Two elephants electrocuted in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Two female elephants were electrocuted in a forest village in Chhattisgarh’s northern Jashpur district, an official said Friday. Incentives to give up land for new Chhattisgarh cityRAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Thursday announced incentive of 5-20 percent to farmers to speed up land acquisition process for a 8,000-hectare mega city near here that will be the new state capital. Five tribal students in Chhattisgarh suspended for raggingRAIPUR - Five tribal students of a government-run school in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district have been suspended for ragging after over a dozen junior students complained that they were forced by the seniors to stroll naked in the hostel complex and beaten, an official said. Two CRPF troopers wounded in Maoist bomb blastRAIPUR - Two troopers of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were critically injured Wednesday when they walked over a pressure bomb planted by Maoists in a thickly forested area of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh, an official said. Youth held with fake currency notes in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - A 19-year-old man has been arrested with fake currency notes of over Rs.200,000 in this Chhattisgarh capital, police said Wednesday. Police search for teacher who forced students to dance nudeRAIPUR - Police have launched a drive to arrest a primary school teacher who forced students to strip and dance in Koria district of Chhattisgarh. Work on Rs.17,000-crore Bastar steel plant to start by year-endRAIPUR - The state-owned National Mineral Development Corp (NMDC), India’s largest iron ore producer and exporter, will begin construction of a Rs.17,000-crore integrated steel project in Chhattisgarh by the year-end, according to Chief Minister Raman Singh. Chhattisgarh steps up anti-Maoist operationsRAIPUR - Chhattisgarh has stepped up its anti-Maoist operations in the forests of Rajnandgaon district on the Maharashtra border after an attack by the guerrillas in the region killed a top police officer in July. Maoist leader killed, four held in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Chhattisgarh police Monday gunned down a deputy commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and arrested four of his colleagues, officials said. Chhattisgarh chief minister’s chopper to have satellite phoneRAIPUR - Days after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy died in a chopper crash, authorities in Chhattisgarh have decided to take extra precautions like setting up a high-frequency satellite phone in Chief Minister Raman Singh’s helicopter. Four fake Maoists held for extortionRAIPUR - Four people, who were posing as Maoists, were arrested for threatening a woman legislator and demanding an extortion of Rs.1.3 million, police said Sunday. Probe begins into Maoists’ extortion demand from legislatorRAIPUR - Chhattisgarh police ordered a probe Saturday into an extortion demand by suspected Maoists from a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator. Soldier held for teasing women in trainRAIPUR - A soldier was arrested here on a charge of teasing two women in a train passing through Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday. Maoists kill four men for spyingRAIPUR - Police recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of four tribal men in the jungles of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region Friday. Police said Maoists had killed the men accusing them of being police spies. Water level in Chhattisgarh reservoirs low as monsoon nears endRAIPUR - Water reservoirs in Chhattisgarh are only 60 percent full as the monsoon nears its end, renewing fears of a drop in farm output in coming months. Reservoirs in the state are usually full to 80 percent capacity by the end of the monsoon, the season during which India gets almost all its annual rainfall. 10 workers killed in Chhattisgarh road accidentRAIPUR - At least 10 labourers were killed when a tractor trolley in which they were travelling turned turtle in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district late Thursday night, police said. Chattisgarh seeks central assistance for development in Maoist hit areasRAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh Government on Wednesday placed a demand for grant of Rs 94.22 crore from the Central Government to develop educational facilities in the Maoist- affected areas. Chhattisgarh seeks Rs.942 mn for building schools in Maoist-hit areasRAIPUR - Chhattisgarh has sought an assistance of Rs.94.22 crore (Rs.942 million) from the central government to build educational infrastructure in the Maoist-hit areas, an official said Wednesday. Maoists kill two villagers in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas killed two villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district Tuesday, accusing them of being police spies, police said. Senior held for ragging girl student in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - A student of the Government Engineering College here has been arrested for ragging his junior. He had asked the girl to hug him, police said Tuesday. Chhattisgarh police clueless in Raipur blast caseRAIPUR - A day after a little known group triggered a powerful blast right in front of state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in the heart of the city, the police are yet to ascertain who was behind it. Pulses worth Rs.100 mn seized in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - The state food department has seized pulses worth Rs.100 million (Rs.10 crore) during overnight raids in this Chhattisgarh capital, an official said Sunday. Chhattisgarh cop shoots two seniors, hangs himselfRAIPUR - A constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) Saturday shot dead his platoon commander and a head constable in the insurgency-hit Bastar district and then committed suicide by hanging himself, police said. Chhattisgarh cop kills 2 seniors, himselfRAIPUR - A constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) Saturday committed suicide after killing his platoon commander and a head constable in Bastar district, police said Saturday. Stalker sends over 5,000 SMSes, lands in jailRAIPUR - A 22-year-old man was arrested for sending 5,231 love messages to a woman in this Chhattisgarh capital, police said Saturday. ABVP protests against Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Chhattisgarh universityRAIPUR - Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students’ wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), staged a protest against Rahul Gandhi, visiting the Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University in Raipur on Friday. Rahul Gandhi charges State Govt. in Chhattisgarh of not tackling Maoist menaceRAIPUR - Congress General secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the State Government in Chhattisgarh of not tackling the Maoists problem. ABVP members held for protesting Rahul functionRAIPUR - Police Friday arrested about 100 members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Chhattisgarh capital for protesting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the university. I have good relations with Lalu, Mulayam: RahulRAIPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Friday that he enjoyed “very good personal relations” with Lalu Prasad of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Mulayam Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party. Chhattisgarh not taking development to Maoist areas: Rahul GandhiRAIPUR - Maoist violence was continuing in certain parts of the country because development was not reaching the troubled areas, particularly in states like Chhattisgarh, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Friday. |