Sandeep Pradhan

Mainpat, a small village in Chhattisgarh is all set to produce temperate fruits including grapes and apples

To deal with malnutrition mainly in tribal-dominated Chhattisgarh and other states, the students of IGKV along with scientists of BARC, Mumbai, are engaged in extensive research work and have developed ready-to-eat-and-cook products, says principal scientist of IGKV Deepak Sharma

One INSAS rifle and a 12 bore gun were also recovered from the encounter site, which is forest close to village Gonderas near Dantewada-Sukma border
 

The Traffic Police of Raipur are planning to create awareness about the compliance of red signal, eradicate the practice of riding on the wrong side of the road, using a helmet at the time of driving among others

It is just a desperate attempt by naxals to discourage the voting process, stated an officer, adding that despite the blast, the public are enthusiastically participating in the polling process.

Maoists were earlier using rocks, trees and other pieces as signs of remembering spots where they plant IEDs to target security personnel engaged in anti-naxal operations. 

BJP MLA from Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, Bheema Mandavi was killed in a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by naxals on Tuesday. According to the police, the BJP leader was returning from a public meeting at Bacheli and was heading towards Nakulnar when the rebels ambushed his convoy.

The IED blast took place in insurgency-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh around 4 PM, police said

According to the police, the encounter between the security forces and the naxals broke out when the personnel were out on anti-naxal exercise

Deputy inspector general (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P said that the gun battle took place at Karkanguda forest of Chintalnar-Jagargunda area close to the border of Sukma and Bijapur at 6 am on Tuesday