NEW DELHI: At least eight Maoists have been killed in an encounter between security forces and Maoists in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh on Saturday. The gunfight began at around 8.30am in the forests of the Gangaloor police station area, where a joint team of security forces was conducting an anti-Naxalite operation, the official stated.He added that…
NEW DELHI: Chilkapalli village in Bijapur, a former Naxal-prone area, has received electricity for the first time since India’s independence under Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai’s ‘Niyad Nellanar’ scheme. The village, located about 50 km from the Bijapur district headquarters, is the sixth village in Bijapur to be electrified under the ‘Niyad Nellanar’ Yojana, a…
NEW DELHI: Bodies of three Maoists were recovered alongside a significant cache of weapons, explosives, and automatic firearms in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police officials confirmed on Sunday. Efforts to identify the deceased are under way as search operations continue. The operation occurred in the dense forest under the National Park area of Bijapur.The encounter follows…
RAIPUR: Less than a week after warning BJP workers to quit party or die, Maoists killed a BJP worker, Kudiam Mado, in Bijapur on Wednesday, accusing him of working as a police informer. Last Wednesday, Maoists kidnapped and killed two local BJP workers, who were former sarpanchs. Thirteen BJP men and three from Congress have…
NEW DELHI: At least five security personnel were injured on Sunday when a pressure IED planted by Naxalites exploded in ChhattisgarhThe incident occurred in the Tarrem police station area in Bijapur when a team of security personnel was out on a demining exercise from Chinngelur CRPF camp in the area, reported news agency PTI citing…
BIJAPUR: A 25-year-old woman was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh‘s Bijapur district on Saturday, the police said. Shanti Punem was collecting tendu leaves near Mallur village within the limits of the Gangaloor police station when she died in the blast, a police official said. Engrossed in…
