Bijapur Naxal Attack

A woman Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs five lakh on her head and wanted in several cases of attack on police, has surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district to reunite with her daughter back home, an official said on Sunday.

A commando kidnapped by Maoist rebels after a deadly encounter in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, in which 22 soldiers were killed and 31 injured, has been released after more than 100 hours in captivity, the state government said on Thursday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the government is determined to take the ongoing fight against the unrest created by naxals to its logical conclusion.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Maoist attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said.

The security forces that were ambushed by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh on Saturday were acting on what is now being viewed as faulty intelligence. They had received inputs about the presence of two of their top leaders.

Bodies of 17 security personnel were recovered from the jungles of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, raising the number of deaths to 22 in the worst ever Naxal attack in four years that resulted from an ambush by some 400 insurgents who surrounded the jawans

A CRPF jawan was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, police said.

A policeman was Monday injured, and his rifle looted, after Naxals attacked him with sharp-edged weapons in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.

Security forces have been put on high alert in five districts of Odisha in the wake of yesterday's killing of eight Maoists in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, a senior police official said today.

Eight Maoists, including four women, were killed by security forces in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada this morning. The encounter began around 5 am near Timinar and Pusnar villages along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) were searching the area.

Naxals torched 26 vehicles at an iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, the action coming after they had targeted a private operator's bus in Bijapur district last night, police said. Nobody was injured in these incidents, police added.

In a major attack, Naxals set ablaze at least 37 vehicles and machines engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Sunday.

Naxals today attacked a group of officials returning from election duty in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.

Four jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF were killed in a Naxal ambush in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today.

At least 11 policemen were reported killed today in an attack by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said.

A woman Naxalite, carrying a reward of Rs five lakh on her head and wanted in several cases of attack on police, has surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district to reunite with her daughter back home, an official said on Sunday.

A commando kidnapped by Maoist rebels after a deadly encounter in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, in which 22 soldiers were killed and 31 injured, has been released after more than 100 hours in captivity, the state government said on Thursday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the government is determined to take the ongoing fight against the unrest created by naxals to its logical conclusion.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Chhattisgarh on Monday to chair a high-level meeting in connection with the Maoist attack in the state's Bastar region that claimed the lives of 22 security personnel, a senior official said.

The security forces that were ambushed by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh on Saturday were acting on what is now being viewed as faulty intelligence. They had received inputs about the presence of two of their top leaders.

Bodies of 17 security personnel were recovered from the jungles of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, raising the number of deaths to 22 in the worst ever Naxal attack in four years that resulted from an ambush by some 400 insurgents who surrounded the jawans

A CRPF jawan was killed in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, police said.

A policeman was Monday injured, and his rifle looted, after Naxals attacked him with sharp-edged weapons in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.

Security forces have been put on high alert in five districts of Odisha in the wake of yesterday's killing of eight Maoists in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, a senior police official said today.

Eight Maoists, including four women, were killed by security forces in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada this morning. The encounter began around 5 am near Timinar and Pusnar villages along the border of Bijapur and Dantewada districts when a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF) were searching the area.

Naxals torched 26 vehicles at an iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, the action coming after they had targeted a private operator's bus in Bijapur district last night, police said. Nobody was injured in these incidents, police added.

In a major attack, Naxals set ablaze at least 37 vehicles and machines engaged in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Sunday.

Naxals today attacked a group of officials returning from election duty in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.

Four jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF were killed in a Naxal ambush in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today.

At least 11 policemen were reported killed today in an attack by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, officials said.