In a significant achievement for the local administration in its efforts to take development to the areas affected by Naxalite violence, households in Elmagunda village in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh have got electricity. The feat of electrifying households in this remote Naxal v
Calling the incident “unfortunate”, Soren said that the Jharkhand government is taking all possible steps to put a check on the Naxal activities and getting the results.
"Chief Minister Hemant Soren and I will work together so that Naxalites are wiped out from the state. That would be the true tribute to the families of the deceased," the Governor said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the era of serial blasts was over as the country is seeing a noticeable drop in terror attacks or terror-related incidents.
Two jawans of the Jharkhand Jaguar (JJ), a special unit of the state police department unit lost their lives in an encounter with Naxals in Chaibasa, said the police on Tuesday.
Under 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' programs scheduled from August 9 to August 30, people of the areas are taking oath of ‘Panch Pran’ at Gram Panchayats and local schools and villages, and singing national anthem with the national flag, organizing public awareness rallies, and holding special tree
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday paid tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable Sushant Kumar Khuntia who lost his life during an encounter with Naxals in Chaibasa.
Congress state president and Bastar MP, Deepak Baij, on Wednesday claimed that under previous BJP government, tribals were shot and clad in Naxal uniforms so that they could be passed off as Leftist outlaws.
"Naxalite sensitive police stations Bajag, Samnapur and Karanjia will be included under it and the headquarters will be Bajag," Mishra told reporters here.
Thanking the Odisha government for extending cooperation to the Centre in its fight to curb Naxalism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that from 2015-2019, there has been a 30 per cent decrease in the number of naxal incidents.
Serving as a source of inspiration for many in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, where the Naxals once ran their writ, the daughter of a retired bus driver secured a job at a government hospital in London.