bastar region

Raipur, April 11 – Security forces have demolished an underground hideout constructed by Maoists in the Kakur area, under the Sonpur Police Station jurisdiction in Narayanpur, officials said on Saturday.The hideout was discovered during an intensive search operation by the Narayanpur Police...

Raipur, April 9 The Chhattisgarh police have enlisted former Naxalites with expertise in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to train security personnel, aiming to enhance their operational capabilities, officials said on Thursday.This counter-insurgency strategy comes shortly after...

Raipur/New Delhi, April 6 – Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is scheduled to hold crucial high-level meetings in the national capital on Tuesday, as the focus shifts towards the holistic development of the Bastar region in the "post-Maoist era".CM Sai is scheduled to arrive in New...

New Delhi, April 6 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday to present a comprehensive development plan for the Bastar region in a "post-Maoist scenario," officials said on Monday.The high-profile...

Sukma (Chhattisgarh), April 6 Nearly a week after Chhattisgarh was declared free from armed insurgency, a memorial dedicated to the 76 security personnel killed in a 2010 Maoist ambush in the Tadmetla area of Sukma district was inaugurated on Monday in a village near the site of the attack...

Raipur, April 1: Players from the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Ashram have helped Chhattisgarh qualify for the knockout stage of the ongoing Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026, highlighting the institution's growing influence in nurturing football talent from one of the country's most...

Raipur, March 31 – A total of 35 Naxalites surrendered to security forces across five districts in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Tuesday, just hours before the Centre’s March 31 deadline to eliminate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) ends, officials said.Of them, 25 cadres, including 12 women...

Raipur, March 31 Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday asserted that Chhattisgarh was now "free" of Naxalism and described March 31, the deadline set by the Centre to eradicate Maoism, as a "historic" day for the state, which was once a hotbed of the violent movement.Targeting the...

Raipur, March 31 Seven Naxalites, including four women, surrendered to security forces in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, hours before the deadline set by the Centre to eliminate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) from the country, officials said.Five Naxalites belonging to the...

In the context of the timeline set by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to eliminate Naxalism, the Bastar region was declared free from Naxalism today.The press conference, held in Dantewada, was attended by Inspector General of Police (IG) of Bastar Range, B. Sundarraj P, Superintendent of...

Raipur, March 31 As the Centre's deadline to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism ends on Tuesday, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said armed Naxals in the state have been "completely eliminated," with a handful of remaining cadres expected to surrender soon.Setting a clear deadline...

Raipur, March 25 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai transferred ₹495.96 crore digitally into the bank accounts of 4,95,965 beneficiaries under a financial assistance scheme for landless agricultural laborers.The amount was disbursed at an event held in the Balodabazar-Bhatapara...

Jagdalpur, March 25 – The Bastar region, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh, has largely overcome the decades-long "Naxalite insurgency," with plans underway to convert nearly 400 security camps, which were once the focal points of the anti-Naxalite campaign, into public infrastructure such as...

Jagdalpur, March 22 More than 9,800 runners participated in the 'Bastar Heritage Marathon 2026' in the Jagdalpur district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, setting a new record and reflecting the region's growing peace and development, a government official said.The marathon began at Lalbagh in the...

Raipur, March 15 – In a significant setback to Naxalite activities in the Bastar region, security forces have demolished four memorials erected by Maoists in the dense forests of the Kanker district, while also recovering a substantial cache of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other...

Raipur, March 10 Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said on Tuesday that most paramilitary forces deployed in the Bastar region of the state are likely to be withdrawn by March 31, 2027.Responding to a discussion on the budget demand proposals of his departments in the assembly...

Raipur, March 9 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Laxmi Verma and Congress nominee Phulo Devi Netam were unopposed elected to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh on Monday, a state Assembly official said.Verma and Netam had filed nominations for the March 16 biennial polls to the Rajya...

Raipur/Jagdalpur, March 8 On the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai transferred the 25th installment of the "Mahtari Vandan Yojana" to the bank accounts of over 69 lakh (6.9 million) beneficiary women through direct benefit transfer at the...

Raipur, March 5 BJP's Laxmi Verma and Congress candidate Phulo Devi Netam filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the two Rajya Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, where elections will be held on March 16.Verma was accompanied by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, state BJP...

Raipur, March 5 The opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh has renominated senior tribal leader Phulo Devi Netam, an incumbent Rajya Sabha member, as its candidate for the March 16 biennial Rajya Sabha elections.The party announced Netam's candidature on Wednesday night.Of the five Rajya Sabha...