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In Rupee terms, the prices have gone up by Rs 80 to Rs 180 per litre, adding to the struggles of the common households. According to the government data, retail prices of palm oil rose by 62.35 per cent to Rs 138/kg on Monday from Rs 85/kg in the year-ago period.
In Remote Bastar Village, a Young Man s Body Is Preserved as Symbol of Quest for Justice
In March last year, 22-year-old Badru Madvi was killed in an encounter while out collecting mahua flowers. Villagers desperately hold on to his decomposed remains, determined to prove his killing was murder.
Badru Madvi s wife breaks down as the wooden lid is removed from over his body for the first time in one year. Photo: Sukanya Shantha/The Wire
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Gampur (Bijapur, Chhattisgarh): As the temperature began to soar mid-morning, six men briskly dug up some flattened mud in Gampur village, nestled deep inside the Dokapara forest at the hilly cusp of Dantewada and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh. The men first dug out about a foot of loose red earth and then delicately pulled out a thin, evenly spread tarpaulin sheet. The excavation continued. Two feet deeper, they extracted several flat wooden planks placed over a deep crater.
UPDATED: April 8, 2021 13:33 IST
22 jawans of different forces were killed in the Maoist ambush in Bijapur last week. (PTI)
In the worst Maoist attack on security forces in recent times, 22 personnel from various forces were killed in an ambush in Chhattisgarh s Bijapur. India Today TV travelled to the encounter spot after a 500-kilometre arduous journey into the Silger forest, which became a death trap for the jawans.
The last 30 kilometres proved the toughest as we navigated through jungles full of thick foliage from a trekking trail to no path. Riding motorcycles from Basaguda to the Jeeram village, which became a witness to the