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From Maoist Camps To Modelling Ramps: Former Women Rebels Wow The Internet
Former women Maoists from Chhattisgarh's Bastar region stunned audiences by walking the ramp at a National Handloom Day event in Raipur.
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Deadline To End Maoist Threat Near, But Fear Lingers In Bastar Massacre Site
The government's deadline for the complete eradication of Naxalism in the country, March 31, is at hand. But at Jhiram Valley in Chhattisgarh's Bastar, the nightmares have not stopped even 13 years after the massacre.
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A Death Threat Locked Her In Room For 20 Years. She Has Nearly Lost Her Sight
In 2000, when she was studying in Class 2, a man from her village threatened to kill her. The words terrified her so deeply that she withdrew into silence.
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Faith, Tradition And Law Amid Struggle For Final Resting Place In Chhattisgarh
This ground report attempts to explore whether there exists a gap between court verdicts and social realities. Are social conditions often as simple as they appear based on facts alone?
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Gods Who Did Not Fulfill Prayers Are Put On Trial, Punished In This Court
Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Bastar region has often made headlines for kangaroo courts in which Maoists mete out punishments. But Bastar has another court that meets once a year and even Gods are not immune to its sentences
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Shivraj Chouhan To Address Poll Rallies In Chhattisgarh Tomorrow
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address two poll rallies in the Maoist-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
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Maoists In Bastar Using Human Effigies With Fake Guns To Take On Troopers
Facing reverses in their traditional stronghold, Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bastar have come up with a new strategy, apparently based on the Vietnamese model of guerrilla warfare, wherein effigies with fake guns are positioned strategically in the forest to take on the troopers.
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In Bastar, WhatsApp Repartee By Those In Charge Exposes A Lot
The packed house at the Constitution Club had no answer to Soni Sori's question. "Again and again, we tell all of you about what is happening in Bastar, how our lives are being destroyed by this war," she said. "You tell us to have faith in the NHRC, the Supreme Court, the Constitution. But when I go back, the women ask me - Didi, why are the men w...
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With Motorbike-Ambulances, Number Of Child Deliveries Go Up In Chhattisgarh’s Tribal Areas
Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh: In Narayanpur district’s Palli village, 250 kms from Raipur, about two weeks ago, Pramila Koram’s water broke in the middle of the night. With the standard ambulance 8 kms away and no roads to her village, her husband Suresh Koram called the motorbike ambulance to rush her to the primary health center for delivery. Ms ...
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When Rape Becomes A Weapon Against Tribal Women
The tribal women of Bastar have shown the utmost courage in speaking out against the uniformed perpetrators of violence against them.
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Have Maoists Been Crippled By Currency Ban, NDTV Investigates
Almost three weeks after the government banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes the situation in many cities is now gradually returning to normal. The centre had claimed that the move will not only affect people who are hoarding black money, but also financially cripple the Maoists. So has the currency ban really affected the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bas...
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57 Maoists, 297 Sympathisers Surrender In Chhattisgarh
As many as 57 Maoists and 297 sympathisers surrendered before police in the insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh today, police said.
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How Breastfeeding Women Are Abused In Bastar - And Other Horror Stories
Bent backs glisten in the noonday sun, with nothing but a sari wrapped around their waist and over their breasts to shield them from its blazing heat. The women are out, collecting firewood, tending to the fields, or doing the weekly marketing at the local haat (market) that sells everything from fresh vegetables to petrol in bottles- all that can ...
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In Chhattisgarh's Bastar, Former Women Naxals Join Anti-Maoist Operation
For the first time in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, three women commandos, who formerly fought against security forces alongside naxals, took part in an anti-Maoist operation in which two ultras were gunned down.
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Senior Special Task Force Officer Killed in Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh
A Special Task Force (STF) official was killed and a jawan injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar district today, police said.
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From Maoist Camps To Modelling Ramps: Former Women Rebels Wow The Internet
Former women Maoists from Chhattisgarh's Bastar region stunned audiences by walking the ramp at a National Handloom Day event in Raipur.
-
Deadline To End Maoist Threat Near, But Fear Lingers In Bastar Massacre Site
The government's deadline for the complete eradication of Naxalism in the country, March 31, is at hand. But at Jhiram Valley in Chhattisgarh's Bastar, the nightmares have not stopped even 13 years after the massacre.
-
A Death Threat Locked Her In Room For 20 Years. She Has Nearly Lost Her Sight
In 2000, when she was studying in Class 2, a man from her village threatened to kill her. The words terrified her so deeply that she withdrew into silence.
-
Faith, Tradition And Law Amid Struggle For Final Resting Place In Chhattisgarh
This ground report attempts to explore whether there exists a gap between court verdicts and social realities. Are social conditions often as simple as they appear based on facts alone?
-
Gods Who Did Not Fulfill Prayers Are Put On Trial, Punished In This Court
Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Bastar region has often made headlines for kangaroo courts in which Maoists mete out punishments. But Bastar has another court that meets once a year and even Gods are not immune to its sentences
-
Shivraj Chouhan To Address Poll Rallies In Chhattisgarh Tomorrow
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan will address two poll rallies in the Maoist-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
-
Maoists In Bastar Using Human Effigies With Fake Guns To Take On Troopers
Facing reverses in their traditional stronghold, Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bastar have come up with a new strategy, apparently based on the Vietnamese model of guerrilla warfare, wherein effigies with fake guns are positioned strategically in the forest to take on the troopers.
-
In Bastar, WhatsApp Repartee By Those In Charge Exposes A Lot
The packed house at the Constitution Club had no answer to Soni Sori's question. "Again and again, we tell all of you about what is happening in Bastar, how our lives are being destroyed by this war," she said. "You tell us to have faith in the NHRC, the Supreme Court, the Constitution. But when I go back, the women ask me - Didi, why are the men w...
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With Motorbike-Ambulances, Number Of Child Deliveries Go Up In Chhattisgarh’s Tribal Areas
Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh: In Narayanpur district’s Palli village, 250 kms from Raipur, about two weeks ago, Pramila Koram’s water broke in the middle of the night. With the standard ambulance 8 kms away and no roads to her village, her husband Suresh Koram called the motorbike ambulance to rush her to the primary health center for delivery. Ms ...
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When Rape Becomes A Weapon Against Tribal Women
The tribal women of Bastar have shown the utmost courage in speaking out against the uniformed perpetrators of violence against them.
-
Have Maoists Been Crippled By Currency Ban, NDTV Investigates
Almost three weeks after the government banned 500 and 1,000 rupee notes the situation in many cities is now gradually returning to normal. The centre had claimed that the move will not only affect people who are hoarding black money, but also financially cripple the Maoists. So has the currency ban really affected the Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bas...
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57 Maoists, 297 Sympathisers Surrender In Chhattisgarh
As many as 57 Maoists and 297 sympathisers surrendered before police in the insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh today, police said.
-
How Breastfeeding Women Are Abused In Bastar - And Other Horror Stories
Bent backs glisten in the noonday sun, with nothing but a sari wrapped around their waist and over their breasts to shield them from its blazing heat. The women are out, collecting firewood, tending to the fields, or doing the weekly marketing at the local haat (market) that sells everything from fresh vegetables to petrol in bottles- all that can ...
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In Chhattisgarh's Bastar, Former Women Naxals Join Anti-Maoist Operation
For the first time in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, three women commandos, who formerly fought against security forces alongside naxals, took part in an anti-Maoist operation in which two ultras were gunned down.
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Senior Special Task Force Officer Killed in Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh
A Special Task Force (STF) official was killed and a jawan injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar district today, police said.
