Bastar

Communal violence flares in Bastar after dispute over burial, 20 cops injured

December 19, 2025 7:14 am

Tensions began on December 16 when Rajman Salam, the sarpanch of Badetevda village in Amabeda tehsil of Kanker district in the Bastar region, sought to bury his 70-year-old father's body on his private property.

‘Bharat Mata ki Jai being heard where Lal Salaam used to be raised': Amit Shah says Bastar on edge of being Maoist-free

December 14, 2025 2:00 am

Attending the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics in Chhattisgarh, Shah promised to work hard day and night towards making Bastar the most developed tribal region in the next five years.

Chhattisgarh govt unveils Rs 52,000 cr investments and development projects in Bastar

September 11, 2025 10:01 pm

With these projects, all seven districts of Bastar will be connected by multiple routes, reducing distances and making the delivery of development schemes more effective.

Whenever a Naxal is killed, no one feels happy: Shah’s message to Maoist ‘brothers’ in Bastar

April 05, 2025 4:22 pm

Home Minister urges Naxals to drop their weapons and join the mainstream, reiterates March 2026 deadline to wipe out Naxalism.

‘6-8 Maoists threw open our door, slapped my mother and killed my father’: Family of sarpanch candidate hacked to death in Chhattisgarh

February 07, 2025 4:03 pm

According to Dantewada’s Superintendent of Police Gaurav Rai, the police had received no complaints about potential threats to Joga Barse, whose wife is also a former sarpanch.

Doctor who treated 10-year-old IED blast survivor in Sukma pledges to pay for her treatment, education, wedding

January 26, 2025 12:08 am

The girl had suffered severe burn injuries to her face in the explosion on January 12. She has now recovered completely, said Dr Sunil Kalda, who performed surgery on her, along with his team. 

Two CRPF jawans wounded in IED explosion in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

January 16, 2025 11:49 am

Forces in Bijapur also faced a major blow on January 6 when eight security personnel and one civilian driver lost their lives when a command IED weighing over 40 kgs ripped through a concrete road blowing away their SUV on Kutru-Bedre road in Bijapur.

Mukesh Chandrakar messaged from Bastar: 'Kuch hoga to nahin na?' Months later, he was gone

January 06, 2025 3:30 pm

If the foundation of journalism is field reporting, the daily grind in the sun and the soil that leaves your body grimy and the soul tanned, Mukesh Chandrakar epitomised it.

‘Killing is not the way forward’: In Bastar, Amit Shah promises rehabilitation to surrendered Maoists

December 16, 2024 8:08 am

Addressing surrendered Maoists in Bastar’s Jagdalpur city, Amit Shah said, “After surrendering, you must be feeling happy and your parents even happier. But believe me, I am feeling the happiest.”

BJP leader & Maoist killed in separate incidents in Bastar

December 11, 2024 4:33 pm

A 35-year-old farmer wing leader was killed for allegedly being a police informer. This is the 11th such murder in the region since last year.

The Big Picture: Passage through India

January 04, 2015 4:27 pm

A journey is usually defined by the destination, but this one, along Latitude 20°15’, cutting through four states across India’s waist.

23 Naxals surrender in Chhattisgarh

February 28, 2016 4:04 pm

Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Feb 28 (ANI): Twenty-three Naxals, including two women, on Sunday surrendered in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh citing “ill-treatment” by senior cadres. The Maoists, who surrendered before senior police officials, said they were “frustrated” by the ill-treatment meted out to them. Bastar Collector Amit Kataria said that an encouragement amount of Rs 10,000 would be given to each of them, besides facilities under the surrender and rehabilitation policy.

Naxal attack: The IED blast site at Chaulnar, Dantewada

April 17, 2015 11:43 am