Union Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Shekhar, reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to fast-tracking development in the left-wing extremism-affected Narayanpur district during his official visit under the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP).
Once upon a time in the village of Narayanpur there lived a bunch of people who assembled children's toys at the rate of 144 toys for Rs 20. Calculation yields that assembling one toy fetches them a little more than 13 paise and a little less than 14 paise. But alas, as much as I would have wished I was talking about some distant past when calculations were still in paise, I am not.
According to police, Maoist in remote villages of Bastar had recently put up posters calling for a boycott of the panchayat polls.
Narayanpur comes under Bastar constituency where polling is being held in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Five Naxals and 18 Maoist supporters, including five women,havesurrendered in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, police said today. They turned…
