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A large cache of weapons was also recovered during the exchange of fire between security forces and Naxals in the Abujhmadh jungle on the Kanker-Narayanpur border in Chhattisgarh

A 10-km motorcycle ride through fields and dirt track followed by a 12-km climb of a hilly terrain take one to the site of Chhattisgarh's most successful counter-insurgency operation that eliminated 31 Naxalites. About 1,500 security personnel covered this arduous route as part of their 48-hour operation in the forest along Narayanpur and Dantewada districts border to inflict a crushing blow to Maoists, said officials on Saturday. This was the highest number of fatalities suffered by Maoists in a single operation since the state's creation 24 years ago and the offensive comes more than five months after 29 Naxalites, including higher-ranking cadres, were neutralised in an encounter with security personnel in Kanker district. Nearly 1,500 jawans of District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Dantewada and Narayanpur and Special Task Force were involved in the offensive, Dantewada Additional Superintendent of Police RK Barman told PTI. The crackdown was launched based on inputs about the prese

The bodies of three more Naxalites were recovered on Saturday morning in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, where a fierce encounter with security personnel took place a day ago, police said. With this, the number of Naxalites killed in the gun battle with the security personnel on Friday has risen to 31, they said, adding that a search operation is still underway in the area. "Bodies of three more Naxalites were recovered this morning from the dense forest where the encounter took place on Friday," Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI. "With this, the toll of Naxalites in the encounter rose to 31. The identity of the Naxalites is yet to be ascertained, but prima facie it appears that they belonged to PLGA (People's Liberation Guerilla Army) company No. 6, Platoon 16 of Maoists and east Bastar division of Maoists," he said. On Friday, the gunfight broke out between security forces and Naxalites around 1 am in a forest between Nendur and Thulthuli villages on .

Bastar region is endowed with water falls, caves, and national parks like the enchanting Chitrakote waterfalls, also known as the Niagara Fall of India

The killed jawans have been identified as Constable Bharat Sahu, a resident of Raipur, and Constable Satyer Singh Kange, a resident of Narayanpur

A few polling parties were asked to stay in the nearby police station or the camp of security forces

The PM will address a rally in Aamabal village in Bhanpuri in Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls on April 19

Growing demand and better returns force farmers to cultivate chillis

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The campaign for the elections to the 20 Assembly segments in Chhattisgarh came to a close on Sunday, ahead of the polling on November 7

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: As many as 149 polling stations in Bijapur, Narayanpur, Antagarh, Dantewada, and Konta have been relocated to closest police stations and camps for security reasons

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Around 60,000 security personnel will be deployed in the Bastar division, consisting of 12 Assembly segments

A party spokesperson said that the election manifesto will be released in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, state in-charge Om Mathur, and state president Arun Sao

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Congress has only given dilapidated roads and poorly conditioned hospitals and schools to the people of Chhattisgarh

The Naxalites killed a 40-year-old man, accusing him of being a police informer, and warned election officials not to visit polling booths to conduct voting on November 7

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in the Naxalite-hit Kanker district on Thursday, which is going to polls in the first phase of the elections on November 7

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is set to deploy women commandos of Bastar Fighters in 35 polling stations in Maoist-hit Bastar division on November 7

Chhattisgarh is set to go to polls in two phases on November 7 and 17; result to be declared on December 3

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Thursday address two rallies in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, where polling will be held in the first phase on November 7, a BJP leader said. This will be Shah's second visit to the Congress-ruled state after the announcement of election schedule for the 90-member assembly. The former BJP president, a key poll strategist of the party, earlier addressed an election rally in Rajnandgaon on October 16. Voting in the state will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Shah will arrive at the Maa Danteshwari Airport in Jagdalpur from New Delhi shortly after noon, said the BJP leader. The Union minister will attend a public meeting and nomination rally at Lalbagh Maidan in Jagdalpur, he said. Shah will later leave for Kondagaon where he will attend another election meeting and nomination rally at Police Ground, he said. Both Jagdalpur and Kondagaon fall under the Naxal-affected Bastar division of the state. In the first phase, polling will b

The Congress had announced the first list containing names of 30 candidates on Sunday, which included Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel who will contest from Patan assembly constituency