April 19, 2024

The party promised that all graduates and diploma holders up to 25 years of age will be provided one-year apprenticeships with a monthly stipend.

Initially, she wanted to contest as an independent candidate, but was later offered a ticket by the Chaudhary Zarar Ahmed Naqi-led NBEP, she said.

Union Home Minister said a large number of camps of security forces have been set up in Maoist-affected areas since 2014.

Officials said as many as 79 Naxalites have been killed so far this year in separate encounters in the Bastar division, a Maoist stronghold.

Officials said the terrorists fired upon Raja Shah from point blank range.