Cop killed, 24 others injured in Chhattisgarh blast

Jun. 2 | Raipur: A policeman was killed and his five colleagues were injured, along with 19 prisoners, Saturday when a blast triggered by the Maoists ripped through their vehicle in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said. “All the...

Abducted collector: Maoists’ mediators fly to Bastar

Apr. 28 | Raipur: Exactly a week after Maoists abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon at gun point, two interlocutors named by them Saturday flew in to Bastar to brief the rebels about the government’s response to their demands set for safe release...

Maoists run for cover in their safest zone in Chhattisgarh

Mar. 20 | Raipur:Maoists, who have failed to carry out any major attack in the past six months in Chhattisgarh, are instead running for cover in the Abujhmad forest area which is termed as the safest zone in the country for the guerrillas, say police. For the first...

Security up in Chhattisgarh as Maoists to boycott R-Day

Jan. 25 | Raipur: Security was heightened in Chhattisgarh Wednesday as the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) announced that it would boycott and disrupt Republic Day celebrations, police said. “Police and paramilitary forces have been relocated...

Man held for burying alive wife, three others

Jan. 22 | Raipur: A 35-year-old man who buried four people alive including his wife and his house owner has been arrested in Chhattisgarh, police said Sunday. Arun Chandrakar admitted of burying alive the owner of his rented house, Bahadur Singh Thakur, 50, in...