RAIPUR: Sukma police have arrested a Maoist wanted by Chhattisgarh and Telangana police for the killing of 13 security personnel.
Tiger Hunga, who was with the Maoists for 21 years, was nabbed during a search operation in the forests of Palodi in Sukma district on July 25, said police. He operated in Kistaram region and was involved in several attacks on forces on the borders of the two states.
Sukma SP Sunil Sharma said Hunga is a “big catch”, and police are trying to extract details of Maoists strategies and his connections.
Hunga had joined the Maoists in 2001 as a Bal Sangham member under Suryam Anna. Over the next six years, he was trained in IEDs and weapon handling, and then made chief of Dandakaranya Kisan Majdoor Sangh in Karigudam region. He was made a jan militia commander in 2011 after which he began attacking security forces. He is now in jail custody.
Farmers have been agitating against the three newly enacted farm laws. (PTI)
AMRITSAR: Farmers staged a protest against the three central agriculture laws at Jandiala Guru Dana Mandi in Amritsar on Tuesday.
They also observed a one-minute silence to pay tribute to those who died in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on the occasion of its 102nd anniversary. Women protestors raised anti-government slogans, demanding a repeal of the agricultural laws.
Speaking to ANI, Sarvam Pander, a member of Kisan Majdoor Sangh said, We paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. We appeal to everyone including Hindu, Sikh, Muslim or Christians to unite against the central farm laws.
Farmers stage protest against farm laws in Amritsar ANI | Updated: Apr 14, 2021 09:04 IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 14 (ANI): Farmers staged a protest against the three central agriculture laws at Jandiala Guru Dana Mandi in Amritsar on Tuesday.
They also observed a one-minute silence to pay tribute to those who died in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on the occasion of its 102nd anniversary. Women protestors raised anti-government slogans, demanding a repeal of the agricultural laws.
Speaking to ANI, Sarvam Pander, a member of Kisan Majdoor Sangh said, We paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. We appeal to everyone including Hindu, Sikh, Muslim or Christians to unite against the central farm laws.
ATTSA to resume protest seeking wage hike, TE bandh on March 22
Tea garden workers in the State are set for agitation yet again as the recent hike in their wage is still on tenterhooks.
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GUWAHATI: Tea garden workers in the State are set for agitation yet again as the recent hike in their wage is still on tenterhooks. The All Tea Tribe Students Association (ATTSA) has already called tea garden bandh on March 22.
The ATTSA had its central executive meeting on Thursday when it took a strategy to resume the protest seeking wage hike.
The association blames it on the BJP government in the State for the present situation regarding the hike in tea labourers wage. The ATTSA feels that had the State government hiked the wage by September-October 2020, the issue could have been settled by now . It s because of the lacunae in the hurriedly hiked wage at the fag-end of its tenure, garden managements got a chance to challenge it in the court of law, ATTSA
Finance minister Rameshwar Oraon gave sufficient hints that it would be a people-friendly budget aimed at serving their larger interest, with no fresh tax imposed