It is noteworthy that today, in Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, which borders Bargarh district, 15 Maoists laid down their arms and joined the mainstream of society. These cadres were active in the Bargarh-Bolangir-Mahasamund division.
According to the Mahasamund police, a passenger bus rammed into a stationary truck near Saraipali town, resulting in the death of the child and injuring 43 other passengers.
Patnaik said that the Panchayat Raj representatives including Sarpanches and Panchayat Samiti members of the Kirimira block in Odisha's Jharsuguda district were detained by Chhattisgarh police in Mahasamund.
BJP's Santosh Pandey is seeking his second straight term in Rajnandgaon, while the opposition Congress has fielded its firebrand leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel against him.
Continuing his verbal assault on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the grand old party of 'fuelling violence' in its rule at the Centre to 'hide its corruption'.
A public awareness campaign 'Gajayatra' was taken up by the forest department in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday to prevent human-elephant conflict.
Urging the people of Chattisagarh to not trust the incumbent Congress party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the first phase of voting has burst the "balloon of lies" of the grand old party.
While speaking to ANI, CSP Manoj Dhruv said," Devraj Patel, hailing from Mahasamund district, along with his friend met with an accident after their two-wheeler was hit by a truck in the outskirts of Raipur."