Maoist strike hits Chhattisgarh
A shutdown called by Maoists crippled life in parts of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, with the rebels resorting to firing and putting up road blocks besides killing a trader.
Most of the disturbances wer
Maoists treated Menon badly, says mediator
Though they did not physically harm him, the Maoists caused terrible misery for Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon by holding him at gunpoint and blindfolded throughout the 13 days of his detention in th
Swap deal got Alex freedom: Mediators
Two Maoist mediators contested on Friday CM Raman Singh’s denial of a swap deal to secure Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon’s release.
G. Haragopal and B.D. Sharma told reporters, “There was a
Alex Paul Menon returns home to Sukma
Chhattisgarh's Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon reached home on Friday morning, 13 days after he had been kidnapped by the Maoists.
His wife Asha, who is pregnant, was there to receive him at
Salwa Judum never existed: Raman Singh
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, who arrived here on Friday after the release of abducted district collector Alex Paul Menon a day earlier, said there was nothing like Salwa Judum against the
Abducted Chhattisgarh collector may walk free on Wednesday
Maoists may set abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon free on Wednesday, official sources in Chhattisgarh said on Tuesday.
"Maoist interlocutors G. Hargopal and B.D. Sharma communicated t
Army to reach out to Chhattisgarh tribals
Army units are currently undergoing jungle warfare training in naxal-affected Chhattisgarh, even as the Union government’s policy of not deploying the Army for anti-naxal operations anywhere in the co
Sukma collector safe, say mediators after meeting Maoists
Abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon is safe, two interlocutors who met Maoists in their jungle hideout said on Sunday, adding the rebels had replied to the Chhattisgarh government's message on th
Abducted collector: Maoists' mediators fly to Bastar
Exactly a week after Maoists abducted Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon at gun point, two interlocutors named by them on Saturday flew in to Bastar to brief the rebels about the government's re
Armed Maoists receive interlocutors in Chhattisgarh jungle
Armed Maoists received both of their interlocutors, bearing the Chhattisgarh government's response to their demands for release of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, in a jungle pocket