Halbi, also known as Bastari, is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language and is spoken by tribes across the central part of India. The Halbi rap song “Ram Ram Sadu” is a new sensation in Maoist-affected Bastar ...

This special report covers the unprecedented mass surrender of 210 Maoist cadres in the Dandekaranya region of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, including a central committee member, four zonal committee members, ...

Bridging the language divide, an engineering student of Bastar in Chhattisgarh has developed a language translator mobile application called “Guhar” or prayer, through which the locals can lodge their ...

Adding a new dimension to the policing in the Bastar division, Chhattisgarh has recruited nine transgender people in ‘Bastar Fighters’ special unit, to be deployed in the insurgency-hit region. The ...

NEW DELHI: In an effort to bring peace to the Maoist-dominated areas in Chhattisgarh, a survey has been carried out in the two most prevalent tribal languages — Gondi and Halbi — spoken by most of the ...

Yes, as hard as it may seem, Bastar now part of the state of Chhattisgarh was a princely state of India during the British Raj. Said to have been founded in the early 14th century by a brother of ...

Government of Chhattisgarh has taken a unique initiative to create awareness among the tribal and other forest dwellers about the public welfare schemes in simple and easy manner. Emphasis has been ...