Chhatisgarh Maoist attack

Lessons from fighting Maoists for 14 years from Bastar’s top cop

June 30, 2026 6:38 am

Longest-serving IGP of Bastar range, Sundarraj Pattilingam, set to join National Investigation Agency.

A deadline, encounters, surrenders: The 2 years that dismantled Chhattisgarh’s Maoist bastions

March 31, 2026 7:58 am

In the two years since Amit Shah set March 31, 2026, as the deadline to eradicate Left Wing Extremism from the country, intense anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh have led to the killing and surrender of a large number of the rebels.

Chhattisgarh encounter: 2 Maoists with Rs 10 lakh bounty killed as March 31 deadline looms

February 26, 2026 3:26 pm

The encounter broke out at around 6 am near the Indravati river, close to Behramgarh.

Gadchiroli anti-Naxal operation: Seven Maoists killed, injured jawan dies

February 07, 2026 3:58 am

Another jawan suffered bullet injuries and airlifted to Bhamragadnger, sources said.

14 Maoists killed in Sukma-Bijapur encounters as top commander surrenders

January 03, 2026 10:24 pm

Fourteen Maoists were killed in two separate encounters with DRG forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma and Bijapur districts, marking the first Maoist-security forces clash of the year.

‘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.

Man killed in last month’s encounter was a govt school cook, officials say; police maintain Maoist link

June 23, 2025 11:08 am

Police have said all seven of those killed were Maoists, including the cook, Mahesh Kudiyam. Kudiyam, from Irpagutta village, was a cook at a local school and also a member of the CPI (Maoist)’s National Park area committee, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, police said.

Killing of top Maoist leader in Chhattisgarh: A turning point

May 22, 2025 6:51 am

This is a major setback for left-wing extremist forces. Government must seize the opportunity, keep vigil

Ex-MLA’s father-in-law killed in Bastar’s latest Maoist attack: ‘They think they’re bringing revolution, but it’s just violence’

March 04, 2025 9:51 pm

Maoists allegedly claimed responsibility for the killing in a letter. According to police, Hidma was an influential figure in the village.

At remote village in Chhattisgarh, Amit Shah vows support to families of jawans killed by Maoists

December 17, 2024 11:05 am

A Police camp was set up in Bijapur's Gundam village in February this year after 3 jawans were killed in January

Chhattisgarh: Naxal Attack In Sukma District, 12 CRPF Soldiers Lose Their Lives

June 22, 2020 7:09 pm