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.

Civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition by a Raipur court on December 24, is likely to be released on bail on Monday, his counsel said.

Civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition by a Raipur court on December 24, is likely to be released today.

The apex court granted bail to Sen o

A Chhattisgarh Court today directed activist Binayak Sen to surrender his passport as a bail condition in line with the Supreme Court order.

Additional District and Sessions Judge BP Verma direct

A Chhattisgarh court on Monday directed activist Binayak Sen to surrender his passport as a bail condition in line with the Supreme Court order.

Rights activist Binayak Sen, whose life sentence on charges of sedition and links with Maoists triggered a global outcry, walked out of his jail cell here on Monday, three days after the Supreme Court

It is only half-the-battle won by the celebrated rights activist Binayak Sen, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Rai-pur court on December 24, 2010 on charges of sedition, when the SC granted him bail on Friday. Mr Sen is expected to move the trial court at Raipur on Monday to get the nod for the execution of the bail order by the apex court, since Saturday is a holiday for the court.

The Friday’s verdict by Supreme Court granting bail to eminent civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen, has given hope to two other activists, Kolkata-based businessman Pijush Guha and Naxal ideologue Narayan Sanyal — both of whom are undergoing life sentence along with Dr Sen in Raipur Central jail after being convicted of sedition by a local court here on December 24.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government "respects" the Supreme Court's decision of granting bail to activist Binayak Sen, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for sedition by Chhatisgarh high court.

A family’s 17-year-long battle with public sector unit Bhilai Steel Plant ended in a tragedy at Bhilai, nearly 35 km from here, late on Monday night, when all the members of the family decided to commit suicide en masse by consuming poison.