Raipur, Apr. 15 : The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) mooted by the Union Government has ushered a windfall for many deprived villagers in Chattisgarh.

This ambitious NREGS programme was launched in 2006 to provide employment to the unemployed and landless villagers.

For instance, this scheme has benefitted the residents of Kanchanpur village in Koriya district of Chhattisgarh to a great extent.

New Delhi, April 13: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has killed nearly 30 Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district in an encounter, which took place on Friday.

CRPF, however, lost its 10 personnel including a Deputy Commandant during the incident.

Raigarh (Chhattisgarh), Apr 7 : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called for an all round development of the country and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for maintaining a limited vision on the issue.

Addressing a public meeting in Raigarh, Rahul Gandhi said that the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government believes that the country can only progress when the socially backward communities would progress.

However, he said, the BJP has a different policy.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Apr. 7 : Naxals have killed a policeman and injured five others in a land mine blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.

Reports said they attacked the convoy of Superintendent of Police Ankit Garg as it was passing through the Bijapur Valley, about five kilometres from the district headquarters.

Nand Kishore Sori, a policeman who was part of Garg's security detail, died on the spot while five others were injured seriously. Vehicles in the convoy were also damaged.

New Delhi - Three police personnel were killed and nine injured Thursday in an attack by Maoist rebels in India's central Chhattisgarh state, news reports said.

The incident took place in the thickly forested Mahakal area of the Bastar region, about 350 kilometers south of Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, IANS news agency reported.

"It was a Maoist ambush. The insurgents first triggered blasts and then opened indiscriminate fire on a joint patrolling team of the CRPF
(Central Reserve Police Force) and the district force," police official Pawan Deo was quoted as saying.

Raipur, Feb 19: At least three CRPF personnel were killed and nine policemen injured in a naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Kanker District last night.

The injured have been admitted to a government hospital in Raipur.

Over 70 districts in the country are affected by Left wing extremism, which has been described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "virus" and the biggest internal security threat.