RAIPUR: Members of Sarva Adivasi Samaj have announced a ‘jail bharo andolan’ in Mohla-Manpur district of Chhattisgarh to demand the release of tribal leader Sarju Tekam and to protest alleged atrocities in Bastar.BS Rawte, acting state president of Sarva Adivasi Samaj, in a memorandum addressed to the director general of police has said that there…
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…
RAIPUR: At least 12 Naxalites were killed in forests of restive Bijapur district on Friday in yet another fierce encounter between security personnel and Maoists, as the gun-battle continued.According to preliminary information, a team of security personnel were out on search operation when an encounter broke out with Naxalites in the morning near Pidia village…
RAIPUR: At least seven Maoists including two women were killed in an encounter with security forces in forests bordering Narayanpur and Kanker districts in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday morning.According to a senior police officer, the number of Maoists killed might rise as the encounter still goes on.A police statement said that an encounter…
NEW DELHI: A Chhattisgarh police officer lost his life and another was injured in an accidental firing while cleaning their service weapons at the residence of a former MLA on Friday. Preliminary information suggests that a bullet accidentally discharged from a pistol, piercing through the palm of assistant platoon commander Ram Kumar Dohare and hitting…
RAIPUR: Two days before Bastar constituency goes for Lok Sabha elections, Maoists on Tuesday killed a deputy sarpanch who was also a BJP worker, in Narayanpur district. The incident took place in village Dandvan of Farasgaon around 11 pm on Tuesday when armed cadres broke the door of deputy sarpanch’s house and killed him in…
RAIPUR: Eesha Agrawal, a resident of Mumbai originally from Chhattisgarh, emerged victorious in the prestigious Narifirst Jewel of India competition, securing the title in the Empress category. Malaika Arora, a renowned Bollywood actress, presented her with the trophy. Eesha’s journey is a testament to her resolute spirit and determination.After completing her LLM in Chhattisgarh, Eesha…
RAIPUR: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking about the fulfilment of a 500-year-old dream at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in a Bastar village on Monday, temple bells were ringing 180km away to celebrate the reopening of a Ram temple in one of the worst Maoist-hit areas of Sukma.Security forces have reopened the temple in…
RAIPUR: Congress leader and former Godri Nagar Panchayat president, Jagdish Kaushik, who had been on a fast unto death for the past three days protesting the candidacy of Devendra Yadav — an MLA from Bhilai Nagar as the Lok Sabha candidate for the Bilaspur seat — ended his hunger strike on Friday. Congress Bilaspur district…
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has named former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel in its First Information Report (FIR) lodged in connection with the controversial Mahadeo Book online betting scam, said to involve around Rs 6,000 crore.Details of the FIR, filed on March 4 based on a complaint by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), emerged…
