One jawan was killed and two others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites in the National Park area of Bijapur district on Monday, a police official said.
Day 4 of the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship featured four Division 'C' and two Division 'B' matches with Kerala Hockey, Telangana Hockey, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Hockey Bengal winning their respective fixtures while Hockey Gujarat drew with Goans Hockey.
The security forces have neutralised two dreaded naxal cadres carrying a combined bounty of Rs 1.16 crore during a gun battle in Chhattisgarh's Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district.
Referring to a news report published by an English daily, Gandhi flagged the issue of "missing" forest rights titles in government records in Chhattisgarh.
On the second day of the 15th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship, Kerala Hockey, Le Puducherry Hockey, Chhattisgarh Hockey and Goans Hockey win in Division 'C' while Hockey Chandigarh, Hockey Uttarakhand and Delhi emerge victorious in their Division 'B' league matches in Jalandhar
Kabirdham District Collector Gopal Verma expressed pride as Kheliya Bai Patel, the Sarpanch of Amlidih village in Kabirdham district, has been invited to Delhi to be honoured on Independence Day for her work in the Swachhata Abhiyan.
According to the police, the DRG team had launched an anti-Naxal operation in the area on Monday. Intermittent exchanges of fire between security forces and Naxals continued today.
Speaking about the decision, Waqf Board Chairman Salim Raj said the move reflects the sentiment that Indian Muslims "honour and respect the national flag."
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai attended the inauguration ceremony of three branches of Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank on Sunday. CM Sai called it a special day for Jashpur.
The Quarter-Finals of the 15th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship - Division 'A' saw Hockey Haryana, Chhattisgarh Hockey, Hockey Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh Hockey seal their spots in the Semi-Finals on Saturday in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.