Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) should be repealed from the places where Army is not required. Omar said the issue of AFSPA is not on the "backburner", and if Irom Sharmila can fast in protest against AFSPA for 12 long years why can't he just speak against it. ...
05:09 PM, Mar 05, 2013
A court on Monday acquitted all the 10 arrested accused in the 2010 Tadmetla Maoist attack case, in which 76 security personnel were killed in Dantewada district, due to lack of evidence. ...
07:07 PM, Jan 07, 2013
A Central Reserve Police Force personnel shot dead four of his colleagues when he opened indiscriminate fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The personnel, Deep Tiwari, has been arrested. ...
08:08 AM, Dec 25, 2012
Dantewada: Salwa Judum movement founder Mahendra Karma was attacked by the Naxals on Thursday in Dantewada in Madhya Pradesh. Four of Karma's security men were injured as his motorcade was attacked. Karma, the former leaded of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh, is safe. More details awaited. ...
12:36 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Dantewada: Two people reportedly died when alleged Naxals opened fire at a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) team posted at the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) mine project area in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning. The dead included one CISF personnel. A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team has been rushed to the spot. In May, six personnel of the CISF were killed in a similar ambush by Naxals when...
10:58 AM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Naxals have struck Chhattisgarh once again. They allegedly ambushed a CISF patrol team killing six jawans and a civilian driver late on Sunday night. They were a part of a patrol car that was ambushed near the National Mineral Development Corporation in Kirandul. A few others were also injured and the assailants later looted their vehicles. Home Ministry sources said that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) may...
08:13 AM, May 14, 2012
New Delhi: Naxals on Sunday night ambushed a CISF patrol party near an NDMC plant in Chhattisgarh's Kirandul. Sources said six CISF personnel and the driver of the patrolling jeep were killed in the Naxal attack in Dantewada. Sources said that the CISF personnel were on a night patrol when they were ambushed. It is suspected that Naxals ambushed the vehicle and IED was used to target them. The jawans,...
11:11 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday said that his government had formed a committee under former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Nirmala Buch to look into the cases against tribals as per the Maoist demands, who had pressed for the release of innocent tribals from jail in exchange for abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon. Said Raman Singh, "It will help create a positive environment in the area....
12:58 PM, May 04, 2012
Raipur: Even as efforts are on for the release of the kidnapped Sukma district collector, four police personnel were injured on Wednesday when a group of Maoists allegedly opened fire at a police van in the neighbouring Dantewada district. One of the injured is reported to be critical. Chhattisgarh Additional Director General of Police (naxal operations) Ram Niwas told said that while the team of policemen was patrolling in the...
04:25 PM, May 02, 2012
Raipur: Naxals destroyed a newly constructed police station using explosives in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said on Wednesday. Following the incident which took place on Monday night, the state government transferred Dantewada SP Ankit Garg and posted him at police headquarters to Raipur, official sources said. A group of 50 Naxals assembled at the police station near Geedam area and asked the labourers present there to leave. They blasted the...
11:23 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Raipur: Two policemen were injured when Naxals opened fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Monday night, police said. The outlaws shot at two policemen who were on their way to guard a Salwa Judum (armed vigilante camp), injuring them critically, under Konta police station, Additional Director General (Naxal operation) Ram Nivas said. When other policemen came out of the police station after hearing the gun-shots, the Naxals opened fire at...
08:39 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Raipur: Two policemen were injured in a Naxal firing in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district tonight, police said. The outlaws shot two policemen who were on their way to guard a Salwa Judum camp, injuring them critically, under Konta police station, Additional Director General (Naxal operation) Ram Nivas said. When other policemen came out of the police station after hearing the gun-shots, the Naxals opened fire at the police station, to which...
10:59 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Dantewada: What is the identity of Soni Sori, who has been for allegedly being a Maoist leader? In an exclusive report, CNN-IBN travels to the conflict zone in Dantewada to track the family of Soni Sori. The report tries to find out the Soni Sori's real identity. Is Soni Sori a Maoist, conduit for Maoists or a teacher? Living in a conflict zone brings no reward at all and the...
06:28 PM, Oct 19, 2011
Bastar (Chhattisgarh): The Naxals on Friday carried out carried out a fresh attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Chhattisgarh. They attacked a CRPF patrolling party, killing at least four personnel, in Dantewada. According to Additional Director General (Naxal Operations) Ram Nivas, the vehicle was blown up by the Maoists in Bastanar area under Geedam police station in Dantewada. Several others suffered injuries in the mine attack...
10:39 AM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: An Intelligence Bureau (IB) dossier with details of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) Politburo and central committee members has finally revealed some of India's most wanted. CNN-IBN has accessed the IB dossier which has the photographs and details of India's most wanted Maoist leaders. The following are India's most wanted - the Politburo and central committee members of CPI (Maoist), who for more than 30 years now...
06:02 PM, Oct 05, 2011
New Delhi: In a first, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has sent over 50 of its young officers to train with operational army units in order to hone their skills in tactical manoeuvres and counter-insurgency operations. The decision to attach officers in the rank of assistant commandants, deputy commandants and commandants with the army for better training and understanding of counter-insurgency operations was taken by the Cabinet Committee on...
10:16 AM, Oct 02, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of disrespect to our martyrs, the bodies of three Chhattisgarh policemen were brought to Dantewada in a Municipal garbage truck. The policemen were killed in a Maoist attack and their bodies were brought to Dantewada amid shock and criticism by families and friends. Reports say that police defended the move saying that the weather was unsuitable for air travel and no ambulance was available...
09:02 AM, Jun 29, 2011
This was the fifth naxal attacks in Chattisgarh in last one month. ...
11:29 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Raipur: In the second brazen attack in as many days, Naxals today blew up an anti-landmine vehicle, killing 10 security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. The anti-landmine vehicle of the security forces was approaching a bridge near Gatan village when the Naxals triggered a powerful blast and opened indiscriminate fire on them, police said. Seven Special Police Officers (SPO) and three police jawans were killed when their vehicle was tossed...
07:40 AM, Jun 10, 2011
Raipur: Naxals went on the rampage at several places on the first day of the two-day bandh called by them killing two persons, including an abducted Special Police Officer (SPO), setting on fire some vehicles and rupturing railway tracks. Following these incidents, police have sounded an alert and additional police force has been deployed, officials said. Senior police officials told PTI that in the Naxal-infested Dantewada district, a person named...
06:29 PM, May 21, 2011
