ITBP personnel die during encounter against Maoists
Aug 20, 2021, at 11:20 pm
Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh/UNI: Two personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police died during an approximately hour-long encounter against Maoists in Kariyameta area on Friday.
TMC govt in Bengal issues new COVID-19 vaccine certificate with Mamata's photo
Jun 05, 2021, at 05:58 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In what could lead to a new Centre-State row, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal has started issuing COVID-19 vaccine certificates with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's photo, replacing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's one.
Five dead after fire breaks out at Covid hospital in Chhattisgarh's Raipur
Apr 18, 2021, at 06:19 pm
Raipur/IBNS: At least five Covid patients were killed after a fire broke out at a hospital in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur on Saturday, media reports said.
Four dead in Covid hospital fire in Chhattisgarh's Raipur
Apr 18, 2021, at 02:06 am
Raipur/IBNS: At least four people were killed in a fire that broke out in a Covid hospital here, media reports said
Lockdown in Chhattisgarh's Durg extended till April 19
Apr 14, 2021, at 12:26 am
Durg/UNI: The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday extended lockdown in Durg till April 19.
Chhattisgarh: Soldier kidnapped by Maoists after deadly encounter released
Apr 08, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Raipur/IBNS: A commando, who was kidnapped by Maoists after a deadly encounter in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, has been released, media reports said.
Canadian high commissioner to India Nadir Patel condemns Chhattisgarh Maoist attack
Apr 05, 2021, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi: Canadian high commissioner to India Nadir Patel on Monday condoled the deaths of Indian security personnel in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh last week.
Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah holds security review meeting after Maoist attack, CM Bhupesh Baghel present
Apr 05, 2021, at 11:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a security review meeting at Jagdalpur with the State police officials and Central forces.
British envoy condoles death of Indian security personnel in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack
Apr 05, 2021, at 10:15 pm
New Delhi: British envoy in India Alex Ellis on Monday condoled the killing of over 20 Indian security personnel in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh last week.
Martyrs' sacrifice will not go in vain: Union Minister Home Minister Amit Shah
Apr 05, 2021, at 09:56 pm
New Delhi/Jagdalpur, Apr 5 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the sacrifice of the security forces will not go in vain and the Government is committed to taking this operation to the decisive and logical end.
Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Amit Shah reviews security situation following encounter
Apr 05, 2021, at 03:48 am
New Delhi/UNI: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday evening reviewed the security situation after 22 security personnel personnel were martyred in an encounter with naxals which lasted for several hours on Saturday afternoon on the borders of the Sukam and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh.
Amit Shah cut short his election campaign in Assam due to Maoist attack
Apr 05, 2021, at 01:29 am
Guwahati/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday curtailed his election campaign in Assam and returned to New Delhi in view of the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.
Operations against Maoists to continue with more intensity: Home Minister Amit Shah
Apr 05, 2021, at 12:37 am
New Delhi/UNI: Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the operations against Maoist in Chhattisgarh to continue with more intensity.
Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: Death toll jumps to 24
Apr 04, 2021, at 11:31 pm
New Delhi/Raipur/UNI: The death toll in Chhattishgarh Naxal attack jumped to 24 after 19 more bodies of security personnel have been spotted by the forces, sources said on Sunday.
Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Death toll touches 24
Apr 04, 2021, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi/Raipur/UNI: The death toll in Chhattishgarh Naxal attack has now touched 24 after 19 more bodies of security personnel have been spotted by the forces, sources said on Sunday.
Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: Search Ops continues near encounter site, CRPF DG reaches Bijapur
Apr 04, 2021, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Security Forces have launched massive search operations in the Bijapur-Sukma areas of Chhattisgarh where an encounter broke out on Saturday.