Naxal Affected District
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34 Naxals, including 26 collectively carrying reward of Rs 84 lakh, surrender in Chhattisgarh
India | Dec 16, 2025, 06:11 PM ISTThe key cadres include Pandru Punem (45), Rukni Hemla (25), Deva Uika (22), Ramlal Poyam (27) and Motu Punem (21), all carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh each.
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Chhattisgarh govt introduces Yoga and Sudarshan Kriya for prisoners
chhattisgarh | Sep 07, 2025, 05:50 PM ISTChhattisgarh’s innovative prison reform initiative, which includes Yoga and Sudarshan Kriya, is transforming the lives of inmates. With support from the Art of Living Foundation, the programme is helping inmates regain peace of mind, reduce stress, and build a better future.
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Four Naxals killed after 8 hours of encounter on Gadchiroli-Narayanpur border, search ops underway
India | Aug 27, 2025, 11:46 PM ISTAfter about 8 hours of intermittent firing in the Koparshi forest area on the Gadchiroli-Narayanpur border, the bodies of 4 Maoists (1 male and 3 female) have been recovered. 4 weapons- 1 SLR rifle, 2 INSAS rifles and 1.303 rifles were recovered, police said.
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Four Naxalites killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur; arms and ammunition recovered
chhattisgarh | Jul 26, 2025, 08:04 PM ISTNoting that the operation is still underway, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P said a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including INSAS and SLR rifles, were recovered from the encounter site.
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Two JJMP Naxals, including leader Pappu Lohra, gunned down by security forces in Jharkhand encounter
Jharkhand | May 24, 2025, 10:13 AM ISTThe deceased include Pappu Lohra, the chief of JJMP who carried a bounty of Rs 10 lakh, and Prabhat Ganjhu, with a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head.
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Battle of Karregutta Hills: 24,000 jawans closing in on 1,000 Naxals in biggest-ever operation
India | Apr 29, 2025, 02:38 PM ISTSecurity forces have surrounded the Naxal hotbed in Karregutta Hills along the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border to flush out more than 1,000 Moaists hiding in caves, bunkers in the challenging terrain.
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Chhattisgarh: Woman Naxal with Rs 25 lakh bounty killed in encounter, gunfight underway
chhattisgarh | Mar 31, 2025, 01:57 PM ISTThe body of a woman Naxalite has been recovered from the encounter site along with an Insas rifle, and the operation was still underway.
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Two Naxals killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband
chhattisgarh | Jan 21, 2025, 12:03 AM ISTA police official said that injury caused to the CoBRA commando is superficial. The encounter took place along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border during an anti-Naxal operation by security personnel
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Chhattisgarh's Puvarti village gets access to television for first time after Independence | Watch
chhattisgarh | Dec 14, 2024, 02:03 PM ISTChildren, women and the elderly watched the television for the first time in their district. Delighted with the facility, children called it a miracle. The development in the Naxalite area took place with the efforts of Vishnu Deo Sai-led Chhattisgarh govt.
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23 Naxalites including 7 women surrender in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
chhattisgarh | Apr 29, 2024, 09:10 PM ISTSignificantly, 761 Naxalites, including 177 carrying cash rewards on their heads, have joined the mainstream in the district under the police's 'Lon Varratu' (return to your home/village) campaign launched in June 2020.
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Chhattisgarh phase-1 polls: 3-layered security cover for over 600 polling booths in Naxal-hit Bastar
chhattisgarh | Nov 06, 2023, 08:49 AM ISTIn the first phase of elections in Chhattisgarh, the political fate of 223 candidates will be decided by an estimated 40,78,681 voters.
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Bihar STF arrested 57 Naxals, 283 wanted criminals in 2022
India | Jan 07, 2023, 06:48 AM ISTAccording to the top STF official, the insurgent group has been using country-made weapons on a mass scale in order to execute their plans and added more than 100 such weapons were recovered from the group.
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Delhi: Uddhav Thackeray to attend meeting on Naxal affected states with Amit Shah today
India | Sep 26, 2021, 11:12 AM ISTThackeray is accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte and DGP Sanjay Pandey. After meeting, Thackeray will leave for Maharashtra Sadan and will head back to Mumbai at 03:30 PM.
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PM Modi in Chattisgarh LIVE: Naxalites blow up railway track
India | May 09, 2015, 12:06 PM ISTRaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is today on a day long visit to Naxal-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh to take stock of socio-economic development initiatives being taken there.This is Modi's first visit to the region