Editorji is a popular short video news and information platform based in India. It was founded in 2018 by Vikram Chandra, one of India’s leading journalists, and has risen to prominence in the digital news space in a relatively short span of time. The platform is primarily designed for mobile devices, with applications available for Android and iOS.

ABOUT US:

about us editorji

Latest Video News: Editorji provides the latest news video headlines, latest videos clip from India and the World. Get all breaking news videos on Entertainment, Business, Coronavirus, Elections, Politics and more.

Latest Video News, Breaking News, Bollywood, Political, Sports, Business News | Editorji

+91 11 4035 6666 / info@editorji.com
3rd floor, Plot B, Khasara no 360, Sultanpur, New Delhi, Delhi 110030
<a title="mail to us" href="mailto:info@editorji.com">Send Feedback</a>
<a title="Contact Us" href="mailto:info@editorji.com">Contact Us</a>

REACH US

Contact for any questions, suggestions, comments, feedback or advertisement on Editorji.com, we are always looking forward to hearing from you.

Contact Us for Feedback, Suggestions and Advertising 

Editorji content is better experienced in our app.

Exchange of fire between Naxals and security forces was reported from three districts of Chhattisgarh during the first phase of polling

Chhattisgarh voting: encounter between Maoists, security forces in Sukma

Encounter between Maoists, security forces in Sukma: reports
Voting on in Sukma for 1st phase of assembly polls
CRPF jawan was injured in a blast in Sukma earlier in the day

Exchange of fire between Naxals and security forces was reported from three districts of Chhattisgarh during the first phase of polling

An IED blast triggered by Naxalites and three different encounters between them and security personnel marred the first phase of polling underway in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.
A commando of CoBRA, an elite unit of CRPF, was injured in the improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxalites in Sukma district while his unit was undertaking an area domination operation to ensure security during the polls, they said.
An AK-47 rifle was recovered after an encounter between Naxalites and security personnel in Kanker district, where polling is being held in the first phase of the state assembly elections, the officials said.
Some Naxalites might have been killed or injured in the face-off, they claimed.
The incident took place at around 1 pm near Panavar village under Bande police station limits when a joint team of the Border Security Force (BSF) and District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an area domination operation in view of the polling, a senior police official said.
After guns fell silent, an AK-47 rifle was recovered from the spot. Search was underway in the area, he said.
Bande area falls in Antagarh assembly segment, which is among the 20 constituencies where voting is being held in the first phase of state elections on Tuesday.
A brief exchange of fire also took place between Naxalites and security personnel near Banda polling station in Sukma district, police said.
Another encounter took place between security forces and Naxalites in Orchha police station area of Narayanpur district.
No harm was reported to security personnel in these two incidents, police said.
On Monday, two polling personnel and a BSF jawan were injured in Chhotebethiya police station area in Antagarh constituency when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED), planted by Naxalites, went off when polling parties escorted by security personnel were heading to their polling booths.
Voting is being held in 20 constituencies on Tuesday in the first phase of the two-phase elections for the 90-member state assembly.&nbsp;

She hails from Enmeta Bakulwahi village, and her father Sonwaram and mother Aarti are alleged Maoists.

Daughter of Maoist couple clears Class 10 exam, wants to become a doctor

She hails from Enmeta Bakulwahi village, and her father Sonwaram and mother Aarti are alleged Maoists.

The daughter of an active Maoist couple in Chhattisgarh has made it to the news headlines after clearing her Class 10 state board examinations.
She reportedly hails from Enmeta Bakulwahi village, and her father Sonwaram and mother Aarti are alleged Maoists.
The 18-year-old, who lives away from her parents, scored 54.5% marks in the High School Certificate Examination, the results of which were declared on May 10, 2023.
She now hopes to become a doctor and serve the tribals of her native district.

Advocate Abhikalp Pratap Singh appeared for the Maharashtra government and senior advocate R Basant represented Saibaba in the case in the Supreme Court.

Maoist links case: SC sets aside Bombay HC order on GN Sai Baba's acquittal 

Advocate Abhikalp Pratap Singh appeared for the Maharashtra government and senior advocate R Basant represented Saibaba in the case in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today set aside a Bombay High Court order acquitting former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba in a Maoist links case and remanded it back to the high court for fresh consideration on merits within four months.
A bench of top court Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar directed the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to place GN Saibaba's appeal and that of other accused not before the same bench which had discharged them and the case be heard by another bench.
It said that question of law, including sanction under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), is to remain open for adjudication by the high court. The top court had on October 15 suspended the Bombay High Court order acquitting GN Saibaba and others in the case.
Advocate Abhikalp Pratap Singh appeared for the Maharashtra government and senior advocate R Basant represented Saibaba in the case in the Supreme Court.

The court granted him bail on a surety of Rs one lakh.

Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: Anand Teltumbde gets bail

Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: Anand Teltumbde gets bail
Bombay High Court grants bail to accused Teltumbde
The court had reserved order on bail plea last week
&nbsp;

The court granted him bail on a surety of Rs one lakh.

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to scholar-activist Anand Teltumbde, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
The high court, however, stayed its order for a week so that the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the prosecuting agency, can approach the Supreme Court. This means that Teltumbde will not be able to walk out of jail till then.
A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and M N Jadhav allowed the bail plea filed by 73-year-old Teltumbde, who has been in jail since his arrest in the case in April 2020.
The court granted him bail on a surety of Rs one lakh.
The NIA sought the court to stay its order for one week so that it can appeal in Supreme Court. The bench accepted this and stayed its order for a week.
ALSO WATCH: <a title="Elgar case: Bombay HC refuses bail to DU professor Hany Babu" href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/elgar-case-bombay-hc-refuses-bail-to-du-professor-hany-babu-1663596687196">Elgar case: Bombay HC refuses bail to DU professor Hany Babu</a>
Teltumbde, who is presently lodged at the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai, had moved the high court last year after a special court refused to grant him bail.
In his plea, Teltumbde had claimed that he was never present at the December 31, 2017 Elgar Parishad event held in Pune nor made any provocative speeches.
The prosecution's case is that provocative and inflammatory speeches were made at the event that was allegedly backed by banned terror outfit CPI (Maoist), which later led to violence at Koregaon Bhima village near Pune.
Teltumbde is the third accused in the case to be granted bail. Poet Varavara Rao is out on a medical bail and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj is out on regular bail.
&nbsp;

The bench sought responses from Saibaba and the other accused on a plea moved by the Maharashtra government against the high court order.

SC stays release of GN Saibaba and others

SC stays release of GN Saibaba and others
Bombay HC had acquitted Saibaba in Maoist link case
Former DU professor in Jail under UAPA

The bench sought responses from Saibaba and the other accused on a plea moved by the Maharashtra government against the high court order.

The Supreme Court has suspended the Bombay High Court order acquitting former Delhi University &nbsp;professor G N Saibaba and others in an alleged Maoist-links case.
An apex court bench of justices M R Shah and Bela M Trivedi, which sat on a non-working day to hear the matter, also rejected Saibaba's request for putting him under house arrest in view of his physical disability and health conditions.
It stayed the release of all the accused in the case, including Saibaba, from jail, as directed by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court.
The bench sought responses from Saibaba and the other accused on a plea moved by the Maharashtra government against the high court order.
More than eight years after his arrest, the High Court acquitted Saibaba on Friday and ordered his release from jail, noting that the sanction order issued to prosecute the accused in the case under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was "bad in law and invalid". 
Also Watch| <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/there-was-lot-of-struggle-patience-gn-saibaba-s-wife-vasantha-1665739700302">There was lot of struggle &amp; patience: GN Saibaba's wife Vasantha</a>

There was lot of struggle & patience: GN Saibaba's wife Vasantha

GN Saibaba's wife Vasantha: There was lot of struggle & patience: 

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Saibaba on Friday and ordered his immediate release from jail.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Saibaba on Friday and ordered his immediate release from jail.

AS Vasantha, the wife of former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba's thanked his supporters and the judiciary following his acquittal in an alleged Maoist links case.
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court acquitted Saibaba on Friday and ordered his immediate release from jail.
Saibaba, who is wheelchair-bound, is currently lodged at the Nagpur central prison.
Asked how they coped with his absence in the last eight eight years, Vasantha said there was a lot of struggle and patience involved in the last eight years. She said it was difficult for Sai also since his health deteriorated and he lost his job." In March 2017, a sessions court in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district convicted Saibaba and other people, including a journalist and a Jawaharlal Nehru University student, for alleged Maoist links and for indulging in activities amounting to waging war against the country.
Also watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/maoist-links-case-bombay-hc-acquits-ex-du-professor-gn-saibaba-1665729202218">Maoist links case: Bombay HC acquits ex-DU professor GN Saibaba</a>

Bombay HC on Saibaba's prosecution: sanction under UAPA 'bad in law'

Saibaba, 52, who is wheelchair-bound due to a physical disability, is currently lodged at the Nagpur central prison. He was arrested in February 2014.

Saibaba, 52, who is wheelchair-bound due to a physical disability, is currently lodged at the Nagpur central prison. He was arrested in February 2014.

More than eight years after his arrest, the Bombay High Court on Friday acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case, and ordered his release from jail noting that the sanction order issued to prosecute the accused in the case under the stringent provisions of the UAPA was "bad in law and invalid".
The high court's Nagpur division bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare allowed the appeal filed by Saibaba challenging a 2017 order of the trial court convicting him and sentencing him to life imprisonment.
Saibaba, 52, who is wheelchair-bound due to a physical disability, is currently lodged at the Nagpur central prison. He was arrested in February 2014.
In March 2017, a sessions court in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district had convicted Saibaba and others, including a journalist and a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student for alleged Maoist links and for indulging in activities amounting to waging war against the country. The court had held Saibaba and others guilty under various provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Sanction to prosecute the accused under the UAPA was granted in 2014 against the five accused, who were arrested first, and against Saibaba in 2015.
The bench noted that in 2014 when the trial court took cognisance of the charge-sheet filed by the prosecution, there was no sanction to prosecute Saibaba under the UAPA.
The prosecution had alleged that the convicts were active members of banned terrorist outfit CPI (Maoist) and its frontal organisation Revolutionary Democratic Front.
The court in its judgment noted that the trial court proceedings were "null and void" in the absence of valid sanction under the UAPA and hence the judgment (of the trial court) was liable to be set aside and quashed.
The court held that terrorism poses an ominous threat to national security and vile and abhorrent acts of terror do evoke collective societal anger and anguish.
"While the war against terror must be waged by the State with unwavering resolve, and every legitimate weapon in the armory must be deployed in the fight against terror, a civil democratic society can ill afford sacrificing the procedural safeguards legislatively provided, and which is an integral facet of the due process of law, at the altar of perceived peril to national security," the judgment said.
The bench noted that the legislative imperative is that sanction for prosecution shall be given only after considering the report of the independent authority (appointed under the Act), which shall make an independent review of the evidence gathered during the investigation and make a recommendation.
It added that the report of the appointed authority in the present case renders no aid or assistance to the sanctioning authority, being devoid of reasons or brief summary of the analysis of the review of evidence gathered.
"We unhesitatingly hold that the sanctioning authority paid lip service to the legislative mandate and the report of the appointed authority was sought, and unfortunately given as a ritualistic formality. The transgression of the legislative imperative renders the sanction order bad in law and hence invalid," the court said in its judgment.
It said that any departure from the due process of law fosters an ecosystem in which terrorism burgeons and provides fodder to vested interests, whose singular agenda is to propagate false narratives.
Ideally, the sanction order must be self-explanatory and relevant facts and circumstances on the basis of which sanction is accorded must ordinarily appear on the face of the sanction order, it added.
"We are inclined to hold that every safeguard, however miniscule, legislatively provided to the accused, must be zealously protected," the court said.
The Siren Song that the end justifies the means, and that the procedural safeguards are subservient to the overwhelming need to ensure that the accused is prosecuted and punished, must be muzzled by the voice of Rule of Law, it added.
Sanction is a solemn and sacrosanct act that empowers the Court to take cognizance of offence. Sanction serves the salutary object of providing safeguard to the accused from unwarranted prosecution and the agony and trauma of trial and in the context of the stringent provisions of the UAPA, is an integral facet of due process of law, it said.
Under UAPA, an independent authority is appointed to make an independent review of the evidence in the case and then submit a report recommending if the provisions of the Act can be invoked against the accused.
"The authority claims to have perused the copies of the FIR, panchnama, copies of witness statements and other related documents and then concludes that there is prima facie evidence against the accused under UAPA," the HC said.
This purported report contains the conclusion sans reasoning, the judgment said, adding that the report was just a communication in the form of recommendation.
"In our view, a laconic communication conveying only the recommendation sans summary of analysis of the review of the evidentiary material is not a report which the legislature intended the appointed authority shall submit to the sanctioning authority, and stands on the same footing as absence of report,&rdquo; the bench added.
Apart from Saibaba, the court acquitted Mahesh Kariman Tirki, Pandu Pora Narote (both farmers), Hem Keshavdatta Mishra (student) and Prashant Sanglikar (journalist), who were sentenced to life imprisonment and Vijay Tirki (labourer) who was sentenced to ten years in jail. Narote died during pendency of the appeal hearing.
The bench directed for the convicts to be released forthwith from jail unless they are accused in any other case.
Also watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/maoist-links-case-bombay-hc-acquits-ex-du-professor-gn-saibaba-1665729202218">Maoist links case: Bombay HC acquits ex-DU professor GN Saibaba</a>

Maoist links case: Bombay HC acquits ex-DU professor GN Saibaba

The bench directed for the convicts to be released forthwith from jail unless they are accused in any other case.

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday acquitted former Delhi University professor G N Saibaba in an alleged Maoist links case, and ordered his immediate release from jail.
A division bench of Justice Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare allowed the appeal filed by Saibaba challenging a 2017 order of the trial court convicting him and sentencing him to life imprisonment.
Saibaba, who is wheelchair-bound due to a physical disability, is currently lodged at the Nagpur central prison.
The bench also allowed the appeal of five other convicts in the case and acquitted them. One of the five died pending hearing of the appeal.
The bench directed for the convicts to be released forthwith from jail unless they are accused in any other case.
In March 2017, a sessions court in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district had convicted Saibaba and others, including a journalist and a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student for alleged Maoist links and for indulging in activities amounting to waging war against the country.
The court had held Saibaba and the others guilty under various provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Also watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/elgar-case-bombay-hc-refuses-bail-to-du-professor-hany-babu-1663596687196">Elgar case: Bombay HC refuses bail to DU professor Hany Babu</a>

A deadly bomb, planted by Naxal terrorists in Chhattisgarh, was disposed of on May 16. The mortar high-explosive bomb was found around 450 m from the Elmagunda camp in an area affected by left-wing extremism.
CRPF's CoBRA commandos got rid of the bomb via a controlled explosion. The blast was conducted in a forested area in Sukma. CoBRA, or Commando Battalion for Resolution Action's 206 Battalion's D Company neutralised the high-explosive bomb.
In March 2022, the Narendra Modi government had informed Parliament that the number of districts affected by Naxal terrorism had reduced from 96 in 2010, to 46 in 2021.
The government had claimed civilian and security force deaths had come down from an all-time high of 1,005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021.

Deadly, high-explosive bomb planted by Naxals found in Chhattisgarh, disposed of in controlled blast

Chhattisgarh: CoBRA commandos got rid of a mortar high-explosive bomb found around 450 m from the Elmagunda camp in an area affected by Naxal terror.

A deadly bomb, planted by Naxal terrorists in Chhattisgarh, was disposed of on May 16. The mortar high-explosive bomb was found around 450 m from the Elmagunda camp in an area affected by left-wing extremism.
CRPF's CoBRA commandos got rid of the bomb via a controlled explosion. The blast was conducted in a forested area in Sukma. CoBRA, or Commando Battalion for Resolution Action's 206 Battalion's D Company neutralised the high-explosive bomb.
In March 2022, the Narendra Modi government had informed Parliament that the number of districts affected by Naxal terrorism had reduced from 96 in 2010, to 46 in 2021.
Also watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/local/delhi-grenade-found-in-mohammadpur-causes-alarm-bomb-disposal-squad-at-the-spot-1650897175485">Delhi: grenade found in bag in Mohammadpur; old &amp; rusted, say police, months after bomb scare</a>
The government had claimed civilian and security force deaths had come down from an all-time high of 1,005 in 2010 to 147 in 2021.

An Indian-origin man who led a secretive, extremist cult in the United Kingdom, died in prison on April 8.&nbsp;Aravind Balakrishnan was the leader of an extremist Maoist cult in London, and had reportedly even kept his daughter in captivity for over 30 years.
Balakrishnan, who was called Comrade Bala by followers, was jailed under multiple sexual assault cases.&nbsp;In 2016, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for&nbsp;six counts of indecent assault, four counts of rape and two counts of actual bodily harm, as per a PTI report.
Balakrishnan died in custody at the&nbsp;HMP Dartmoor prison in south-west England.
Balakrishnan was born in a Kerala village, but grew up in Singapore and Malaysia.He reportedly moved to the UK in 1963 to study at the London School of Economics.At the institute, he met his future wife, Chanda.&nbsp;He reportedly began his cult in 1969, around the time of his marriage.
During his trial, Balakrishnan had rejected the rape charges and claimed that he had been "the focus of competition" between "jealous" women who made sexual advances towards him.

UK: Indian-origin man who kept daughter in captivity for 30 yrs, led extremist cult, dies in prison

UK: Indian-origin man Aravind Balakrishnan aka Comrade Bala, who kept daughter in captivity for 30 years, and led an extremist Maoist cult, died in prison. Watch his story


An Indian-origin man who led a secretive, extremist cult in the United Kingdom, died in prison on April 8. Aravind Balakrishnan was the leader of an extremist Maoist cult in London, and had reportedly even kept his daughter in captivity for over 30 years. Balakrishnan, who was called Comrade Bala by followers, was jailed under multiple sexual assault cases.
In 2016, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for&nbsp;six counts of indecent assault, four counts of rape and two counts of actual bodily harm, as per a PTI report. Balakrishnan died in custody at the&nbsp;HMP Dartmoor prison in south-west England. Balakrishnan was born in a Kerala village, but grew up in Singapore and Malaysia. He reportedly moved to the UK in 1963 to study at the London School of Economics. At the institute, he met his future wife, Chanda.
He reportedly began his cult in 1969, around the time of his marriage. During his trial, Balakrishnan had rejected the rape charges and claimed that he had been "the focus of competition" between "jealous" women who made sexual advances towards him.
&nbsp;
&nbsp;
=====================================
 CAPTIONS India-origin man, who led UK cult, died in jail Aravind Balakrishnan was jailed for rape, assault 'Comrade Bala' led secret, extremist Maoist cult Balakrishnan had kept daughter in captivity
&nbsp;

<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff;">In 2016, Aravind Balakrishnan was reportedly sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape, indecent assault, and actual bodily harm.</div>

An Indian-origin man who led a secretive, extremist cult in the United Kingdom, died in prison on April 8.&nbsp;Aravind Balakrishnan was the leader of an extremist Maoist cult in London, and had reportedly even kept his daughter in captivity for over 30 years.
Balakrishnan, who was called Comrade Bala by followers, was jailed under multiple sexual assault cases.&nbsp;In 2016, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for&nbsp;six counts of indecent assault, four counts of rape and two counts of actual bodily harm, as per a PTI report.
 Balakrishnan died in custody at the&nbsp;HMP Dartmoor prison in south-west England.
 Balakrishnan was born in a Kerala village, but grew up in Singapore and Malaysia. He reportedly moved to the UK in 1963 to study at the London School of Economics. At the institute, he met his future wife, Chanda.&nbsp;He reportedly began his cult in 1969, around the time of his marriage.
 During his trial, Balakrishnan had rejected the rape charges and claimed that he had been "the focus of competition" between "jealous" women who made sexual advances towards him.

Bijapur Naxal Attack: Home minister Amit Shah will today visit the site of Naxal ambush where 22 security personnel were killed on Saturday. 

Bijapur Naxal Attack: Amit Shah to visit Maoist ambush site, meet injured jawans

Home minister Amit Shah will today visit the site of Naxal ambush where 22 security personnel were killed on Saturday.

Amit Shah to visit Maoist ambush site, meet injured jawans

Home minister Amit Shah will today visit the site of Naxal ambush where 22 security personnel were killed on Saturday. The home minister will later meet the injured jawans at hospital. Reacting to the deadly Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh, Shah had said that a befitting reply will be given at an appropriate time. The home minister had cut short his election campaigning in Assam and flew back to Delhi to take stock of the situation.

Home minister Amit Shah will today visit the site of Naxal ambush where<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/chhattisgarh-bodies-of-20-jawans-recovered-from-encounter-site-toll-now-22-1617515694820" target="_blank"> 22 security personnel</a> were killed on Saturday. The home minister will later meet the injured jawans at hospital.
Reacting to the deadly Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh, Shah had said that a befitting reply will be given at an appropriate time.
The home minister had cut short his election campaigning in Assam and flew back to Delhi to take stock of the situation.
Also Read | <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/chhattisgarh-operation-there-was-no-intelligence-or-operational-failure-crpf-chief-says-1617608836032" target="_blank">Chhattisgarh operation: there was no intelligence or operational failure, CRPF chief says</a>

maoist

Categories