http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Thu, 17 May 2012 04:53:45 GMT Thu, 17 May 2012 04:53:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoist_strike_cripples_Chhattisgarh_8_cops_injured__128223 Raipur: A shutdown called by Maoists crippled life in parts of Chhattisgarh Wednesday, with the rebels attacking and injuring eight policemen, resorting to firing, torching vehicles and putting up road blocks. They also killed a trader.Most ... Thu, 17 May 2012 04:53:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Menon_returns_home_to_Sukma_127927 Sukma (Chhattisgarh),  Chhattisgarh's Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon reached home Friday morning, 13 days after he had been kidnapped by the Maoists.His wife Asha, who is pregnant, was there to receive him at the door of their h... Fri, 04 May 2012 04:53:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Fireworks_as_reports_say_Sukma_collector_released_127920 Raipur: Celebrations began at the Sukma district collector's residence Thursday afternoon as reports said that Alex Paul Menon had been released by the Maoists after 12 days of captivity.While officials refused to confirm if Menon, who was a... Thu, 03 May 2012 11:09:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_to_release_abducted_collector_Thursday_127910 Raipur: A Chhattisgarh government chopper Thursday morning left Raipur for Tarmetla, where Maoist guerillas are expected to release kidnapped Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, state govermment sources said.The chopper is carrying mediato... Thu, 03 May 2012 06:09:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Abducted_Chhattisgarh_collector_may_walk_free_Wednesday_127878 Raipur: Maoists may set abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon free Wednesday, official sources in Chhattisgarh said Tuesday."Maoist interlocutors G. Hargopal and B.D. Sharma communicated to the Maoists Tuesday that they had sign... Tue, 01 May 2012 10:52:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Collectors_abduction_Mediators_meet_fail_to_break_deadlock__127827 Raipur: Maoists interlocutors and the Chhattisgarh government-appointed mediators ended their meeting here Sunday night here but failed to find way out to ensure release of Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon who was abducted by guerillas at gun poi... Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:50:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_up_demand_for_releasing_Menon_want_17_rebels_freed_127778 Raipur: In a fresh demand, Maoists holding Chhattisgarh's Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon hostage have asked for 17 of their jailed associates to be released, sources said after the mediators appointed by the government and the guerr... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:32:34 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Abducted_collector_Menon_is_safe_127700 Raipur: Alex Paul Menon was "fine and safe", Left leader Manish Kunjam said Thursday after delivering asthma medicines for Chhattisgarh's Sukma collector who has been in Maoist captivity since April 21.As uncertainty over Menon's fate ... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:02:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Collectors_abduction_tension_as_Maoist_deadline_nears_127631 Raipur: Tension spread in Chhattisgarh as the deadline set by the abductors of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon lapses at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Reports coming in from the Maoists stronghold of Bastar said the deadline could be extended.Menon, ... Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:11:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_slows_down_antiMaoist_drive_till_Menons_release_127581 Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has virtually called a halt to its anti-Maoist offensive till Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon is released from captivity, official sources said Monday."The whole focus is now to secure the safe ... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:19:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_abduct_Chhattisgarh_collector_127539 Raipur: The Maoists Saturday abducted the Sukma district collector in Chhattisgarh, police said.(IANS) Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:51:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/No_green_clearance_to_Jindal_mining_project_in_Chhattisgarh_127520 New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday cancelled environment clearance to the coal mining project of MP Naveen Jindal's steel and power plant in Chhattisgarh on grounds of faulty public hearing.The judgment delivered by Justice C.V.... Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:54:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_attack_Chhattisgarh_MLAs_convoy_three_killed__127515 Raipur: 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.The Maoists... Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:47:28 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Chhattisgarh_assesses_rural_development_skips_rebel_areas_127423 Raipur: Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government launched a mega drive Wednesday to assess development work in nearly 20,000 villages, but skipped visiting the remote forested areas commanded by the rebels, an official s... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:38:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Four_held_for_supplying_explosives_to_Maoists_127276 Raipur: Police in Chhattisgarh's Maoist insurgency-affected western region Sunday arrested four people, including two contractors, on charges of supplying explosives to rebels.The accused were arrested in Rajnandgaon town, some 75 km from here. &... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:37:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Tribal_leaders_seek_probe_into_police_crackdown_126384 Raipur: Tribal leaders in Chhattisgarh Saturday sought a judicial probe into alleged police atrocities during a street protest in the state capital by hundreds of tribals to seek higher percentage of quota in government jobs this week.Former ... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:19:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Three_tigers_among_69_animals_killed_in_Chhattisgarh_126339 Raipur: Three tigers were among 69 animals killed in the wild in Chhattisgarh since 2009-10, while the state government has spent a little over Rs.116 crore on the protection of animals during the period, an official said Friday."Cases of ... Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:04:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/IPS_official_commits_suicide_125747 Raipur: An Indian Police Service (IPS) official, Rahul Sharma, Monday afternoon committed suicide by shooting himself with his service revolver.Sharma, an IPS official of 2002 batch, was posted as District Superintendent of Police in Bilaspur. ... Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:46:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_material_for_rocket_launchers_seized_in_Raipur__125518 Raipur: Around 80 boxes packed with raw material for making rocket launchers and mortars, suspected to be meant for use by Maoists, were recovered from a warehouse in a busy part of the Chhattisgarh capital, police said Monday.Following the sei... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:43:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/_Prolonged_peace_in_Chhattisgarh_surprises_top_cops_125396 Raipur: Top police officials in Chhattisgarh, one of India's worst leftist insurgency-hit states, are happily surprised these days at the prolonged peace period in the state with rebels having failed to carry out any major attack on the police so f... Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:58:04 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Villagers_migrate_following_Maoists_order_125058 Raipur: About 100 people from 22 families migrated from two remote villages in Chhattisgarh's restive Rajnandgaon district to the neighbouring Kawardha district following a diktat of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), of... Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:39:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_farmers_earn_record_money_in_paddy_sale_125026 Raipur: Farmers in India's leading rice producing state of Chhattisgarh earned a record Rs.6535 crore by selling their paddy to state government through co-operative societies this year, a statement said Saturday."It's a record payment to f... Sat, 25 Feb 2012 08:59:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_cop_suspended_for_custody_death__124914 Raipur: A police station chief in Chhattisgarh was suspended Wednesday, a day after an initial post-mortem report backed a poor man's allegations that his son was mercilessly beaten up in police custody.Victim Santosh Daharia, 25, was arreste... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:19:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/___Chhattisgarh_rail_corridor_project_report_finalised_124576 Raipur: A working  group set up last week in Chhattisgarh to prepare a report about a Rs. 40,000 crore industrial rail corridor project has finalised its report, top official sources said Tuesday.  The group members, mostly top offic... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:11:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Officials_tightlipped_on_bribery_charge_by_cops_wife_124440 Raipur: Chhattisgarh Police remained tight-lipped Saturday over allegations by the wife of an injured police official that he remained posted in the Maoist-affected belt for over a decade as he could not pay bribe to his seniors.  Radha M... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:35:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Two_Chhattisgarh_cops_killed_in_Maoist_ambush_124365 Raipur: Two policemen were killed and two, including an Additional Superintendent of Police, seriously injured when Maoists ambushed a jeep carrying six personnel in Bastar region Thursday, an official said.The police team came under attack in a... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:26:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Congress_BJP_trade_charges_over_assault_on_Chhattisgarh_protesters_124014 Raipur: Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress Monday traded charges over last weekend's police action in Korba district against dozens of villagers who were protesting the expansion plan for a power project.P... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:22:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_plans_Rs8crore_media_blitz_to_rid_naxal_tag_123741 Panaji: The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board (CTB) has earmarked Rs.8 crore on a publicity blitz to rid the state of the naxal tag, which affects its tourism prospects.Speaking to reporters in Panaji Friday, CTB general manager P. Sen Bhowmick said t... Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:12:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_blow_up_bridge_on_key_national_highway_123280 Raipur: Maoist militants Tuesday blew a bridge on a key national highway in Chhattisgarh that connects the state's violence-hit Bastar region to the state capital, police said.The bridge is at Kondagaon on National Highway No.30 in Bastar distric... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:38:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Tribal_daily_wager_buys_74_acres_of_prime_land_in_Chhattisgarh_123220 Raipur: Can a tribal labourer eking out Rs.122 a day under a job guarantee scheme in Chhattisgarh be owning 74 acres of double-crop farm land valued at a whopping Rs.3.36 crore? Believe it or not, he does - according to a state Congress leader a... Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:18:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_on_high_alert_after_Kishanjis_killing_123147 Raipur: Thousands of police and paramilitary troopers were put on high alert Friday in Chhattisgarh for fear of possible retaliation by Maoists, a day after the killing of their top leader in West Bengal. "Maoists will strive to hit back. Though... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:03:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/20000_Chhattisgarh_girls_sold_Jogi_123004 Raipur: Over 20,000 girls belonging to Chhattisgarh's tribal region have been sold by human traffickers in the last eight years in cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, Congress leader Ajit Jogi said Sunday.These girls mainly belong... Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:25:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/__Over_1000_striking_teachers_arrested_in_Chhattisgarh_122922 Raipur: Over 1,000 contract teachers in Chhattisgarh, who have been striking work since Nov 1 for a better salary package, were arrested Monday as the state government imposed the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA).  The teachers a... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:10:31 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/More_army_soldiers_reach_Bastar_for_training_122874 Raipur: The Maoists, who have virtually commandeered the jungles in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region since the late 1980s will feel the pressure as over 2,500 army soldiers have descended in their stronghold this week for training, police sa... Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:37:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/After_attack_Chhattisgarh_hunts_for_Maoists_122736 Raipur: Several police squads sneaked into the forested parts of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district Saturday in a bid to apprehend Maoists, a day after rebels killed six policemen in an ambush, police said."Several District Force (DF) squads ar... Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:42:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Chhattisgarh_Congress_to_give_Advani_corruption_chargesheet_122724 Raipur: Chhattisgarh's main opposition Congress Friday said it would submit evidence of corruption against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to senior BJP leader L.K. Advani."We have collected evidence of the Raman Singh g... Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:00:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_raid_Chhattisgarh_MLAs_house_122520 Raipur: About 40 armed Maoists raided the home of a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in a village in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's Raipur district, police said Wednesday. The legislator was unhurt.The guerrillas, including sev... Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:49:41 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Apply_Chhattisgarhs_special_security_law_to_Essar_says_Congress_122227 Raipur: The opposition Congress here has asked Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to proceed under the state's stringent public security law against the Essar group, which is alleged to have provided huge protection money to Maoist ... Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:08:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/_7028_jumbo_attacks_in_Chhattisgarh_in_7_months_121784 Raipur: Chhattisgarh has witnessed a record 7,028 cases of attacks by wild elephants -- on houses, standing crops and forest residents -- in the first seven months of this year, the state assembly was informed Friday.  Wild elephants kill... Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:21:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Obama_Sonia_Rahul_photos_found_at_Maoist_camp_121655 Raipur: US President Barack Obama, President Pratibha Patil, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul... amongst the several leaders whose photographs were found in a deserted Maoist camp in Chhattisgarh, police officials said Tuesday.The ... Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:11:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/__Dantewada_attack_accused_dies_121364 Raipur: A key accused in last April's Dantewada Maoist attack, in which 76 security personnel were killed, has died in a Chhattisgarh hospital, sources said Wednesday.  Gangraj, 41, died Tuesday at a government hospital here while doctors... Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:10:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Crowds_swell_in_Chhattisgarh_to_support_Anna_121201 Raipur: Crowds started swelling at protest venues across Chhattisgarh for the second consecutive day Wednesday to support social activist Anna Hazare, fasting at the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.  People from all walks of life and different ag... Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:50:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Fake_medicines_in_Chhattisgarh_government_hospitals_Jogi_121076 Raipur: Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi said Monday that fake and expired medicines have been dumped in government hospitals in the state.  "The situation at government hospitals in Chhattisgarh is qu... Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:46:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoists_take_on_government_forces_in_Chhattisgarh_120929 Raipur: A fierce gunbattle raged in a dense jungle in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Monday morning as armed Maoist guerrillas and security personnel exchanged fire, police said.The gunbattle began around 9.30 a.m. at Kesamundi forest in ... Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:55:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Rendered_jobless_Chhattisgarh_SPOs_to_be_made_cops_120668 Bijapur (Chhattisgarh),  Special police officers (SPOs) in Chhattisgarh are relieved by the state's decision to allow them to join the regular police force, days after the Supreme Court ordered that these tribal youths roped in to tackle... Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:12:02 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/___Maoists_attack_Chhattisgarh_Congress_chiefs_convoy_120559 Raipur: Maoists attacked the convoy of Chhattisgarh Congress president Nandkumar Patel in a forested area in Raipur district Wednesday, police said. There were no casualties.  All state leaders who were accompanying Patel in the convoy in... Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:07:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/__Jumbo_herd_moves_in_families_flee_in_Chhattisgarh_120478 Raipur: For about a week now, a herd of 16 wild elephants has made a forested hamlet of Chhattisgarh its home, running amok in the area and driving 22 fear-stricken families out of their homes, an official said Monday.  The tribal familie... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:31:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_owner_of_car_ferrying_explosives_traced_120440 Raipur: Two days after Chhattisgarh Police seized bags filled with ammonium nitrate and detonator sticks from an abandoned car in Bilaspur district, the authorities have failed to make any arrests though they have traced the car owner, officials... Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:13:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh_begins_disarming_Salwa_Judum_120144 Raipur: Chhattisgarh Wednesday began disarming around 4,500 tribal youths, a day after the Supreme Court ordered the state to disband and disarm Salwa Judum, the anti-Maoist civil militia, police sources said."We have begun disarming them,... Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:57:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/__Arrest_warrant_against_four_for_insult_to_flag_120069 Raipur: A court in Chhattisgarh has issued arrest warrants against four people, including a district collector and a superintendent of police, for allegedly insulting the national flag.  V.K. Chanakya, the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) ... Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:10:52 GMT