RAIPUR: A class 12 student was allegedly drugged, thrashed and gangraped by five youths and left for dead in Surajpur district on Dussehra night, and is now in a critical condition in hospital.The main accused, supposed to be her boyfriend, was found hanging at the crime scene on Tuesday. The survivor has alleged that he…
RAIPUR: A three-year-old leopard, caught in a wire trap, gasped to an agonising death on Thursday as foresters stood watching for 12 hours, waiting for tranquiliser darts to be transported to the site in Chhattisgarh‘s Mohla Manpur, reports Partha Behera.By the time it was rescued and taken to Nandanvan Jungle Safari in Nava Raipur, 160km…
Saurabh Chandrakar, the promoter of the Mahadev Online Book gaming-betting app, was arrested in Dubai. NEW DELHI: Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the main promoters of the Mahadev betting app, is expected to be brought to India soon following his recent formal arrest in Dubai on the basis of an Interpol issued arrest warrant in a…
RAIPUR: At least 14 suspected Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter going on between security forces and Naxalites in forests of Narayanpur district of Bastar division on Friday.Preliminary information from police said that the encounter broke out in Abujhmarh forests alongside borders of Naryanpur and Dantewada districts around 1 pm. A joint team of…
On Sept 18, a small village in Chhattisgarh‘s Sakti woke up to find that a ‘SBI’ branch had sprung up overnight. It sported the logo, and cashiers and a manager who looked busy and business-like. Chhapora village felt like it had arrived.The trusting villagers had no way of knowing it was an elaborate fraud. Even…
NEW DELHI: At least five security personnel were injured on Sunday when a pressure IED planted by Naxalites exploded in ChhattisgarhThe incident occurred in the Tarrem police station area in Bijapur when a team of security personnel was out on a demining exercise from Chinngelur CRPF camp in the area, reported news agency PTI citing…
NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old man died after a venomous snake bit him in Chhattisgarh‘s Korba district, following which locals burnt the reptile alive on his funeral pyre. After the incident on Sunday, some locals said they feared the snake might harm someone else also, hence they burnt it on the pyre.Upon being bitten, Rathiya informed…
Three FIRs have been registered against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh for allegedly making remarks that hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community during his recent visit to the US, police said on Friday. The complaints were lodged by BJP leaders, accusing Gandhi of disrespecting Sikh traditions.The first two cases were filed on…
RAIPUR: IPS officer Vikas Kumar, additional SP of Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district, was suspended on Thursday, a day after a suspect in the lynching of a BJP deputy sarpanch was found dead in a prison.“On the orders of CM Vishnu Deo Sai, Kabirdham ASP Vikas Kumar has been suspended following the death of Prashant Sahu. The…
RAIPUR: In a shocking incident, five members of a family, including three women, were brutally murdered on Sunday in Chhattisgarh‘s Sukma, on suspicion of practicing witchcraft. The five alleged accused surrendered and were subsequently arrested by the police, according to Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran G Chavan. The SP dismissed any Maoist involvement in the…
