Five security personnel, including two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, were killed Sunday in two separate attacks by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.

The two Border

The Chhattisgarh police has begun a probe into Maoists’ alleged China-link following recent seizure of a Chinese weapon during an encounter with Naxals in Bijapur district in the state.

President Pratibha Patil on Friday asked the Naxalites to shun violence and come forward for talks and join hands with the government to usher progress for the tribal population which they represent.

In a move aimed at imposing a total ban on alcohol consumption in Chhattisgarh, the state government has shut down 263 liquor shops in rural areas, an official said on Tuesday.

"The government is wor

Chhattisgarh authorities on Sunday cancelled the scheduled Pre-Medical Test (PMT) for admissions to medical colleges as the question paper was found to have been leaked.

Police have arrested 12 youth

Insurgent violence showed no sign of letting up in Chhattisgarh with the Maoists killing two villagers, attacking a search party, injuring two CRPF jawans, shooting at a local CPI leader and looting houses in several villages in the Bastar region on Wednesday.

Three CRPF jawans were killed and as many injured when Maoist guerrillas carried out another ambush on a patrol party at Bhejji in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Saturday morning.

Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in a Maoist attack in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said.

This is the third time the rebels have struck in two

At least three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and several injured on Saturday in the third Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh in two days, the police said.

In their second major attack on security personnel in Chhattisgarh in the past 24 hours, Maoists killed 10 policemen by blowing up their anti-landmine vehicle at Gitam under Katekalyan police station in the insurgency-hit Dantewada district early on Friday morning, the police said.