According to Dantewada’s Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai, the police had received no complaints about potential threats to Joga Barse, whose wife is also a former sarpanch.

Joga Barse, who was contesting for the sarpanch post in Aranpur panchayat, was killed on Thursday night when Maoists forcibly entered his home and slit his throat in front of his family, accusing him ...

Raipur: Suspected Maoists on Thursday night murdered a former sarpanch, who was a candidate in the upcoming panchayat elections in insurgency-hit Dant.

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Maoists on Friday killed a tribal Congress leader, contesting for the post of sarpanch in the ongoing three-phase panchayat elections in Dantewada district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh.

A former sarpanch was hacked to death by Naxalites as he was contesting in the upcoming panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.