Everything you need to know about Kanker Kutchery: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kanker Kutchery: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Raipur, April 27 (IANS) Two policeman, including a station house officer, were killed in a nearly-hour-long gunfight with Maoists after a police patrol was attacked by the rebels in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district Saturday, an official said.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) Jan 28 (ANI) Shiv Singh Anchla, a retired teacher and one of the most respected villagers of Damkasa Gram Panchayat, Block Durgkondal in Kanker District in Chhattisgarh has donated five acres of land to his community of fellow Gond tribals. Together, they nurture rare herbs, plants and trees on this land which otherwise are likely to become extinct with few even recognizing the loss.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Jan.27 (ANI): A development project being undertaken in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District has been stalled after Maoists set fire to two earthmovers at a road construction site.
Raipur, Jan 14 (IANS) Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi Monday accused the BJP-led state government of not being serious about solving the Maoist issue plaguing the state since the late 1980s.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Jan 7 (ANI): Police have arrested a school teacher and a watchman for allegedly molesting 11 of the 75 students of a government hostel in Naharpur for over a year in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Accusing the government of ignoring farmers' issues, families of farmers who committed suicide and agricultural activists Wednesday demanded a joint session of parliament on agricultural crisis.
Bhanupratappur (Kanker District, Chhattisgarh), Nov.27 (ANI): In a joint operation conducted by the state police and personnel of the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) in Chhattisgarh, three Maoists were nabbed and later produced before a court in Bhanupratappur.
Raipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police arrested three Maoist insurgents Tuesday from the jungles of Koilibeda area in Kanker district, which is part of a sprawling Maoist hotbed in Bastar region.
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Forced by their leaders to undergo vasectomy to prevent filial attachments, Maoist guerrillas who surrendered in recent years can hope to return to normal family life with the government offering sterilisation reversal surgeries.
Kanker (Chattisgarh), October 22 Chhattisgarh has always been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Rarely do we hear or read in the media of the true plight of the villagers: How do they live? Are the basic facilities like sanitation, education, health and livelihood being looked after? The answer, it seems, is a emphatic "No".
Raipur, Oct 20 (IANS) Three senior Maoist guerrillas were apprehended Saturday in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, police said.
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) India's rural development ministry and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for UNDP's support to the rural employment and livelihood programmes during the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017).
Raipur, Oct 3 (IANS) To bolster their depleting ranks, the Maoist leadership in Chattisgarh have now set their eyes on minor boys and girls as young as 13 years, making the task of security forces combating insurgency more tough.
Raipur, Sep 29 (IANS) In a bid to boost literacy drives in the restive Bastar region, comprising seven districts, Chhattisgarh government has decided not to allow security personnel to use schools as camps, a top government official said Saturday.
Raipur, Sep 21 (IANS) Two people, including a girl student, were killed and 11 others injured in a lightning strike in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, around 125 km from here, police said Friday.
New Delhi, Aug.28 (ANI): The government on Tuesday rejected allegations that Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were harassing tribals in Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, Aug 20 (IANS) Torrential rains for the past 50 hours affected life in Chhattisgarh, specially in Bastar division, as water from the swollen Doodh river entered shops and houses at Kanker, flood control room officials said Monday.
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): In order to address the development deficit in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas, the Central Government is implementing the Integrated Action Plan in 78 selected tribal and backward districts in nine LWE affected states for providing public infrastructure and services.
Kanker, May 13 (IANS) A policeman was shot dead Sunday by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district, police said.
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) Three men were arrested with tiger skins while they were trying to sell these in Chhattisgarh, police said here Friday.
Raipur, April 11 (IANS) A woman and her daughter were killed Wednesday in Chhattisgarh's restive Sukma district when Maoists opened fire at a police camp, an official said.
Raipur, April 9 (IANS) Maoist militants shot dead a tribal youth Monday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region on suspicion he was spying for the police, police said.
Kanker, Apr 7 (ANI): Chhattisgarh brings to life the "gory" elements any state would fear - violence, struggle and bloodshed. For over three decades Chhattisgarh and its people have been fighting with all this and have not lost - neither the battle nor the courage to keep combating.
Raipur, April 2 (IANS) Several Maoists were injured in a lengthy gunfight with paramilitary forces in the early morning hours Monday in a remote jungle area in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said.
Kanker, Feb 1 (ANI): Denouncing violence and exploitation, seven Maoists surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District with the hope of turning over a new leaf with the help of the rehabilitation policy offered by the Central Government.
Kanker, Feb 1 (ANI): Denouncing violence and exploitation, seven Maoists surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District with the hope of turning over a new leaf with the help of the rehabilitation policy offered by the Central Government.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Dec 4 (ANI): A charming drive through the Keshkal Valley on National Highway 43 introduces a visitor to Chhattisgarh's many picturesque waterfalls and forests; traversing the state's southern part from the state capital of Raipur to Jagdalpur in Bastar.
Budgaon (Chhattisgarh), Nov. 20 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police arrested a Maoist during a search operation here on Saturday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh) Nov. 8 (ANI): News of the construction of a road near a settlement in rural India is always welcome. When a road connecting Bijli Village of Narayanpur District in South Chhattisgarh came up, it did more than bring accessibility: it signalled the hope of normalcy sooner than its residents expected.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (ANI): The drive between Kanker district headquarters and Bhanupratappur is through lush greenery, the pride of Bastar, known for its verdant forests, its bio-diversity and of course the tribal culture that it supports and in turn is nurtured by forest wealth.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Aug.13 (ANI): Distressed by Maoist atrocities, an ultra surrendered before the police here on Saturday.
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Stating that the present situation in Chhattisgarh's Naxal-hit districts appears to be grim, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the programmes of his ministry would give an entry point into reducing the trust deficit between the people and civilian administration.
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh will visit Chhattisgarh on July 22 to take stock of the progress of the flagship programs of the Ministry in the state.
Kanker, (Chhattisgarh) July 20 (ANI): The evils of society somehow seem to impact women more. This is true down the ages, in practically every society.
Raipur, June 28 (ANI): Police and paramilitary forces in Raipur have paid homage to soldiers killed in a gunbattle with Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District.
Dantewada, June 27 (ANI): At least four policemen were killed and three others were injured in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District late last night.
Kanker (Chattisgarh), June 19 (ANI): The age-old bias against women in our society is a part of our social-economic and political reality. Discrimination that begins even before the birth of a girl-child and dogs her throughout her life as a daughter, a sister, a wife, a widow and a mother. This is unfortunately the state of affairs one hears from large parts of the country.
Kanker, Chhattisgarh, June 3 (ANI): The vast jungles, torrential rivers, stretches of grassland, towering mountains and the infinite variety of flora and fauna are manifestations of nature, the basis of life on earth. It is this bewildering variety of life, which is central to our existence
Dantewada, May 18 (ANI): Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed on Tuesday night when a commander's escort vehicle was blown up in a landmine blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Feb 13 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police have taken into custody two women Maoists during a search operation in Kanker district.
Bhanupratappur (Chhattisgarh), Feb 9 (ANI): Police arrested three Maoists in Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
Badhgaon (Chhattisgarh), Jan 21 (ANI): Maoists killed a villager in Badhgaon under Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Thursday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Jan 17 (ANI): Security forces seized massive cache of arms and ammunition from a Maoist hideout in Chhattisgarh's Bhanupratappur village on Sunday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Sep.15 (ANI): A specially formed squad of police arrested two suspected women Maoists from a village in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Wednesday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Sep.14 (ANI): Bastar has been in the eye of the storm due to the conflagration between the security forces and Naxals.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Sep.8 (ANI): A joint team of police and Border Security Force arrested seven Maoists, including six women, in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday and recovered six guns and a detonator from them.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Aug 29 (ANI): At least five security personnel were killed by Maoists in an ambush in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District early on Sunday morning.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 22 (ANI): The State Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a joint operation arrested a suspected Maoist from the Sambalpur jungles in Kanker region of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Aug 11 (ANI): Four Maoists were arrested in Chhattisgarh's Kanker region on Tuesday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), June 16 (ANI): The storm clouds have been hovering over Bastar for a long time now. The growing violence, the insecurity of life and limb and what seems to be a protracted battle to establish the rule of law and a modicum of good governance.
Kanker/Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), June 14 (ANI): Suspected Maoist killed a police official and two villagers in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), June 6 (ANI): Though Maoists claim themselves to be the voice of the poor or the helpless, many villagers in Kanker region of Chhattisgarh have abandoned their homes and hearths and take shelter in a school building to get rid of these Maoists.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), June 5 (ANI): With confrontation between security forces and Naxal groups intensifying Adivasis or, tribals will be forced to live under a constant shadow of fear and uncertainty.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the month of May witnessed a big number of violent attacks by the Communist Party of India (Maoists) in the States like Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Apr 28 (ANI): Suspected Maoists attacked a family in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District and looted household items worth Rs 6,000.
Raipur, March 6, (ANI): The Chhattisgarh Police on Friday late evening arrested five wanted Naxalites from Rowghat Forest area in Kanker District.
New Delhi, Oct.26 (ANI): The Centre has strongly condemned what it called an unprovoked and heinous attack by the CPI (Maoist) on the public sector Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel in Bacheli, in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Sunday.
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), Aug 30 (ANI): A Head Constable of the Chhattisgarh Armed Police committed suicide using his AK-47 service rifle at Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, May 30 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government Saturday reshuffled 11 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers including four district collectors.
Raipur, May 11 (IANS) Twelve policemen and a civilian were killed and six injured after 150 heavily armed Maoist guerrillas ambushed a 41-member police force, an official said Monday.
Raipur, May 11 (IANS) Twelve policemen and a civilian were killed and six injured after 150 heavily armed Maoist guerrillas ambushed a 41-member police force in Chhattisgarh, an official said Monday.
Raipur, May 11 (IANS) Twelve policemen and a civilian were killed and six others injured after 150 heavily armed Maoist guerrillas ambushed a 41-member police force in Chhattisgarh, officials said Monday.
Raipur, May 11 (IANS) At least two policemen were killed and 10 were missing after 150 heavily armed Maoist guerrillas ambushed a 41-member police force in Chhattisgarh, officials said Monday.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) At least 51 percent of Chhattisgarh's 15.4 million electorate Thursday turned out to vote in the state's 11 Lok Sabha seats amid widespread violence by Maoist guerrillas that left five polling staff and two policemen dead.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) An estimated 50 percent voters of Chhattisgarh's 15.4 million electorate exercised their franchise Thursday in the state's 11 Lok Sabha seats amid widespread violence by Maoist guerrillas that left five polling staff and two policemen dead.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) An estimated 25 percent voters of Chhattisgarh's 15.4 million voters exercised their franchise by 12.30 p.m. Thursday in the state's 11 Lok Sabha seats amid violence by Maoists who killed five polling staff and a securityman.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) Five polling officials were dead Thursday in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district and a paramilitary trooper was killed in the Maoist stronghold of Dantewada as guerrillas targeted the electoral process across the state.
Raipur/Ranchi/, Bhubaneshwar, Apr 16 (ANI): As the voting for the 15th Lok Sabha is underway, Maoists attacked polling booths and secuitry personnel in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) Armed Maoist rebels created panic at six polling stations in Chhattisgarh's southern restive Bastar region by opening fire soon after voting for the parliamentary elections began Thursday morning, police said.
Raipur, April 16 (IANS) Voting for Chhattisgarh's 11 parliamentary seats began Thursday morning amid tight security in view of the call for boycott by Maoist rebels.
Raipur, April 12 (IANS) Six armed Maoist militants, two policemen and a civilian were killed Sunday in separate incidents in Chhattisgarh's southern restive Bastar region.
Raipur, April 8 (IANS) The five women candidates fielded by Chhattisgrah's main parties - three by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two by the Congress - are posing a stiff challenge to their male rivals for the Lok Sabha seats.
Raipur, March 20 (IANS) A Class 9 student was gunned down and then stabbed by Maoist guerrillas before shocked teachers and fellow students as he came out of his school in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said Friday.
Raipur, March 10 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas were killed and one woman insurgent was arrested in Chhattisgarh's forested Bastar region Tuesday, police said.
Raipur, Jan 25 (IANS) A 23-year-old woman cop in Chhattisgarh, abducted by Maoists earlier this month, has been set free after a 'jan adalat' or people's court found her 'innocent', police said Sunday.
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidamabaram is expected to attend a meeting of the unified command in Raipur Monday evening and devise strategies to counter left wing extremism that has stalked the state with increasing ferocity.
Raipur, Jan 18 (IANS) Several Congress leaders have targetted party veteran and former chief minister Ajit Jogi for his alleged role in the defeat of many candidates in the recent Chhattisgarh assembly elections.
Raipur, Jan 18 (IANS) Several Congress leaders have targetted party leader Ajit Jogi for his alleged role in the defeat of candidates during the recent Chhattisgarh assembly elections.
Raipur, Jan 14 (IANS) Two policemen were killed and a woman constable was missing in Chhattisgarh after Leftist guerrillas attacked a police team Wednesday, officials said.
Kanker (Chattisgarh), Dec 26 (ANI): In a unique effort, tribal artists in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh create a wooden copy of the Holy Bible.
Raipur, Dec 15 (IANS) In an overnight attack, about a 100 Maoist insurgents destroyed communication towers of telecom operators Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Reliance Communications (R-Com) in separate attacks in Chhattisgarh, police said Monday.
Raipur, Nov 16 (IANS) A squad of 12 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel had a narrow escape in Chhattisgarh Sunday as a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists missed the target, police said.
Raipur, Nov 14 (ANI): About 60 per cent polling has been reported in the first phase of Chattisgarh Assembly Elections for 39 constituencies including 12 in the Naxal hit Bastar region held today.
Raipur, Nov 14 (ANI): The polling process in at least six booths in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division was disrupted today due to looting of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Raipur, Nov 4 (IANS) Campaign for the first phase of polling in 39 constituencies in Chhattisgarh Nov 14 picked up Tuesday with ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's star campaigner and chief minister Raman Singh and Congress key campaigner Ajit Jogi hitting the state's hinterlands.
Raipur, Sep 28 (IANS) A suspected member of an inter-state gang of poachers has been arrested with a lion's skin in Chhattisgarh, police said Sunday.
Raipur, Sep 28 (IANS) A suspected member of an inter-state gang of poachers has been arrested with a lion's skin in Chhattisgarh, police said Sunday.
