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TopicNaxal attack

Topic: Naxal attack

18 August, 2025: IED blast in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur kills one DRG guard & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

Chhattisgarh Maoists’ den breached for first time — how the Abujmarh operation was executed

29 suspected Maoists were killed and three personnel were wounded in a massive counterinsurgency operation. This was the first time security forces breached the Naxal fortress.  

Chhattisgarh tribals freed of 2017 Sukma attack charges return home. But home has changed

Each acquitted tribal ThePrint met in Burkapal village, the site of 2017 Sukma Maoist attack, has a story to tell. So do the police, which still doesn't consider villagers to be innocent.

3 CRPF jawans dead in Naxal ambush in Odisha’s Nuapada district

The men were attacked while protecting workers constructing a road.

How ITBP ‘best dog’ Snowy detected IED with 50-kg explosives, saved the day & 25 troopers

The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has awarded a special medal to the eight-year-old female Belgian Malinois for helping avert a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh last month.

Naxal killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma

Personnel belonging to District Reserve Guard & CRPF were involved in the operation that was launched based on the movement of ultras in the area, considered a Maoist stronghold.

Naxals attack iron ore mine site in Chhattisgarh, torch four vehicles

The incident took place in Aaamdai iron ore mine in Narayanpur and two employees working at the site were reported to be missing.

No operational or intel failure during Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur encounter, claims CRPF DG

DG Kuldiep Singh also informed that around 25-30 Naxals were also killed in the encounter though the exact number is not yet known.

Amit Shah skips 2 poll rallies in Assam, rushes to Delhi after Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

Shah was scheduled to address three public rallies in Assam on the last day of campaigning for the final phase of the state elections on 6 April.

Chhattisgarh NGO plans digital database of Naxal violence victims, govt sceptical of data

Around 65,000 internally displaced people from Bastar are living in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Nearly 35,000 are residing in 14-17 IDP clusters within Chhattisgarh.

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Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.