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How a selfie with wife proved fatal for top Maoist

How a selfie with wife proved fatal for top Maoist

Rediff.com22 Jan 2025

Chalapathi, a top leader of the CPI(Maoist) and a key figure in the 2008 Nayagarh armoury attack in Odisha, was killed in a gunfight with security forces at the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. He was one of 14 Maoists killed in the encounter, which lasted for two days. Chalapathi, who had been a mystery to security agencies for decades, was eventually identified through a selfie with his wife, Aruna, found in an abandoned smartphone. He was considered an expert in military tactics and guerrilla warfare and had played a significant role in expanding the Maoist network in Odisha.

War 2 Review: Well-Made Masala Film

War 2 Review: Well-Made Masala Film

Rediff.com14 Aug 2025

War 2 offers you exactly what you'd expect from a mass entertainer: some escapist fun, some truly knockout action scenes, and overall a good time at the movies, observes Mayur Sanap.

Cash-for-bail: Former judge remanded to ACB custody

Cash-for-bail: Former judge remanded to ACB custody

Rediff.com23 Jun 2012

A Hyderabad court on Saturday sent retired district judge P V Chalapathi Rao and T Ravi Chandra (son of suspended judge T Pattabhirama Rao), both arrested in connection with the cash-for-bail scandal, to five days' custody of the Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau.

PIX: Pictures from a star-studded wedding

PIX: Pictures from a star-studded wedding

Rediff.com2 Mar 2020

Telugu actor-politician Jayasudha invited her friends and colleagues to the wedding reception of her elder son Nihar Kapoor at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad.

Cash for bail: CBI raids residence of suspended AP judge

Cash for bail: CBI raids residence of suspended AP judge

Rediff.com2 Jun 2012

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday raided the Chikaluripet residence of retired judge Chalapathi Rao in Guntur district in connection with the cash-for-bail scandal involving CBI special court judge T Pattabhi Rama Rao and mining baron and former Bharatiya Janata Party Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy.

READERS SPEAK: 'Sibal thinks he is smart and all Indians are idiots'

READERS SPEAK: 'Sibal thinks he is smart and all Indians are idiots'

Rediff.com8 Dec 2011

We had asked our readers for their opinion about the government's attempts to censor online content. An overwhelming number of readers condemned such a move and suggested that Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal and his colleagues should focus on more important issues instead:

First look: Aravind Krishna's Biskett

First look: Aravind Krishna's Biskett

Rediff.com19 Sep 2013

Biskett is likely to release in October.

PIX: Chiranjeevi pays respect to actor Ranganath

PIX: Chiranjeevi pays respect to actor Ranganath

Rediff.com21 Dec 2015

Actor Ranganath's funeral took place at Bansilalpet burial ground on December 20.