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1 week, 2 days ago

Shah to Visit Chhattisgarh for Counterinsurgency Review

Mr Shah is scheduled to spend two days in Leftwing extremism-hit Bastar where he is scheduled to interact with the surrendered Naxals. He would attend the closing ceremony of the ongoing Bastar Olympics in which the local tribes including the surrendered Naxals took part. He would take stock of the Leftwing insurgency situation in Bastar and the counterinsurgency measures being …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas: Explore the stories of India's tribal warriors who shaped the fabric of our nation

Op India

The Union government designated 15th November as “Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas” in 2021 in honour of the valiant tribal freedom fighters as part of the year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Indian independence. Rana Poonja Bheel who defeated Mughal emperor Akbar’s army The history of the Indian freedom struggle is seen only as the fight against British colonialism, however, it …

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Maoist Attack on Tribal Market Leaves 2 Police Constables Injured

Deccan Chronicle

Two security personnel were injured in a Maoist attack in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The attack took place in a tribal weekly market when two Chhattisgarh policemen were keeping vigil on movements of suspected Naxals in the Jagargunda weekly market. The Maoists, who were in civil dress, fled the spot along with the service rifles of the two cops after committing the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maoists' 'Jjugaad' BGL: A Potent Weapon in Naxal Warfare

Deccan Chronicle

The Maoists have developed a potent weapon called the 'jugaad' BGL, a 'potent' weapon in Naxal weaponry. The weapon is being improvised continuously to make it the 'most effective' weapon in the guerrilla warfare against security forces in the jungles. The 'jugaad' BGL is a 'bore kind' of weapon, but it is a potent weapon in Naxal weaponry. It has …

Law Crime Military Weapons

6 months, 2 weeks ago

6 Naxalites killed in encounter carried total bounty of ₹38 lakh: Chhattisgarh police

Hindustan Times

Jagdalpur, Six Naxalites killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district two days back were dreaded cadres carrying a cumulative bounty of ₹38 lakh, according to police. 6 Naxalites killed in encounter carried total bounty of ₹ 38 lakh: Chhattisgarh police This operation is so far the biggest attack by security forces on People's Liberation Guerrilla Army …

Security Naxalites Lakh Killed Division Chhattisgarh Security Personnel

8 months ago

Maoists shot in gunfight were planning big attack in Bastar: Security forces

Hindustan Times

Security forces have identified all 29 Maoists who were shot dead in an encounter in Kanker last week, said officials aware of the matter, adding that the cadres were from zonal committees hundreds of kilometres away, indicating that the insurgents had converged to carry out “a major attack” ahead of the general elections in Bastar. Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

At notorious Maoist Hidma’s village, CRPF camp establishes mental edge

Hindustan Times

For four decades, Puvarti has been enveloped in a mutinous silence. Puvarti is on the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar range, the arena of a deadly battle between the security forces and the banned CPI ; a battle once called India’s gravest “internal security challenge” by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2006, and the focus of …

Security Men Maoists Maoist Village Camp Chhattisgarh

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: 4 Maoists Gunned Down in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle

The two encounters took place in the forests between Bade Tungali and Chhote Tungali villages under Jangla police station area, a senior district police officer said. The two incidents occurred when search parties of security personnel launched the anti-Naxal operations in the area following intelligence inputs on the presence of Prashant, the platoon commander of company number two of the …

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10 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill 2 villagers, on suspicion of being police informers, in Sukma

India TV News

Naxals killed two villagers at a village in Sukma district for allegedly being police informers. The Deputy CM's visit came days after a recent Naxal attack near Silger village that claimed the lives of three individuals and left 14 others injured on January 30. Earlier this month, an encounter took place between Naxalites and the Central Reserve Police Force, District …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

3 CRPF personnel killed in Maoist attack in Bastar

The Hindu

Three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force, two of them commandos of the elite jungle warfare unit CoBRA, were killed and 15 injured in an encounter with Maoists along the boundary of Sukma and Bijapur districts in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Inspector-General of Police Sundarraj P. said after the camp was set up, a joint team …

Security Personnel Maoists Maoist Killed Crpf Cobra

1 year, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh polls: A tight electoral contest plays out on the field of many a bloodbath in Bastar

Hindustan Times

Bastar The single-lane tarred road is quiet and lonely, meandering through green foliage, slanting upwards, and then gently downhill. In 2013, in one of India’s deadliest attacks, an ambush on a Congress “parivartan yatra” left 27 people dead, wiping out almost the entire state leadership of the party. Unable to recover in time, the Congress lost the 2013 elections, but …

Violence Congress Party State Minister Seats Chhattisgarh

1 year, 7 months ago

Bastar attack signals shift in Maoist tactics

Hindustan Times

The attack on Wednesday that killed 10 policemen and a driver in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada is symptomatic of a shift in tactics by the left-wing extremists, who are turning to larger explosives to create a spectacle with more lethal attacks at a time when their numbers are dwindling, security officials aware of the ground situation said. “Unlike the past, when lighter …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division on high alert after Dantewada Maoist attack

The Hindu

An alert has been sounded in all seven districts of the Naxal-hit Bastar division in Chhattisgarh following the deadly attack by Naxalites in Dantewada which claimed the lives of 10 police personnel and one civilian, police said on April 27. "A high alert has been issued to all district superintendents of police in Bastar region in the wake of the …

Security Personnel Attack Naxalites State District Chhattisgarh

1 year, 7 months ago

Lack of intel, violation of SOPs under lens after Maoist attack in Dantewada

Hindustan Times

A Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district that claimed the lives of 10 policemen and the driver of their vehicle on Wednesday fuelled speculation about possible violations of the standard operating procedure that could have led to gaps in security. A former police official said the troop movement in an open minivan appeared to break protocol, especially because of the …

Attack Maoists Maoist Official Road Chhattisgarh Bastar

1 year, 7 months ago

Biggest attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh in two years

The Hindu

The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region. The geographical tri-junction of Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Odisha located right at the southern tip of Sukma district in the south Bastar region is an area that witnesses …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Ten police personnel, driver killed in Chhattisgarh Naxal strike

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Ten security personnel and a civilian driver were on Wednesday killed when the vehicle in which they were travelling was blown up by Maoists in Dantewada district under south Bastar in Chhattisgarh. “Maoists triggered an improvised explosive device blast targeting a vehicle carrying district reserve guard jawans in Aranpur area leading to death of ten security personnel and one …

Security Personnel Attack Naxals Maoists Maoist Naxal

1 year, 7 months ago

11 including 10 jawans killed in Dantewada Maoist attack

The Hindu

Ten security personnel returning from a counter-insurgency operation and a civilian driver were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was blown up by Maoists, in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on Wednesday afternoon, according to State police. #WATCH | Visuals from the spot in Dantewada where 10 DRG jawans and one civilian driver lost their lives in an IED attack by …

Attack Maoists Maoist State Vehicle Ani Chhattisgarh

2 years, 9 months ago

Soni Sori acquitted in 2011 sedition case: All you need to know about the Dantewada-based Adivasi activist

Firstpost

The police had accused the Adivasi activist of being a Maoist conduit who had allegedly received ‘protection money’ for the rebels A court in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district has acquitted tribal rights activist Soni Sori and three others in a sedition case registered in 2011. In March 2016, the tribal activist suffered chemical burns when three unidentified men hurled acid-like chemical …

Tribal Sedition Case Maoist Chhattisgarh Bastar Soni

3 years, 6 months ago

Senior Maoist Leader Haribhushan Dies of Covid in Bastar

News 18

Senior Maoist leader Yapa Narayana, more famous with his nom de guerre Haribhushan, has died of Covid-19 in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Monday night. “Reliable sources confirm the death of CPI Maoist Central Committee Member Haribhusan due to Covid infection on June 21,” police said. “Telangana State Committee Secretary Haribhusan was camping along Minaguram-Bhattigudam-Jabagatta jungles in South Bijapur-Sukma inter-district …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bastar attack: Maoist killing of 22 jawans shows little has changed in over a decade on operations front

Firstpost

Declaring war against the Maoists, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday in Jagdalpur that strong action would be taken. The 3 April ambush at Tekulugudam — 12 kilometres from Tarrem camp in Bijapur district in which 22 jawans lost their lives — bears a stark resemblance to the Maoist attack around a year ago, on 21 March, 2020, when …

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3 years, 8 months ago

In Pursuit of a Shadow: Who is Maoist Leader Madvi Hidma, the Suspect in Bijapur Ambush?

News 18

Lurking in the jungles of Dandakaranya, to many locals he is like a shadow without a body. There are no recent photographs of Madvi Hidma, believed to be around 40 years old, a tribal from Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, and the suspected mastermind of the April 3 Naxal ambush in the remote Tarrem area in which 22 security personnel were killed. …

Maoist Naxal Area Killed Chhattisgarh Crpf Security Personnel

3 years, 8 months ago

Naxal attack: Amit Shah to visit Chhattisgarh, hold high-level meet

Deccan Chronicle

Jagdalpur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Naxal attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said. Shah will reach the Jagdalpur airport at around 10.35 am, following which he will attend the wreath-laying ceremony to pay …

Personnel Naxal Shah Crpf Bastar Bijapur Jagdalpur

3 years, 8 months ago

Maoists used rockets on securiy personnel in Chhattisgarh; Toll at 22

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: A day after Maoists ambushed a joint team of security forces in the Terram area along the Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region, the bodies of 20 jawans slain in the encounter were recovered at the attack site on Sunday. The slain jawans included seven commandos of the CoBRA of the CRPF, eight personnel of District Reserve Group, …

Security Maoists Area Chhattisgarh Bodies Crpf Security Forces

3 years, 8 months ago

Five jawans killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Five jawans were killed and 12 others injured when Maoists ambushed a search party of security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar district of Sukma on Saturday, police officers said. According to Mr Pal, a joint search party comprising personnel of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action, Bastaria Battalion of CRPF comprising exclusively of youths of Bastar, district reserve group and …

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Shah to Visit Chhattisgarh for Counterinsurgency Review

Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas: Explore the stories of India's tribal warriors who shaped the fabric of our nation

Maoist Attack on Tribal Market Leaves 2 Police Constables Injured

Maoists' 'Jjugaad' BGL: A Potent Weapon in Naxal Warfare

6 Naxalites killed in encounter carried total bounty of ₹38 lakh: Chhattisgarh police

Maoists shot in gunfight were planning big attack in Bastar: Security forces

At notorious Maoist Hidma’s village, CRPF camp establishes mental edge

Chhattisgarh: 4 Maoists Gunned Down in Bastar

Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill 2 villagers, on suspicion of being police informers, in Sukma

3 CRPF personnel killed in Maoist attack in Bastar

Chhattisgarh polls: A tight electoral contest plays out on the field of many a bloodbath in Bastar

Bastar attack signals shift in Maoist tactics

Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division on high alert after Dantewada Maoist attack

Lack of intel, violation of SOPs under lens after Maoist attack in Dantewada

Biggest attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh in two years

Ten police personnel, driver killed in Chhattisgarh Naxal strike

11 including 10 jawans killed in Dantewada Maoist attack

Soni Sori acquitted in 2011 sedition case: All you need to know about the Dantewada-based Adivasi activist

Senior Maoist Leader Haribhushan Dies of Covid in Bastar

Bastar attack: Maoist killing of 22 jawans shows little has changed in over a decade on operations front

In Pursuit of a Shadow: Who is Maoist Leader Madvi Hidma, the Suspect in Bijapur Ambush?

Naxal attack: Amit Shah to visit Chhattisgarh, hold high-level meet

Maoists used rockets on securiy personnel in Chhattisgarh; Toll at 22

Five jawans killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bastar