Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday highlighted the transformative changes India has witnessed before and after 2014 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Due to fear of Naxalite attacks, many polling booths in the Gaya district used to be shifted to safer places. Voters found it very difficult to vote in such adverse conditions. Gaya SSP announced that this year polling stations situated in naxal-affected areas would not be shifted.
NIA had earlier, in May 2021, filed its original chargesheet in the case known as the Munchingput conspiracy case. Seven accused had been chargesheeted at that time.
Officials said the operation indicates a significant blow to the Naxal insurgency in the region as security forces intensify efforts to combat the threat posed by the extremist group.
The fierce exchange of gunfire occurred between the security forces and People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA)-- an armed wing of the Platoon No 10 of Naxals-- near Chipurbhatti jungle along Talperu River under Basaguda Police Station in Bijapur.
In a significant operation, the security forces have uncovered a Naxal weapons workshop and a stockpile of locally made firearms in Odisha's Koraput district.
Two jawans were injured in an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blast in the Naxal stronghold of Dantewada, the superintendent of police in the district informed on Saturday.
According to DSP Krishna Kumar Chandrakar, two Naxalites were killed in an encounter at Dantewada's Bijapur border area of Chhattisgarh today. During the search, the police seized two knuckle dusters, a large quantity of ammunitions.