Census in Maoist zones difficult, say Chhattisgarh officials
January 11th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) A headcount of people in Bijapur and Dantewada districts will be highly difficult due to the presence of Maoist rebels in the interiors of the region, Chhattisgarh officials ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh to bolster anti-Maoist forces
January 10th, 2011 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 10 (IANS) Battling rising Maoist militancy, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to add another 2,400 special police officers (SPOs) to be drawn from local youths to combat the guerrillas, an ... Read more...
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Govt. successfully neutralized terror modules: Chidambaram
January 4th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 4 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that the government continued to build capacity and successfully neutralised a number of terror modules in the country. ... Read more...
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Life in Chhattisgarh hit as Maoists protest
January 3rd, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 3 (IANS) Normal life was hit in the forested areas of Chhattisgarh for the second consecutive day Monday as the Maoists continued their Jan 2-8 protest week against the conviction ... Read more...
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Maoist protest hits life in Chhattisgarh (Lead)
January 2nd, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 2 (IANS) Normal life was badly hit Sunday in the interior districts of Chhattisgarh after the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist launched its "protest week" against the conviction of human ... Read more...
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Aound 60 percent polling in Karnataka district polls (Lead)
December 31st, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 31 (IANS) The second and penultimate phase of elections to Karnataka's local governing body councils Friday ended peacefully with about 60 percent of over 15 million voters in 17 ... Read more...
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Around 30 percent votes cast in Karnataka district polls
December 31st, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 31 (IANS) Around 30 percent of over 15 million voters cast their ballots by noon Friday in the second of the three-phase elections to the local governing councils in Karnataka."Voting ... Read more...
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17 Karnataka districts vote Friday in panchayat polls
December 30th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 30 (IANS) Karnataka's 17 districts vote Friday to elect local governing councils in the second of the three-phase elections whose outcome will impact the stability of the Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Maoists blast three bridges in Chhattisgarh
December 23rd, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 23 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas blew up three bridges in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Thursday, police said.The rebels blew up the bridges in Kirandul area in Dantewada district, some 400 km ... Read more...
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2,184 trees illegally cut in Maoist-hit region since 2008
December 8th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 8 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bastar region has reported 2,184 cases of illegal felling of trees since 2008, a minister informed the state assembly Wednesday."We have registered a total of 2,184 ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown hits NMDC iron ore transportation (Lead)
December 6th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 6 (IANS) A weeklong shutdown enforced by Maoists has hit iron ore transportation by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, at its key ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown hits NMDC iron ore transportation
December 6th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 6 (IANS) A weeklong shutdown enforced by Maoists has hit iron ore transportation by NMDC Ltd, India's largest iron ore producer and exporter in the public sector, at its key ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown hits life in Chhattisgarh
December 4th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 4 (IANS) Vehicles stayed off the roads and businesses were shut in southern districts of Chhattisgarh Saturday in response to a bandh call given by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ... Read more...
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Security of Salwa Judum leaders raised after killing
November 22nd, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 22 (IANS) The security of dozens of Salwa Judum men has been stepped up in Dantewada and Bijapur districts of Chhattisgarh after a key leader of the controversial civil militia ... Read more...
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Two women among three Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
November 18th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Thursday arrested three Maoists, including two women insurgents, from a forested pocket of violence-hit Dantewada district."The arrested Maoists had been actively involved in several attacks in ... Read more...
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65 die in Chhattisgarh, exact cause unknown
October 19th, 2010 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 19 (IANS) At least 65 people have died of suspected water-borne diseases in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur and Dantewada districts but officials are still struggling to identify the exact cause of these ... Read more...
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Abducted Chhattisgarh cops safe: police (Lead)
September 30th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 29 (IANS) The four abducted Chhattisgarh policemen are still in
Maoist captivity but are safe, police said even as the fresh deadline set by the rebels for fulfilment of ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cops hostage crisis still unsolved
September 29th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 29 (IANS) Four Chhattisgarh policemen, of the seven kidnapped by Maoist guerrillas Sep 19, are still in Maoist captivity but safe and about to be released soon, police here said ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh may sack cops dodging Maoist area postings
September 7th, 2010 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 7 (IANS) Chhattisgarh, one of the states worst hit by Maoist insurgency, is thinking of suspending or dismissing from service 31 policemen who are declining new postings, mostly in Maoist ... Read more...
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Maoists kill Salwa Judum cadre in Chhattisgarh
September 6th, 2010 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 6 (IANS) Maoists hacked to death a cadre of the civil militia Salwa Judum movement in Chhattisgarh Monday.
The killing was reported from a remote area of violence-hit Dantewada district's Dornapal ... Read more...
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Two Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
August 26th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 26 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh Thursday arrested two armed Maoists in the restive Bastar region.
The arrests were made by a joint search party of the Chhattisgarh police and Border Security ... Read more...
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Rains in Chhattisgarh cut off four districts
August 6th, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 6 (IANS) Unabated rains in Chhattisgarh have snapped a road link between capital Raipur and four southern districts.
A bridge on National Highway 43 in Bastar district was submerged after the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh airlifting doctors to diarrhoea-hit areas
July 31st, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 31 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has started airlifting doctors by choppers to tribal belts in Bijapur and Dantewada districts where dozens of people have died due to diarrhoea, cholera and ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourns after tribute to ex-VP Shekhawat, Kargil martyrs
July 26th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Monday.The lower house assembled at 11 ... Read more...
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Maoist strike begins in Chhattisgarh
July 7th, 2010 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 7 (IANS) A two-day shutdown by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) began Wednesday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region amid fear of violence and tight security arrangements, police said.
Bus services ... Read more...
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Steps taken to combat Maoists yielding results: Pillai
July 6th, 2010 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 6 (IANS) Steps taken to combat Maoist insurgency had slowly started yielding results, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Tuesday.
Giving details about the ongoing anti-Maoist drives in ... Read more...
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Now Chhattisgarh police chief praises CRPF (Lead)
July 3rd, 2010 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 2 (IANS) Under attack for his disparaging remarks about the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Chhattisgarh's police chief Vishwa Ranjan Friday praised the paramilitary force that has lost more than ... Read more...
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We are shocked, says CRPF on Chhattisgarh cop’s remark
July 2nd, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 2 (IANS) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Friday described as shocking Chhattisgarh police chief Vishwa Ranjan's statement that he couldn't "teach the CRPF troopers how to walk".
Vishwa Ranjan ... Read more...
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Maoists kill three, as shutdown hits Chhattisgarh (Lead)
July 1st, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 1 (IANS) Three civilians were killed by the Maoists Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district as a shutdown called by the Left wing rebels hit life in the state's interior parts.
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Maoist strike hits life in interior Chhattisgarh
July 1st, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 1 (IANS) Normal life was hit in the forested interiors of Chhattisgarh Thursday, the second day of the two-day shutdown in five states called by the outlawed Communist Party of ... Read more...
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Maoist strike hits life in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar
June 30th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 30 (IANS) A day after 26 security personnel were killed in a Maoist massacre, normal life was hit hard in the interiors of Chhattisgarh's southern restive Bastar region as a ... Read more...
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Colleges to come up in Maoist strongholds
June 28th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 28 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has approved setting up of polytechnic colleges, or technical institutes, in Dantewada and Bijapur districts of the state that are known to be the nerve ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh seeks central funds for Maoist-hit districts
June 26th, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 26 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has sought Rs.4,553.17 crore from the Planning Commission for integrated development of seven districts hit by Maoist violence, an official said Saturday.
The finance and planning department has ... Read more...
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Dalits ignored, corruption on rise under Yeddyurappa: BJP MP
June 22nd, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 22 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Ramesh Jigajinagi, Tuesday alleged that Dalits were being neglected and corruption was on the rise under the party's first Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Monsoon slows down anti-Maoist offensive
June 21st, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 21 (IANS) The anti-Maoist offensive in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region has slowed down due to the Monsoon, an official said Monday.
"There is always a big problem going deep into hilly ... Read more...
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