One of the largest operations carried out by security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker in which 29 Naxalites were gunned down and huge quantities of arms and ammunition were also recovered. On the Kanker encounter, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, "Yesterday, security forces achieved great success in Chhattisgarh. Ever since Modi ji became the Prime Minister, the BJP government has launched a continuous campaign against Naxalism and terrorism.” IG Bastar P Sundarraj said, "Yesterday, an encounter broke out between security forces and Naxalites which lasted for around 4 hours. Teams of DRG and BSF cordoned off the area and as a result, 29 bodies of CPI Maoists were recovered, out of which 15 were female and 14 were male. Arms and ammunition were recovered in large quantities from the spot. The autopsy of bodies of the Maoists are underway."
18 April,2024 12:03 PM IST
In a massive success, security force officials foiled a major conspiracy to disrupt peace in Chhatisgarh’s Kanker, days ahead of LS Polls. In a high-voltage encounter with Naxals, security forces killed at least 29 Maoists in the region. As per police, 3 jawans were also injured during the exchange of fire and were shifted to a higher centre for better treatment. The area has been cordoned off and a search operation is still underway. Bastar IG P Sundarraj said that the operation could be seen as the biggest success in recent times. More details will follow. Watch video
17 April,2024 10:35 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the public gathering at ‘KARYAKARTA MAHAKUMBH’ at Jamboree Maidan in Bhopal, MP. The PM started his speech by saying Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Later in his speech, the Prime Minister launched a scathing attack on the Congress government and said that Congress have outsourced everything to Urban Naxals. Congress has lost all its willpower. The grassroots leaders of Congress have been sitting quietly with their mouths locked. First, Congress was ruined, then they became bankrupt, and now they have given their contract to someone else. The party is no longer being run by its leaders. Now it is outsourcing everything, from slogans to policies, and this contract is with some urban Naxalites.
26 September,2023 10:48 AM IST | Mumbai
PM Narendra Modi addressed Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of States via video conferencing on October 28. PM Modi said, “In the past few years, all governments have acted responsibly to demolish ground network of terror. We need to handle it by combining our forces. We'll have to defeat all forms of Naxalism - be it gun-toting or pen-wielding, we'll have to find a solution for all of them.”
28 October,2022 05:16 PM IST | Mumbai
Gujarat will not allow 'Urban Naxals' to ruin the lives of youth, Prime Minister Modi said on Monday. The PM was speaking after laying the foundation stone of the country's first bulk drug park in Gujarat's Bharuch district.
11 October,2022 03:25 PM IST | Mumbai
Police claim to have killed 30 Naxals in Dantewada in an ambush that also claimed the lives of 3 policemen.
16 March,2011 10:22 AM IST
At least 22 Maoists have been killed in two separate encounters with central security forces in in Chhattisgarh. The bodies of 16 Maoists have been found; two of them, who sustained injuries, have also been captured. Video courtesy: NDTV
29 June,2012 06:38 PM IST
Three naxalites were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. Superintendent of Police Kamal Lochan said the police officials had received some information of naxalite movement in the area and they acted upon the information. He added that three weapons were recovered from them.
28 January,2016 11:52 AM IST
Suspected naxals set three vehicles, including two tipper trucks engaged in sand mining, on fire in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
28 January,2016 11:55 AM IST
Naxalites in Bihar and Jharkhand called a 48-hour shut down since Monday night. The shut down has affected daily chores of the people in both the states.
16 February,2016 02:09 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
