Finally, the Indian Army has set its foot on the conflict zone of Bastar, arg-uably the strongest military base of outlawed CPI(Maoist) in Chhattisgarh.
A reconnaissance party of Indian Army on Saturday evening landed at Kondagaon in Bastar division’s Narayanpur district to pave way for deployment of the Infantry Division of the Central Command, Lucknow, to establish an Army training centre in the area.

Renowned rights activist Binayak Sen has moved the Chhattisgarh high court challenging his conviction and the life sentence awarded to him by the Raipur additional district and sessions court on char-ges of sedition on December 24, his counsel Mahendra Dubey said on Thursday.

The recent verdict by a Raipur court sentencing civil rights activist Binayak Sen to life imprisonment for sedition has triggered an encounter of a strange kind between the police and Maoists in Chhattisgarh.

Bastar, a key Naxal-stronghold in Chhattisgarh, came to a grinding halt on Sunday following the January 2-8 protest week called by Maoists to denounce conviction of globally acclaimed civil rights act

Chhattisgarh director general of police (DGP), Mr Vishwaranjan, on Saturday disapproved of criticism of the recent court verdict sentencing rights activist Binayak Sen to life imprisonment for seditio

Authorities of Korba, an industrial town of Chhattisgarh, on Thursday banned playing of chart-toppers “Sheila Ki Jawani” and “Munni Badnaam Hui” in public, following growing incidents of harassment of girls with these names in the city. Korba district collector R.P.S. Tyagi issued a notification barring playing of audio and video cassettes featuring the popular item songs in public places, including schools, colleges and hospitals.

Civil rights activist Binayak Sen, Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal and Kolkata-based businessman Pijush Guha were on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of sedition by a Raipur court. They were charged with treason for aiding and abetting Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh.

Rights activist Binayak Sen, accused of links with Maoists, was Friday convicted for sedition and conspiracy by a Chhattisgarh court and arrested soon after, leaving his family and fellow activists shaken and disappointed.

Unidentified assailants shot dead a local journalist, Sushil Pathak (36), at Bilashpur, the judicial capital of Chhattisgarh, nearly 120 km from here early on Monday morning.

Several Congress leaders here reportedly cut a “tricolour” cake to celebrate the 64th birthday of AICC president Sonia Gandhi at the state party headquarters on Thursday, stirring up an unsavoury cont