CRPF Jawan injured in IED blast in SukmaA Central Reserve Police Force jawan sustained leg injuries in Sukma district on Sunday. The incident occurred when a pressure improvised e...
10 Nov, 2025, 12.50 AM IST
Setback for forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma: ASP Akash Rao Girepunje killed in Maoist IED blastIn Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, an IED blast resulted in the death of Additional Superintendent of Police Akash Rao Girepunje. The incid...
10 Jun, 2025, 12.17 AM IST
16 Naxalites gunned down, two DRG jawans injured in encounter in Chhattisgarh's SukmaAt least 16 Naxalites were killed in a major operation by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. The operation, involving DRG an...
31 Mar, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
Mystery illness claims 13 lives in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit district, authorities investigateA remote village in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, is fearful as a mysterious illness has reportedly killed 13 within a month, though officials confi...
06 Mar, 2025, 09.55 AM IST
Naxalites fire at CRPF commandos in Chhattisgarh; major anti-Maoist operation onNaxalites on Wednesday fired at a CRPF commando team alighting from a helicopter at a remote camp in Chhattisgarh during a massive anti-Nax...
12 Jan, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
Chhattisgarh polls: Over 60% voter turnout in Maoist zoneSenior deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha said the voter turnout in phase-1 seats was about 70% so far while it was 75.06% in 2013.
13 Nov, 2018, 09.37 AM IST
3 civilians, one CISF jawan killed in IED blast in ChhattisgarhThe Naxals have given a call to boycott assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Polling for the first phase of the election in the Naxal domina...
09 Nov, 2018, 07.10 AM IST
Naxal threat: About 65,000 troops for 1st phase of Chhattisgarh pollsElections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will be held in two phases on November 12 and November 20.
31 Oct, 2018, 08.23 PM IST
Helicopter carrying CoBRA commandos crash lands in SukmaThe Commanding Officer of a CoBRA battalion deployed in Chhattisgarh, his second-in-command and a jawan had gone to Chintagupha for a meeti...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.00 PM IST
Over 24 CRPF jawans killed in worst Maoist attack in yearsThe deadly assault on the jawans occurred around 12.25 pm in the Kalapathar area of south Bastar region, a Maoist hotbed.
13 Jul, 2018, 11.56 PM IST
CRPF jawan killed, another injured in gun battle with Naxals in Sukma districtThe skirmish took place yesterday in forests under Maraguda police station limits while the paramilitary forces were out on an anti-Naxal o...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.14 PM IST
CRPF on defensive after embarrassing RTI responseThe CRPF, in addition to citing section 24(1) (which exempts it from the RTI Act) had said there appeared to be no violations of human righ...
11 Jul, 2018, 04.57 PM IST
Chhattisgarh remained in news in 2017 mostly for wrong reasonsOn April 24, as many as 25 CRPF personnel were killed and seven wounded in Burkapal area of Sukma district in the deadliest attack by Naxal...
01 Jan, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
Raman Singh's 'Mission Sukma': Air support, hit naxal leaders, developmentRaman Singh also sought changes in the structure of 'unified command' and allow district-level officers to take decisions on anti-maoist op...
08 May, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
Naxal menace, civil supplies scam kept Chhattisgarh in newsA series of Naxal incidents rocked the state in April, including the killing of seven Special Task Force (STF) men in Polampalli police sta...
01 Jan, 2016, 12.16 PM IST
- Swelling support for Alex Paul Menon; Over 2,500 hits on his Facebook page
The page titled 'Free Alex Paul Menon', till now has already registered more than 2,500 hits, and counting.
26 Apr, 2012, 02.03 PM IST
- 47 people die as Maoists blow up bus
This is the second major strike by Naxalites in Dantewada in less than a month-and-a-half.
18 May, 2010, 03.00 AM IST