Naxals` aid network in Chhattisgarh blocked, claim police

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 13:55

With its recent crackdown on the urban support network and couriers of Maoists, Chhattisgarh Police has claimed to have choked the main supply chain of weapons, medicines and other kind of aid to Naxals operating from their stronghold in Bastar region of the state.

Chhattisgarh AG finds irregularities worth crores in Naxal-hit Bastar area

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 15:02

Various alleged administrative and financial irregularities worth crores have been pointed out in execution of development works in worst Naxal-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh by state Accountant General.

NIA identifies Naxal commanders who ambushed Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 07:02

The National Investigation Agency is reported to have identified two key Naxal commanders who carried out the attack on the state Congress leadership in Bastar last year.

Naxals fire at IAF chopper carrying top CRPF officials

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 17:40

Top CRPF officials had a narrow escape when suspected Naxals fired at an IAF chopper carrying them while it was landing at Chintagufa in Sukma district in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, official sources said on Monday.

Alleged Maoist couriers held with consignment of ammunition

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:15

Three alleged Maoist couriers, including a village headman, were arrested from Raipur district.

Naxals focusing on strengthening cadre in Bastar

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 11:26

Naxals have focused more on strengthening their cadres instead of consolidating base in the Bastar region comprising seven districts of Kanker, Kondagaon, Bastar, Narayanpur, Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma this year, according to experts.

Chhattisgarh polls: Congress trounces BJP in Naxal-infested Bastar

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 20:56

Congress` efforts to generate a sympathy wave in the aftermath of deadly Maoist attack that killed its senior party leaders earlier this year seems to have evoked a mixed response in Bastar, even as the opposition delivered a crippling blow to BJP in the Naxal-infested region.

Maoists hack Chhattisgarh scribe to death in market

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 23:19

Armed Maoists brutally killed media person Sai Reddy Friday at a weekly market in a forested patch of Chhattisgarh`s violence-hit Bijapur district, police officials said.

Five wanted Naxals held in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 18:25

Five alleged hardcore Naxals, carrying cash rewards on their head, were arrested during separate search operations in Maoist-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday.

Chhattisgarh: Over 60 percent voting in re-polling at two booths

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 18:34

Over sixty per cent voting was registered in the re-polling at two polling stations in Antagarh constituency of Chhattisgarh`s Naxal-affected Bastar division on Saturday.

Congress demands early counting of votes in Bastar region

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 19:46

The Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress has demanded early counting of votes cast in 12 assembly seats of Maoist-affected Bastar region apprehending that the "voting machines are under threat."

Chhattisgarh polling parties return to district headquarters

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 23:27

Amidst high security, almost all polling parties returned to their respective district headquarters on Tuesday after polling in Maoist-affected Bastar region and Rajnandgaon district.