Raipur: Voting began Tuesday morning in the first phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh under a thick security blanket of police and paramilitary personnel, who kept a tight vigil in the seats in Naxalite-hit Bastar division.
Polling began at 7 am in 10 of the 20 assembly constituencies where elections are being held in the first phase. It will end at
More than 44 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 pm in 20 constituencies during the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections on Tuesday, a poll official said.
A CRPF commando was injured in an IED blast triggered by Naxalites in Sukma district while his unit was undertaking an area