The six Naxalites were affiliated to Maoists' People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) battalion Number 1, People's Party Committee Member (PPCM), Kistaram Area Committee and eavh had a varying bounty over their head. They surrendered after getting inspired by police's 'Puna Narkom' drive.
PM Modi, BJP president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and UP CM Yogi Adityanath addressed rallies for the party candidates, while for the Congress, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, and senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led the campaigning in the state.
The mother told the police that the man was a drunkard and would often indulge into heated exchanges with the accused family over small issues. On May 1 night, they woke up to the screams of the minor girl and they ran towards the cries.
In her resignation to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Radhika Khera mentioned, she faced criticism from within the party because she could not stop herself from visiting the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
The 14-year-old girl allegedly hit her brother on the throat with an axe when he had fallen asleep, killing him on the spot, after he scolded her for talking to boys on his mobile phone.
Chhattisgarh police have cracked down on an IPL betting racket, arresting 26 individuals from Pune in connection with the illegal gambling operation. The arrests were made by the anti-crime and cyber unit (ACCU) from two apartments in Pune.
The syndicate operated by delivering these fake holograms to distilleries, affixing them to unaccounted part-B liquor bottles, and transporting them to CSMCL shops in 15 districts of Chhattisgarh.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has reacted sharply to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial remarks on Lord Shiva and Ram. The Congress chief made his remarks during the election campaign in Chhattisgarh on April 30.
Chhattisgarh encounter: Intermittent firing is still underway and further details are awaited. No harm was reported to security personnel in the incident so far.
Significantly, 761 Naxalites, including 177 carrying cash rewards on their heads, have joined the mainstream in the district under the police's 'Lon Varratu' (return to your home/village) campaign launched in June 2020.
Chhattisgarh: At least nine people, including women and children, lost their lives in a road accident in Bemetara district. Later, four critically injured persons were shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur.
The office of the assistant returning officer of the Korba Lok Sabha constituency served a notice to the BJP candidate Saroj Pandey and asked her to reply by April 29.
Bhuneshwar Sahu murder case: The CBI has registered an FIR against 12 individuals, including charges of criminal conspiracy and murder. The incident had become a significant political issue ahead of the state elections last year.
The incident took place around 9.30 am at a government school in Kudedadar village under Piparchhedi police station limits where security personnel on poll duty have been stationed, a police official here said.
A District Reserve Guard (DRG) constable lost his life and another sustained injuries in an accidental firearm discharge during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The incident occurred as security forces patrolled villages along the district border.
The election campaign has intensified ahead of the second phase after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party saying that if it comes to power, they will redistribute the country's wealth by conducting a survey of Hindu properties. The 'Grand Old Party' has reacted strongly.
The agency, just before this ruling, had shared details of its probe in the case with the state EOW/ACB seeking registration of a criminal case and once they filed a FIR, the ED registered a new money laundering case taking cognisance of that complaint.
In a targeted operation against the Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said a naxalite was killed in an encounter.
The surrendered Naxalites were part of Kistaram, Bhairamgarh, Malangir and Katekalyan area committees of the Maoists in south Bastar. The 26 persons included five women as well as two girls and a boy.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission seeking to quash the candidature of Lakhma for allegedly making objectionable comments against PM Modi.
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