Vedanta Chhattisgarh power plant blast: Death toll rises to 23The death toll from a blast at the Vedanta power plant in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district has risen to 23. Two more workers died from their i...
18 Apr, 2026, 06.13 PM IST
Naveen Jindal backs Vedanta chair Anil Agarwal, questions FIR in Chhattisgarh boiler blast probeLok Sabha MP Naveen Jindal voiced support for Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal. Jindal questioned Agarwal's naming in an FIR following a fatal...
18 Apr, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Chhattisgarh power plant blast: Death toll rises to 21; Congress demands culpable homicide chargeThe death toll from the April 14 blast at Vedanta's power plant in Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, has reached 21. A worker died from injurie...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
Excess fuel, pressure surge in boiler led to Vedanta power plant blast that killed 20: Initial probeAn initial investigation into the Vedanta power plant blast in Chhattisgarh's Sakti district revealed excessive fuel accumulation in the bo...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.16 PM IST
FIR against Vedanta plant management officials, others after Chhattisgarh blast kills 20 workersChhattisgarh police have filed a case against Vedanta power plant management. This action follows a deadly blast on April 14 that claimed 2...
16 Apr, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
150 additional CAPF, state police companies to be deployed for Bengal pollsThe Union Home Ministry has ordered 150 more companies of security forces for West Bengal Assembly elections, taking total deployment to ab...
09 Apr, 2026, 08.24 AM IST
We won't stop until Bastar gets rid of Naxalism: Senior copFollowing the death of a police officer in a Naxalite IED blast in Sukma, IG Sundarraj P visited the site, vowing to eradicate Naxalism fro...
10 Jun, 2025, 01.14 PM IST
Top Naxal leader Bhaskar killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's BijapurIn a significant blow to Naxalite operations, top leader Bhaskar, carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 45 lakh, was killed in an encounter wi...
06 Jun, 2025, 09.58 PM IST
Centre, Chhattisgarh committed to end Naxalism in state by March 2026: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah announced a joint commitment with the Chhattisgarh government to eradicate Naxalism from the state by March 3...
15 Dec, 2024, 01.34 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's doctored video: Chhattisgarh cops reach UP to arrest TV anchor but Noida police detain himThe police from Chhattisgarh's Raipur, where an FIR has been lodged against Ranjan, has not been able to arrest him but said it had shown h...
05 Jul, 2022, 01.31 PM IST
Centre wants Chhattisgarh police to take lead role in anti-Maoist operationsAccording to the union home ministry's assessment, Chhattisgarh is second only to Jharkhand in the list of states worst affected by LWE.
28 Aug, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
SC issues notice to Chhattisgarh govt on Soni Sori bail pleaThe Supreme Court today admitted the bail plea of Soni Sori, a tribal teacher, and journalist Lingaram Kodopi, who are in jail for their al...
30 Sep, 2013, 04.39 PM IST
Tackling Maoists primary responsibility of state: Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh today asserted that the responsibility of tackling Maoists lay primarily with police and state intelligence agencies.
30 May, 2013, 07.28 PM IST
- Maoist mayhem rises as states fail to coordinate
Chhattisgarh govt feels the recent Maoist ambush in Nuapada district of Orissa exposes the complete lack of cooperation between states in d...
30 May, 2011, 04.05 AM IST
- Expedite police hiring, be extra alert: PC tells Naxal-hit states
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday told the nine Left-wing extremism-hit states to focus on making good the shortfall in police re...
11 Jan, 2011, 07.24 AM IST
Centre will stay away from Chhattisgarh-CRPF tussleWith dissensions both within the Centre and states over the anti-Naxal strategy now out in the open, home ministry chose not to join issue ...
03 Jul, 2010, 02.40 PM IST
- Blood flows again, this time cops’
Hours after Union home minister Shivraj Patil cautioned Rajya Sabha members against using statistics to project Left-wing extremism as a Fr...
16 Mar, 2007, 02.00 AM IST