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/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/Chandigarh/Chhattisgarh_slows_down_antiMaoist_drive_till_Menons_release_127557 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 07:40:54 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/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/Jharkhand/Maoists_kill_CRPF_trooper_in_Chhattisgarh_126464 Raipur: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was gunned down and his colleague injured in a gunfight Monday with Maoists in a forested area in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.The gun battle broke out near Bhejji police... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:50:06 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_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/Chandigarh/___Chhattisgarh_asks_schools_to_honour_RTE_Act_124630 Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday instructed private schools in the state to take steps to reserve one-fourth of their total seats for the Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SC) and socially backward classes under the Right to Edu... Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:35:01 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/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/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/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/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/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/___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 http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Arrange_full_education_for_Chhattisgarhs_tribal_students_President_119919 Raipur: President Pratibha Patil Saturday called for arrangements to be made in Chhattisgarh for providing exclusive educational facilities for tribal students from the kindergarten (KG) level to post-graduate (PG) level."Why are tribal st... Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:40:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Ajit_Jogis_son_airlifted_to_Delhi_after_mob_attack_119902 Raipur: A special plane airlifted Amit Jogi, son of Congress leader Ajit Jogi, Friday from Jabalpur to New Delhi after he sustained serious injuries in a mob attack in Madhya Pradesh Thursday night, family sources said."His condition is st... Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:44:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Two_Maoists_killed_in_Chhattisgarh_gun_battle_119828 Raipur: At least two Maoist militants were gunned down by police in a gun battle that broke out Monday in a forested pocket of Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region, police said.The gun fight was reported from Sitapur area of Bijapur distric... Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:44:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/__Environmental_activist_Another_Binayak_Sen_in_making___119665 Raipur: On June 2 Ramesh Agrawal was found chained to a hospital bed. The 55-year-old man was shifted there after his blood pressure shot up in jail. If the act seems inhuman, the fact that he's a Chhattisgarh environmental activist might shed some... Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:20:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/aoists_attack_Chhattisgarh_police_station_no_casualty__119649 Raipur: A gunbattle broke out in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Monday morning after Maoists opened fire at a police station in Dantewada district -- the fourth attack since June 9. No casualty was reported, police said.As many as 18 polic... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:27:22 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/__Three_CRPF_men_killed_in_Chhattisgarh_Maoist_attack__119606 aipur: At least three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and several injured Saturday in the third Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh in two days, police said.  The attack site at Bhejji, about 500 km from Raipur, is in D... Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:36:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/10_Chhattisgarh_cops_killed_in_Maoist_attack__Second_Lead_119575 Raipur: In yet another attack, 10 policemen were killed and four sustained injuries in a powerful landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said Friday.  The blast took place in a forested area ar... Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:43:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Raipur/_Chhattisgarhs_wounded_cop_found_a_week_after_Maoist_ambush_119361 Raipur: The lone policeman who was declared missing after Maoists ambushed a 10-member police squad near the Chhattisgarh-Orissa border last week was found lying unconscious near the attack site Monday, police said.  Constable Holaram, in... Mon, 30 May 2011 10:28:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Toll_in_Chhattisgarh_blast_rises_to_seven_118808 Raipur: With two more troopers succumbing to their injuries, the casualty figure in a Maoist landmine attack on a convoy of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Chhattisgarh has risen to seven, police said Wednesday.  T... Wed, 18 May 2011 07:53:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/Maoist_landmine_blast_kills_five_CRPF_men_in_Chhattisgarh__118758 Raipur: At least five troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed Tuesday in a landmine blast in a forested stretch of Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada district, police said.The incident took place after 9 p.m. at on the... Wed, 18 May 2011 00:15:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chhattisgarh/_Two_cops_of_crack_antiMaoist_training_school_held_for_rape_118387 Raipur: Two Chhattisgarh police personnel posted at the Counter- Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College (CTJWC) based in Maoist insurgency-hit Bastar region were arrested for the rape of two tribal girls, police said Saturday.  "The tw... Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:38:18 GMT http://samachaar.in/Raipur/Court_allows_two_girl_friends_to_live_together_118205 Raipur: Two girls, who wanted to live together despite's their parents' objection, have realised their wish after the Chhattisgarh High Court allowed them to do so.Neha Singhania, 23, who had approached the court with a habeas corpus petition, ... Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:55:02 GMT