Dantewada

How security forces struck deep inside hostile territory to conduct Chhattisgarh’s largest anti-Naxal op

October 06, 2024 5:14 pm

It was this pinpoint coordination that went into the single largest Maoist encounter in Chhattisgarh’s 24-year history — the toll stood at 31 on Saturday — conducted without the security forces suffering a single casualty.

Ten Naxalites including four minors surrender in Chhattisgarh

May 29, 2024 9:31 pm

With this, 815 Naxalites -- including 180 who were carrying cash rewards on their heads -- have so far quit violence in the district under the 'Lon Varratu' (return to your home) campaign launched in June 2020 by the police, officials said.

Chhattisgarh: Maoists torch 14 vehicles used for road construction

November 28, 2023 2:27 am

Additional Superintendent of Police (Dantewada) R K Burman said around 25 Naxals set the vehicles, including trucks, a JCB, a crane and two water tankers, ablaze around 1 am.

2 Maoist hideouts busted in forested area along Dantewada-Sukma inter-district border

July 12, 2023 3:58 pm

When the forces reached the Simel area of the hills, the last point of their operation, there was an exchange of fire between the forces and around 30 armed Maoists from the Malangir Area Committee.

District collector's 'second chance' initiative helps 47 Dantewada students clear competitive exams

June 25, 2023 7:19 am

As part of a government initiative called ‘Choo Lo Aasman (touch the sky)’ that started in 2011, 80-odd students from government schools are chosen through an exam every year in Dantewada.

Dantewada attack: Initial assessment suggests Maoists received signals on DRG jawans' presence in the van

April 28, 2023 10:04 am

Vehicle was stopped by locals asking for festival donation100 m from IED point

Maoists dug tunnel to plant IED below road, says Bastar I-G, vows to end LWE activities

April 28, 2023 4:57 am

Two days before the incident, a demining procedure as part of a road clearance operation was carried out before the troops passed along it, but the IED could not be detected, a top officer said.

Maoist who gave up gun, jawan enlisted last month: Chhattisgarh bids farewell

April 28, 2023 4:47 am

CPI(Maoist) claims attack, mentions Shah speech on ending Maoist activities

Dantewada IED blast kills 10 security personnel: A timeline of similar Naxal attacks since 2009

April 27, 2023 8:44 am

Dantewada Maoist attack: The incident took place under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation.

Chhattisgarh Maoist attack: Of 10 slain soldiers, 5 were surrendered Naxals who joined state police force

April 27, 2023 1:11 pm

This is the biggest attack carried out by Maoists on the security forces in the state in the last two years – in 2021, 22 security personnel were killed in an ambush along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts.

10 DRG personnel, driver killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack

April 26, 2023 9:30 pm

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.