Killed for nothing: CBI chargesheet in Shehla Masood murder case

In Conversation |  Hemender Sharma

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will file its chargesheet in the sensational Shehla Masood murder case in the special CBI court in Indore on ...
04:55 PM, May 24, 2012

Naxal diary

In Conversation |  Hemender Sharma

Sukma district collector Alex Paul Memon was released by Naxal Guerrillas after 13 days of captivity near Tarmetla on May 3. Tarmetla is a small ...
09:16 PM, May 14, 2012

Mystery behind Sukma Collector's release continues

Mystery behind Sukma Collector's release continues Sukma: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has denied any secret deal with the Maoists in return for the release of abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon. He has also firmly opposed any swap deal to resolve a hostage crisis as a national policy. All this as the 12-day ordeal for the Sukma Collector came to an end on Friday morning when he was home at last. The mystery behind the...
09:15 PM, May 04, 2012

Collector freed: Did govt, Naxals sign secret deal?

Collector freed: Did govt, Naxals sign secret deal? New Delhi: Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon was finally freed after twelve days in Naxals captivity. As he spoke to the media on Thursday evening, the collector looked visibly tired. However, the question that is being asked now is whether a secret deal was signed between the Chhattisgarh government and the Naxals for the collector's release. After his release, Menon spoke to the media that had been waiting for...
07:15 AM, May 04, 2012

Sukma Collector released: How the day unfolded

Sukma Collector released: How the day unfolded Chintalnar: Sukma District collector Alex Paul Menon has been freed by Naxals after 12 days in captivity. But it is still not clear as to what deal was struck between the the Chhattisgarh government and the Naxals for his release. Menon looked tired as he spoke to the media, which had been waiting for hours at Chintalnar on Thursday. "I thank all the people, the government, my family and friends...
11:25 PM, May 03, 2012
Chhattisgarh: Mediators enter Naxal zone to bring back IAS officer

Chhattisgarh: Mediators enter Naxal zone to bring back IAS officer

Negotiators BD Sharma and G Hargopal reached Chintalnaar to facilitate Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon's release. ...
11:17 AM, May 03, 2012

Naxals to free abducted IAS officer on May 3

Naxals to free abducted IAS officer on May 3 Dornator: Naxals told the BBC on Tuesday night that they will release abducted Sukma collector and IAS officer Alex Paul Menon on May 3. Tuesday. The Naxals said that Menon will be released in front of the public in Tadhmetha. This is the first confirmation by the Naxals that he will indeed be freed. The breakthrough was achieved after four rounds of talks between the Raman Singh government and Naxal-appointed...
08:27 AM, May 02, 2012

Naxal Diary

In Conversation |  Hemender Sharma

April 24 We are outside the bungalow of Sukhma district collector Alex Paul Menon. This bungalow was previously a forest guest house and has ...
05:20 PM, Apr 30, 2012

Chhattisgarh: CNN-IBN in the heart of Naxal territory

Chhattisgarh: CNN-IBN in the heart of Naxal territory Mundapara: While the government and the Naxals are trying to negotiate the release of Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, CNN-IBN travels to the heart of the Naxal controlled territory, Tarmetra at the centre of Abu-Jamar in the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh. The electricity poles blown up and hammered down by the Naxals give a glimpse into Chhattisgarh's stunted development. The first pole lying flat on the ground is spotted about...
07:20 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Abducted IAS officer's health worsens, medicines sent

Abducted IAS officer's health worsens, medicines sent

There is no consensus yet on mediators after the government named two former bureaucrats. ...
10:12 PM, Apr 24, 2012

Abducted IAS officer's health a major concern

Abducted IAS officer's health a major concern Sukma: All focus is on the health of the abducted collector of Sukma district, Alex Paul Menon, in Chhattisgarh. Sources have told CNN-IBN that anti-Naxal operations in the Bastar district of the state have been suspended. April 25 is the deadline set by the Naxals for the government to meet their demands. Sources say unmanned aerial vehicles have given the police vital clues about the collector's whereabouts. According to government...
11:51 PM, Apr 23, 2012

Naxals set April 25 deadline for Collector's release

Naxals set April 25 deadline for Collector's release Sukma: The Naxals in Chhattisgarh have submitted a list of demands for the safe release of Collector Alex Paul Menon including the cancellation of Operation Greenhunt, and the release of eight jailed cadres. The Naxals have set a deadline of May 25 for their demands to be met. The Chhattisgarh administration says they will do everything to secure the collector's release. For Menon's anguished family members, there is nothing left...
09:12 PM, Apr 22, 2012

Maoists kidnap District Collector in Chhattisgarh

Maoists kidnap District Collector in Chhattisgarh New Delhi: Maoists on Saturday kidnapped the district collector of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. Maoists reportedly fired on the convoy of Alex Paul Menon, a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer. Menon's two bodyguards have been shot dead in the attack. Menon was on his way back to Sukma when 15-20 Maoists stopped his vehicle and took him hostage. Menon, a 2006-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), was abducted...
06:06 PM, Apr 21, 2012

A cobbler who turned journalist to fight for justice

A cobbler who turned journalist to fight for justice Bhopal: Suresh Nandmehar is a cobbler by profession and a journalist by passion. The class 10 dropout from Bhopal is the writer, printer and publisher of the magazine 'Baal Ki Khaall'. The idea came to him in 1999 when he and fellow cobblers were evicted from lane next to Bhopal Municipal Corporation. They all sat on a dharna for 27 days, but nothing happened. Suresh Nandmehar says, "When no one...
10:30 AM, Apr 20, 2012

MP becomes first state to ban sale of 'gutka'

MP becomes first state to ban sale of 'gutka' New Delhi: More than seven months after the Centre's new food safety law banned tobacco containing products, the Madhya Pradesh government has been the first state to implement the ban, starting April 2012. Its mandate is very clear, no sale and no manufacture of any food that contains tobacco. The Madhya Pradesh government has cancelled the licences of 17 gutka manufacturing units and has confiscated tobacco worth over Rs 1...
06:32 AM, Apr 18, 2012