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RAIPUR: Six workers were killed and four others seriously injured after a coal kiln exploded at a steel plant in Chhattisgarh’s Baloda Bazar- Bhatapara district on Thursday, triggering a major rescue operation amid fears that more people could still be trapped.The blast occurred at Real Ispat & Power Ltd located in Bakulahi village in rural…
RAIPUR: At least 14 Maoists were killed in separate encounters with security forces in the southern regions of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma and Bijapur districts in Bastar on Saturday, as an anti-insurgency operation entered its final stages.Bodies of 14 Maoists were recovered during search operations launched in the southern areas of Bijapur and Sukma following specific intelligence…
Former Maoists watch TV at the police centre JAGDALPUR: They couldn’t sleep. Not under the roof, not on the mattresses, not with the hum of ceiling fans or the whir of traffic. For 210 former Maoists who surrendered on Friday in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar after decades in the jungle, the first night of peace was sleepless.Used…
BASTAR: Wanted Maoist commander Rupesh, alias Takkalapalli Vasudev Rao (Satish), pledged on Friday to “work for and with the people in a constitutional manner” as he led a group of 210 PLGA fighters with a combined bounty of Rs 9 crore on their heads in Chhattisgarh’s largest mass surrender in its history of Left-wing extremism.Representatives…
Representational image (PTI file photo) RAIPUR/NAGPUR: Chhattisgarh’s Bastar awaits the largest mass surrender of Maoists in its history of Left-wing extremism Friday, with 170 guerrillas lined up to formally lay down arms in what home minister Amit Shah termed a “landmark day” in the battle to purge the country’s Red Corridor of Naxalite influence.“Abujhmarh and…
The incident in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district claimed three killed and left 22 injured when a speeding SUV crashed into a Ganesh idol immersion procession late Tuesday night RAIPUR: At least three people were killed and 22 injured when a speeding SUV rammed into a Ganesh idol immersion procession in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district late on Tuesday…
RAIPUR: An HIV+ man in Chhattisgarh, calling his infection an “act of god”, embarked on a decade-long looting spree in Durg, stealing money from temple donation boxes to “take revenge for his fate and show god his place”. Police said he contracted the virus during a year in prison following his arrest in a 2012…
RAIPUR: Shyamlal Korram had made peace with the thought that he would never be a father. In the Maoist strongholds of Bastar division, the path he had chosen left no room for parenthood. As a cadre, he had undergone a vasectomy, a condition imposed on men before they were permitted to marry, reports Rashmi Drolia.It…
RAIPUR: The business association of Kusmunda–Imlichapar in Korba district of Chhattisgarh staged a unique protest on Sunday against the deplorable condition of the main road in the coal belt.Members of the traders’ association entered potholes filled with dirty rainwater half-naked, bathed with buckets and soap, and raised slogans against the government.During the monsoon, large potholes…
