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Dantewada blast: IED planted on road through 'foxhole mechanism'
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), which claimed the lives of 10 District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel and a civilian driver in insurgency-hit Dantewada district, was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.
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Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel to visit Dantewada, hold a high-level meeting
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will visit Dantewada on Thursday to pay homage to 10 jawans of District Reserve Guard (DRG) who got killed in a Naxal attack on Wednesday. Later, CM will hold a high-level meeting with senior officials of Bastar police and security forces.
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"400 Maoist cadres surrendering every year": IG Bastar
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
More than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year following government's surrender and rehabilitation policy under which they are given all kinds of facilities including financial assistance claimed Bastar Range Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P.
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Once dreaded naxal, Sundari now playing key role in combating naxalism
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Developmental works coupled with rehabilitation-cum-surrender policy of Chhattisgarh government are emerging as a wind of positive change in the worst insurgency-hit Bastar region and a significant example of this is naxal cadres are shunning the path of violence to join mainstream of the
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BJP govt left people 'nirbhar' instead of 'atmanirbhar': Priyanka Gandhi i
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to uphold people's trust in their 15-year-long tenure in Chhattisgarh as people were made 'nirbhar', not 'aatmanirbhar', adding that Bhupesh Baghel government has restored their pride.
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"Won't allow liquor ban, till alive," Chhattisgarh minister sparks controv
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Speaking to mediapersons in Bastar, the minister termed alcohol as the need of tribal people and supported the consumption of liquor.
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Insurgency-hit Bastar to become potential rubber producer of India
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
If everything goes well, the insurgency-hit Bastar region may play a significant role in the production of rubber in the country as Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rubber Research Institute of India (Kottayam).
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Bastara Toll Plaza IED recovery case: NIA seizes Rs 7.80 lakh, a car as 'p
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Of the seized amount, the NIA team seized Rs 5.5 lakhs from one suspected account and also recovered Rs 1 lakh that one accused named Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi had stashed away raising the total recovery to Rs 7,80,000 in this case.
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16 Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh's Sukma ahead of Amit Shah's visit
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The surrender comes a day ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the Naxal affected Bastar region of the state.
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Prohibition rules to be different for Bastar: Chhattisgarh Excise Minister
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chhattisgarh Excise Minister Kawasi Lakhma on Thursday said rules regarding the prohibition of liquor in the tribal-dominated Bastar region will be different from the rest of the state and a decision in this regard will be taken by the panchayat.
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Haryana toll plaza IED recovery case: NIA chargesheets 3 associates of des
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against three associates of designated Babbar Khalsa International terrorist Harwinder Rinda in connection with the seizure of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), along with arms and ammunition at Bastara Toll Pla
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3 DRG jawans killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The incident took place between Jagargunda and Kunded under Jagargunda police station limits at around 9 am on Saturday, said Bastar Range Inspector General of Police (IG) P Sundarraj.
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