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dantewada district news

Maoist with 25 lakh bounty among three killed in Chhattisgarh

DIG Kamlochan Kashyap (in white) congratulates security personnel on their return after the encounter at Dantewada Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)
Published on Mar 26, 2025 08:33 am IST

Naxalites kill 2 accused of being police informers in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

In the Dantewada area of Chhattisgarh, two men were slain by naxalites who claimed they were police informers, according to authorities on Thursday.
Published on Feb 20, 2025 05:06 pm IST

Chhattisgarh: 13 patients suffer eye infections after cataract surgery in Dantewada

A doctor checks the eyes of a patient before a cataract surgery. (HT File Photo)
Published on Oct 29, 2024 09:15 am IST

Chhattisgarh: Two CRPF jawans killed in lightning strike in Dantewada

Representational image.
Published on Sept 06, 2024 06:12 pm IST

9 Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, operation underway

The anti-Maoist operation was carried out in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. (Representative Photo)
Updated on Sept 03, 2024 03:16 pm IST

Chhattisgarh: Four killed in wall collapse inside NMDC iron ore mine area

The incident occurred in the mining area of the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) in the afternoon (Getty Images)
Updated on Feb 27, 2024 09:23 pm IST

Chhattisgarh: Three Maoists killed in encounter with police in Dantewada

The encounter took place on a hill near Dabbakunna village under Katekalyan police station area in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district. (Representative Image)
Published on Dec 24, 2023 09:05 pm IST

4 wanted Maoists carrying reward of 20 lakh surrender in Dantewada

Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jul 19, 2023 01:12 pm IST

Chhatisgarh Dantewada blast: 8 more Maoists arrested; tally rises to 17

10 members of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and a driver were killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada (File Photo)
Updated on May 20, 2023 09:05 pm IST

11 killed in Dantewada blast: A look at major naxal attacks in Chhattisgarh

Security personnel at the site of Naxal attack.
Published on Apr 26, 2023 05:54 pm IST

I-Day celebrations: Maoists assault tribals for taking part

HT Image
Updated on Aug 21, 2020 02:47 pm IST

Maoist commander involved in Darbha valley attack killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

According to Dantewada Superintendent of Police the encounter took place in a forest between Hurrepal and Bechapal hills in the wee hours of Tuesday.
Updated on Jun 02, 2020 02:11 pm IST

In heart of Maoist-affected Chhattisgarh, first panchayat elections in 15 years

Authorities say this indicates that influence of Maoists has drastically reduced in the region.
Updated on Jan 22, 2020 03:39 pm IST

Meet Madda Ram Kawasi, a kid of Maoist affected Dantevada who is inspiration for Sachin Tendulkar - Watch

Madda lost his legs to polio when he was kid but his love for cricket is known in this Maoist affected area.
Updated on Jan 02, 2020 12:38 pm IST

Three Maoists held in Dantewada; 2 of them had killed a journalist last year

The police have recovered live rounds of AK-47, SLR and Insas rifles, switches used for triggering IED blasts, Maoist uniforms, literature and detonators from the possession of the three Maoists.
Updated on Nov 29, 2019 07:39 pm IST

Three people including an engineer abducted by Maoists in Bastar’s Dantewada

hree people, including two government personnel in Dantewada district were reportedly abducted by Maoists on Saturday.
Updated on Oct 12, 2019 10:39 pm IST

Maoists in Dantewada adopt new ways to get detonators, explosives: Police

Some of detonators seized by Dantewada Police on Monday.
Published on Sept 04, 2019 03:56 pm IST

50 detonators seized in Dantewada before bypolls on Sep 23, four held

The four people who were carrying the detonators have been arrested. Police are suspecting that the accused were supplying the detonators to Maoists in Dantewada.
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 08:00 pm IST

Chhattisgarh cops evacuate injured Maoist commander who laid their ambush

A police team in Chhattisgarh trekked 12 km through jungles to carry an injured Maoist commander to a hospital in Dantewada on Sunday, a top police official said.
Updated on Sept 02, 2019 08:46 pm IST

Chhattisgarh police defuse IEDs planted on scarecrows near CRPF camp

This is not the first time scarecrows have been used by Maoists to confuse security forces in south Bastar. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 23, 2019 07:05 am IST

Chhattisgarh police personnel to learn Gondi in insurgency-hit Bastar

Police personnel deployed in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-hit Bastar will be taught the Gondi language spoken by tribals to bridge the gap between them.
Updated on Jun 17, 2019 07:41 pm IST

Baghel government to review mining in Bailadila

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel at state Congress office in Raipur.
Updated on Jun 09, 2019 10:50 am IST

Tribals start indefinite protest against mining in Dantewada hill

The tribals, however, stated the protest under the banner of Sanyukt Panchayat Samiti and demanded to stop the mining operations.
Updated on Jun 08, 2019 10:19 pm IST

7 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces

The encounter took place at the border of Malangir and Katekalyan area committees of the CPI (Maoist), where their cadres were present.
Published on May 09, 2019 12:11 am IST

Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

Two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region in an early morning gun battle with security forces on Wednesday, police said.
Updated on May 08, 2019 11:27 am IST

BJP cries conspiracy after Dantewada attack, CM hits back

BJP MLA Mandavi, his driver and three security personnel were killed on Tuesday after an IED, said to have been triggered by Maoists, tore through his SUV in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district .
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 11:29 pm IST

Nine injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

On Monday evening, a CRPF jawan was killed and six others were injured in a Maoist attack in Dantewada district.
Updated on Mar 21, 2019 07:56 am IST

Dantewada killings: Maoists say not going after media; ‘targeted ambush, say police

Journalists wearing black arm-bands hold a placard and a photograph of DD cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu, who was killed by in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh during a protest meeting to condemn the killing of Achyuta, in Mumbai on November 1, 2018.
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 10:10 am IST

Maoist attacks must not deter the State from improving the lives of tribals

Doordarshan cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu's passes for events he had covered. Sahu died in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, Oct 30, 2018
Updated on Oct 31, 2018 06:52 pm IST