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HM Amit Shah to chair 26th Central Zone Council meeting in Bastar today

HM Amit Shah to chair 26th Central Zone Council meeting in Bastar today

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the 26th meeting of the Central Zonal Council in Bastar on Tuesday, marking a significant moment for regional governance and development in central India. The high-profile meeting, being held in the historic Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, is also being seen as a reflection of the successful restoration of peace and stability in an area once heavily affected. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

India is now free from Maoism, says Amit Shah at Bastar

India is now free from Maoism, says Amit Shah at Bastar

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the gathering during the ‘Ujar Bastar’ programme under the ‘Changing Bastar Ki Nayi Pehchan’ initiative, in Jagdalpur, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, on May 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Hailing the sacrifices of security forces in the decades-long battle against Maoism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (May 18, 2026) proclaimed that the country was “free” from Maoism. “I am declaring with pride, India is now Naxal-free,” Mr. Shah said in Bastar, where he was on his first visit after March 31, a date the Centre had earlier set as a deadline to eliminate Left-wing extremism from the country. He urged the people of Bastar to “accept” about 3,000 surrendered Naxals and help them be part of the mainstream. “About 3,000 Naxals have surrendered in the State… we have made a comprehensive plan to get them a respectable place in society. The Narendra Modi government will leave no stone unturned in this context,” he said. FAQ | Is India’s Maoist insurgency finally over? Mr. Shah laid down a roadmap …

Security forces neutralise senior maoist cadre in Bastar region

Security forces neutralise senior maoist cadre in Bastar region

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A woman Maoist carrying a reward of `5 lakh was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Monday, police said. The deceased, identified as Rupi, was an area committee member of the Maoists and is believed to be the last senior Telugu cadre active in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Anti-Maoist forces to be deployed for regular policing in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar| India News

Anti-Maoist forces to be deployed for regular policing in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar| India News

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Commandos of Chhattisgarh’s specialised anti-Maoist District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Bastar Fighters will be deployed at police stations across the seven districts of the Bastar region, marking a shift from counter-insurgency roles to regular policing, people aware of the matter said. Around 4,000 personnel will be part of this transition, they added. Surrendered Maoists in Chhattisgarh Dantewada. (AFP/Representative) The move comes amid a significant decline in Left-wing extremism in the region, with Union home minister Amit Shah telling Parliament on Monday that India is now Maoist-free. Shah’s statement came a day before the government’s deadline of March 31, 2026, to eradicate Left-wing extremism. Shah said 4,839 Maoists surrendered, 706 were killed, and 2,218 were arrested and jailed in the last three years. The state authorities have also maintained that Bastar is largely free of armed Maoist presence. Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, and Kanker districts were the epicentre of Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh for decades. The DRG and Bastar Fighters were raised to combat Maoist insurgency and largely comprise local tribals and surrendered Maoists. …

35 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar ahead of Centre’s LWE deadline

35 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar ahead of Centre’s LWE deadline

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A total of 35 Maoists surrendered before the 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, belonging to the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of Maoists, surrendered in Bijapur district under the police’s ‘Poona Margem’ (from rehabilitation to social reintegration) initiative, IGP of Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattlingam, said.  These 25 cadres were carrying a cumulative reward of Rs 1.47 crore. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Bastar close to being considered Naxal-free, possibility of revival extremely remote: IGP

Bastar close to being considered Naxal-free, possibility of revival extremely remote: IGP

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Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj  | Photo Credit: File Photo Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj on Monday said Bastar today stands “very close to being considered Naxal-free” and the likelihood of a large-scale revival of the Maoist movement appears “extremely remote”. The statement came on the eve of the Centre’s deadline to eliminate Maoism in the country. Mr. Sundarraj said Bastar has historically been considered the strategic nucleus of the Maoist movement. Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma recently said “96% of Bastar is free from Maoism and only 30 to 40 active cadres remain”. There has been an escalation in anti-Naxal operations in Bastar since January 2024, resulting in 500 Maoist cadres being killed as of March 29 this year. They included top cadres such as the secretary general of the CPI (Maoist), Basavaraju, who was killed in May last year. “Of the 24 individuals who constituted the central committee and the politburo in 2024, only one politburo member remains active. Another senior leader, Ganapathy, has remained inactive …

Paparao, last active senior commander in Bastar region, also surrenders: Police| India News

Paparao, last active senior commander in Bastar region, also surrenders: Police| India News

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Senior Maoist leader Paparao, the last active senior commander in the Bastar region, has come forward to surrender along with 17 other cadres in Bijapur district, the Chhattisgarh police said on Tuesday. Paparao carries a reward of ₹25 lakh on his arrest Paparao was a member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) and was in charge of the South Sub Zonal Bureau. He carries a reward of ₹25 lakh. Among the 18 Maoists who surrendered are divisional committee members Prakash Madvi and Anil Tati. A statement by Bastar police said the 18 Maoists had agreed to shun violence and join the mainstream in a “decisive breakthrough” in the ongoing efforts to eliminate Maoists from the region. Police said the development was evidence that the goal of a Naxal-free Bastar was steadily becoming a reality, adding that this is the first time in the history of the Maoist movement in the Dandakaranya region that the organisation was left without an effective leadership. “This marks a decisive success in our sustained efforts to end Left Wing …

Surrender of 4 top Maoists in Telangana turning point against extremism: Chhattisgarh police| India News

Surrender of 4 top Maoists in Telangana turning point against extremism: Chhattisgarh police| India News

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Raipur, The surrender of Maoists’ politburo member Devuji alias Thippiri Tirupati and three other senior operatives in Telangana marks a watershed moment in the fight against Left Wing Extremism , a senior Chhattisgarh police official has said. Surrender of 4 top Maoists in Telangana turning point against extremism: Chhattisgarh police The gradual weakening of the Maoist leadership structure points toward the organisation’s eventual collapse and the end of decades-long bloodshed, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range Sundarraj Pattilingam, said on Tuesday. The four senior Maoist cadres – Devuji , central committee member Malla Raji Reddy alias Sangram , Telangana state committee secretary Bade Chokka Rao alias Damodar, and Dandakaranya special zonal committee member Ganganna – were key figures in the top hierarchy of the banned CPI and spent several decades underground, he said. “Their surrender marks a watershed moment in the fight against Left Wing Extremism,” the police official said. Their decision to renounce violence and armed struggle reflects a decisive shift in ground realities and a clear acknowledgement that the space for violence is …

14 Maoists Killed In Two Separate Encounters In Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, Bijapur | India News

14 Maoists Killed In Two Separate Encounters In Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, Bijapur | India News

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Last Updated:January 03, 2026, 12:47 IST At least 14 Naxals were neutralised in major encounters with security forces in Sukma and Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, with weapons recovered and operations led by Kiran Chavan. Five Maoists were killed in Kandhamal, Odisha during a joint SOG, CRPF and BSF operation; rifles recovered and search operations continue.(Representative image) At least 14 Naxals were neutralised in two separate encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma and Bijapur districts on Saturday, officials said, in one of the biggest recent anti-insurgency operations in the Bastar region. The bodies of two Maoist cadres, including Hunga Madkam, were recovered along with one SLR and one 12-bore rifle from a forested area near Gaganpalli village under Basaguda police station limits in Bijapur district. With this, a total of 14 Maoist cadres—12 in Sukma and two in Bijapur—have been neutralised so far in two ongoing operations. The operation was launched late on Friday evening by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) Sukma from Palodi and Potakpalli areas under Kistaram police station limits. Automatic weapons, including AK-47 and …

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids 12 locations in Bastar in 2023 Aranpur IED blast case

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids 12 locations in Bastar in 2023 Aranpur IED blast case

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Published on: Nov 08, 2025 11:48 am IST The raids were conducted at the premises of suspects linked to an attack carried out by the Darbha Division Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) near village Pedka Raipur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday carried out searches at 12 locations across Dantewada and Sukma districts of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region in connection with the 2023 Aranpur improvised explosive device (IED) blast and ambush attack case, police said on Saturday. The attack was carried out near village Pedka under the Aranpur police station limits in Dantewada district on April 26, 2023. The raids were conducted at the premises of suspects linked to an attack carried out by the Darbha Division Committee of the banned CPI (Maoist) near village Pedka under the Aranpur police station limits in Dantewada district on April 26, 2023. A statement issued by the agency said that the searches led to the recovery of several incriminating materials, including cash, handwritten letters, printed receipt books related to levy collection by the Maoists, and digital devices …