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Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Topic: Bastar

Top Maoist leader Basavaraju among 27 killed in tense 72-hr op in Chhattisgarh’s perilous Abujhmad

This follows 21-day anti-Naxal operation along Karegutta Hills on Chhattisgarh-Telangana border that led to the killing of 31 Maoists, disrupting their top leadership.

Security forces kill 30 suspected Maoists in 2 simultaneous ops in Bastar. Toll crosses 100 this yr

1 DRG jawan was also killed in the operation in Bijapur. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has set a deadline of March 2026 to eradicate Maoism from the country.

Drone made by Chinese firm recovered from Maoist hideout in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a first

Found near a security camp in Metaguda village, the drone is suspected to have been used for air surveillance and capturing movement of forces. 

Tensions simmer in Bastar between Christians & Right-wing outfits as conversion takes centre stage

Kunika Kashyap (25) says she lost her unborn child after she was allegedly assaulted by sarpanch of Badebodal village. Cops say FIR lodged, her medical reports are awaited.

8 DRG jawans, driver killed in Bastar as Maoists detonate 25 kg IED hidden beneath road

Device used in attack was command IED, triggered manually, it is learnt. DRG jawans were returning from counter-insurgency op in which 5 Maoists and a DRG constable were killed.

4 Naxals, head constable killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

A joint team of security personnel was engaged in an anti-Naxal operation when a gunfight broke out Saturday in a forest along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada.

A solid tip-off, a 25-km trek on a dark night. How Maoist hideout in heart of Abujhmad was breached

Op Indra Tular actually began around 15 Sept, when Dantewada police got inputs about 2 top Maoist commanders hiding in Abujhmad forest. A quick, meticulously planned onslaught followed.

31 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh’s biggest anti-naxal op: How security forces plotted deadly onslaught

Maoist commanders & cadres were trapped within a 10-km radius, it is learnt. A fierce gunbattle followed, beginning Friday afternoon and ending late evening. Op may resume Saturday.

Lay down arms or face ‘all-out’ action, Amit Shah warns Naxals

The Union Minister says Narendra Modi has decided that Naxal violence and ideology would be wiped out from country.

Commander carrying ₹25 lakh bounty among 9 suspected Maoists killed in Dantewada encounter

The operation, which began at 7.30 am & concluded at 1 pm Tuesday, involved 350 personnel of the security forces, it is learnt.

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India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.