Chief minister, Mr Raman Singh, on Monday said at least four diamond belts are under the Maoist controlled region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
Bastar division, which comprises Maoist-infested districts of Dantewada, Kanker, Bijapur, Narayanpur and Bastar, has been identified as possible rich source of diamond reserve, Mr Singh told the state Assembly here.

Bajrang Dal activists crossed all limits on Sunday, hounding young girls in parks and restaurants in Chhattisgarh’s capital to scuttle any celebration of Friendship Day.

The Monsoon Session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly, beginning on Monday, is likely to be stormy with the Opposition Congress gearing up to target the Raman Singh government for its alleged failure to ta

Indian is lagging behind its traditional adversaries China and Pakistan as far as cyber security is concerned, opined renowned cyber security expert Ankit Fadia.
“Pakistani cyber criminals are able to deface 50 to 60 Indian websites a day, but in retaliation only 10 to 15 Pakistani websites are defaced. This has been going on since

The Chhattisgarh police on Wednesday arrested 15 Maoists allegedly involved in the killing of 27 CRPF jawans at Dhorai, in the state’s Narayanpur district, on June 29.

The Chhattisgarh police on Sunday claimed to have established link of Maoists with terrorist outfits in the country.

In a pre-dawn strike, suspected Maoist rebels on Thursday stormed into senior Congress leader Avdesh Gautam’s house at Nakulnar in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, killing his brother-in-law and servant and injuring his wife, son and security guard, the police said. The Congress leader, however, escaped unhurt in the ambush and grenade attack by the ultras.

Union home secretary Mr G.K. Pillai, on Tue-sday said the steps taken so far to combat Naxalites have begun yielding results, even though shortage of security personnel remains a problem.

Gulf between the CRPF and the Chhattisgarh police on Saturday widened further with the former calling state director-general of police (DGP) Vishwa Ranjan’s claim of sharing intelligence on Maoists’ presence at Dhorai, where the ultras ambushed a contingent of the Central paramilitary force on June 29 killing 27 of them, a “bluff”.

Two commanders of the Dandakaranya division of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), Pandu and Eitu, had led the deadly ambush on the CRPF contingent at Dhorai in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on June 29, killing 27 jawans of the CRPF, highly placed police sources said here on Friday.