Chhattisgarh poll officials hopeful of high voter turnout

Encouraged by their initiatives which resulted in high voter turnout in Naxal-hit areas, officers in Chhattisgarh's Chief Electoral Office are hopeful of a similar trend in 72 constituencies going......

Chhattisgarh: Maoists may release collector on Wednesday

A day after Maoists' mediators announced that abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon will be released within 48 hours, the Chhattisgarh government said it was hopeful that the ten-day hostage......

Hostage row: Ch'garh govt opens talks with Maoists

Chhattisgarh government Thursday opened negotiations with Maoists-appointed mediators to secure the release of abducted Sukma collector Alex Pal Menon and both sides described the exercise as......

Abducted collector's Facebook page registers 2,500 hits

Even as efforts are on to secure the release of kidnapped Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, a page created on the 32-year-old officer by his family and friends, on social networking site......