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Chhattisgarh: Shah, Baghel attend wreath ceremony, tell forces that battle against Maoists will go onSubscriber Only
April 06, 2021 05:44 IST
On Saturday, a fierce battle broke out between the security forces and Maoists in which 31 people were injured. On Sunday, the police released information that 22 men had died in the incident, after their bodies were retrieved.
Tue, Apr 06, 2021
Chhattisgarh: Maoists suspected to have abducted CRPF man missing after attackSubscriber Only
April 06, 2021 04:21 IST
In the aftermath of the ambush in Teklagudam on Saturday, bodies of 22 security personnel had been recovered.
Tue, Apr 06, 2021
Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: In Bijapur, a deafening silenceSubscriber Only
April 06, 2021 02:42 IST
Of 22 personnel killed in the Maoist attack, CRPF lost eight men, including seven commandos of its elite CoBRA unit, and one of its Bastariya battalion personnel. The state forces lost eight District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and six Special Task Force (STF) personnel.
Tue, Apr 06, 2021
Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: How a massive security operation was planned and how it went wrongSubscriber Only
April 05, 2021 04:25 IST
It was a massive operation that included the STF, DRG and District Force of the Chhattisgarh Police, the CRPF and its elite COBRA unit, with close to a 1,000 personnel from Bijapur alone.
Mon, Apr 05, 2021
Day after Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush: bodies of 20 personnel recovered, toll 22Subscriber Only
April 05, 2021 02:00 IST
On April 2, more than 2000 personnel from at least five camps in Sukma and Bijapur had gone into the forest around Tarrem in Bijapur district, 60 km from the district headquarters.
Mon, Apr 05, 2021
Chhattisgarh: Five security personnel killed in 3-hr gunbattleSubscriber Only
April 04, 2021 03:32 IST
Officials said the body of only one of those killed could be recovered by late tonight. Seven personnel were in a “critical condition,” police said, and were airlifted to Raipur – the others were brought to the Bijapur district hospital.
Sun, Apr 04, 2021
Caught in crosshairs of Chhattisgarh’s police-Naxal war, 14 who surrenderedSubscriber Only
March 31, 2021 03:27 IST
Under an initiative launched last June called ‘Lon Varattu’ (which in Gondi dialect means ‘return to your village’), the state police appeals to those who have turned naxals to come back home.
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
Before Chhattisgarh blast: Message over wireless, IEDs covered with carbon paperSubscriber Only
March 25, 2021 04:12 IST
A day earlier, more than 100 DRG personnel from five camps on the Dantewada-Naraynpur axis had embarked on an anti-Maoist operation that yielded little success.
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
Chhattisgarh: Five security personnel killed in IED blast in Naxal-hit NarayanpurSubscriber Only
March 23, 2021 18:06 IST
The incident occurred when the security personnel -- mostly policemen -- were returning after an anti-Naxal operation, state Director General of Police D M Awasthi said.
Wed, Mar 24, 2021
Unpaid bonuses, irregular incentives: Pandemic is not the only battle for ‘mitanins’ in ChhattisgarhSubscriber Only
March 19, 2021 05:12 IST
A mitanin– which means “female friend” in the local dialect– is a community health volunteer assigned to each village under the Chhattisgarh government’s health programme.
Fri, Mar 19, 2021
BharatNet deadline extended thrice, notice to Tata but no penalty yet: CM in AssemblySubscriber Only
March 05, 2021 08:50 IST
Awarded to Tata in July 2018, the project was originally scheduled to be completed in a year. It involves laying an optical fibre network covering 32,466 km, linking 85 blocks and 5,987 gram panchayats across 27 districts in the state.
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
Chhattisgarh budget focuses on farmers, economically weaker sectionsSubscriber Only
March 02, 2021 03:13 IST
Among the new schemes in the budget was the Kaushalya Maternity Scheme to incentivize mothers on the birth of a second girl child.
Tue, Mar 02, 2021
‘Surrendered Maoist’ dead, kin say cops didn’t allow them to meetSubscriber Only
February 27, 2021 02:11 IST
On Tuesday evening, one of them, 20-year-old Pande, accused of being the member of a theatre group linked to Maoists, died at a guest house in the police lines, reportedly of suicide.
Sat, Feb 27, 2021
Chhattisgarh: Day after body found, tribal woman’s family refuses to take itSubscriber Only
February 25, 2021 03:26 IST
While postmortem report is awaited, the family alleged that Pande Kawasi was beaten up in police custody.
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
Chhattisgarh’s Sitanadi Udanti tiger reserve: Tribals seek forest rights, officials cite core area ruleSubscriber Only
February 25, 2021 03:15 IST
Despite the Congress-led Chhattisgarh government’s promise of recognition of community resource rights, these villagers are facing bureaucratic hurdles, largely based on interpretation of law.
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
Four days after she surrendered, Maoist associate dies by suicideSubscriber Only
February 24, 2021 02:44 IST
According to SP Abhishek Pallav, she was a member of Chetna Natya Mandali — a cultural outfit with links to the CPI (Maoist) — and had been living with a woman Maoist.
Fri, Feb 26, 2021
The Budget Connection: ‘Being a govt doctor makes it difficult to devote time, resources towards research’Subscriber Only
February 02, 2021 05:39 IST
Like in many other parts of the country, it was a terrible time in Bijapur, too. Doctors at the district hospital say there was a shortage of PPE kits when the number of patients surged in the district last August.
Tue, Feb 02, 2021
Chhattisgarh: On way to attend CM event, two die in truck crash in DantewadaSubscriber Only
February 01, 2021 04:12 IST
A CCTV video shows one of the trucks, driven by Masa Oyami (46), ramming into a stationary one at the Nakulnar police station chowk, before crashing into a house. Oyami, who succumbed to his injuries, was allegedly drunk, police officers said.
Mon, Feb 01, 2021
A bridge in Bastar — why a district, security men are counting on itSubscriber Only
January 24, 2021 04:49 IST
Three years after the security forces managed to reach Pamed, gradually laying an 11-km road between 2017 and 2019, they hope to finally finish the last 5-odd km to Chintavaagu, and build a bridge over it.
Sun, Jan 24, 2021
Chhattisgarh: WCD dept recommends closure of Ujjawala homeSubscriber Only
January 23, 2021 05:18 IST
The recommendation has been made on the basis of a report submitted by officials of the department on the situation at the shelter, run by NGO Shivmangal Shikshan Samiti.
Sat, Jan 23, 2021
Chhattisgarh: President of NGO that ran shelter held, rape charge added to FIRSubscriber Only
January 22, 2021 04:07 IST
An 18-year old woman who escaped from the Ujjawala home said, “I was taken there by the police because my parents didn’t want to keep me. Then, on my fourth day there, I was locked up in a room and raped. I told this to the judge.”
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
Chhattisgarh: Three women allege sexual assault at Bilaspur shelter homeSubscriber Only
January 21, 2021 01:41 IST
Three women, including the 20-year-old, have alleged that the staff of the NGO Shiv Mangal Shikshan Samiti, which runs the Ujjawala home, not only mistreated the women but also sexually abused them.
Thu, Jan 21, 2021
Nurse in Kerala, surgeon in Kashmir –– meet frontline workers who got first jabs of Covid vaccine
January 16, 2021 22:51 IST
The Sunday Express meets some of the first recipients of the Covaxin and Covishield vaccines — from a health officer in a remote Arunachal district to a community worker in Naxal-hit Dantewada
Sun, Jan 17, 2021
Ragi bars to millet brownies, a bakery with flavours of DantewadaSubscriber Only
January 13, 2021 04:30 IST
Set up at an initial cost of about Rs 10 lakh, the Navchetna Bakery, equipped with high-end machinery, is yet to be inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
Wed, Jan 13, 2021Devagudis in all Narayanpur panchayats: CM Bhupesh BaghelSubscriber Only
January 10, 2021 05:25 IST
Baghel’s visit comes in the wake of protests by tribals in the Maoist-affected district over demands to stop mining activity and shut down police camps near areas where mining is taking place.
Sun, Jan 10, 2021Journalism of Courage
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