Congress`s `Kalash Yatra` begins in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 21:20

Chhattisgarh unit of Congress, which lost its chief Nand Kumar Patel and a few other leaders in the deadly Naxal attack in Bastar area on May 25, on Thursday started its `Kalash Yatra`, meant to pay tribute to the slain leaders.

VC Shukla: Achieved fame during Emergency as propagandist

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 16:16

Vidya Charan Shukla, a Congressman by origin who changed parties and held key portfolios including External Affairs, achieved fame during the infamous Emergency as a propagandist for Indira Gandhi`s government.

Three-day mourning declared in Chattisgarh on Shukla`s demise

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 16:02

Chattisgarh Government on Tuesday declared three-day state mourning as a mark of respect for former Union minister and Congress veteran VC Shukla who died after battling injuries in a Naxal attack.

PM to hold all-party meet on Maoists

Last Updated: Sunday, June 9, 2013, 16:22

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold an all-party meet on Monday to fine tune the government`s strategy to deal with Maoists.

Mahendra Karma had only 6 guards with him when Naxals attacked

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 19:03

Mahendra Karma, former Chhattisgarh Home Minister, slain by Naxals along with 26 others, had Z-plus security with 16 armed guards but was accompanied by only six guards when he was attacked.

Bastar bloodbath: ‘Mahendra Karma was stabbed 78 times’

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 11:50

The post-mortem report of senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, who was killed in an ambush by Naxals in Chhattisgarh last Saturday, has reportedly revealed that he bled to death and suffered 78 stab wounds.

Chattisgarh CM calls all-party meet on May 30 on Naxal issue

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 22:15

Facing strident criticism from opposition parties for the deadly Naxal attack in Bastar, Raman Singh convened an all-party meeting on May 30.

Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Families of Karma, Patel get enhanced security

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 08:40

The Chhattisgarh government has tightened security arrangements of the families of senior Congress leaders Nand Kumar Patel and Mahendra Karma, who were killed in a Maoist attack on Saturday in Bastar.