Jayprakash S Naidu

Jayprakash S Naidu is a state correspondent for Chhattisgarh.

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Roses, the Constitution, and posing for cameras: As 210 Naxals lay down arms in Abujhmad, why it’s a big deal

October 17, 2025 20:05 IST

Naxalism in Abujhmad, also known as Maad, is almost over, Chhattisgarh police said, marking a major milestone for an area that has long been a Maoist stronghold

Fri, Oct 17, 2025

As part of the 2021–2026 revival plan, the Chhattisgarh State Wildlife Board translocated 77 blackbucks – 50 from the National Zoological Park in New Delhi and 27 from the Kanan Pendari Zoological Garden, Bilaspur. (Express photo)

It went locally extinct for 50 years. Then, the blackbuck made a miraculous comeback in Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara sanctuary

October 17, 2025 06:00 IST

Poaching, habitat loss, and human encroachment drove the blackbuck population down, with the state declaring it locally extinct in 2017. That changed when the state came up with a five-year revival plan.

Fri, Oct 17, 2025

More dominoes fall in Maoist ranks, key ‘bombmaker’ behind 2000 attack on Chandrababu Naidu among 170 who will surrender today

October 17, 2025 05:15 IST

Takkalappalli Vasudeva Rao alias Rupesh, 59, is also believed to have been involved in the killings of former Andhra Pradesh home minister A Madhav Reddy and young IPS officer Umesh Chandra in 1999.

Fri, Oct 17, 2025

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‘Based purely on apprehension’: Chhattisgarh HC dismisses plea seeking probe into senior Maoist leader’s ‘encounter’

October 16, 2025 18:32 IST

In his petition, senior Maoist leader Katha Ramachandra Reddy’s son had alleged that his father was killed in cold blood.

Thu, Oct 16, 2025

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Sonu’s surrender in Maharashtra has ripples in Chhattisgarh, 50 Maoists from Abujhmad lay down arms

October 16, 2025 06:00 IST

Those who surrendered include senior Maoists leaders from Abujhmad, and sources said more surrenders are expected in the coming days.

Thu, Oct 16, 2025

Amid conversion row, Chhattisgarh govt to bring ‘stringent’ law in next Assembly session — ‘Need to deal with healing congregations’

October 15, 2025 13:25 IST

There have been several confrontations between right-wing groups and Christians in parts of Chhattisgarh, including Raipur, over alleged conversions.

Wed, Oct 15, 2025

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‘Assets worth 1,872% more than income’: Chhattisgarh former deputy chief secretary chargesheeted

October 15, 2025 07:22 IST

Saumya Chaurasia allegedly amassed assets worth Rs 46.96 crore, the Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau alleged

Wed, Oct 15, 2025

She is accused of amassing assets disproportionate to her known sources of income and the amount involved in the case makes it the highest ever in the EOW history in Chhattisgarh, which came into existence in November 2000, according to the probe agency.

Former Deputy Chief Secretary in Chhattisgarh’s Baghel government chargesheeted for ‘amassing Rs 49.69 crore’

October 14, 2025 20:07 IST

The amount is 1872% higher than her known sources of income and is the highest value of disproportionate assets amassed by a government servant in the history of the agency in the state, said an official

Tue, Oct 14, 2025

Maoists strangle BJP worker to death in Chhattisgarh after accusing him of being a police informer

October 14, 2025 11:09 IST

The Maoists left a note claiming that they had warned him several times against helping the police

Tue, Oct 14, 2025

Rs 32 crore ‘embezzled’ from land compensation for Raipur-Visakhapatnam road: Chhattisgarh investigators file chargesheet

October 14, 2025 08:16 IST

This is the first chargesheet in the case. Congress had alleged Rs 350 crore irregularities, sought CBI probe.

Tue, Oct 14, 2025

IEDs continue to pose a serious threat to security forces in the region.

STF jawan injured in IED blast in Bijapur, airlifted to Raipur

October 13, 2025 17:05 IST

A 40-year-old jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast planted by Maoists during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district Monday morning. He was airlifted to Raipur for treatment. According to officials, the incident occurred around 9.45 am in a forest area of Bhopalpatnam block, where […]

Mon, Oct 13, 2025

Moved by weeping woman, village brings her saplings for Peepal loss

October 13, 2025 04:38 IST

In Chhattisgarh’s Sarragondi village, Devla Bai Patel, aged over 90, was seen in a video clutching a dead Peepal tree, crying inconsolably. She had planted the sapling over two decades ago.

Mon, Oct 13, 2025

Chhattisgarh nuns arrest case: Women’s commission demands FIR against right-wing workers for ‘harassment’

October 10, 2025 07:20 IST

2 nuns from Kerala were arrested on July 25 after Bajrang Dal workers accused them of trafficking and converting 3 women. The arrest caused a furore and the nuns were given bail on August 2.

Fri, Oct 10, 2025

Personal assistant of former Chhattisgarh Congress treasurer chargesheeted in coal scam

October 09, 2025 07:36 IST

The alleged scam took place between 2020 and 2022 during the Congress regime in the state.

Thu, Oct 09, 2025

Cracks deepen among Maoists, three more divisions support call to lay down arms

October 09, 2025 07:35 IST

As security operations intensify in Chhattisgarh, top Maoists Sonu and Devuji are divided over whether or not to lay down arms.

Thu, Oct 09, 2025

After ‘liquor scam’, Chhattisgarh ex-IAS officer now chargesheeted in rice mill ‘racket’

October 07, 2025 06:09 IST

Embattled IAS officer Anil Tuteja, who has been arrested in another scam in the state, has been accused of inflating state incentives to rice millers and then forcing them to pay commissions. Businessman Anwar Dhebar – brother of ex-Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, has also been chargesheeted.

Tue, Oct 07, 2025

Jagdalpur, Oct 04 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during the "Bastar Dussehra Lokotsav" program, in Jagdalpur on Saturday. (@ChhattisgarhCMO X/ANI Photo)

Amid internal strife in Naxal ranks, Amit Shah draws the red line: ‘What talks? Drop weapons or…’

October 04, 2025 19:12 IST

Amit Shah emphasised that both the state and central governments are "dedicated to the development of Bastar and other Naxal-affected areas".

Sun, Oct 05, 2025

Tribal activist charge-sheeted by NIA for ‘promoting’ Maoist activities

October 01, 2025 14:38 IST

Accused of collection, storage and disbursal of funds for the outlawed CPI (Maoist) in Chhattisgarh

Wed, Oct 01, 2025

‘Everyone deserves a respectable see off’: Shocked at state of cremation grounds, Chhattisgarh HC slams govt

September 30, 2025 06:58 IST

In a suo motu PIL after he attended a funeral, Chhattisgarh Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha directed the Chhattisgarh government to draw up a road map to upgrade the state’s cremation grounds.

Tue, Sep 30, 2025