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Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Amit Shah holds high-level security meeting

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Chhattisgarh in the wake of the killing of 22 security personnel by Naxals in the state, officials said.

More security camps in remote areas, says CRPF DG after Naxal attack

Maoists are "frustrated" because security camps have been set up in remote areas of Chhattisgarh and this process will be speeded up now to launch more serious operations

400 Naxals had ambushed security personnel in Chhattisgarh: Report

A group of an estimated 400 Maoists had ambushed security personnel, leading to the killing of at least 22 personnel and injuries to 30 others

Befitting reply to Chattisgarh Naxal attack will be given: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said a befitting reply will be given to the Naxal attack in Chhatisgarh at an appropriate time

Rescue teams searching for 21 missing security personnel: Chhattisgarh CM

Bhupesh Baghel said the seven jawans injured in the Bijapur Naxal encounter on Saturday were now out of danger and rescue teams were searching for the 21 missing security personnel

Naxal attack: HM Shah speaks to Chhattisgarh CM, directs CRPF DG to visit

Amit Shah spoke to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and took stock of the situation following the killing of five security personnel in an encounter with Naxals in the state

BJP slams Baghel for continuing campaign in Assam despite Naxal attack

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday expressed deep grief over the killing of five jawans in the encounter between the security forces and Naxalites

Jharkhand: 10 Naxals held in Chaibasa in connection with Toklo IED blast

Police also informed that right after the blast teams comprising CRPF, district police and technical teams were formed to search and arrest them

Sukma: CRPF CoBRA officer killed, 9 commandos injured in Naxal attack

Seven commandos are being treated at a hospital in Raipur while two are being given medical care at a unit hospital at Chintalnar, located in the south Bastar area of the state

SC quashes C'garh govt plea for examining witnesses in Jheeram naxal attack

The Supreme Court dismissed Chhattisgarh government's plea against Judicial Commission's refusal to examine additional witnesses in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati naxal attack that killed 29 people

Naxal attack in Maharashtra: IED blast kills 15 jawans in Gadchiroli

A civilian driver was also killed in the landmine attack in the western state of Maharashtra

'Perpetrators won't be spared': PM Modi condemns Gadchiroli violence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday strongly condemned the Naxal attack on security personnel in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli, saying perpetrators of such violence will not be spared. "Strongly condemn the despicable attack on our security personnel in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. I salute all the brave personnel. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten," he tweeted. At least 16 people, including 15 security personnel, were killed in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Gadchiroli district Wednesday, police said. Earlier in the day, the Naxals torched 25 vehicles belonging to a road construction contractor earlier in the day, they said. Those killed in the blast were members of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of Gadchiroli Police, which was on way to inspect the torched vehicles, an official said. "My thoughts & solidarity are with the bereaved families. The perpetrators of such violence will not be spared," the prime minister said in his tweet.

4 Naxals arrested, 3 firearms seized amid polling in Chhattisgarh

The Naxals were apprehended from Bedre area in the morning when a joint team of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force and district force was out on an area domination operation

CRPF jawan killed, another injured in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh

The skirmish took place in the forest near Chameda village in Dhamtari district

One CRPF jawan killed, 5 injured in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

The incident took place around 4:30 pm near the Central Reserve Police Force's Kamal post in Dantewada

Police constable injured in Dantewada Naxal attack dies, toll rises to 4

The body will be sent to his village after the post-mortem examination

Naxals attack Bihar's Masudan Railway Station, abduct 3 officials

The Naxals also torched station property in the incident - which took place late last night

Jawans killed in Naxal attack cremated with state honours in Haryana

Families of the slain demanded that security forces be given a free hand to deal with Naxalites

Naxal attack: Families of four slain jawans to get Rs 20 lakh each from TN

25 CRPF personnel were killed in a Naxal attack in Chattisgrah on Monday

25 CRPF jawans killed in Chhattisgarh ambush: Timeline of Naxal bloodbath

The guerrillas killed 25 jawans of CRPF in one of the deadliest attacks in the recent past