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...
21 Oct, 2023, 10.34 PM IST
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.
26 May, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
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...
16 Apr, 2019, 09.51 AM IST
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.
10 Apr, 2019, 08.03 PM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2018, 07.25 AM IST
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...
01 Feb, 2015, 10.37 PM IST
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...
28 Jan, 2015, 11.09 PM IST
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...
28 Jan, 2015, 03.36 PM IST
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...
23 May, 2014, 10.55 AM IST
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.
02 May, 2014, 12.39 PM IST
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...
10 Apr, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
- 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.
23 Nov, 2013, 06.55 PM IST
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.
12 Nov, 2013, 12.25 PM IST
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...
11 Nov, 2013, 09.41 AM IST
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...
06 Nov, 2013, 10.40 PM IST
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...
06 Nov, 2013, 01.35 PM IST
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...
01 Nov, 2013, 10.17 PM IST