Kawardha

Twenty of the total 90 assembly seats will go to polls in the first phase of two-phased elections on November 7. The remaining 70 constituencies will vote on November 17.

A curfew had to be imposed in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha town on Tuesday after violence erupted over a rally by right-wing groups including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the BJP MP from Rajnandgaon, Santosh Pandey.

A 12-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha district was sexually assaulted and then forced to shave her head by villagers for "purification". Her family was also ordered by the village head, as part of the so-called cleansing, to throw a feast complete with meat and drinks. The girl's attacker was let off with a fine.

Maintaining a low-profile unlike offsprings of many prominent leaders in Kawardha, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's son Abhishek who entered the political scene recently feels that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win for the third consecutive time with a big margin.

Twenty of the total 90 assembly seats will go to polls in the first phase of two-phased elections on November 7. The remaining 70 constituencies will vote on November 17.

A curfew had to be imposed in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha town on Tuesday after violence erupted over a rally by right-wing groups including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the BJP MP from Rajnandgaon, Santosh Pandey.

A 12-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha district was sexually assaulted and then forced to shave her head by villagers for "purification". Her family was also ordered by the village head, as part of the so-called cleansing, to throw a feast complete with meat and drinks. The girl's attacker was let off with a fine.

Maintaining a low-profile unlike offsprings of many prominent leaders in Kawardha, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's son Abhishek who entered the political scene recently feels that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win for the third consecutive time with a big margin.