Everything you need to know about Bijapur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bijapur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) In a deadly attack on the convoy of a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Maoist rebels Friday triggered a powerful landmine blast in the troubled Bastar region killing three people, police said.
Raipur, April 20 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Friday carried out a deadly attack on the convoy of a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) triggering a powerful landmine blast in the troubled Bastar region in which three persons were killed, police said.
Bhubaneshwar, Jan 5 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao, on Thursday called for increased participation and retention of women scientists for overall development of the nation.
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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.
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.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 20(ANI): At least 11 policemen were killed in an ambush laid by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday.
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.
Bijapur, June 6 (ANI): A Maoist ultra was killed in a fierce encounter with the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Sunday.
Bijapur, Jan 18 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police gunned down two Maoists and arrested six in Bijapur district on Tuesday.
Bijapur, Jan 13 (ANI): In a joint operation, the state police and the paramilitary forces busted a camp of Maoists in the Kutru region of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Wednesday.
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.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Nov.27 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police on Saturday confirmed the arrest of a senior Maoist rebel during a routine operation near Bijapur.
Bijapur, Oct.20 (ANI): The Maoists opened fire at a bus carrying both civilians and police personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Wednesday.
Bijapur, Oct 1 (ANI): The four policemen kidnapped by Maoists from Bhopalapatnam in Chhattisgarh, have been released.
New Delhi, Sept.30 (ANI): The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today appealed to the Maoists to respect international humanitarian law and release all the four policemen from their custody unharmed.
Raipur, Sep 29 (ANI): Maoists on Tuesday night extended the 48-hours-long deadline by another 24 hours for the release of four policemen held captive by them in the jungles of Chhattisgarh.
Raipur, Sep. 27 (ANI): The families of policemen being held hostage by Maoists in Bhopalpatnam, near the Chhattisgarh- Andhra border, have appealed for their release without delay.
Rajnandgaon/ Raipur/ Durg, Sep 21 (ANI): Maoists killed a village head and three police personnel at various places in Chhattisgarh.
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.
Dantewada, Aug 14 (ANI): Around 60 armed Maoists set at least six trucks loaded with iron ore on fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Saturday.
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.
Chhattisgarh (Kanker), July 23 (ANI): The story of Bastar has unfortunately shrunk to that of a battle ground; a battle of wits and a show of strength between State authorities and the Naxals.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), July 23 (ANI): Maoists on Thursday killed a prominent leader of the civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District.
Bijapur/ Kanker (Chhattisgarh), July 21 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh police arrested 18 suspected Maoists during a routine police patrol in Bijapur District on Wednesday.
Bijapur, July 16 (ANI): Maoist rebels felled trees and dug up roads in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Thursday to protest against the alleged fake encounter killing of their leader, Cherukuri Rajkumar, alias Azad.
Raipur, July 11 (ANI): The Maoist blocked by felling trees in the middle of the road National Highway 16 in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.
Bijapur, July 10 (ANI): Two Naxals have been arrested in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District during a combing operation.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), July 5 (ANI): A group of Maoists killed three innocent villagers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Saturday night, suspecting them to be police informers.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), June 30 (ANI): At least nine personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured in a landmine blast suspected to be trigged by the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Wednesday.
Bankura (West Bengal), June 26 (ANI): Suspected Maoists torched a house killing an 80-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in Baghdubi village in West Bengal's Bankura district on Friday.
Bijapur (Chhattigarh), June 24 (ANI): The Maoists in Chhattigarh's Bijapur District killed a former police official and his cousin on Thursday.
Kanker/Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), June 14 (ANI): Suspected Maoist killed a police official and two villagers in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), June 6 (ANI): Suspected Maoists burnt down a forest rest house in the Mader range of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday.
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.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 28 (ANI): Suspected Maoists triggered a pressure bomb blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District, which caused serious injuries to two engineers of the Central Government owned telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).
Bijapur (Chhattisagarh), Apr 24 (ANI): Three Maoists surrendered to police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District on Friday.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 21 (ANI): Armed Maoists killed a postman in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur District suspecting him to be a supporter of their opponents.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Mar 19 (ANI): Two CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured when Naxals triggered a blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday.
Raipur, March 6, (ANI): The Chhattisgarh Police on Friday late evening arrested five wanted Naxalites from Rowghat Forest area in Kanker District.
Raipur, June 9 (ANI): Nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday.
Raipur, June 9 (ANI): Nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday.
Bangalore, May 31 (IANS) Eyebrows were raised when seven cabinet ministers stayed away from the gala function held Sunday to celebrate the completion of the first year of the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka.
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 24 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh have started expanding their base to new forested areas in the state's Raipur and Dhamtari districts, according to worrying police intelligence inputs.
Raipur, May 24 (IANS) Maoists are forcibly taking away children from villages and using them as human shields against security forces, alleges a Chhattisgarh legislator, whose constituency is badly hit by Left extremist insurgency.
Raipur, May 20 (IANS) A two-day strike called by the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the violence-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh hit normal life in the interiors on the first day Wednesday and brought transportation of iron ore to a halt, police said.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Among the prominent politicians in Karnataka, Congress veterans Margaret Alva and B. Janardhana Poojary lost in the Lok Sabha elections Saturday while former chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kumaraswamy won, as results started pouring in.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won four of Karnataka's 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, while the Congress wrested the Mysore seat, according to the results declared by noon Saturday.
Raipur, May 9 (IANS) Maoist insurgents Saturday killed three people, including two special police officers, in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region, police said.
Raipur, Oct 28 (IANS) Thousands of policemen deployed in the forested interiors of Chhattisgarh's southern insurgency-hit area are on high alert following intelligence inputs that Maoist rebels have planned a string of deadly attacks ahead of the November assembly polls.
Raipur, Oct 26 (IANS) Assembly polls are less than a month away in Chhattisgarh but most candidates don't plan to go campaigning in the forested interiors of the Bastar region where Maoist guerrillas have held sway since the 1980s.
Raipur, Oct 24 (IANS) The Election Commission said Friday that auxiliary polling stations would be set up at the Salwa Judum relief camps in Chhattisgarh's southern trouble-torn Bastar region for next month's assembly polls in the state.
Raipur, Oct 20 (IANS) Maoists insurgents Monday carried out a major attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a thick forested stretch of Chhattisgarh's southern revolt-hit forested interiors, killing at least 12 troopers and injuring six.
Raipur, Oct 20 (IANS) At least 12 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed when Maoists set off landmine blasts and opened fire on a patrol party in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh's rebel-hit Bijapur district Monday afternoon, police said.
Raipur, Oct 20 (IANS) At least six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh's rebel-affected Bijapur district Monday afternoon, police said.
Raipur, Oct 19 (IANS) They have been deployed in one of the most difficult hilly terrains of Chhattisgarh to take on the Maoists, but they are fighting malaria instead. Nearly 90 para-military troopers are suffering from the disease in Dantewada and Bijapur districts.
Raipur, Oct 17 (IANS) The Election Commission has asked the Chhattisgarh government to transfer collector of Bijapur district, in a part of the state hit by Maoist insurgency, officials said Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry today held a high-level meeting for implementation of first phase of the Rs 500 crore special scheme that aims to enhance critical infrastructure for security forces in Naxal-affected states.
Raipur, Oct 11 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government Saturday suspended 13 policemen, including six inspectors, for refusing to accept transfers to the insurgency-hit Bastar region interiors.
Raipur, Oct 7 (IANS) A Maoist commander was gunned down early Tuesday by a joint team of the Chhattisgarh police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a forest in the state's restive southern region.
Raipur, Sep 30 (IANS) Twenty- five children who have each lost one or both parents in Maoist-related violence in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region in recent years are now trying to rebuild their lives - far from areas effectively controlled by the insurgents.
Raipur, Sep 30 (IANS) Twenty- five children who have each lost one or both parents in Maoist-related violence in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region in recent years are now trying to rebuild their lives - far from areas effectively controlled by the insurgents.
The Indian government has slammed the released report of US based Human Right Agency "Human Right Watch" by accusing the Centre and Chhattisgarh
Bijapur (Chhatisgarh), July 7 (ANI): Naxal violence has claimed the lives of many persons, security forces personnel, policemen and innocent villagers caught in the cross fire in Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa.
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday presented a revenue surplus budget for Karnataka for the first six months of 2008-09 in Lok Sabha, the
