RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh High Court has reaffirmed the unconstitutionality of conducting virginity tests, emphasizing that such practices violate Article 21 of the Constitution of India, which guarantees the right to life and personal liberty, including the right to dignity. The observation came in response to a criminal revision petition filed under Section 19(4) of the…
RAIPUR: At least 22 Maoists were killed in separate encounters in Bijapur and Kanker districts of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh on Thursday, while a security personnel was also killed in the firing.Eighteen Maoists were gunned down in insurgency-hit Bijapur and sources said that the toll might reach to 20. The jawan killed was a District…
The Enforcement Directorate raided locations connected to Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel. The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a liquor scam and money laundering case. NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday raided the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as part of its…
In Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, security forces clashed with Naxalites during an operation based on Maoist presence intelligence. The encounter involved personnel from DRG and CoBRA unit of CRPF. NEW DELHI: Security forces gunned down two Maoists in an ongoing encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday, police said. Their bodies were recovered along with weapons, and…
NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh high court has ruled that sexual intercourse, including unnatural acts, by a man with his adult wife, even without her consent, cannot be considered an offence. The judgement was delivered by Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, who acquitted a resident of Jagdalpur previously convicted of rape and other charges.The man had been…
NEW DELHI: At least twelve Maoists were killed in a fierce gunfight with security personnel in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, the Bijapur police said on Sunday.The gunfight erupted at a dense forest in Indravati National Park area during the morning hours while a contingent of security personnel was conducting an anti-Maoists operation, a senior police official…
NEW DELHI: At least eight Maoists have been killed in an encounter between security forces and Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on Saturday. The gunfight began at around 8.30am in the forests of the Gangaloor police station area, where a joint team of security forces was conducting an anti-Naxalite operation, the official stated.He added that…
NEW DELHI: Chilkapalli village in Bijapur, a former Naxal-prone area, has received electricity for the first time since India’s independence under Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ scheme. The village, located about 50 km from the Bijapur district headquarters, is the sixth village in Bijapur to be electrified under the ‘Niyad Nellanar’ Yojana, a…
RAIPUR: Jai Ram alias Chalpathy, a Maoist commander, who was a carrying an Rs 1 crore bounty on his head, was among the 14 ultras killed in a fierce exchange of fire in Gariaband district in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.SP Nikhil Rakhecha confirmed to TOI that 14 Maoists were killed in the encounter, led by Chhattisgarh’s…
BIJAPUR: At least eight security personnel and one vehicle driver were killed in a major IED blast triggered by Maoists on a police vehicle in Bijapur district of Bastar division in Chhattisgarh on Monday.The incident took place at Kutru region, located about 80 kms from district headquarters around 2.30pm in Kutru-Bedre route. According to reliable…
