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Chidambaram questions prosecution agencies after acquittal of accused in Tadmetla massacre, Sohrabuddin caseCongress leader P Chidambaram raised concerns over the performance of investigative and prosecution agencies. This follows recent acquittal...
Rise, reign, and fall of Naxalism: Chhattisgarh's 'red' corridor hits dead endChhattisgarh's Bastar region has been declared free of Left-Wing Extremism, marking the end of a four-decade-long armed Maoist rebellion. A...
Naxalite killed in encounter with security forces in ChhattisgarhA Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma, Chhattisgarh. This incident occurred just two days before the Centre's...
51 Naxalites with Rs 1.61 crore reward surrender in Chhattisgarh's Bastar divisionWith the March 31, 2026, deadline to eliminate Naxalism closing in, the number of surrenders across Chhattisgarh so far this year now stand...
3 Maoists with ₹15 lakh bounty killed in Sukma encounterSecurity forces neutralized three Maoists in Sukma, Chhattisgarh. Among the deceased was a sniper specialist wanted for the killing of an a...
Maoism like cancer, need to hit at its root to eradicate it: Chhattisgarh CM SaiChhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai emphasized the need to tackle Maoism by targeting its root, likening it to cancer. In the past year, over 23...
Top Maoist leader with role in 16 major attacks dies of COVID-19, say policeAccording to a senior official, Vinod aka Hunga and Vinodanna (60), who carried a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, died on July 11 in a for...
Road construction to gather pace in Chhattisgarh to counter Maoist menaceThe road connectivity project for LWE-affected areas was approved by the NDA government in 2016. It proposed construction of 9,338 km of ro...
216 Naxals killed in encounters in Chhattisgarh in three years: GovernmentIn a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Dhanendra Sahu, state Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said, "216 naxals were killed and 966 ...
Chhattisgarh polls: Police wants 182 poll booths shiftedThe issue of relocation came up in a security review meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat in the state capital Raipur on...
In 'war' against Naxals, police pins hope on road construction in Sukma districtLast month, 25 CRPF jawans were slain in one of the deadliest Naxal attacks in Sukma district. The attack came when they were guarding an u...
Mass surrender of Maoists, 70 give up gun in ChhattisgarhBridging gap between forces and rebels, police gave credit to 1,500 villagers, who played a major role in persuading Maoists to join mainst...
Fortified police stations being set-up in Chhattisgarh to combat Naxal menaceChhattisgarh police have claimed to have intensified the process of setting-up 'fortified police stations' in order to combat Naxals.
Naxals damage rail track, roads to protest cadre's killingSonadhar, a senior commander of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), was gunned down by Odisha Police in September this year.
Security stepped up in Bastar in view of Naxals' 'martyrdom week'Security in the naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has been intensified in the view of a call given by maoists to observe a 'mart...
Security forces recover 2 IED bombs from Naxal-hit Sukma district's Dornapal regionAhead of Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Chhattisgarh today, security forces have recovered two powerful tiffin bombs.
Sukma crackdown vital to combat Naxal menace, says policeSecurity forces need to make significant inroads into Sukma, considered the strongest military base of the Maoist movement in the country, ...
70 per cent voter turnout in 2nd phase of Chhattisgarh panchayat polls"69.59 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the second phase of the panchayat polls today held in 22 districts of Chhattisgarh," Dalei sa...
Anti-Naxal operations: Additional 11,000 securitymen for BastarThe Bastar region, with districts of Bijapur, Sukma, Dantewada, Bastar, Kondagaon, Narayanpur and Kanker, already has 31 battalions.
Chhattisgarh polls: Villagers don't want ink mark amid Maoist threatIn view of Maoist threat to boycott polls in Bastar region, the villagers have sought that the indelible ink should not be applied.