RAIPUR: In a bizarre incident and suspected to be murder, two brothers were found dead and four of the same tribal family were hospitalized in unconscious state, apparently due to prolonged fasting and continuous chants as part of some ‘tantric’ rituals they were performing, in Sakti district of Chhattisgarh.Neighbours had not seen any of the…
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…
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: Chhattisgarh high court has ruled that the illegitimate son of a deceased govt employee is entitled to be considered for compassionate employment, overturning a decision by South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL).The single bench of Justice Sanjay K Agrawal set aside SECL’s April 2015 order, which rejected the petitioner’s application on the grounds of illegitimacy,…
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…
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…
RAIPUR: A Maoist commander, carrying a bounty of Rs 25 lakh, was among the nine insurgents killed in Tuesday’s encounter on the Dantewada-Bijapur border.Police identified him as Randhir, a senior member of ‘Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee’ (DKSZC) and a native of Andhra Pradesh. He is the second DKSZC member to be eliminated this year. The…
RAIPUR: Nine Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter in forests bordering Dantewada and Bijapur districts in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Security personnel have recovered weapons from the encounter site including SLR, .303 rifle, 315 rifle and the Naxal bodies.According to Dantewada superintendent of police Gaurav Rai, a joint team of troops from…
‘Gau Satyagrah’ (Photo: INC Chhattisgarh X handle) RAIPUR: All in the name of the cow, the Chhattisgarh Congress staged a quirky ‘Gau Satyagrah’, during which stray cattle were delivered to district and SDM offices to highlight the growing menace of stray cows—a problem the party claims it managed better during its previous tenure. By reclaiming…
RAIPUR: Two security personnel lost their lives and four were injured in an IED blast during an anti-Maoist operation in forests of Bijapur district of insurgency-hit Bastar region on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.The injured jawans were being airlifted and brought to Raipur for treatment.Bijapur police said that a joint team of Special…
