Bastar tribals rush for photo IDs ‘to stay alive’

DANTEWADA - Panic-stricken tribals in Chhattisgarh’s restive Bastar region have been desperately knocking on the doors of photo studios. They believe they will be branded as Maoists and killed by the security forces unless they can produce photo identity cards.

Maoists on back foot, planning human shields?

DANTEWADA - In the face of a sustained assault by security forces, Maoist leaders have begun fleeing their landmine-protected hideouts in the Chhattisgarh jungles and could use human shields to protect themselves, top officials disclosed Saturday. At least two dozen ultras were killed in the operation Friday.

Five bodies of CoBRA personnel recovered from Dantewada forest

DANTEWADA - Five more bodies of personnel of the elite anti -Naxal force Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) have been recovered from the Dantewada Forests in Chattisgarh.

Maoists planning human shields to thwart troopers in Chhattisgarh

DANTEWADA - Worried after the massive assault launched by security forces and warned of more in the coming days, top Maoist leaders have started fleeing their landmine-protected hideouts in the Chhattisgarh jungles and are planning to put up human shields to thwart the troopers, top officials said Saturday. At least two dozen ultras were killed in the attacks Friday.

Eight Naxalites, one CRPF officer killed in Chhattisgarh encounter

DANTEWADA - Eight naxalites and one Assistant Commandant of the CRPF were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

National flag hoisted upside down in Chhattisgarh

DANTEWADA - In an incident displaying carelessness of state authorities, the national flag was hoisted upside down during the Independence Day celebrations at Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Saturday.

Dantewada land mine attack death toll rises to six

DANTEWADA - Four more bodies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were recovered on Monday, raising the number of causalities form Sunday’s Maoist landmine attack to six.

11 CRPF personnel killed in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

DANTEWADA - At least 11 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and eight were injured when the truck in which they were travelling hit a landmine planted by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

Naxal attack kills 11 in Dantewada district

DANTEWADA - A landmine blast triggered by naxalites has killed 11 persons including two CRPF personnel and five special police officers (SPOs) in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.