ITBP Director General Praveen Kumar honoured the prestigious award to the battalion's Commandant Vivek Kumar Pandey and BP Badaya during the force's Raising Day Director General's Parade held today in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.
IG Bastar P Sundarraj on Tuesday said that they were hopeful to fulfil their goal to make Chhattisgarh naxal-free by March 31, 2026, and in the last 20 months, more than 2200 naxals joined the mainstream.
Reacting to the Prime Minister's statement, Tiwari told ANI that the Congress party has not backed down in the face of violence, recalling the loss of almost the entire Chhattisgarh leadership due to Maoist attacks.
A woman Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakhs was killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday in the Sukma district. The Maoist was wanted in 9 serious cases in the Sukma and Dantewada districts.
According to police, the encounter between joint forces of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Task Force (STF) and Naxalites is underway.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed pride in the success of India's security forces following the neutralisation of 27 Maoists, including CPI-Maoist General Secretary Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju.
Twenty-two Naxals, including nine women, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Sukma on Friday in the presence of Superintendent of Police (SP) Kiran Gangaram Chavan.
According to CRPF, the search operation was carried out on Saturday morning and is currently underway with the CRPF's 202 CoBRA, 210 CoBRA, state police's Special Task Force and the District Reserve Guard at the scene currently.
The Union Home Minister stressed the zero-tolerance policy against Naxals who fail to surrender. Shah said that the country would be "Naxal-free" before March 31 next year.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested four over ground workers (OGWs) of the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation or Naxal outfit in a Chhattisgarh arms recovery case, the agency said.
While addressing a review meeting with the Chief Ministers of Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-affected states at Vigyan Bhavan, Shah appealed to Naxalite youth to lay down their arms and join the mainstream, highlighting that nearly 13,000 individuals have done so in the northeast and Jammu Kas