Naxal

In a major crackdown on left wing terrorism, security personnel killed 31 Naxals in the Maad area on the Narayanpur-Dantewada border in a two-day operation, the police said.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a key Naxal leader in the banned outfit's Magadh Zone revival case, the agency said on Saturday.

 Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement to free the country from naxalism by March 2026, four battalions of the Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) comprising 4000 CRPF personnel are set to be depolyed in Bastar for anti-insurgency operations.

Congress party has a history of genuflecting before the Naxalites to whitewash their crimes. Desperate after defeat in the last state assembly elections, Congress is sympathising with even Naxal terrorists to garner some votes.

After the encounter, the area was searched and 29 Naxal dead bodies, along with a huge cache of AK 47 rifles, INSAS/SLR/Carbine/.303 rifles and huge quantities of arms ammunition, were recovered from the spot. Three of the jawans were injured in the encounter and their condition is out of danger

The said temple was spotted by one of the jawans who inquired about it. The locals then approached them and explained that Maoists attempted to cause damage to the temple in 2003, forcing it to close.

ABVP who had been working to ensure justice for the victims of Naxal violence, wants to bring their fight to the forefront with the nomination of Umesh Chandra Ajmeera, a victim of Naxal violence, as their Presidential candidate in the JNUSU elections.

Around nine BJP leaders have been killed by left-wing Naxalites in the Bastar region since last year. 

Police stated the Tricolour had never been unfurled in Naxal affected Dumripalnar, Murkrajkonda, Saletong, Duled, Kawadgaon, Mudhvandi, Pariya, Muler, or Palnar villages in Bijapur, and Sukma districts.

Odisha police Special Operations Group (SOG) engaged in an exchange of fire with a group of Nazals on the State's Kandhamal Boudh border in Matakupa reserve forest.