ITBP sets up strategic base in Naxal-hit Abujhmad in ChhattisgarhSecurity forces are intensifying operations in Abujhmad, Chhattisgarh. The ITBP has set up a new base in Lanka village, strategically posit...
30 Nov, 2025, 08.05 PM IST
Major victory against Naxals, 2 top leaders killed: Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah announced that security forces have achieved a significant victory against Naxalites, eliminating two top lea...
22 Sep, 2025, 07.17 PM IST
Chhattisgarh: Six Maoists killed in encounter, arms seizedChhattisgarh police report the recovery of six Maoist bodies. This followed an ongoing exchange of fire. The location was the Abujhmad regi...
18 Jul, 2025, 11.35 PM IST
Senior woman maoist, carrying ₹45 lakh reward, gunned down in ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh Police, with central forces, killed Gummadevli Renuka, a senior woman commander, in an encounter in Dantewada and conducted an...
01 Apr, 2025, 07.03 PM IST
3 Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's BijapurThree Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. The gunfight occurred in the Indrav...
12 Jan, 2025, 12.58 PM IST
Five Naxalites killed, two security men injured in Bastar clashFive Naxalites were killed, and two security personnel were injured during a fierce gunfight in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Saturday mo...
16 Nov, 2024, 11.36 PM IST
Two ITBP jawans killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Naxal-affected NarayanpurTwo ITBP personnel were killed and two policemen injured in an IED blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district. Th...
19 Oct, 2024, 08.00 PM IST
Chhattisgarh: IED Blast in Narayanpur district, Army Jawans targetedAn IED blast by Naxals in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh injured two army jawans during a patrol search operation. On a separate note,...
19 Oct, 2024, 02.29 PM IST
Fake Indian currency notes of Rs 100, 500 printed by naxals seized after operation in Chhattisgarh's SukmaOfficials in Chhattisgarh conducted an operation resulting in the seizure of printers, ink, and counterfeit currency allegedly used by naxa...
23 Jun, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
Budget’s Rs 15,000 cr allocation for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups faces unique implementation challengeKohkameta lies 27 km southwest of the district headquarters of Narayanpur in south Chhattisgarh. It is a relatively progressive pocket, wit...
12 Feb, 2023, 09.02 AM IST
A proposed highway through Abujhmad will be a game changer, says Bastar Police Chief SundarrajWhile talking to Shantanu Nandan Sharma in Jagdalpur, P Sundarraj, the Inspector General of Police heading the Maoist-infested Bastar Range...
12 Feb, 2023, 09.02 AM IST
Making good with two vials of Covishield in 8 villagesLast month, the administration in the Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh was faced with a brainteaser puzzle: how to share two via...
13 Jun, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
Red 'Republic' of Abujhmad: Inside the unknown hills of south ChhattisgarhThis region is the only place in India that has no revenue map or civil administration, and where forces have only now begun to disrupt Mao...
11 Mar, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
Maoists’ so-called Jantana Sarkar is shrinking: Vivekanand, IGP, Bastar range"Till some years ago, Maoists were with the villagers all the time — be it during festivals or other major occasions. But things have been ...
11 Mar, 2018, 08.36 AM IST
Taking on Maoist bastions in the Naxal heartland of Bastar"In the coming days, there will be fierce battles. We will hit the Naxals," warned DM Awasthi, special DG, anti-Naxal operation in Chhattis...
07 May, 2017, 06.18 AM IST
There will be fierce battles: DM Awasthi, special DG, anti-naxal operations, ChhattisgarhThe core areas of the Naxals lie between two axes — Injeram-Bhejji (20 km) and Dornapal-Chintalnar-Jagargunda (56 km).
07 May, 2017, 12.30 AM IST
My strategy is to move into core Naxal areas: Vivekanand, Inspector-general of police, Bastar divisionWhen the CRPF goes out in any operation, a small component of state police always accompanies them. So, the two forces coordinate with each...
07 May, 2017, 12.29 AM IST