Notably, in 2013, the state's entire Congress leadership was wiped out in the Naxal attack that took place in Bastar's Jheeram Ghati killing as many as 29 people, including the then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh, senior party leader Mahendra Karma and former Union
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, on Sunday expressed his condolences on the killing of a BJP leader in Narayanpur and affirmed that Naxalite insurgency had improved compared to before as local police forces have significantly improved their counterinsurgency capabilities.
Days before the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, a local BJP leader, Ratan Dubey, was murdered on Saturday by two unidentified Naxals in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, officials said.
The first phase of voting in Chhattisgarh is going to be held on November 7. Voting will be held on 20 seats in the first phase, out of which 12 seats fall under the Bastar division. Conducting voting in the interior areas of Bastar has been a big challenge for the Election Commission (EC
A 40-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on suspicion of being a "police informer", officials said on Thursday.
NIA investigations revealed that Ganjhu invested funds obtained through extortion and illegal collection from local contractors and businessmen in the construction of this property.
The case involves the seizure of two AK-47 rifles, five magazines, and a substantial cache of 460 rounds of 7.62x39 mm live ammunition. These items were discovered buried in a forested area near Bariakala village, PS-Laukariya, Bagaha, in the West Champaran district of Bihar.
Ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections scheduled for November 7 and 17, Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday elaborated on how the Congress has done development works in order to mitigate the menace of Naxalism.
Home Minister Shah mentioned that due to the contribution of police personnel, in the last year, there has been a 65 per cent reduction in terrorism, militancy and naxal attacks.