Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K Surendran attacked the Kerala Congress for making a derogatory statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 summit and claimed that Congress party's social media handles are run by "urban
The four naxals killed included a zonal commander, a sub zonal commander as well as an area commander. The two arrested naxals also included an area commander.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Sunday met an injured soldier during an encounter with Naxals in the Narayanpur district that took place on Saturday.
Two Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were injured in a blast carried out by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, said police.
The incident occurred in the Dhaudai police station area, Narayanpur Superintendent Of Police Prabhat Kumar said, adding that the officials reached the spot and the search operation was intensified.
Eight naxalites were killed in an ongoing encounter with security personnel, which started yesterday in the border area of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh.
While interacting with the media on Saturday, he said, "Operation against the Naxals will continue. Yesterday 12 Naxals were killed today also one Naxalite was killed in the Dhamtari district. This will continue in the future, and we will strongly fight against Naxalism."
An exchange of fire broke out on Saturday between naxals and security forces in the border areas of Dhamtari and Gariaband in which one naxal died on the spot and three to four naxals were injured, Naxal in-charge SDOP RK Mishra said.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma appealed to the Naxals to join the mainstream and find solutions through talks with the government. His appeal came hours after 12 Naxalites were killed in an encounter in Bijapur on Friday.