The second road show, organised by Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department (APTD) and Andhra Pradesh Tourism Forum (APTF), was held in Raipur on Saturday night (March 22, 2025). Ajay Jain, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Tourism & Culture, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and Vivek Acharya, Managing Director Chhattisgarh Tourism Board, Government of Chhattisgarh, participated as guests. … Read more
Security personnel after an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh,on January 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Chhattisgarh police on Saturday (January 18, 2025) said that 18 Maoists — not 12, as initially announced — were killed in the South Bastar operation earlier this week, attributing the update to a press release in which … Read more
The Odisha state government, under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janta Party, has introduced a scheme to provide a monthly pension of Rs 20,000 to individuals who were detained during the Emergency period between 1975 and 1977. This pension will also cover medical expenses for eligible recipients who are still alive as of January 1, … Read more
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel. File | Photo Credit: ANI A jawan of the Border Security Force was injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites exploded while his team was trying to defuse it in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Sunday, police said. “The blast occurred around 9.30 a.m. on the Hetarkasa village … Read more
Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, a senior police official said. The gunfight took place in the morning in the forest of Nendra and Punnur villages when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, Bijapur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav … Read more
A 35-year-old man was killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on the suspicion of being a police informer, police said on Wednesday (October 30, 2024). “The incident took place on Tuesday (October 29, 2024) night in Putkel village under Basaguda police station limits,” a police official here said. “After being alerted, a … Read more
Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Bhabesh Kalita felicitates party leader Ramen Deka after he was elected as the Governor of Chhattisgarh, at the party office, in Guwahati, Assam on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Ramen Deka on July 31 took oath as the 10th Governor of Chhattisgarh at a function held at … Read more
Five Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday, the police said. The gunfight took place in a forest in Abujhmad, a hilly forest area, when a joint team of personnel from different security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a senior police official said. Search under … Read more
In the early hours of June 7, 2024, two Uttar Pradesh residents were found dead while a third sustained injuries in the Arang area. Photo: Special Arrangement Till Sunday, nearly ‘nine to ten persons’, some with previous history of cow vigilantism, have been questioned in connection with the Arang mob lynching case of Chhattisgarh, an … Read more
Security personnel at the site of an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on April 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Not following usual routes, improved coordination between forces, and additional backup helped security personnel minimise risk and inflict more damage in the April 16 anti-Maoist operation in which 29 alleged Maoists were killed … Read more