Dantewada district

According to the police, two of them were allegedly involved in a deadly Maoist attack at Nilawaya village in October 2018 in which a Doordarshan journalist was killed. read more

The missing were identified as Sub Engineer Arun Marawi, technical assistant (MNREGA) Mohan Baghel and an accountant of a private construction contractor. read more

Police said the interrogation of four men arrested on Monday with 50 detonators revealed that the Maoists have adopted the new strategy to procure explosives and detonators from Telangana. read more

The bypoll of the Dantewada assembly is scheduled for September 23. The voters in the assembly are 1,88,263 out of whom 89,747 are male voters and 98,876 are female voters. read more

Madkam Hidma who carried a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, is now undergoing treatment for gangrene that he contracted after he was injured about fortnight ago when he fell into a spike trap while laying an improvised explosive device. read more

Scarecrows dressed in black were placed very close to the CRPF camp to trick security forces into confusing them with Maoists and opening fire. read more

The first such batch of 50 police personnel started their training in Dantewada district to learn Gondi (G\u014Dndi), a South-Central Dravidian language. read more

Local tribals have started a protest claiming that the hill, where the mining is supposed to take place, was their deity. read more

The tribals, however, stated the protest under the banner of Sanyukt Panchayat Samiti and demanded to stop the mining operations. read more

Two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region in an early morning gun battle with security forces. read more

The BJP’s legislator Bheema Mandavi, a Doordarshan journalist and about a dozen security forces have been killed in the last six months in Malangir area. Dantewada Police had launched a massive operation across Malangir after Bheema Mandavi’s death on... read more

State BJP chief Vikram Usendi said the CBI should conduct an inquiry to find out whether the BJP MLA was killed because of the “negligence” and “conspiracy” of the Congress government. read more

Police said that the blast took place at around 8 pm on Peddakodepal and Naimed villages under Naimed police station. The passengers of SUV were travelling Danetwada when the incident took place. read more

A team of the 231st battalion of the CRPF, along with a state police unit, was out on road security duty in the district’s Aranpur area when an IED exploded and they were fired upon by Maoists, they said. read more

The three-member Doordarshan team was in Bastar area of Chhattisgarh for election coverage and heading for reporting on a new polling booth in Nilawaya near Sumeli camp when they came under attack from Maoists. read more