Chhattisgarh Congress legislator booked for graftRAIPUR - Police Sunday booked Chhattisgarh Congress legislator Shakrajit Nayak for demanding money from an industrialist for the forthcoming civic body elections. Of diamonds, Maoists and business in Chhattisgarh (Flashback 2009)RAIPUR - The release of rights activist Binayak Sen, a diamond rush, the killing of a police officer by Maoists, mounting operations against the rebels…Chhattisgarh saw a lot of action. Here are 10 notable happenings of 2009: Maoists kill businessman in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Suspected Maoist guerrillas killed a local businessman in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, police said Thursday. Orphan kids of Bastar want ‘all out war’ against MaoistsRAIPUR - A group of 50 tribal kids, who lost one or both of their parents in the Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, left for Delhi to meet President Pratibha Patil to request her for an “all out war against Maoists”. Youth held with 300 kg of marijuanaRAIPUR - A 25-year-old man has been arrested with 300 kg of marijuana (ganja) worth Rs.700,000 from this Chhattisgarh capital, police said Tuesday. Witch doctors called to treat students who fainted studentsRAIPUR - Superstition-driven residents of a village in Chhattisgarh summoned five witch doctors to a government school to treat three girls who ocassionally fell unconscious in the classroom, an official said Saturday. Trooper kills colleague in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) trooper shot dead a colleague after a heated argument in Bhilai town of Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday. Seven Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh gun battleRAIPUR - Seven armed Maoists were killed in a fierce 10-hour long gun battle with the Special Task Force (STF) Friday in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh’s troubled Bastar region, police said. Maoists gun down two brothers in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - About 50 armed Maoists raided a Chhattisgarh village and gunned down two brothers allegedly on charges of spying, police said Wednesday. Maoists’ anniversary celebrations hits life in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Normal life was affected in Chhattisgarh’s interior areas Tuesday, the last day of week-long anniversary celebrations of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), with buses off the road and residents remaining indoors fearing attacks. Cops run for cover as wild jumbos enter police stationRAIPUR - About a dozen cops on duty at a police station in Chhattisgarh ran for cover when they found a herd of wild jumbos roaming in the complex, authorities said Monday. Four civilians killed in mine blast in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Four people were killed Sunday when a powerful landmine blast set off by Maoists ripped through a truck on the national highway in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, police said. Four killed as Maoists blow up truck in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Four people were killed Sunday when Maoists blew up a truck on the national highway in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region, police said. Maoists set ablaze Chhattisgarh rest houseRAIPUR - Members of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), which is celebrating the anniversary of its military wing, raided a rest house in an interior village of Chhattisgarh and set it on fire, police said Sunday. Maoists set Chhattisgarh rest house on fireRAIPUR - More than 100 Maoist guerrillas Saturday raided a rest house in an interior village of Chhattisgarh and set it on fire, police said Sunday. Chhattisgarh vegetables being exported to S. ArabiaRAIPUR - Pumpkin farmers in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, are glad to find that their yield has an international demand. Top Chhattisgarh health official on the runRAIPUR - The director of health services in Chhattisgarh is on the run since Nov 7 after his name allegedly figured in a scam. Maoists’ anniversary hits life in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Normal life was hit hard in the interiors of Chhattisgarh Wednesday, the first day of the weeklong anniversary celebrations of the People’s Liberation of Guerilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). Two held with brown sugarRAIPUR - A man and his father-in-law have been arrested in Chhattisgarh on charges of smuggling brown sugar worth Rs.4 million, police said Wednesday. Maoists blast police barrack in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas blew up an under-construction barrack in Chhattisgarh and left leaflets at the site claiming they would not allow the police and paramilitary to construct quarters in the interiors, police said Tuesday. Maoists take to violence ahead of second phase of pollsRANCHI/ RAIPUR - Disappointed by the public response to their call for two-day closure, Maoists are stepping up violent incidents in their effort to limit public response to the second phase of State Assembly elections in the State. . Maoists kill two cadre for ’spying’ for policeRAIPUR - Maoist militants killed two of their cadre Monday in Chhattisgarh, accusing them of spying for police. Maoists attack on forest official exposes Naxal claimsRAIPUR - As the curtains were down for the first phase of the Jharkhand elections and the security personnel were busy in protecting the state borders, a forest official in the remote Indagaon range along the Orissa -Chattisgarh border went down fighting the Maoists for the cause of protecting the environment. Chhattisgarh sounds alert ahead of Maoist army anniversaryRAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government sounded an alert Monday ahead of the weeklong anniversary celebrations of the People’s Liberation of Guerilla Army (PLGA), the military wing of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). Maoists kill forest official in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas abducted a forest department officials Saturday and beat him to death in the first such killing in the Raipur district of Chhattisgarh, police said. Maoists annually extort Rs.2,000 crore in India: Chhattisgarh DGPRAIPUR - Maoists annually extort up to Rs.2,000 crore (Rs.20,000 million) across India, mostly targeting iron and coal mining companies, infrastructure project contractors and ‘tendu patta’ businessmen, says Chhattisgarh Director General of Police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan. Maoist killed, seven arrested in ChhattisgarhRAIPUR - A Maoist was killed and seven rebels arrested after a gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district Friday, officials said. Chhattisgarh school boy killed for Rs.2,000 ransom, locals protestRAIPUR - Police Friday recovered the body of a 12-year-old boy who was kidnapped on way to school by a neighbour for a ransom of Rs.2,000. Hundreds of angry locals protested the boy’s death and demanded that police hand over the murderer to them. Maoists’ strike hits life in two Chhattisgarh districtsRAIPUR - A day-long shutdown called by the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) Friday in Dhamtari and Raipur districts of Chhattisgarh hit normal life as people preferred to stay at home fearing violence, officials said. Wild jumbos go on rampage in Chhattisgarh, one killedRAIPUR - One woman was killed and six injured when marauding elephants went on the rampage and brought down eight houses in a Chhattisgarh village. |
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