A nine-year-old boy from Bolangir district, whose decapitated body was found earlier this week, was a victim of human sacrifice, police said Saturday.

KPCC President DInesh Gundu Rao said that the CPI has agreed to support the Congress-JDS coalition candidates in the by-elections.

 “We will not budge to the autocracy of senior MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa who said he will complain against us to the party high command. Let him give complaint. We will see the next course of action”, said former minister M.B. Patil.

Infuriated by the persistent quarrels with his wife, a man allegedly strangled to death his seven-year-old son here, police said on Saturday.

The BJP Saturday released its first list of 77 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Raman Singh from the Rajnandgaon seat.

A man was crushed to death in Rajagopal Nagar police station limits in the city on Saturday.

Right wing outfit Sanatan Sanstha filed a police complaint Saturday against a journalist and a cameraman of a news channel for allegedly trespassing into its premises in North Goa district and shooting video of a woman disciple.

Minority Welfare, Hajj and Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that the Indian Haj Committee has started the process of distributing the applications for Hajj Pilgrimage 2019 from today.