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ASI dies by suicide in Bastar’s Bijapur district
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON DEC 01, 2020 02:50 PM IST
The body of the ASI was found hanging from the ceiling at his house in the village in the district. According to the police, no suicide note was recovered from the spot and a police team started has started investigating the matter.

Maoists kill 2 villagers in Chhattisgarh for being informers: Police
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2020 05:22 PM IST
In Bijapur, 12 people, including three policemen and a forest ranger, have been killed in the last one month - an issue of concern for both police and human rights activists.

Suspected Maoist killed in encounter in Bijapur, combing operation still on: Bastar Police
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON SEP 28, 2020 06:05 PM IST
Inspector General of Police, Bastar range, Sunderaj P, told HT that the team of District Reserve Guard and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were in the jungles of Gangaloor when the incident took place.

Spike in killings by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar raises questions
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2020 07:50 PM IST
An IPS officer posted in one of seven districts of Bastar region said that Maoists are now not afraid of any public outcry over killings of civilians.

Four villagers killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON SEP 06, 2020 12:50 AM IST
The fresh killings have taken the number of people killed in Maoist violence in the region this week to nine, which include two policemen

Assistant sub-inspector of Chhattisgarh Police killed by Maoist in Bijapur district
By Ritesh Mishra | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON AUG 31, 2020 03:59 PM IST
The DGP said that it appears that the ASI was first abducted by the local militia cadres of CPI (Maoist) and later killed.

1 dead, 120 houses cave in due to heavy rain in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar
By S Kareemuddin and Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Bastar
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2020 02:39 AM IST
According to officials, around 70 people were evacuated from flood-affected areas in Bijapur on Monday.

Maoists kill policeman in Bijapur district of Bastar division
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2020 01:59 PM IST
The incident occurred at Maatwada village under the jurisdiction of Jangla police station limits late at night on Wednesday night when about a dozen Maoists killed the assistant constable with sharp-edged weapons in front of his parents, the IGP said.

Tribals protest in Maoist-hit Bijapur district demanding procurement money in cash
By Ritesh Mishra | Edited by Niyati Singh | Hindustan Times, Raipur
PUBLISHED ON JUN 29, 2020 10:45 PM IST
Most of the villagers are of Gangaloor, Cherlapal and other interior areas which are located south of the district. Some of these villages are 50 km from district headquarters with no road connectivity.

Maoists organise meeting in Chhattisgarh, 10,000 people attend
By Ritesh Mishra | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2020 07:55 PM IST
Police say that about 300 armed Maoists were deployed to protect the area where the meeting was held. Experts believe that the Maoists organise these gatherings to show their strength to the people.

Maoists let police constable go after his wife pleads at ‘people’s court’
By Ritesh Mishra | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON MAY 13, 2020 06:49 PM IST
Constable Santosh Kattam, abducted on May 4 from the Gorna village, was allowed to go home after he agreed to leave his police job and practise farming.

CRPF jawan killed in encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region
By Ritesh Mishra | Edited by Sabir Hussain | Hindustan Times, Raipur
PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2020 06:17 PM IST
The encounter took place in a forest area of Bijapur district..

Maoist ‘doctor’, 25, surrenders in Chhattisgarh
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2020 10:59 AM IST
The Maoist was a resident of Peddakorma village which comes under Bijapur district and started working for ultras when he was twelve-year-old.

Two CoBRA jawans killed, four injured in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
By Ritesh Mishra and S Kareemuddin | Hindustan Times, Bastar
UPDATED ON FEB 10, 2020 07:04 PM IST
The deputy inspector general (DIG) CRPF, Komal Sinha, informed that the encounter took place at around 10.30 am at a forest in Irapalli village on the border of Bijapur and Sukma districts in Bastar division when the security forces were out on a counter-insurgency operation.

One killed as Chhattisgarh Armed Forces soldier opens fire in Bastar
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON FEB 01, 2020 10:57 PM IST
The IG said that Dayashankar and Raviranjan sustained critical injuries while another Constable Mohammad Sharif came in the line of fire and sustained a minor injury in his leg

Maoist leader Ramanna dies of cardiac arrest in forests of Chhattisgarh
By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu/Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Hyderabad/Raipur
UPDATED ON DEC 10, 2019 12:33 AM IST
Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district superintendent of police Sunil Dutt said, reliable information received by the police revealed that Ramanna, a member of the all-powerful Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist), had died in Chhattisgarh forests.

Withdraw cases against tribals in Maoist belt, says C’garh panel
By Bhadra Sinha | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2019 07:55 AM IST
The Justice Patnaik panel was set-up in March with a mandate to review cases involving more than 23,000 tribespeople.

Tribals trek 18-km to save woman bitten by snake in Chhattisgarh
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON NOV 08, 2019 01:48 PM IST
The incident took place on Thursday in Chutkava village which is situated deep inside Bastar’s Bijapur district.

CRPF jawan killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2019 11:01 AM IST
CRPF jawan has lost his life in an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh on Thursday.

Maoist commander carrying Rs 8 lakh bounty surrenders in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
PUBLISHED ON SEP 18, 2019 07:06 PM IST
Sudhir Korsa was wanted in as many as nine cases of violence in Bastar region, including the Tadmetla and Burkapal attacks on security forces in 2010 and 2017 respectively, said the official.

Snake bites Chhattisgarh man, CRPF jawans carry him on shoulder for almost 2.5 km for treatment
By Asian News International | Bijapur
UPDATED ON AUG 18, 2019 05:20 PM IST
The jawans carried the man because the ambulance was unable to reach the area.

‘Discharge from Almatti dam in Karnataka key to flood situation in Kolhapur, Sangli’
By Surendra P Gangan | Mumbai
UPDATED ON AUG 09, 2019 12:31 AM IST
Experts pointed out that flooding in these districts since Tuesday could have been avoided by timely intervention of the Maharashtra government for discharge of the water from the dam.

Maoist kill three CRPF men, one girl in Chhattisgarh
By HT Correspondent | Raipur
PUBLISHED ON JUN 28, 2019 10:09 PM IST
The gunbattle near Keshkutul village took place when a joint team of the CRPF’s 199th battalion and state police was out on an area domination patrol on motorcycles, according to deputy inspector general (DIG), anti- Naxal operations, Sunderaj P.

Cop killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
By Press Trust of India | Bijapur
UPDATED ON JUN 23, 2019 10:06 PM IST
The incident took place around 2 pm when assistant constable Chaitu Kadti went to the market in Mirtur village along with his family members, he said.

Samajwadi Party leader abducted, killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
By Ritesh Mishra | HT Correspondent, Raipur
UPDATED ON JUN 19, 2019 09:51 PM IST
Santosh had contested the recently concluded assembly elections in Chhattisgarh on Samajwadi Party’s ticket from Bijapur.

2 policemen killed, 1 civilian injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh
By Press Trust of India | Raipur
UPDATED ON APR 27, 2019 10:09 PM IST
The incident took place when the two policemen and the villager were going to Tippapuram village, under Pamed police station area, on a motorbike.

Two Maoists killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh
By Press Trust of India | Raipur
PUBLISHED ON APR 21, 2019 12:01 PM IST
A few weapons were also recovered from the spot, he said, adding more details were awaited as the search operation was still underway in the area.

Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: BJP has an edge over JD(S) in Karnataka’s Bijapur
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2019 02:00 PM IST
Voting for the Lok Sabha election in Karnataka will be held in two phases on April 18 and April 23. The results will be declared on May 23.

Maoist threat fails to throttle poll turnout
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Patna/Raipur
PUBLISHED ON APR 11, 2019 10:40 PM IST
HR Srinivasa, Bihar’s chief electoral officer (CEO), said altogether 36 people were arrested for disturbing the poll process. The police said they had to fire in the air to disperse a mob that tried to disrupt voting at Sisua in the Nawada Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP legislator, 4 security personnel killed in Maoist attack in Dantewada
By Ritesh Mishra | Hindustan Times, Raipur
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2020 06:36 PM IST
Sources from the police said the carcade of Bheema Mandavi, the MLA of Dantewada constituency, was attacked with IEDs. An SUV was blown off by the Maoists in the attack.
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