Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Sunday virtually issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider his decision to appoint civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who is out on

Wrong selection of candidate has cost Congress the insurgency-hit Bastar (ST) parliamentary constituency, bypoll to which was held on May 8, senior party leaders here concede.

The just-concluded byelection to Bastar (ST) Lok Sabha constituency has triggered a CD war between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh with the latter releasing a CD showing alleged tampering of EVMs by the saffron workers.

Sporadic incidents of Naxal violence, coupled with low polling, marked the byelection to Bastar (ST) Lok Sabha constituency in south Chhattisgarh on Sunday.

At least one Maoist was on Tuesday gunned down in an encounter with security personnel inside Ghumra forest in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district, the police said. The police also claimed to have found tell-tale evidence of injuries to several other rebels in the encounter site.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh’s grievance cell is currently flooded with bizarre demands from a section of people, ranging from seeking sanction to drink liquor and smoke marijuana to finding a bride.

In a major breakthrough, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has discovered micro-life, not known to exist on earth’s surface, in the atmosphere, internationally acclaimed astrophysicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar disclosed here on Wednesday.

Civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who is serving life sentence after being convicted of sedition by a Raipur court on December 24, could enjoy his supper with his family in his home here on Monday after a gap of nearly four months, thanks to Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who asked his officials to “keep their hands off” the doctor by rejecting their suggestions to contest the bail granted to him by Supreme Court on December 15.

Celebrated human rights activist Binayak Sen, who is serving life sentence on charges of sedition, was on Monday evening released from Raipur Central jail.
The 61-year-old paediatrician stepped out of the jail exactly at 7 pm amidst slogans in his support by hundreds of his admirers, who were waiting outside the prison since morning to receive him.

In a brutal act, a 72-year-old man in a Chhattisgarh village on Sunday strangled his 10-year-old granddaughter to death for plucking a mango from a tree in his orchard.