Raipur/New Delhi: With the Maoists' April 25 deadline looming large, Chhattisgarh government suspended the anti-Naxal operations in Bastar region and Monday night offered to hold talks in a bid to end the hostage crisis involving Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon. After an all-party meeting in Raipur to discuss the three-day-old crisis, Chief Minister Raman Singh said the political parties have made an appeal to the Naxals to release the...
12:33 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Abducted IAS officer's wife Asha said the Maoists must share details about Alex Paul Menon's health. ...
11:40 PM, Apr 23, 2012
The Naxal insurgents on Saturday abducted the Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon from Majhipara village in Chhattisgarh. ...
09:07 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: All anti-Naxal operations in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh have been suspended as demanded by the rebels who have abducted IAS officer and Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon. Sources told CNN-IBN that police have got the clues about the whereabouts of Menon and he is being guarded by nearly 500 Naxals deep inside the jungles. Kadri Satyanarayan Reddy and Ramanna of Communist Party of India (Maoist) Dandakaranya...
02:49 PM, Apr 23, 2012
This is a book ripe with promise. Rahul Pandita has done something few others have the dedication or courage to do: Spend time with Naxalites - somewhere along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border - getting a glimpse into their lives and ways. Heady stuff. But don't let the adrenaline rush in just yet. Much of 'Hello, Bastar' is a detailed chronicle of the Naxalite movement in India. It traces how the phenomenon...
11:14 AM, Sep 08, 2011
Raipur: BJP candidate Dinesh Kashyap on Friday defeated his nearest rival Lakhma Kawasi of Congress by over 85,000 votes to win the by-poll to Naxal-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. Elections officials in Bastar district said that Kashyap defeated Kawasi by over 85,000 votes to win the tribal-dominated constituency spread over four districts. A formal declaration of the result will be made soon, they said. Dinesh is the son...
01:47 PM, May 13, 2011
Raipur: The Naxals have demanded that the state government halt Operation Green Hunt immediately, release its imprisoned cadre, end police atrocities and initiate peace talks. If their demands are met, they said they were ready to release the policemen. The state government says it is considering its options even as the distraught families of the four policemen kidnapped in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district appealed to the ultras not to kill the...
09:01 AM, Sep 28, 2010
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): Chhattisgarh Police Monday intensified searches in the jungles of Bijapur district to rescue four policemen abducted by Maoists, a day after the rebels set a 48-hour deadline for accepting their demands for their release. "We are doing the best to track down the Maoists who are shifting an assistant sub-inspector, S. Bhagat, and three constables from one densely forested location to another between Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. The...
11:16 AM, Sep 27, 2010
The para-military force has also approached Chhattisgarh Police to provide security to its camps at Narayanpur. ...
11:32 PM, Jul 05, 2010
Life in the Bastar region remained crippled with security forces and people still fearful on Wednesday. ...
11:33 AM, May 19, 2010
He had gone to his ancenstral village Bastar for Durga Puja celebrations. ...
03:52 PM, Sep 26, 2009
Fifty one constituencies are going to poll on Thursday. ...
12:55 PM, Nov 20, 2008
The first phase of assembly elections in 39 constituencies in Chhattisgarh ended. ...
06:33 PM, Nov 14, 2008
About 35 percent polling was recorded till 1430 hrs IST. ...
04:42 PM, Nov 14, 2008
In Naxal-affected regions voting was around 12 per cent till 1000 hrs IST. ...
12:31 PM, Nov 14, 2008
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