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Massive security deployment in Bastar for Lok Sabha Polls: 350 IAF companies, 10 choppers assignedExtensive security measures are underway in Bastar ahead of the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, with 350 companies of security personne...
Naxals kill villager in Chhattisgarh, warn election officials not to visit polling booths"In the last four decades, they (Naxalitess) were responsible for the death of more than 1,700 innocent civilians and destruction of public...
Central forces moved in early for polls in Naxal-infested BastarThe preparation for holding elections in Bastar division begins at least eight weeks in advance. This time, 700 companies of CAPF have been...
Chhattisgarh polls: We'll use all tech resources to thwart any bid by Maoists to disrupt elections, says Bastar Police chief"For the smooth conduct of the election, we will be using all tech resources under our disposal. I won't be able to disclose their total nu...
Despite Lok Sabha poll loss, Congress happy to win Naxal-hit Bastar seatCongress nominee Dipak Baij defeated BJP's Baiduram Kashyap by a margin of 38,982 votes in Bastar.
Tribal youth volunteers defy Naxal threat, contribute to unprecedented polling in BastarTop officials aware of the poll security in Chhattisgarh told ET, tribal youths were secretly deployed as volunteers in each of the six dis...
1 seat, 7 candidates, 80,000 security men: Bastar set to voteThe Bastar Lok Sabha (ST) constituency, where seven candidates are in the fray, consists of eight assembly seats.
Chhattisgarh polls: Police wants 182 poll booths shiftedThe issue of relocation came up in a security review meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat in the state capital Raipur on...
70 per cent voter turnout in 2nd phase of Chhattisgarh panchayat polls"69.59 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the second phase of the panchayat polls today held in 22 districts of Chhattisgarh," Dalei sa...
68 per cent voting in 1st phase of panchayat polls in ChhattisgarhAn estimated 68% of electorate exercised its franchise in the first phase of panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh with Naxals disrupting pol...
Naxals attack booths, security forces during panchayat pollBallot boxes and polling materials were looted from polling booth number 22, 23, 24 at Hamirgarh village under Tongpal police station limit...
Soni Sori fails to hold sway over voters in Naxal-hit BastarContrary to expectations of a triangular contest in Bastar Lok Sabha seat during the just-concluded elections, it turned out to be a confro...
Lok Sabha polls: Naxals worried over impressive voter turnout in ChhattisgarhIn the 2009 general elections, Bastar and Kanker seats had witnessed voter turnout of 47.33 and 57.20 per cent respectively.
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Firing, explosives seizure in Bastar; 30% polling till noonBesides, a huge haul of explosives, including 15 IEDs and three pressure bombs, were today recovered by security forces from separate place...
- Chhattisgarh: Over 60% voting in re-polling at 2 booths
Eighteen constituencies in Naxal-affected Bastar division and Rajnandgaon district went to poll on November 11, in the first phase.
Two security personnel injured in naxal attack on poll partiesA deputy commandant of CRPF and a BSF jawan were injured in separate naxal attacks on polling parties in Maoist-affected Bastar region.
Chhattisgarh polls: Voting in first phase begins amid high securityVoting in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections began on Monday amid high security where Raman Singh-led BJP government is aim...
Security on high alert ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to ChhattisgarhSecurity personnel have been put on high alert ahead of visit of PM Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi and Narendra Modi, to the poll bound Chhat...
Naxals planning to attack "soft targets" outside core holdFollowing inputs, security men have been alerted to keep a hawk eye on the movement of people from remote areas to cities for taking part i...
167 polling stations shifted in Bastar due to Naxal threatAs many as 167 polling stations in sensitive areas of Naxal-affected Bastar region have been relocated for "security and accessibility" rea...