Chhattisgarh farmers ready to give land: Govt

Ramsingh Sai willingly sold his two acres of land to a private power company in Pusar village of Raigarh district for Rs 300,000 a year ago. Now, he stands to get Rs 15 lakh (Rs 1.5 million)......

Land acquisition: How it fuels the Naxal movement

In June this year, Naxalites, as Communist extremists are called in the country, pumped several bullets into Vimal Meshram, the 42-year-old head of the Lohandiguda panchayat in the Bastar region......

Tatas' Bastar plant files 'missing'

Files related to the organisation of a public hearing for environment and forest clearance for Tata Steel's proposed 5-million-tonne integrated steel plant in Bastar are "missing". The district......

Chhattisgarh farmers refuse to hand over land

The farmers of 10 villages in Lohandiguda block have now refused to hand over their land for Tata's proposed 5 mtpa steel plant until their 13-point demands are addressed by the administration. The......