Maoist Chhattisgarh

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.

On Friday, the remote region of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh became the backdrop for one of the most significant encounters in recent history which has dealt a big blow to left-wing extremism in the region.

Thirty-one Maoists were shot dead by security forces in a forest along the Narayanpur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh today, in a huge success for the forces in recent times, sources said.

In a possible first, police on Sunday recovered a television set from a Maoist dump in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, a senior official said.

Five security personnel were injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists exploded in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.

The police have received information about the incident and details about it are being collected, a senior police official said.

Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Bastar region has often made headlines for kangaroo courts in which Maoists mete out punishments. But Bastar has another court that meets once a year and even Gods are not immune to its sentences

The nine Naxalites killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Tuesday were high-value cadres carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 59 lakh, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Nine Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said.

Nine Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set 2026 as the target to finish Maoist activities in India and said "A strong and ruthless strategy is required for launching the last assault against such groups."

Thirteen remote villages located in the Naxalite-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh will witness hoisting of the national flag for the first time on Independence Day on Thursday, police said.

A 16-year-old schoolboy was beaten to death allegedly by maoists in a village in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district apparently on suspicion he was a police informer, police said on Wednesday.

As many as 14 Maoists, one of them carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, police said.

Four Maoists collectively carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh on their heads surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday, police said.

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.

On Friday, the remote region of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh became the backdrop for one of the most significant encounters in recent history which has dealt a big blow to left-wing extremism in the region.

Thirty-one Maoists were shot dead by security forces in a forest along the Narayanpur-Dantewada border in Chhattisgarh today, in a huge success for the forces in recent times, sources said.

In a possible first, police on Sunday recovered a television set from a Maoist dump in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, a senior official said.

Five security personnel were injured when a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists exploded in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Sunday, police said.

The police have received information about the incident and details about it are being collected, a senior police official said.

Chhattisgarh's tribal-dominated Bastar region has often made headlines for kangaroo courts in which Maoists mete out punishments. But Bastar has another court that meets once a year and even Gods are not immune to its sentences

The nine Naxalites killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Tuesday were high-value cadres carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 59 lakh, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Nine Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said.

Nine Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, a senior police official said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set 2026 as the target to finish Maoist activities in India and said "A strong and ruthless strategy is required for launching the last assault against such groups."

Thirteen remote villages located in the Naxalite-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh will witness hoisting of the national flag for the first time on Independence Day on Thursday, police said.

A 16-year-old schoolboy was beaten to death allegedly by maoists in a village in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district apparently on suspicion he was a police informer, police said on Wednesday.

As many as 14 Maoists, one of them carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Monday, police said.

Four Maoists collectively carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh on their heads surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Tuesday, police said.