An encounter broke out in the forests under the Konta Police Station area in Kottalendra on Thursday, Sukma, said Superintendent of Police Sunil Sharma.
An encounter broke out between police and Naxals near Bacheli police station in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday night when the Naxals tried to set fire to one JCB machine and one truck used for doubling the railway track, said the police.
Under the campaign 'puna narkom' (a term coined in the local Gondi dialect which means new dawn), police have solemnized the marriage of two surrendered Naxals, said Sukma Superintendent of Police (SP) Sunil Sharma.
A dozen vehicles engaged in road construction work in the Kanker district were set ablaze by a group of Naxals on the intervening night of March 19-20, informed police.
The initiative of the district administration to set up an examination centre for high schools in the hypersensitive Bandapal area in naxal-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has brought cheers on the faces of children, who have to travel around 40-50 kilometres to appear in the exam.
An exchange of fire between security forces of Sonpur, Kurusnar and Basingh Police station of Narayanpur district and Naxelites took place on Friday morning at 7:00 AM during a search operation in the jungle near the village orchapara
The anti-terror agency sleuths carried out these searches on Tuesday at the premises of the eight accused. The eight accused and suspects whose premises were searched are active members of the Naxal support network, said the NIA.
A joint team of security personnel arrested four Naxals, including a cadre carrying cash reward, in insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Monday.