New details about last week’s encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Abujhmad have emerged with the police claiming on Tuesday that the Naxals had used villagers, including minors, in an unsuccessful bid to save the life of their senior cadre, Karthik. Karthik was among seven Naxals killed in the encounter on December 12 and at least four civilians … Read more
Google Maps image locates Abujmarh on the Narayanpur-Dantewada inter-district border in Chhattisgarh. Fourteen Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Friday (October 4, 2024), a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out at around 1 p.m. in the forest between Thulthuli and Nendur villages in Abujmarh on … Read more
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel receives Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on her arrival in Chhattisgarh on April 13, 2023 | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on April 13, 2023 said that under her party’s government, the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, known earlier for Naxalite violence, has transformed into a brand … Read more
Sixteen human rights activists from Bastar and other parts of the country have alleged that they had to abort a fact-finding mission “on human rights violations in Sukma and Bijapur districts” of south Chhattisgarh after security forces harassed them. The activists had left Sukma on February 1 to visit the interior villages of the district, … Read more
The indoor stadium in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh, where some of the victims are still camping. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The reluctance of the families of Reshma Korram (33) and Rupji Salam (29) to return home offers a glimpse of an edgy recent past and an uncertain future. Among the many tribal Christian families who fled … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday discussed a 10-point action plan to tackle Left Wing Extremist (LWE) in the state. The home minister assured immediate action on the same, according to an official statement from the Chhattisgarh government. As many as 14 districts in Chhattisgarh are … Read more