Chhattisgarh Maoist Attack

Two personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have been killed in action and two police personnel have been injured after an IED planted by Maoists exploded in Chhattisgarh.

Two paramilitary soldiers were killed in action after the truck in which they were travelling was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma.

Fifteen Maoists, seven of them women, were arrested following an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Tuesday.

Home Minister Amit Shah, in an exclusive interview with NDTV, reiterated the BJP's mission to eradicate left-wing extremism from India in one to two years.

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"

Twenty-nine Maoists, including a senior rebel leader - Shankar Rao, who had a bounty of Rs 25 lakh on his head - were killed by security forces during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Tuesday afternoon.

A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel was hacked to death by Maoistsat a village market in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.

An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who was injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Thursday, succumbed to his injuries at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi, officials said.

Anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh have entered a new phase after the BJP came to power in the state in December last year.

A CoBRA commando who was injured in Tuesday's attack by Naxalites on security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region said his morale has not been affected, and he will soon return to the jungles to carry on the fight.

An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Tuesday.

Maoists fired dozens of crudely-made rocket-shaped barrels called BGL and unleashed heavy gunfire in their lethal attack on a CRPF unit in Chhattisgarh on a day the paramilitary force opened a new camp in a remote area of the Bastar region.

Three security personnel were killed and 14 others were injured in a gunfight with Maoists near the Bijapur-Sukma border in Chhattisgarh today when they were working to establish a security camp.

A sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed and a constable injured in an encounter between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Sunday, police said.

In a setback to the National Investigation Agency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its petition against the Chhattisgarh Police probe in the FIR alleging larger conspiracy in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack that killed 29 people.

Two personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have been killed in action and two police personnel have been injured after an IED planted by Maoists exploded in Chhattisgarh.

Two paramilitary soldiers were killed in action after the truck in which they were travelling was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma.

Fifteen Maoists, seven of them women, were arrested following an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Tuesday.

Home Minister Amit Shah, in an exclusive interview with NDTV, reiterated the BJP's mission to eradicate left-wing extremism from India in one to two years.

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"

Twenty-nine Maoists, including a senior rebel leader - Shankar Rao, who had a bounty of Rs 25 lakh on his head - were killed by security forces during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Tuesday afternoon.

A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel was hacked to death by Maoistsat a village market in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.

An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who was injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Thursday, succumbed to his injuries at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi, officials said.

Anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh have entered a new phase after the BJP came to power in the state in December last year.

A CoBRA commando who was injured in Tuesday's attack by Naxalites on security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region said his morale has not been affected, and he will soon return to the jungles to carry on the fight.

An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Tuesday.

Maoists fired dozens of crudely-made rocket-shaped barrels called BGL and unleashed heavy gunfire in their lethal attack on a CRPF unit in Chhattisgarh on a day the paramilitary force opened a new camp in a remote area of the Bastar region.

Three security personnel were killed and 14 others were injured in a gunfight with Maoists near the Bijapur-Sukma border in Chhattisgarh today when they were working to establish a security camp.

A sub-inspector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed and a constable injured in an encounter between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Sunday, police said.

In a setback to the National Investigation Agency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its petition against the Chhattisgarh Police probe in the FIR alleging larger conspiracy in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack that killed 29 people.