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Man registers Sunny Leone's name for Chhattisgarh scheme, gets Rs 1,000 monthly

Chhattisgarh officials found an unexpected beneficiary under a government scheme for economically weaker married women. Probe found that a man from Bastar forged documents in the actor’s name to fraudulently claim benefits under the scheme, which provides Rs 1,000 per month to women. A probe was launched subsequently and found that the culprit, identified as Virendra Joshi, used fraudulent documents …

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2 days, 8 hours ago

Fake Sunny Leone Beneficiary Found in Chhattisgarh Govt Scheme

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: “Sunny Leon” is one of the beneficiaries of the ‘Mahatari Vandan’ scheme of the Chhattisgarh government providing a monthly incentive of Rs 1,000. “A fake beneficiary in the name of Sunny Leone has been found to have been registered under the Mahatari Vandan scheme in the village of Talur in Bastar district. I have also directed to seize the …

Fake Scheme Chhattisgarh Bastar Beneficiary Bastar District Sunny Leon

2 days, 10 hours ago

Chhattisgarh CM looking to attract investments as LWE declines

Hindustan Times

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, along with a team of top state bureaucrats, are set to meet industrialists and investors in the Capital on Monday with an aim to boost the state’s economic and industrial growth in view of the declining cases of left wing extremism, officials aware of the matter said. Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai aims …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah Reiterates to End Naxalism by March 2026

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday reiterated his assertion that Naxalism would be wiped out in the country by the end of March 2026. Addressing the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics 2024, the first of its kind sports event organized in the Naxal-infested region, in Jagdalpur, headquarters of Bastar, in Chhattisgarh, Mr Shah said that both the state …

Naxals Maoists Maoist Naxal End Shah Chhattisgarh

1 week, 6 days ago

Amit Shah to begin 3-day Chhattisgarh trip from tomorrow, security review on agenda

India Today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Chhattisgarh from December 13 to 15, his first since the high-level meeting on anti-Naxal operations that was held in August. In the previous meeting on anti-Naxal operations, Shah warned the Maoists, saying that they must either "surrender or be ready to face dire consequences". In the past three months, 18 anti-Naxal operations have …

Maoists Naxal Operations Shah Chhattisgarh Bastar

1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed by security forces in an encounter in Sukma

Op India

On Friday, 22nd November, at least 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. Sundaraj P, IGP, Bastar confirmed the operation and revealed that the District Reserve Guard team and Central Reserve Police Force team were part of it. 10 Maoists Killed In Encounter With Security Forces In Chhattisgarh@anurag_dwary reports pic.twitter.com/hibkLm1Hfl — NDTV November 22, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: Bastar village recognized as global tourism hub by UN body

Deccan Chronicle

Dhudmaras is among 20 villages chosen from 60 countries worldwide for the prestigious programme by the UN body, highlighting its potential for sustainable tourism development, a spokesman of the Chhattisgarh government said here on Sunday. Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai congratulated the tourism and forest departments, Bastar district administration and officials of Kanger Valley National Park for the global recognition …

Tourism Village Chhattisgarh Dhudmaras

1 month, 3 weeks ago

165,000 Tribal Youth Set to Ignite the Bastar Olympics

India Today

165,000 youth from the Bastar region will participate in the 'Bastar Olympics' from November 5 to 10. The event aims to bridge the gap between tribal and mainstream development, spotlighting local sports talent. The competition will span 11 sports disciplines, including athletics, archery, and football, with special provisions for disabled persons and surrendered Naxalites. The event is a testament to …

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2 months ago

ITBP Jawans and Policemen Killed in IED Blast in Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times

Two ITBP jawans and two policemen were killed and two others injured in an IED blast in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The blast took place at around 12.10pm in Abujhmad forest near Kodliyar village. The joint teams of security personnel were out on an anti-Naxal operation when one of the teams reached the village where the blast took place. Four jawans of …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: 9 Naxalites, clad in 'uniform', killed in encounter with security personnel in Bastar region

Firstpost

The encounter broke out around 10:30 am in the forest along the border of Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation. It was launched based on inputs about the presence of Naxalites belonging to its west Bastar division unit Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard and the Central Reserve …

Security Personnel Naxalites Chhattisgarh Security Forces Encounter Bastar

3 months, 3 weeks ago

C’garh police recovered 21.5% of automatic weapons looted since 2001: Data

Hindustan Times

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh police have recovered only 21.5% of the automatic weapons looted by the Maoists since 2001 in the Bastar region, according to weapon recovery data from districts in the region, implying the challenge to the security forces in South Bastar. According to the data, of the total 516 automatic weapons looted from the security forces between the years …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bastar-based tribal activist arrested by Chhattisgarh Police

The Hindu

Suneeta Potam — a tribal activist from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region — was arrested here by the State police on Monday. Contradicting these claims in a statement, the NGO People’s Union for Civil Liberties identified Ms. Potam as one of its members and a human rights defender who had been raising her voice against atrocities, “especially against women, committed by the …

Chhattisgarh Bastar Raipur Bijapur Pottam

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: 12 Maoists killed in Bijapur encounter

Hindustan Times

At least 12 Maoists were killed and two security personnel injured on Friday in a fierce encounter that lasted over eight hours in the jungles of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, delivering a blow to the rebels in their core zone in the Bastar region, which is also used by their top leaders to escape into the neighbouring states of Telangana and Andhra …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

12 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

Hindustan Times

Bastar: Twelve Maoists were killed in gunfight with Chhattisgarh Police and security personnel in Bijapur district on Friday, officials aware of the matter said. Officials said that the gunfight took place in a forest near Pidia village under Gangaloor police station limits when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation. 12 bodies of Maoists have recovered …

Maoists Chhattisgarh Security Forces Encounter Bastar Bijapur 12 Pidia

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024 | Chhattisgarh: No country for Adivasis

The Hindu

Published : Apr 30, 2024 18:34 IST - 7 MINS READ The Lok Sabha election discourse in Chhattisgarh is centred around a model of governance and economic development upheld by the ruling BJP and the Congress. It is all about 10 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule at the Centre and five years of Bhupesh Baghel’s Congress rule in …

Congress Election Chief Minister Lok Sabha Hindu State Bjp

8 months ago

Maoists shot in gunfight were planning big attack in Bastar: Security forces

Hindustan Times

Security forces have identified all 29 Maoists who were shot dead in an encounter in Kanker last week, said officials aware of the matter, adding that the cadres were from zonal committees hundreds of kilometres away, indicating that the insurgents had converged to carry out “a major attack” ahead of the general elections in Bastar. Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday …

Security Maharashtra Maoists Maoist Committee Chhattisgarh Forces

8 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: Two commanders among Maoists killed in Kanker; nine identified

Hindustan Times

A day after there was a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district in which 29 Maoists were killed, senior police officials said they had identified nine of the dead, of whom two are key commanders Shankar Rao and Lalita Meravi, and that there were 15 women cadre among those that had perished in the exchange of fire. Security personnel check …

Security Congress Maoists Lok Sabha North Killed Division

8 months, 1 week ago

29 Maoists dead in fierce Chhattisgarh operation

Hindustan Times

Twenty-nine Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter with joint forces of the state police and the Border Security Force in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, officials said on Tuesday, in what is the most significant single-incident blow to the rebels in eight years, and the biggest ever in the state. Senior Chhattisgarh police officials said that the gunbattle that lasted over …

Security Congress Personnel Team Naxals Maoists Naxal

8 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: 26 Naxalites surrender in Dantewada ahead of Lok Sabha polls in Bastar region on April 19

India TV News

Ahead of the upcoming general elections in Chhattisgarh, a total of 26 Naxalites surrendered in Dantewada, which falls under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency. With this, 717 Naxalites, including 176 of them carrying cash rewards on their heads, have so far joined the mainstream in the district under the police's 'Lon Varratu' campaign launched in June 2020, officials said. FIRs …

Lok Sabha Naxalites Chhattisgarh Bastar Dantewada Bastar Lok Sabha

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Maoist-hit Bastar navigates rising hostility ahead of polls

Hindustan Times

Even as south Chhattisgarh’s Bastar has seen a significant uptick in aggression between security forces and Maoists in the first few months of 2024, with 19 alleged Maoists killed in the last week alone, both political parties and the administration are looking for ways to navigate the increased hostility with the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency scheduled to go to polls …

Congress Bjp Bastar Bijapur Maoists Killed Gagda

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Ten Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh encounter, highest in a decade

The Hindu

Ten alleged Naxalites, including a woman cadre, were killed in a gunbattle with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, said the police. The incident took place around 6 a.m. in a forest between Lendra and Korcholi villages under Gangaloor police station area of Bijapur, when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, …

Security Maoists Naxalites Chhattisgarh Security Forces Encounter Bastar

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bastar Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's Mahesh Kashyap to take on Congress' Kawasi Lakhma

India TV News

The Bastar constituency in Chhattisgarh is deemed crucial among the state’s 11 Lok Sabha seats, reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Presently represented by incumbent MP Deepak Baij of Congress, who secured victory on the party ticket in 2019, the upcoming elections present a contest between BJP’s Mahesh Kashyap and Congress’ Kawasi Lakhma. BJP’s dominance since 1998 Although traditionally considered a Congress …

Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Lok Candidate Mahesh Bastar

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Election 2024: BJP uses Ram Lalla darshan to seek votes in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu

Published : Mar 31, 2024 20:42 IST - 5 MINS READ In Chhattisgarh, the ruling BJP is seeking votes in the name of the “Ram Lalla Darshan Scheme”, under which the State government organises free visits to the newly constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. At a recent election rally in Kanker where he sought votes for party candidate …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: FIR against Chhattisgarh Congress candidate for violating Model Code of Conduct

India TV News

A case has been registered against senior Congress MLA and Lok Sabha candidate Kawasi Lakhma in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by “distributing cash” to people, a police official said on Tuesday. The Kotwali police station in Jagdalpur on Monday registered the case against Lakhma and another party leader, Sushil Maurya, on the complaint …

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Man registers Sunny Leone's name for Chhattisgarh scheme, gets Rs 1,000 monthly

Fake Sunny Leone Beneficiary Found in Chhattisgarh Govt Scheme

Chhattisgarh CM looking to attract investments as LWE declines

Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah Reiterates to End Naxalism by March 2026

Amit Shah to begin 3-day Chhattisgarh trip from tomorrow, security review on agenda

Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists killed by security forces in an encounter in Sukma

Chhattisgarh: Bastar village recognized as global tourism hub by UN body

165,000 Tribal Youth Set to Ignite the Bastar Olympics

ITBP Jawans and Policemen Killed in IED Blast in Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh: 9 Naxalites, clad in 'uniform', killed in encounter with security personnel in Bastar region

C’garh police recovered 21.5% of automatic weapons looted since 2001: Data

Bastar-based tribal activist arrested by Chhattisgarh Police

Chhattisgarh: 12 Maoists killed in Bijapur encounter

12 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

Election 2024 | Chhattisgarh: No country for Adivasis

Maoists shot in gunfight were planning big attack in Bastar: Security forces

Chhattisgarh: Two commanders among Maoists killed in Kanker; nine identified

29 Maoists dead in fierce Chhattisgarh operation

Chhattisgarh: 26 Naxalites surrender in Dantewada ahead of Lok Sabha polls in Bastar region on April 19

Maoist-hit Bastar navigates rising hostility ahead of polls

Ten Naxalites killed in Chhattisgarh encounter, highest in a decade

Bastar Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP's Mahesh Kashyap to take on Congress' Kawasi Lakhma

Election 2024: BJP uses Ram Lalla darshan to seek votes in Chhattisgarh

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: FIR against Chhattisgarh Congress candidate for violating Model Code of Conduct