Bastar District

The tribal youths will be mostly part of the 'Bastariya battalion', named after the erstwhile undivided Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is likely to hold its 84th Raising Day event in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, the first time its annual celebrations will be held in a Left Wing Extremism-affected area, according to officials.

A church was vandalised and a senior policeman was attacked and injured during a protest by a group of tribals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district in Bastar on Monday, police said.

Six persons including five women were killed and three injured after a portion of a white clay mine collapsed in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, the state government said.

People living in villages deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district are trying to get to safer areas amid heavy rainfall, but lack of proper access is forcing them to use dangerous methods to move.

The collectors of Sukma, Narayanpur, Dantewada and Bijapur districts have been asked to ensure admission to the full extent and regular attendance of children in primary and pre-primary classes.

Spurred by the demands of local people, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to reopen as many as 260 government-run schools, located in four districts of the Maoist-hit Bastar region, which were shut 15 years ago due to various reasons.

A 32-year-old businessman, who was apparently upset over his financial losses, allegedly murdered his mother and also tried to kill his brother and sister before dying by suicide in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, police said on Sunday.

An unidentified woman on Friday jumped into the Chitrakote waterfall on the Indravati river in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, police said.

Three people were killed and six others injured when a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) carrying members of a marriage party rammed into a roadside tree in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Monday, police said.

Two personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), including an Assistant Commandant, were killed in a Maoist attack at Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh today.

A Chhattisgarh-based potter has designed an earthen lamp that can burn for an entire day. Ashok Chakradhari, who lives in a small village named Kondagaon in Bastar District, has been flooded with orders for the lamp ahead of Diwali

Maoists have allegedly killed four villagers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district after accusing them of being police informers, a senior official said on Saturday.

Nine Maoists, including four with total reward of Rs 16 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, the police said on Saturday.

As many as 23 labourers who had returned from Telangana, ran away on Thursday from a quarantine centre in Dantewada district of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.

The tribal youths will be mostly part of the 'Bastariya battalion', named after the erstwhile undivided Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is likely to hold its 84th Raising Day event in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, the first time its annual celebrations will be held in a Left Wing Extremism-affected area, according to officials.

A church was vandalised and a senior policeman was attacked and injured during a protest by a group of tribals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district in Bastar on Monday, police said.

Six persons including five women were killed and three injured after a portion of a white clay mine collapsed in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, the state government said.

People living in villages deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district are trying to get to safer areas amid heavy rainfall, but lack of proper access is forcing them to use dangerous methods to move.

The collectors of Sukma, Narayanpur, Dantewada and Bijapur districts have been asked to ensure admission to the full extent and regular attendance of children in primary and pre-primary classes.

Spurred by the demands of local people, the Chhattisgarh government has decided to reopen as many as 260 government-run schools, located in four districts of the Maoist-hit Bastar region, which were shut 15 years ago due to various reasons.

A 32-year-old businessman, who was apparently upset over his financial losses, allegedly murdered his mother and also tried to kill his brother and sister before dying by suicide in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, police said on Sunday.

An unidentified woman on Friday jumped into the Chitrakote waterfall on the Indravati river in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, police said.

Three people were killed and six others injured when a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) carrying members of a marriage party rammed into a roadside tree in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Monday, police said.

Two personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), including an Assistant Commandant, were killed in a Maoist attack at Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh today.

A Chhattisgarh-based potter has designed an earthen lamp that can burn for an entire day. Ashok Chakradhari, who lives in a small village named Kondagaon in Bastar District, has been flooded with orders for the lamp ahead of Diwali

Maoists have allegedly killed four villagers in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district after accusing them of being police informers, a senior official said on Saturday.

Nine Maoists, including four with total reward of Rs 16 lakh, surrendered in Bijapur and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, the police said on Saturday.

As many as 23 labourers who had returned from Telangana, ran away on Thursday from a quarantine centre in Dantewada district of Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.