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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
TopicBastar

Topic: Bastar

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.

9 Naxals killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh, weapons seized from site

A Gunfight broke out around 10.30 am Tuesday in a forest along Dantewada-Bijapur border during anti-Naxal operation. After prolonged exchanges, 9 Naxalites' bodies were recovered.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.