Extensive security measures are underway in Bastar ahead of the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, with 350 companies of security personnel deployed alongside ten Indian Air Force choppers. The region, known for Maoist insurgency, will see heightened security for the polls on April 19, with special arrangements for 1,961 polling booths, including airlifting of polling party members to remote areas.
staff reporter bhilai, property worth lakhs of rupees was gutted in a massive fire outbreak at a factory that located in light industrial area (lia) in bhilai on tuesday morning. after information the f