'Govt misusing ED': Congress on ED raids in Chhattisgarh
Feb 20, 2023, at 07:32 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Monday launched a scathing attack at the union government after the Enforcement Directorate reportedly conducted raids at various locations related to several leaders of its state unit of Chhattisgarh, and termed it as "vendetta politics".
Chhattisgarh: BJP leader slain in Bastar
Feb 13, 2023, at 03:22 pm
Dantewada: In the third incident of its kind within a period of as many days, Maoists murdered an opposition-BJP Barsur Block Working Committee member and erstwhile sarpanch on suspicion of his being an informer, law-enforcement authorities confirmed on Sunday.
Maoist commander puts down gun in Chhattisgarh
Jan 22, 2023, at 04:53 pm
Sukma (Chhattisgarh): A female Maoist commander, with a reward of Rs 8 lakh, surrendered on Saturday in the Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division of Sukma district
Chhattisgarh: RTI activist's burnt skeletal remains recovered from forest
Dec 25, 2022, at 04:07 pm
Raipur: The burnt skeletal remains of a missing RTI activist were found in a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, media reports said.
ED arrests Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's deputy secy Saumya Chaurasia in money laundering case
Dec 03, 2022, at 01:10 am
Raipur/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday arrested Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's deputy secretary in an alleged money laundering case, reports said.
Naxals slay villager in Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Nov 06, 2022, at 02:58 pm
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)/UNI: After a period of dormancy, Maoists have murdered a village head’s tribal husband in this restive district of Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division of Chhattisgarh, law-enforcement authorities confirmed on Saturday.
By-elections in five assembly seats announced
Nov 05, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Election Commission on Saturday announced that by-elections in five Assembly and one Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on Dec 5.
Nurse gangraped by 4, including minor, at Chhattisgarh health centre
Oct 23, 2022, at 03:52 pm
Bhopal: A nurse was allegedly tied up, gagged and gangraped by four people, including a minor, at a health cenre in Chhipchhipi village of Mahendragarh district in Chhattisgarh, media reports said citing police.
Chhattisgarh: Bijapur: Violent Upsurge
Jun 14, 2022, at 02:19 pm
On May 4, 2022, the dead body of one person was recovered from the Modakpal Police Station limits in Bijapur District. In the evening of May 3, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres abducted two persons – Satyam Pulse and Bhima – from Guddipal village under the Usoor Block (administrative division) and later, after holding a 'Jan Adalat' (People's/Kangaroo Court organized by the Maoists), stabbed Satyam Pulse to death. Bhima, however, was released.
Chhattisgarh: Two pilots die in helicopter crash at Raipur airport
May 13, 2022, at 06:23 am
Raipur/IBNS: Two pilots were killed after a helicopter crashed at an airport in Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Thursday evening.
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.