Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Chhattisgarh on Friday for a two-day trip to evaluate the progress of the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the state.
The development underscores the combined impact of sustained counter-insurgency operations and Chhattisgarh’s rehabilitation initiatives aimed at dismantling the Naxal network.
A 23-year-old woman naxalite operative living with a changed identity, having multiple cases against her, including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), was held from Pitampura in North West Delhi, police said on Wednesday.
The three-tier Panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh have ushered in a historic shift in the democratic landscape of Bastar, a region that was once considered a Naxal stronghold.
Amid heightened security for local body elections, Naxal insurgents struck again in Southern Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday, injuring a CRPF jawan in a targeted IED blast. The attack, which occurred in the Aranpur police station area, has reignited concerns over Naxal violence disrupting democratic processes in the Bastar region.
As the voting for the first phase of the Chattisgarh Assembly polls for 20 seats is underway, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said that Naxalism has retreated to a great extent with the work done in 5 years.
In the Naxal-affected region of the Kanker district in Chhattisgarh, a girl named Pila Bai, residing in the village of Nilegondi
A naxal cadre carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh in his name surrendered before security forces in the insurgency-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, the police said on Saturday.
A body of a Naxal was recovered following an encounter between Naxals and security forces under Bhejji PS limit in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.
Earlier the Manmohan Singh-led Congress government at the centre did not order the force to combat Naxalism despite repeated requests, he further alleged.
