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The body of the deceased tourist has been sent to hospital for further course of action, he said.

The barrage was inaugurated by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on June 14, 2021 and construction was started in December. 

A tragedy was averted on Saturday at the Bhatapara railway station in Chhattisgarh. While attempting to board a moving train, a passenger slipped and nearly fell into the gap between train and platform. Upon losing his footing, he grabbed the train’s door handle but ended up being dragged by the moving train. Fortunately, he was pulled to safety by an alert RPF personnel.

It was one of the longest bore well rescue operations in the country as it took nearly 105 hours to successfully rescue Rahul as the team had to face many challenges during the task. 

As the news spread, a rescue operation was immediately launched to rescue Rahul safely. The team comprising NDRF, SDRF, Army personnel including others left no stone unturned to make it a success one.

“It is unfortunate that the Chhattisgarh government is not letting Mahandi water to flow by closing 66 gates of the barrage.  Up to seven kilometres from the barrage along Chhattisgarh, the river gives an illusion of a sea while the same river on the Odisha side looks like desert. We will demand the Chhattisgarh government to open at least five sluice gates in order to ensure water inflows to Hirakud dam. The government should let the river flow.”

Another Dana Majhi episode has unfolded, this time in one of the states bordering Odisha.

All the rebels hailed from Bodhrajpadar village in Bhejji area and were active as lower rung cadres of the outlawed Maoist movement, the official said.

Only 6.9 lakh farmers could sell at MSP in Odisha as against a massive 21.05 lakh in Chhattisgarh

With this action, seven ultras have been killed in five separate encounters between security forces and Naxals in the state's Bastar region in the last two weeks.

The BSF is presently deployed in insurgency-hit Malkangiri and Koraput districts of Odisha and Kanker, Narayanpur and Kondagoan districts in the neighbouring state.

Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with police in Telangana's Mulugu district, close to Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday. The exchange of fire occurred in Karragatta forest in Venkatapuram (Nuguru) mandal in the early hours of the day.

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This bear cub was rescued from a jungle in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

They added that the rebels were influenced with the state government's naxal rehabilitation programme, called 'Puna Narkom' which means new dawn.