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How Was 60-Kg Bomb Missed? After Bastar Maoist Attack, Questions On 'Lapses'
The use of an improvised explosive device by Maoists to kill eight police personnel and a civilian driver, carrying out their largest strike in two years and the first major assault of 2025, has raised a series of questions about possible lapses.
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"Completely Maoist-Free": Amit Shah's Big Vow Day After 29 Rebels Killed
Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reiterated the government's commitment to making Chhattisgarh, and the entire country, "completely free of Maoists", labelling rebel fighters "the biggest enemy of development and peace"
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Explosive Planted Through 'Foxhole Mechanism' In Chhattisgarh Maoist Blast
The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.
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Exclusive Video: Moments After Maoist Attack That Killed 10 Cops, Driver
A day after a blast carried out by Maoists left 10 police personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, NDTV has accessed an exclusive video that captures the moments right after the explosion.
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Stopping Bomb Attacks In Bastar Last Big Challenge For Anti-Maoist Ops: Officials
The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region.
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10 Cops, Driver Killed In Blast By Maoists In Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.
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Amit Shah To Visit Chhattisgarh Maoist Attack Site, Hold High-Level Meet
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Maoist attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said.
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Top Maoist Leader Ramanna "Dead": Chhattisgarh Police
A top Maoist leader, who was at the helm of Naxal activities in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region and carried a reward of Rs 40 lakh on his head, has died of a heart attack, a senior police said on Tuesday.
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Despite Naxal Threat, Chhattisgarh Poll Officers Firm On Executing Duties
Crossing rivers barefoot, wading through jungles just sanitised by the accompanying security personnel and even airdropped by choppers into the Naxal-affected interiors, many on poll duty in Chhattisgarh feel like the real-life version of the protagonist from Bollywood dark comedy "Newton", while some feel more like a revolutionary like Bhagat Sing...
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300 Naxals, Armed With AK-47s, Attacked Us, Says Injured Jawan Sher Mohammad
Jawans of the 74th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF were overseeing the construction of a road in Chhattisgarh's Sukma this afternoon, when about 300 Naxals ambushed them with AK 47 guns, said Constable Sher Mohammad, who was injured in the gun battle that followed. 24 soldiers, including the company commander, died and five ar...
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Sukma Naxal Attack: 25 CRPF Men Killed By Maoists In Chhattisgarh
In the deadliest Maoist ambush in years, 25 men of the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF died on Monday afternoon in Chhattisgarh's Sukma area. Six people were injured.The well-planned massacre was carried out by nearly 300 Maoists, a survivor said. At the time, the 99-member CRPF team was carrying out a sanitization exercise for an under-constr...
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Naxals Torch Passenger Bus in Chhattisgarh, None Hurt
Naxals torched a private travel bus in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, after asking its passengers to alight, police said today. They also fired upon an anti-landmine vehicle in which security forces had rushed to the spot to rescue the passengers.
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Maoist Mastermind Behind 2013 Bastar Massacre of Congress Leaders Killed
The chief architect of the 2013 Maoists massacre of nearly 30 senior Congress leaders, including former Union Minister VC Shukla in 2013, was killed in an encounter in Odisha's Malkangiri district today.
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Steep Decline in Naxal Attacks: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that there has been a steep decline in the number of naxal attacks in the country.
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Senior Special Task Force Officer Killed in Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh
A Special Task Force (STF) official was killed and a jawan injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar district today, police said.
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How Was 60-Kg Bomb Missed? After Bastar Maoist Attack, Questions On 'Lapses'
The use of an improvised explosive device by Maoists to kill eight police personnel and a civilian driver, carrying out their largest strike in two years and the first major assault of 2025, has raised a series of questions about possible lapses.
-
"Completely Maoist-Free": Amit Shah's Big Vow Day After 29 Rebels Killed
Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reiterated the government's commitment to making Chhattisgarh, and the entire country, "completely free of Maoists", labelling rebel fighters "the biggest enemy of development and peace"
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Explosive Planted Through 'Foxhole Mechanism' In Chhattisgarh Maoist Blast
The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.
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Exclusive Video: Moments After Maoist Attack That Killed 10 Cops, Driver
A day after a blast carried out by Maoists left 10 police personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, NDTV has accessed an exclusive video that captures the moments right after the explosion.
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Stopping Bomb Attacks In Bastar Last Big Challenge For Anti-Maoist Ops: Officials
The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region.
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10 Cops, Driver Killed In Blast By Maoists In Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.
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Amit Shah To Visit Chhattisgarh Maoist Attack Site, Hold High-Level Meet
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Maoist attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said.
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Top Maoist Leader Ramanna "Dead": Chhattisgarh Police
A top Maoist leader, who was at the helm of Naxal activities in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region and carried a reward of Rs 40 lakh on his head, has died of a heart attack, a senior police said on Tuesday.
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Despite Naxal Threat, Chhattisgarh Poll Officers Firm On Executing Duties
Crossing rivers barefoot, wading through jungles just sanitised by the accompanying security personnel and even airdropped by choppers into the Naxal-affected interiors, many on poll duty in Chhattisgarh feel like the real-life version of the protagonist from Bollywood dark comedy "Newton", while some feel more like a revolutionary like Bhagat Sing...
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300 Naxals, Armed With AK-47s, Attacked Us, Says Injured Jawan Sher Mohammad
Jawans of the 74th Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF were overseeing the construction of a road in Chhattisgarh's Sukma this afternoon, when about 300 Naxals ambushed them with AK 47 guns, said Constable Sher Mohammad, who was injured in the gun battle that followed. 24 soldiers, including the company commander, died and five ar...
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Sukma Naxal Attack: 25 CRPF Men Killed By Maoists In Chhattisgarh
In the deadliest Maoist ambush in years, 25 men of the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF died on Monday afternoon in Chhattisgarh's Sukma area. Six people were injured.The well-planned massacre was carried out by nearly 300 Maoists, a survivor said. At the time, the 99-member CRPF team was carrying out a sanitization exercise for an under-constr...
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Naxals Torch Passenger Bus in Chhattisgarh, None Hurt
Naxals torched a private travel bus in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, after asking its passengers to alight, police said today. They also fired upon an anti-landmine vehicle in which security forces had rushed to the spot to rescue the passengers.
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Maoist Mastermind Behind 2013 Bastar Massacre of Congress Leaders Killed
The chief architect of the 2013 Maoists massacre of nearly 30 senior Congress leaders, including former Union Minister VC Shukla in 2013, was killed in an encounter in Odisha's Malkangiri district today.
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Steep Decline in Naxal Attacks: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that there has been a steep decline in the number of naxal attacks in the country.
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Senior Special Task Force Officer Killed in Naxal Attack in Chhattisgarh
A Special Task Force (STF) official was killed and a jawan injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar district today, police said.
