June 25, 2023 7:19 am
As part of a government initiative called ‘Choo Lo Aasman (touch the sky)’ that started in 2011, 80-odd students from government schools are chosen through an exam every year in Dantewada.
May 08, 2023 9:04 am
A conscious attempt should be made to win the hearts and minds of the tribal people who are usually support base of the Maoists
July 16, 2022 8:59 am
The Supreme Court must reflect on this worrisome inversion and call a halt to it before it does more damage to its hard-won reputation as the upholder of the constitutional check and balance.
July 16, 2022 4:59 pm
The incident dates back to September and October 2009 when 17 tribals, including a 12-year-old girl, were killed and many injured and their houses destroyed in villages of then Dantewada and now Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.
July 15, 2022 7:26 am
The bench imposed an “exemplary” cost of Rs 5 lakh on the main petitioner Himanshu Kumar to be submitted within four weeks failing which authorities can take appropriate steps for recovery. Kumar had told the court that he ran an NGO, Vanvasi Chetna Ashram, in Dantewada.
November 11, 2018 2:34 am
The issue of bonus for paddy had become a major talking point earlier this year. While the BJP-led government was giving Rs 300 bonus for the crop for past three years of their five-year term, the Congress promised
October 27, 2014 2:14 am
Sita alias Jagarbati (23) turned herself in before police citing atrocities and exploitation of female cadres by senior rebels.
September 18, 2013 12:36 pm
Damage would affect the transportation of iron ore from the region for a couple of days.
October 01, 2012 2:43 am
Everyone knows that the Dantewada district of Chattisgarh is a Naxal-affected area.
May 14, 2012 2:15 pm
6 CISF jawans and a civilian driver were ambushed by Naxals with heavy gunfire last night.


