Sukma Attack
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Chhattisgarh: Naxalites attack two policemen, flee with their weapons in Sukma
India | Nov 03, 2024, 05:00 PM ISTChhattisgarh naxal attack: Both the injured constables, posted at Jagargunda police station, were initially admitted to a local hospital. They were later airlifted to Raipur and admitted to a private hospital in the state capital, the official said.
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Chhattisgarh: One jawan injured as Naxals target 206 CoBRA and DRG troops with IED blast in Sukma
India | Nov 27, 2018, 09:01 AM ISTThe explosion took place when the troops of 206 CoBRA and DRG were returning to their base camp in Chintagupha.
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Sukma encounter: 2 security personnel, civilian killed; 1 Naxal shot dead
India | Feb 18, 2018, 11:33 PM ISTThe encounter comes three days after two Naxals, including a woman, were gunned down by the security forces in an exchange of fire in insurgency-hit Sukma district on Thursday.
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Chhattisgarh Maoists ‘condemn’ Akshay Kumar, Saina Nehwal for helping CRPF martyrs’ kin
India | May 29, 2017, 02:07 PM ISTBollywood actor Akshay Kumar and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal have been condemned by Maoists in Chhattisgarh for giving financial assistance to the families of 12 CRPF men killed in a Naxal ambush in Sukma district in March
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Sukma Naxal attack: CRPF submits report to Home Ministry
India | May 22, 2017, 10:02 PM ISTThe CRPF has submitted a detailed report to the home ministry stating the circumstances that led to the killing of 25 of its personnel by Naxals last month in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
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Sukma attack: 18 Naxalites taken into custody
India | May 21, 2017, 09:11 AM ISTAt least 18 Naxalites were taken into custody today for questioning in connection with last months ambush on a CRPF patrolling party in Sukma.
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Vivek Oberoi comes out as messiah, gifts 25 flats to families of Sukma martyrs!
Bollywood | May 13, 2017, 03:27 PM ISTIn one of the worst ever attacks by Maoists, 25 CRPF troopers were killed in Sukma region of Chhattisgarh on April 24
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CoBRA to 'bite' Naxals; Centre to depute 2,000 commandos to Sukma
India | May 08, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTSukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security forces recently like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24.
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Need of ‘unity for purpose’ to tackle Naxals: Rajnath Singh
National | May 08, 2017, 12:48 PM ISTCalling for "unity of purpose" amongst all Naxal-affected states, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today advocated the formation of a strategic and unified command to foil attempts to "stall development and throttle democracy at gunpoint".
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Sukma attack: Strategic CRPF command shifted from Kolkata to Raipur
India | May 07, 2017, 06:44 PM ISTThe newly appointed CRPF Director General Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar has been asked to ensure that the command begins functioning from Raipur before the high-level meeting of LWE hit states here tomorrow.
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Four Maoists, part of Sukma attack, arrested; 11 ‘suspects’ interrogated
India | May 05, 2017, 08:09 AM ISTTen days after the dastardly Naxal attack on an Army camp in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district which left 25 CRPF personnel dead, the security forces got a major breakthrough, arresting four Maoists responsible for the attack.
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Car damaged, stones hurled at home for condoling jawans' death, claims JNU prof
India | Apr 29, 2017, 10:30 PM ISTAn assistant professor at JNU today alleged some persons vandalised his car and threw stones at his house for organising an event on the varsity campus to condole the death of jawans in Sukma and Kupwara.
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Sukma Attack: Helicopter carrying CoBRA commandos crash lands in Chhattisgarh
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Gautam Gambhir to bear educational expenses of Sukma martyrs’ children
Cricket | Apr 28, 2017, 12:18 PM ISTGautam Gambhir has announced that he will bear the educational expenses of the children of 25 CRPF jawans martyred in the Maoist attack on an Army camp in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.
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Sukma attack: Centre tells forces to target Naxal leaders, prepares a ‘hit list’
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Sukma attack: Centre tells forces to target Naxal leaders, prepares a ‘hit list’
India | Apr 27, 2017, 07:05 AM ISTThe Centre has asked the security forces to focus counter-offensive operations on “highvalue targets”, including south Bastar divisional commander Raghu and commander of the first battalion of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Hidma
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Two days after Sukma attack, CRPF gets a full-fledged chief; Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed new DG
India | Apr 26, 2017, 09:36 PM ISTThe government has appointed senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar as the new DG of the CRPF, nearly two months after the retirement of previous incumbent K. Durga Prasad on February 28.
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Will kill 50 Maoists to avenge Sukma attack, says CRPF survivor Mahendra Kumar
India | Apr 26, 2017, 10:19 AM ISTA CRPF trooper who survived the massacre of 25 colleagues by Maoists in Chhattisgarh said on Tuesday that 50 insurgents would be killed in revenge.
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Guarding Kashmir is easier than being part of an anti-Maoist operation: Sukma attack survivor
India | Apr 26, 2017, 09:09 AM ISTThe survivors of the Sukma massacre recalled that they were completely outnumbered by Naxals and were down to their last bullets as the latter closed in, says a Times of India report.
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Redraw counter-Naxal strategy, show results in next 75 days: Rajnath Singh tells CRPF
India | Apr 26, 2017, 07:23 AM ISTUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked security forces on the ground to go on an “all-out offensive” against Maoists and “show results in the next few weeks”.