The Pigeon Express
At least twenty-two security personnel were killed and 30 injured in an ambush by Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, the deadliest incident of its kind in four years. Officials said on Sunday that security personnel belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force’s elite CoBRA unit, the District Reserve Guard, and the Special […]
Five Indian security forces were killed in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in the forests of the eastern Chhattisgarh state, according to police. Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers raided a hideout in Bijapur district after receiving intelligence that a large number of rebels were gathered there, senior police officer D M Awasthi said […]
A 17-year-old boy who borrowed INR ₹75,000 (approximately USD $1,000) from a friend to purchase additional features in a game ended up being killed after he failed to return the loan amount. The incident was reported in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on March 10. The boy’d dead body was found in the Sarangarh region in Raigarh, five […]
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped and stoned to death in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. The accused allegedly also killed the girl’s father and his four-year-old granddaughter, who were along with her. The incident occurred in Gadhuproda village in Korba district, about 250km north-east of state capital Raipur. The police […]
Hundreds of Maoist rebels killed 17 policemen in an ambush on a patrol in Chhattisgarh, a senior police officer said on Sunday, in the deadliest attack reported in the region this year. The attackers struck in a remote and forested area of Sukma district on Saturday, the inspector general of the state’s police force, P. […]
A tiger at the Nandanvan Jungle Safari in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, chased a tourist bus on Friday evening following which two officials of the park were sacked for ignoring safety protocol. A group of tourists were a part of a jungle safari when they came across two tigers fighting when suddenly one of them tried to […]
Six personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were killed and two others injured in an exchange of fire among themselves in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Wednesday. The incident took place at the Kadenar camp of ITBP’s 45th battalion in Narayanpur, located around 350 km from Raipur, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P […]
A BJP convoy was attacked by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on Tuesday evening, the attacks killed five, including a BJP MLA on poll duty. The Naxals triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the convoy. Dantewada BJP MLA Bheema Mandavi died in the attack, his vehicle was the last in the convoy. Three policemen, a […]