As many as six Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their trawler, near the Kankesanthurai area in Sri Lanka.
The IED was recovered by the joint team of CoBRA and CRPF during an anti-naxal drive-area domination campaign and was planted to cause harm to the security forces.
"Efforts are being made in Kanker to convey the message of gender equality between men and women in society. A total of 196 female employees will be on duty in the counting of votes who have been specially trained," said an official
Polling started at 7 a.m. for ten seats, which include Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta.
The administration in the insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has initiated a unique move by establishing a 'rainbow' model polling station.
Kanker Collector Priyanka Shukla said, "This time tight security arrangements have been made in the most Naxal-affected areas, while some polling centres will also be monitored with drones."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to a girl named Akanksha who had brought him his sketch at his event in Kanker, Chhattisgarh on November 2.
"We have seen the incapability of Congress in the last five years. There has only been the development of Congress leaders' farmhouses, their bungalows and their cars. In these five years, only their children and relatives have benefited," Prime Minister Modi said.
A 40-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on suspicion of being a "police informer", officials said on Thursday.
According to party sources, for the first phase of Chhattisgarh's elections, the BJP has planned three to four public meetings featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi.