Naxals kill villager in Chhattisgarh`s Dantewada district

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 18:56

A villager was killed allegedly by Naxals who suspected him to be a police informer in Maoist-hit Dantewada district of southern Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.

NHRC seeks report on teachers beating students in Chhattisgarh

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 14:58

NHRC sought a report from the Chhattisgarh government over the alleged incident of teachers beating and rusticating some government school children.

NHRC seeks report from Dantewada authorities

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 14:27

National Human Rights Commission Tuesday sought a report from authorities in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh after teachers of a Navodaya Vidyalaya allegedly thrashed and rusticated some students after branding them as Naxalites.

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 NOTA: 3.15 per cent of total votes cast

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 00:20

It was Chhattisgarh that polled perhaps the largest number of `none of the above` (NOTA) votes to reject all candidates in recently concluded Assembly elections.

Explosive device recovered in Dantewada ahead of polling

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 12:36

An improvised explosive device was recovered from Maoist-hit Dantewada district of south Chhattisgarh, two days ahead of the first phase of Assembly Elections in the state.

I opposed Army deployment in anti-naxal ops: Gen VK Singh

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:08

Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh has claimed that the then Home Minister P Chidambaram had not liked his opposition to the deployment of army in the Naxal-affected areas.

Naxals planning to attack "soft targets" in cities

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 13:18

With heavy security deployment in hyper-sensitive areas of Bastar region ahead of polls, Naxalites are apparently trying to change their course of action and mobilising cadres to town areas.

Chhattisgarh polls: `Villagers don`t want ink mark amid Maoist threat`

Last Updated: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 00:40

In view of Maoist threat to boycott polls in Chhattisgarh`s Bastar region, the villagers there have sought that the indelible ink should not be applied on fingers after they exercise their franchise.

IED hidden underneath road defused in Dantewada

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 16:18

Security forces Wednesday defused a 20 kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which was cleverly concealed underneath a road in Chhattisgarh`s Dantewada.