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January 23, 2026, 07:33 PM - 3 min read
Nine Naxalites carrying a cumulative bounty of ₹47 lakh surrendered before police in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, citing disillusionment with Maoist ideology and hardships of forest life. Officials said the surrender marked a major blow to Maoist presence in the region.
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January 22, 2026, 04:31 PM - 2 min read
At least eight Maoists are estimated to have been killed in an ongoing anti-Naxal operation involving around 1,500 CRPF CoBRA personnel in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, with intermittent firing continuing in the Saranda forests as security forces press a major offensive.
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January 21, 2026, 04:46 PM - 3 min read
Jagargunda in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district has got its first bank branch after over two decades, restoring formal banking in an area once under Maoist control and easing access to welfare schemes and financial services for remote villages.
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November 23, 2025, 06:06 PM - 3 min read
More than 2,100 Maoists have surrendered in Chhattisgarh in the last 23 months. This success follows high-profile defections, including the surrender of senior Naxal leader Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Bhupathi, along with 60 other cadres, in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district last month.
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November 16, 2025, 06:48 PM - 2 min read
The intermittent exchange of fire lasted for a long time, after which the bodies of three Naxalites, including two women, were recovered from the site. A .303 rifle, Barrel Grenade Launchers (BGLs), along with other weapons and explosives, were also seized from the encounter site.
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October 4, 2025, 04:07 PM - 3 min read
Addressing the 'Bastar Dussehra Lokotsav' and 'Swadeshi Mela' in Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, he asserted that March 31, 2026, has been set as the definitive deadline to eradicate the menace of Naxalism.
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September 18, 2025, 06:10 PM - 3 min read
The Chhattisgarh government has approved 25 houses for surrendered Naxals and families affected by Naxal violence; 12 insurgents, including five women, recently surrendered to police.
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September 14, 2025, 02:50 PM - 2 min read
Soon after losing two of its personnel in a Maoist ambush, Jharkhand Police achieved a major breakthrough on Sunday when a wanted Maoist of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) was gunned down in an encounter in the Manatu forests of Palamu district.
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August 14, 2025, 09:40 PM - 3 min read
Security forces in Chhattisgarh have killed two top Naxals with a combined bounty of Rs 1.16 crore, marking a major setback to decades-long Left Wing Extremist operations.
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June 25, 2025, 08:35 PM - 2 min read
The cadres were named as Mando Kursam (30), Kailash Kursam (30), Pandu Kursam (30) and Chhote Kursam (21), all working as jan militia members of Maoists.
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June 22, 2025, 02:06 PM - 3 min read
One of the seven Naxalites who died earlier this month in a joint anti-Naxal operation at Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district was a government primary school cook, police said on Sunday.
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May 5, 2025, 04:58 PM - 3 min read
Two personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, where a massive operation against ultras has been underway for two weeks, police said on Monday.
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