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Topic: Dantewada

Two CRPF jawans injured in IED blast during demining operation in Chhattisgarh

An inspector & a dog handler of the 195 Battalion were injured in Dantewada district. Security forces have since launched search & area domination ops along the Palli-Barsur road.

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.

Tunnel discovered in Dantewada highlights new tactics by Naxals to evade security forces

Security forces were notified about the presence of the tunnel during a search operation following ambush attack by Naxalites in Sukma.

Why IAS officer-turned-BJP candidate in Raigarh is a talking point in Naxal hotbed Dantewada, 600 km away

Former Chhattisgarh IAS officer OP Choudhary lost his first election in Raigarh district by a large margin in 2018, but his work as a civil servant remains a hot topic in Dantewada.

Moving the West Bengal Ram Navami case to NIA appears to be judicial overreach

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

55 kg explosives packed under road, went ‘undetected for over 2 months’ — inside Dantewada Maoist attack

Explosives that killed 10 police personnel & a civilian Wednesday believed to have been placed under road using method called ‘fox-digging’ that creates a cavity under the surface.

10 police personnel killed in Dantewada Maoist attack, struck with IED on way back from anti-Naxal operation

Personnel belonged to District Reserve Guard (DRG), a Chhattisgarh force designed to carry out anti-Maoist operations. Wednesday's attack altogether killed 11 people, including the driver of the vehicle.

‘No evidence to order CBI probe into 2009 Dantewada killings’, says SC, fines activist Rs 5 lakh

Bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar & J.B. Pardiwala says investigation by Chhattisgarh Police revealed the killings were by Naxals and not security forces.

Chhattisgarh villagers ‘ate tiger meat’, 7 cops arrested as police & forest dept probe case

The incident came to light when 14 people, including 7 policemen, were arrested for trading the remains of the tiger in the Dantewada-Jagdalpur region.

‘Server crash’ dents dreams of Dantewada’s 11 SC, ST & OBC NEET aspirants, despite making cut

District officials say they are in touch with the aggrieved students and that the matter has been resolved. Aspirants, parents disagree.

On Camera

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.