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Dantewada-based journalist Prabhat Singh was arrested on March 22.

Journalists' arrests in Chhattisgarh: panel to seek report from police

The high-level government panel was constituted to protect the rights of scribes.

29 March 2016 8:24 AM IST

Based on a tip off, police raided the spot on Friday night and apprehended 12 persons including Omer, his techie friend Y. Sravan and others. (Representational image)

Another scribe arrested in Bastar, 4th in six months

Singh's arrest sparked a wave of protests and condemnation with NHRC expressing dismay.

27 March 2016 3:17 AM IST

Naxals are frustrated with increasing pressure of security forces and development works being carried out by the administration, says officials. (Photo: AFP)

Naxals shift to IED, shun guerilla war: intelligence sources

This change in strategy by Maoists was indicated from the growing cases of IED attacks in the conflict zone of Bastar.

25 March 2016 11:21 AM IST

Dantewada-based journalist Prabhat Singh

NHRC seeks report from Chhattisgarh govt on arrest of scribe

The court remanded him to judicial custody till March 31.

24 March 2016 3:12 AM IST

Three more bodies of dead Maoists were identified (Representational Image)

128 Maoists killed in three years: Chhattisgarh panchayat raj minister

Chandrakar said total 210 security personnel and eight Maoists were injured in the encounters during the period.

15 March 2016 2:17 AM IST

Later, during search, body of a naxal, clad in uniform, was recovered from the spot besides two country-made weapons, its rounds, naxal bags, medicines and naxal literature, he said. (Photo: DC File)

Naxal gunned down in Chhattisgarh

The intermittent firing lasted for several hours after which naxals fled from the spot.

13 March 2016 4:50 PM IST

Injured BSF personnel admitted in hospital. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Chhattisgarh: Two BSF jawans killed in encounter with Naxals

According to police, ultras attacked on security personnel as a part of a one-day Bastar-bandh call.

12 March 2016 9:35 AM IST

The assailants damaged the chairs, musical instruments, fans and other articles. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Seven arrested for vandalising church in Raipur

The masked' assailants even pushed an infant to the ground while allegedly thrashing the worshippers.

7 March 2016 11:27 AM IST

The assailants fled when police reached the spot. (Representational Image)

Raipur: Men in masks attack church

The masked assailants even pushed an infant to the ground while thrashing the worshippers.

7 March 2016 2:49 AM IST

Police sources said Maoists abducted 16 tribals from the villages of Netanar, Albeda, Parpa, Kundla and Matbeda in Abujhmad area, a Naxal-stronghold where administration was yet to reach, and killed them after producing them before a kangaroo court on February 29. -Representational image (Photo: AFP/File)

Naxals kill 16 tribals in Chhattisgarh on charges of spying for police

In another development, 23 Naxals, three of them carrying a reward of Rs one lakh each on their head, surrendered before...

3 March 2016 1:10 AM IST

Narendra Modi launched the ambitious Rurban Mission in Chhattisgarh (Photo: PTI)

PM launches 'Rurban Mission', says his govt is for poor, dalits

Under the 'Rurban Mission', 300 rural centres, catering to at least 4 adjoining villages each, will be developed.

21 Feb 2016 2:08 PM IST

JNUSU Vice President Shehla Rashid addresses a press conference on the JNU campus in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Current Affairs

Celebration at JNU after massacre of 76 jawans pained me: Chhattisgarh...

JNU is currently at the centre of a controversy over arrest of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar.

20 Feb 2016 10:55 AM IST