Sukma district of Chhattisgarh is always in news for Naxal attack and violence. On September 1, one security personnel was killed and three others were injured in the Maoist attack. Sukma district hospital which is the largest in the area lacks basic medical facility. The hospital also lacks in basic[Read More…]
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Maoists threaten Akshay Kumar, Saina Nehwal for supporting martyrs’ families
Maoists in Chattisgarh’s Naxal- affected Bastar district have distributed pamphlets as a threat to actor Akshay Kumar and badminton ace Saina Nehwal, who had donated Rs 9 lakh and Rs 6 lakh each to the families of 25 CRPF jawans martyred in Sukma attack in April this year. Kumar had[Read More…]
Sukma attack: Maoist body recovered from ambush site
Days after the brutal maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, in which 25 CRPF personnel were killed, the body of a maoist has been recovered last night from the site. The 25 CRPF personnel were killed earlier this week by the Maoist in an ambush in Burkapal area. “The body[Read More…]
Sukma Maoists attack: Gautam Gambhir to bear education expenses of kids of killed CRPF men
Former Indian cricket team skipper Gautam Gambhir has announced that he will bear full expenses of the children of 25 CRPF personnel killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s south Sukma area on Monday. Gambhir said he would extend support through his ‘Gautam Gambhir Foundation’. The initial steps were already being taken[Read More…]
Sukma Maoist attack: CRPF man slams Rajnath Singh, PM Modi for bad governance
A video of a CRPF man, who can be seen venting his anger and expressing anguish against the home minister Rajnath Singh, after losing kin in Monday’s Sukma Maoist attack, has gone viral now. Posted by Pankaj Mishra of paramilitary force’s 221 battalions at Durgapur in West Bengal, this video[Read More…]
Naxal attack: Congress demands President’s rule
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as new CRPF DG
According to reports, Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF). The decision comes just two days after 25 jawans of the CRPF were killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district. The formal announcement is likely to be made late at[Read More…]
‘Why are rights activists silent?’
Exclusive: Will start Salwa Judum again if needed: Mahendra Karma’s son
Chhattisgarh is on a high alert after the brutal Naxal attack killed at least 25 paramilitary personnel on Monday. The attack that is said to be the worst in the last seven years, took place between the Burkapal-Chintagufa areas in the Maoist centre of Bastar. In 2010, insurgents killed 75[Read More…]