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No political link to Bastar attack: Maoists

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 22:19

CPI (Maoist), which had claimed responsibility for May 25 attack in Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday denied that the incident had any political link.

Naxals threaten Chhattisgarh villagers against voting in Assembly polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 19:53

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, Naxals are reported to be threatening villagers in the state.

Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh: ‘Common man should not go hungry’

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 15:01

Addressing a rally in the restive Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said that his party wants that the common man should not go hungry and children should get education.

Court of Inquiry gives clean chit to IAF crew guilty of abandoning fellow soldier

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 14:52

Unhappy over Indian Air Force (IAF) giving a clean chit to the captain and crew of MI-17 helicopter guilty of abandoning an injured radio operator of Chhattisgarh police during a rescue mission in south Bastar, the Union home ministry is unlikely to press the matter further as it could lead to non-cooperation by the IAF in future operations.

Rahul Gandhi to address first rally in Bastar on September 26

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 22:44

Rahul Gandhi will address his first election rally in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh next week.

Ex-deputy sarpanch killed by Naxals in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 14:15

Naxals on Friday allegedly killed a former deputy sarpanch, suspecting him to be a police informer, in Maoist-affected Bastar district of southern Chhattisgarh, police said.

Four Naxals get seven years in prison for attacking police

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 20:08

A court in Chhattisgarh`s Kanker district on Thursday awarded seven years` imprisonment to four Naxals, arrested last year on the charge of attacking a police team in the jungles of north Bastar.

Heir of erstwhile Bastar royals joins BJP in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 23:38

The `prince` of the erstwhile royal family of Bastar in southern Chhattisgarh, Kamal Chandra Bhanjdeo, on Wednesday joined BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Raman Singh.

Bastar`s Maharaja joins BJP

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 22:16

Chhattisgarh`s ruling BJP got a major fillip Wednesday as Kamalchand Bhanjdeo, the scion of Bastar`s royal family, joined the party at a function held at state party headquarters.

Three Naxals held in Bastar

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 18:29

Three Naxals, two of them carrying rewards on their head, were on Monday arrested in separate search operations in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said.

Man claims he was part of Naxal attack in Darbha valley

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 00:19

A 34-year old man, who claimed to be a part of Maoist team which had attacked Congress leaders` convoy in Bastar, was taken into custody.

Three Naxals held in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 20:17

Three Maoists were arrested in separate search operations in Naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.