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26 Nov

4 Naxals shot dead in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

Business Correspondent0 CommentsCrimechattisgarh

Security forces have gun-fired four Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur in a morning operation today. Atleast 50 Naxals had collaborated to target an attack on development works in the place when the forces shoot them, Bastar’s Inspector General of Police, P Sundarraj, said to the media. Teams of the Central Reserve Police Force , Special Task Force and the District Reserve Guards launched an operation based on details received about the gathering of Naxals in the area, Sundarraj said. The encounter started around 7.30 am in a forest near the Pomra village under the Mirtur police station limits when joint teams…

06 Oct

Chhattisgarh, Punjab to give ₹50 lakh each to families of farmers, journalist killed in Lakhimpur

editor0 CommentsPoliticalchattisgarh, punjab, uttarpradesh

The governments of Punjab and Chhattisgarh will give ₹50 lakh each to families of farmers, journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, news agency PTI reported on Wednesday. As many as eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri clash that happened after a vehicle ran over farmers who were gathered there to protest against the three farm laws. Four farmers were among eight killed in Lakhimpur. The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday announced an ex-gratia of ₹45 lakh and a government job for the kin of four farmers who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. Another Congress leader and chief minister…

05 Oct

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Stopped At Lucknow Airport, Sits On Floor

editor0 CommentsPoliticalchattisgarh

The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, sat on a dharna inside the Lucknow airport on Tuesday after UP Police did not allow him to leave the airport premises. In a video tweeted by the CM showed him sitting on the ground surrounded by UP Police officers. In his tweet, the CM said: "I had heard a lot about Lucknowi Tehzeeb but what hapenned at the airport was quite the opposite. What have you done Yogi ji." He added: "I can understand how bad the people of Lucknow must be feeling. People must be understanding what they have lost." Protesting…

07 Apr

Maoists release picture of the jawan in their custody

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastchattisgarh, jawan, maoists, terror

The CPI (Maoists) on Wednesday released a picture of a jawan from the elite CoBRA unit to show he was in their custody. The picture was released a day after the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DSZC) of the banned organisation issued a press note demanding government-mandated interlocutors to whom the jawan would be handed over to. In the picture released by the Maoists, CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is seen sitting on a plastic mat under a temporary shelter, possibly at a Maoist camp.The picture was possibly taken at a Maoist camp Manhas had gone missing on April 3, following a fierce…

05 Apr

It was not an intelligence or operational failure says CRPF DG on Chhattisgarh encounter

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastbijapur, chattisgarh, crpf, INDIA, maoist

A day after 22 security personnel were killed during an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Kuldeep Singh, dismissed claims that the operation was an intelligence failure. “If it was a bait, more security personnel would have died. The Maoists would have set up an ambush at a place where we would have suffered maximum damage. We were moving through an area that is under their control and as such, they do have a tactical advantage there. They started firing at us with light machine guns when we were returning following our…