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Of the 700-odd villages in Bijapur, spread across 6,500 sq km, around 400 are still outside mobile network coverage.

A remote village in Maoist heartland that had no connectivity finally gets a mobile tower

December 07, 2025 10:18 pm

Villagers previously had to travel long distances to access banking services due to the lack of mobile connectivity.

‘I fear for my life and my family’: Inconsolable and afraid, loved ones gather to mourn 9 killed in Bijapur blast

January 08, 2025 10:06 pm

When their bodies were brought to Karli police ground Tuesday, over 100 local residents turned up in solidarity with those who lost their loved ones.

Fox-hole IEDs with 50 kg explosives found by security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district

May 24, 2023 10:10 pm

The police said the mechanism to plant the IEDs is the same that was used in the Dantewada attack last month which had killed 10 District Reserve Guards (DRG) and a private driver.

Chhattisgarh: Three killed in gunbattle with Maoists, say police

May 18, 2021 5:57 am

Villagers had been protesting near a newly established camp under the “influence of Maoists”, and this camp was attacked by the Left-wing extremists on Monday, an officer said, adding that they returned fire.

Maoists kill CAF constable in Chhattisgarh

Head constable injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh

August 30, 2019 1:34 pm

The explosion took place near Gorna village under the Bijapur police station area when a DRG team was out on an anti -Naxal operation.

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Three CAF personnel injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh

February 06, 2018 12:20 pm

The security personnel were returning after carrying out an anti-Maoist operation when the blast occurred last night in a forest near Ranibodli village, around 450 kms from here, a local police official said.