RAIPUR: A Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Saturday. This takes Maoist death toll in Chhattisgarh this year to 141, eight this month.Police said an encounter took place in Tumar Gatta and Singavaram villages in Jagargunda when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on…
RAIPUR: Sukki is 13, and feels she is on borrowed time. “How can I save myself from the next blast?” asked the orphaned tribal girl from Sukma in conflict-ridden Bastar, who lost her left leg in a Maoist-triggered IED explosion three weeks ago.She was collecting mahua fruits when the blast happened. She now questions her…
RAIPUR: Eight Maoists — three of them women — were gunned down in an operation in Abujhmarh region of Bastar’s Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. A security personnel was also killed and two were injured.This is the second encounter in the same region in eight days — seven Maoists were eliminated on June 7…
NEW DELHI: At least eight Naxalites were killed on Saturday in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh‘s Abujhmarh in the Narayanpur district.In the exchange of fire, one soldier lost his life and two others were injured.The encounter between security forces and Naxalites has been underway in the Maad and Narayanpur districts for the…
RAIPUR: In a massive violent protest, thousands of Scheduled Caste Satnami community members set fire a portion of the collectorate building in Baloda Bazar district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, vandalizing vehicles and clashing with police, protesting the desecration of their religious site on the night of May 15-16.The demonstrators also torched two of the seven…
SHAMLI/SAHARANPUR: Azma Qureshi, 33, is in shock like many others in North Haqeeqat Nagar at Banat town in Shamli. Her husband Tehseen (Guddu) Qureshi was among two labourers transporting cattle who were lynched in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh on Friday. The third man is battling for life.“She was the last person to have spoken to…
BHUBANESWAR/PUNE/RAIPUR: Life-sapping temperatures caused 67 more suspected heatstroke deaths in Odisha in the past 48 hours, with Balangir alone accounting for 20 lives. The death toll in the state on Saturday was 96 in 72 hours. As of now, the Odisha govt has confirmed 15 heatstroke deaths while 81 autopsy reports are pending at the…
RAIPUR: Two women were injured in a Maoist IED blast at their house in a remote village, 10km from dreaded Maoist commander Madvi Hidma’s home, in Chhattisgarh‘s Sukma district Sunday morning.Medical help could not reach the injured till late on Sunday in Bheemapuram village, home to battalion 1 of Maoists.It’s not known if Maoists stashed…
NEW DELHI: Seven Naxalites were killed in an encounter with the security personnel on Thursday in the border area of Bijapur district in Chhatisgarh.The joint team of security personnel was engaged in an anti-Naxal operation when the encounter took place. SP Prabhat Kumar confirmed that seven Naxalites in ‘Maoist uniform’ had been gunned down so…
BIJAPUR: A 25-year-old woman was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh‘s Bijapur district on Saturday, the police said. Shanti Punem was collecting tendu leaves near Mallur village within the limits of the Gangaloor police station when she died in the blast, a police official said. Engrossed in…
