Ahead of the Assembly elections, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday announced several committees for Chhattisgarh, including a seven-member core committee with state in-charge Kumari Selja as its convenor and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, his deputy T.S. Singh Deo as its members. ....

With the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh inching closer, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday chaired a meeting with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. ....

All the 17 bodies of the missing security personnel following a gunbattle with Maoists in forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district were recovered on Sunday, police said. ....

Security forces on Friday destroyed a Maoist camp after a gun battle in Chhattisgarh, officials said. ....

BJP's lone legislator from Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Bastar region, Bhima Mandavi, was killed along with four policemen on Tuesday evening as Maoists carried out a deadly attack on his convoy in a forested patch in Dantewada district. ....

Four Maoists were killed on Tuesday in a gun battle with a special unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, said the paramilitary unit. ....

The newly-elected Congress MLAs are scheduled to meet late on Wednesday to decide the name of the Chief Minister, a party official said here. ....

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed confidence over eliminating naxalism in the coming three-five years and asked Maoists to join the mainstream by surrendering under the rehabilitation policy for them. ....

Polling in eight constituencies began at 8 a.m. on Monday and it was underway in 10 others in the first phase to elect a new Chhattisgarh Assembly, officials said. ....

BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday said the Chhattisgarh government under Chief Minister Raman Singh has made the state nearly Maoist-free, developing it into a power hub of prospering cement, steel and aluminium industries, besides making rapid progress in education and health. ....