Bandh In Chhattisgarh

Tension prevailed in Ratanpur town in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district with a large number of citizens, traders and some Hindu organisations on Sunday observing a 'bandh' to condemn the arrest of a rape survivor's mother.

Congress's Bharat Bandh against rising fuel prices Monday evoked a good response in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh where many business establishments remained shut in major cities including Raipur and buses stayed off roads.

Normal life was crippled in most parts of Odisha today due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Congress protesting the construction of dams on the upstream of the Mahanadi river in Chhattisgarh and demanded immediate intervention by the Centre to halt these projects.

Two policemen were injured in a pressure bomb blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district today, police said.

A team of doctors from Delhi's AIIMS hospital are in Chhattisgarh today for investigations after the death of 11 women after a government-run sterilisation camp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday and expressed concern over the botched sterilisations, which was linked to target-driven mass surgeries by a sus...

Congress workers on Sunday disrupted rail and road servcies during the day-long bandh called by the party in Chhattisgarh to press for the dismissal of the BJP government in the wake of the deadly Maoist attack.

The bandh called by NDA, Left parties and SP to protest the UPA's diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG on Thursday received a good response in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh state.

The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.

The Maoists have called a two-day bandh starting today to protest against their top leader Azad's killing in Adilabad. The Central government has asked Maoist-hit states to remain vigilant and take all possible steps to foil any attempt of violence, including hostage-like situations. The Home Ministry asked the Naxal-affected states and t...

A day after Maoists used automatic weapons and grenades to massacre 26 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh, top officials are probing whether there was any advance information about the presence of Maoists in the area and if so, was the information shared.  (Read: Maoists attack CRPF party, 26 jawans killed)A probe is also on to ascertain whether the ...

The Central government on Monday asked five states to tighten security and take maximum precaution during the 48-hour bandh called by Maoists beginning today.Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been advised by the Home Ministry to deploy adequate number of security personnel in sensitive areas and remain alert during the ban...

Tension prevailed in Ratanpur town in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district with a large number of citizens, traders and some Hindu organisations on Sunday observing a 'bandh' to condemn the arrest of a rape survivor's mother.

Congress's Bharat Bandh against rising fuel prices Monday evoked a good response in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh where many business establishments remained shut in major cities including Raipur and buses stayed off roads.

Normal life was crippled in most parts of Odisha today due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by Congress protesting the construction of dams on the upstream of the Mahanadi river in Chhattisgarh and demanded immediate intervention by the Centre to halt these projects.

Two policemen were injured in a pressure bomb blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district today, police said.

A team of doctors from Delhi's AIIMS hospital are in Chhattisgarh today for investigations after the death of 11 women after a government-run sterilisation camp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday and expressed concern over the botched sterilisations, which was linked to target-driven mass surgeries by a sus...

Congress workers on Sunday disrupted rail and road servcies during the day-long bandh called by the party in Chhattisgarh to press for the dismissal of the BJP government in the wake of the deadly Maoist attack.

The bandh called by NDA, Left parties and SP to protest the UPA's diesel price hike, FDI in multi-brand retail and cap on subsidised LPG on Thursday received a good response in the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh state.

The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.

The Maoists have called a two-day bandh starting today to protest against their top leader Azad's killing in Adilabad. The Central government has asked Maoist-hit states to remain vigilant and take all possible steps to foil any attempt of violence, including hostage-like situations. The Home Ministry asked the Naxal-affected states and t...

A day after Maoists used automatic weapons and grenades to massacre 26 CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh, top officials are probing whether there was any advance information about the presence of Maoists in the area and if so, was the information shared.  (Read: Maoists attack CRPF party, 26 jawans killed)A probe is also on to ascertain whether the ...

The Central government on Monday asked five states to tighten security and take maximum precaution during the 48-hour bandh called by Maoists beginning today.Orissa, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh have been advised by the Home Ministry to deploy adequate number of security personnel in sensitive areas and remain alert during the ban...