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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...
Will Bastar decide Chhattisgarh's fate once again?This region, known for its historical influence, is grappling with multiple factors, including security concerns due to Left-wing extremism...
More than 125 villages in Chhattisgarh will vote in own booths for first time126 villages in Chhattisgarh will get a polling station for the first time since Independence. The government has walked the extra mile to ...
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...
BJP will secure majority in Chhattisgarh, form govt: Raman SinghFormer Chhattisgarh CM and BJP leader downplayed the lack of a projected chief ministerial candidate and expressed confidence in winning th...
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...
Cong's Chhattisgarh list likely in Sept, may bench bastar MLAsThe polls will not be cakewalk for any party. Chhattisgarh has traditionally been a bipolar polity with Congress and BJP engaged in a direc...
Congress move to give half of party positions to those below 50 has started from Chhattisgarh, says Chief Minister Bhupesh BaghelCongress has started implementing the decision to give half of all party positions to those under 50 years of age, with the appointment of ...
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...
High Bastar turnout due to secret deployment of tribal youthsIn the community policing driven strategy, which officials said paid dividends, less than half of the companies were used for election duty.
Congress supporting ‘urban Maoists’: PM at bastar rallyModi also attacked the Congress party saying that they rally behind urban Maoists when the government probes them, and vow to end left-wing...
Parties battle it out in Chhattisgarh's 'Red Zone'Leaders from different parties are campaigning hard to woo voters by doing door-to-door visit, holding rallies and highlighting their devel...
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...
Naxals issue threats, tell tribals to boycott BJP as election date nearsOne of the pamphlet asks villagers to throw out what it calls “corporate and Hindu fascist BJP” and help bringing other political parties w...
Chhattisgarh: Congress devises strategy to wrest BJP seats in naxal-hit Bastar'The party's victory in all the 12 seats of Bastar, one of the worst Maoist-affected areas of India, will be important to ensure a Congress...
Chhattisgarh polls NOTA: 3.15 per cent of total votes castIn total, around 401058 votes were polled under NOTA, which comprised 3.15 per cent of total valid votes cast in all 90 constituencies.
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...
Election Commission shifts 167 polling stations in Chhattisgarh to 'safer' areasApprehension of Naxal attacks has prompted the Election Commission to relocate 167 polling stations in Chhattisgarh to safer areas.
'Bastar Tiger' Mahendra Karma was on Maoist hit listAfter formation of Chhattisgarh, Mahendra Karma joined the Ajit Jogi cabinet as a commerce minister but was known as a political adversary ...