Everything you need to know about Dantewada: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Dantewada: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today made an emotional appeal to left-wing extremists to shun the path of violence and join the mainstream of development. Addressing a large public gathering at Dantewada.
New Delhi, Apr 23 (ANI): The Special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Aniruddh Uppal on Monday said the initiation of development projects in Maoist-hit areas would help combat left wing extremists activities.
Chennai, Apr 22 (ANI): The father of the abducted Chattisgarh collector Alex Paul Menon, A Varadhas, on Sunday said it was now the responsibility of the central and state governments to secure the release of his son from the Maoists.
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Raipur, Apr 22 (ANI): The Chattisgarh Police on Sunday claimed that the abducted collector Alex Paul Menon was safe.
New Delhi, Apr 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday expressed concern over the rising number of abduction by the Maoists, calling for concrete action to be taken against them.
Sukma/Raipur, Apr 22 (ANI): Asha Menon, the wife of abducted District Collector Alex Paul Menon, has appealed to the Maoists to release her husband at the earliest on humanitarian grounds.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), April 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday began a much-hyped mega rural drive, 'Gram Suraj' of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, from the Maoist heartland of Bastar, officials said.
Dantewada, Jan 29 (ANI): Concerned about growing Maoist influence among villagers in Chhattisgarh, the state government is imparting quality education and coaching to children from rebel-infested Dantewada District, preparing them for competitive exams.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (ANI): A teenager, Anjali Singh Gautam, hailing from Chhattisgarh, has received the National Bravery Award 2011, for saving her younger brother in a Maoist attack.
Dantewada, Sep 27 (ANI): Amid intense probe following reports quoting WikiLeaks that protection money was being given by Essar through contractors to Maoists, the Dantewada Police has taken into its custody the Company's General Manager DVCS Verma.
Dantewada, Sep 11 (ANI): Maoists ultras have been demanding huge sums of money from traders and contractors in poverty-stricken Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District, thereby threatening of dire consequences in case of non-compliance.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): Clarifying his stand on the verdict of the Supreme Court on Salwa Judum, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that the situation was under complete control of the Chhattisgarh Government.
Raipur, July 29 (ANI): Chief Minister Raman Singh has said the Cabinet has approved the 'Chhattisgarh Auxiliary Armed Police Force Ordinance 2011', and added that the report has been sent to the Governor for his assent.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), July 23(ANI): A group of about four Maoists killed Laxman Markam, the brother of a former Maoist, in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Friday.
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday said that the state government was mulling over filing a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order of appointing tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists.
New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday said that the state government was mulling over filing a review petition in the Supreme Court against its order of appointing tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists.
Raipur, July 12 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday assured security to government backed anti Maoist militia after the Supreme Court asked the state government to stop appointing tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in the Salwa Judum and termed it unconstitutional.
New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): A day after the Supreme Court asked the Chhattisgarh Government and the Centre to desist from appointing tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said the government will hold consultations with various chief ministers over the issue.
New Delhi, July 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh Government and the Centre to desist from appointing tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists, and termed the step as 'unconstitutional'.
New Delhi, July 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh Government and the Centre to desist from appointing tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists, and termed the step as 'unconstitutional'.
Dantewada, June 11 (ANI): Suspected Maoists shot dead three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a gun battle in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District today morning.
Dantewada, June 10 (ANI): A massive manhunt was launched in Chhattisgarh to nab the Maoists responsible for killing ten policemen by a landmine blast in Dantewada district.
Dantewada, June 10 (ANI): Ten security personnel were killed on Friday when Maoists blew up an anti-land mine vehicle in the Katikalyan area of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.
Raipur, May 18 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh was on Wednesday joined by police top brass in paying homage to the seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed in a landmine blast by Maoists
Dantewada, Mar 26 (ANI): At least two CRPF sub-inspectors were killed and 15 personnel injured in a road accident in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District last night.
Dantewada, Mar 15 (ANI): Security forces found the body of a Naxal during a search operation in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, where a fierce encounter with the Naxals took place on Monday.
Dantewada, Mar 14 (ANI): At least three security personnel are reported to have been killed and seven others injured in an encounter between the Naxals and the security forces in the Morpalli forests of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday informed Chief Ministers of States that left wing extremism continued to be a major challenge to internal security.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)/ Simdega (Jharkhand), Jan 20 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police arrested a chemist shop owner and two Maoist sympathisers in Dantewada district on Wednesday.
Guwahati, Jan 12 (ANI): Assam Police arrested a Maoist named Piyush Kranti Acharya, who is a prime suspect in the April 2010 Dantewada massacre in which 76 security personnel were killed, here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec.16 (ANI): An ambitious integrated action plan for sixty districts, affected by Left Wing Extremism has been approved by the government as Naxal violence continues to be a cause of concern.
Dantewada, Nov 23 (ANI): At least nine Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Tuesday.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Nov 18 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Police took into its custody two suspected Maoists with arms and ammunitions here on Thursday.
Dantewada, Sep 23 (ANI): The engine and a bogie of the Kirandul-Vishakhapatnam passenger train derailed near Bhansi Railway Station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District this morning.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Sep 13 (ANI): Maoists killed two constables in a pre-dawn attack near a police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Monday.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Aug 20 (ANI): Maoists blew up several government buildings, including an Aanganwadi centre, a primary school, a society for dispensing rations, and a village council hall on Thursday in Kirandul city in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District.
Bastar, Aug.4 (ANI): Additional reinforcements have been sent to Naxal-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh where an encounter between the police and Naxals has taken place.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Aug 4 (ANI): Four Maoists were arrested in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada region on Tuesday.
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): The Central and State Governments have received a fresh 'mandate' to fight the Naxal menace, if one was necessary, on July 14 at the conference convened by the Prime Minister of the affected States to consider a coordinated approach.
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): The Central and State Governments have received a fresh 'mandate' to fight the Naxal menace, if one was necessary, on July 14 at the conference convened by the Prime Minister of the affected States to consider a coordinated approach.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), July 12 (ANI): Police in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District have released photographs of the six Maoists who attacked the house of a local Congress party leader on Thursday.
Dantewada, July 8 (ANI): A group of Maoists stormed into the house of Congress leader Avadesh Gautam in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Thursday and brutally killed two of his relatives.
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), June 26 (ANI): Police authorities and residents of Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur town on Friday paid tributes to the security personnel killed while fighting the Maoists.
New Delhi, June 23 (ANI): The Maoists' attempt to distance themselves from Gyaneshwari Express train mishap, statements disowning the key accused Bapi Mahato, encouraging speculation about its spokesperson Azad's letter to a leading social activist hinting ultra's 'readiness' for talks, on conditions apparently not acceptable to the government, indicate some rethinking among them.
Raipur, June 12 (ANI): In a major development, the Chhattisgarh Government has transferred 16 police officers including Dantewada Superintendent of Police Amaresh Mishra who came under criticism from Rammohan Committee in the wake of killings of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Monday said that needle of suspicion for Howrah-Kurla-Jnaneshwari Express derailment incident points to the CPI (Maoist) or a front organisation of the CPI (Maoist).
New Delhi, Apr 26 (ANI): The E N Rammohan Committee, which is investigating the recent Dantewada massacre, submitted its report to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram this afternoon.
Surat, April 25 (ANI): Gujarat Police have been able to arrest at least 10 suspected Maoists in the last two months.
New Delhi, April 20 (ANI): Citizens Initiatives for Peace, an organisation which has prominent citizens as its members, has expressed it anguish over the recent killings of over 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District by Maoists and has suggested that the Government should take steps to avoid further escalation of violence.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Apr 19 (ANI): The Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) observed a 'Black Day' in West Midnapore District's Salboni village to protest the anti-Maoist 'Operation Green Hunt' launched against them by the Central Government.
West Midnapore (West Bengal), Apr 19 (ANI): The Maoist-backed People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) observed a 'Black Day' in West Midnapore District's Salboni village to protest the anti-Maoist 'Operation Green Hunt' launched against them by the Central Government.
Chintalnar (Chhattisgarh), Apr 17 (ANI): Suspected Maoists activists fired near the area where former Border Security Force Director General E N Rammohan was visiting to collect information about the Dantewada massacre.
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday said the South Asian region is emerging as the 'focal point' for all terrorist organisations.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was divided and lacking will to fight the Maoists menace.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley on Thursday said India cannot afford to lose the battle against Maoists.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Stating that Naxalites want to overthrow the established authority of the Government through armed liberation struggle, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said country needs a strong head, a stronger heart and enormous staying power to counter Maoists menace.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): A stormy debate between the treasury and opposition over the massacre of 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a Naxal attack in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh earlier this month, forced Parliament to adjourn for a second time on Thursday.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): A stormy debate between the treasury and opposition over the massacre of 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in a Naxal attack in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh earlier this month, forced Parliament to adjourn for a second time on Thursday.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): The second phase of the Budget session of Parliament will commence from today.
New Delhi, Apr 15 (ANI): Proceedings in Parliament were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday after the Opposition questioned and criticized the UPA Government over its responses to the Dantewada Naxal attack in which 76 CRPF personnel have been killed.
Kolkata, Apr 13 (ANI): Expressing concern over the increasing Maoist activities, Hemant M Nerurkar, Managing Director of the Indian steel giant, Tata Steel, said that social infrastructure and allied development in Maoists infested areas of tribal and backward regions are needed to tackle the rebels.
New Delhi, Apr 12 (ANI): To avoid unwanted and out of turn statements on issues related to internal security as witnessed recently, the Union Government has decided that Home Ministry would play the role of nodal agency in such issues.
Kolkata, Apr 12 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist senior leader Sitaram Yechury has criticised Home Minister P. Chidambaram over his statements on tackling of the Maoist movement.
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Apr 12 (ANI): In the wake of Maoist massacre in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District, the Jharkhand police personnel at the BARIATU firing range here are being given special arms-training exercise to counter the attacks by the rebels in the future.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh)m April 11 (ANI): Even as questions are being raised over the circumstances that led to the Maoist ambush on the Security personnel, security forces continue to live in difficult conditions. .
Ranchi, April 11 (ANI): Police officials in Jharkhand are being imparted a special arms-training exercise, to enable them to counter attacks by Maoist forces.
Puducherry, Apr 10 (ANI): A day after his offer to resign, which was highlighted in media, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday described issues surrounding it as a closed chapter.
Panigol (Orissa), Apr 9 (ANI): Scores of people gathered in Orissa's Panigol village for the funeral services of Jogeshwar Naik, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel killed in Chhattisgarh's Maoist attack.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday said the Maoist problem in the country is just not a law and order problem, but has socio-economic implications, as well.
Ranchi, Apr 9 (ANI): Following Tuesday's Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District, Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Neyaz Ahmed and state Home Secretary J B Tubid convened a meeting of police officials in Ranchi on Friday to discuss its impact.
Patna, Apr 9 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Brinda Karat on Friday accused the Trinamool Congress of providing assistance to the Maoists.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had reportedly offered his resignation after Tuesday's Maoist attack in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh, but the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, rejected it and asked him to stay on.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Accepting moral responsibility for Tuesday's Maoist attack in Dantewada district, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the buck stops with him in so far as the incident is concerned.
Mathurapur (WB), Apr 9 (ANI): A suspected Maoist leader was arrested during a search operation in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Thursday.
New Delhi, Apr 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Ananth Kumar, has slammed the Central Government for their lenient approach in tackling the Maoist menace in the country.
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said that the diverse statements coming from different levels of Government on the Maoists issue are orrisome.
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): In October, last year, when Maharashtra was going for polls, the Naxals struck in inaccessible Gadhchiroli causing massive violence. here was a great deal of debate then whether the Air Force should be used to contain the Naxals.
New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI): Admitting the fact that something had gone wrong in Chhattisgarh, the Union Government on Thursday decided to set up an inquiry into the incident in which 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed.
Gorakhpur/Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 8 (ANI): Family members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) killed by the Maoists in an ambush in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District, moaned their losses in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
New Delhi, Apr. 8 (ANI): In August last year, when Maharashtra was going for polls, the Naxals struck in inaccessible Gadhchiroli causing massive violence.
Raipur, Apr 8 (ANI): A day-long shutdown was called in Chhattisgarh by the opposition Congress Party on Thursday to protest against Tuesday's Maoist massacre that killed 76 CRPF personnel.
Dantewada (Chattisgarh), Apr 8 (ANI): Barely 36 hours after Tuesday's attack on a CRPF company, Maoists fired at another Central Reserve Police Force camp in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh.
Allahabad, Apr 8 (ANI): Days after the deadly Maoists attack that killed 76 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh, security has been beefed up in Allahabad.
Bhubaneshwar, Apr 8 (ANI): Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's office on Thursday received a fresh e-mail threat from suspected Maoists.
New Delhi, April 7 (ANI): The brutality caused by a group of Maoists to the Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district in which 76 jawans were killed on Tuesday, has drawn universal condemnation in the country.
New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI): A pall of gloom overwhelmed all ranks of military and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel here, as the tricolour covered coffins containing the bodies of 24 paramilitary persons were brought down from the AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), in the technical areas of the Palam Air Force base on Wednesday evening.
New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI): The Central Government on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 15 lakh each to the next of kin of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, killed in an ambush in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada District on Tuesday.
Gandhinagar, Apr 7 (ANI): Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik on Wednesday expressed his unwillingness to use the air force in ongoing anti-Naxal operations, saying the situation has not worsened so much merit military action.
Jagadalpur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt, Chief Minister Raman Singh, CRPF chief Vikram Srivastav, senior police and Home Ministry officials and others, on Wednesday led the nation in paying homage to the 76 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, who were killed by Maoists through a landmine explosion in the forests of the state's Dantewada District on Tuesday morning.
New Delhi, April 6: Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai on Tuesday said that India would give a befitting reply to the Maoists who killed about 80 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in an ambush in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district earlier this morning.
New Delhi, Apr 6 (ANI): The trap hatched by the Maoists in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh that killed over 80 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on Tuesday morning might not have been properly reckied before carrying out the operation, said Home Ministry sources.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 6 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday expressing grief over the attack in which at least 70 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed, said the main objective of the government was to send reinforcements and rescue those injured.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Apr.6 (ANI): Expressing deep shock over the attack in which at least 70 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have been reportedly killed, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said something went drastically wrong.
Dantewada (Chattisgarh), Apr.6 (ANI): At least 20-25 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have reportedly been killed in an intense encounter between security forces and Naxals in the dense forests of Dantewada District on Tuesday.
Dantewada, Sep 19 (ANI): Five more bodies of personnel of the elite anti -Naxal force Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) have been recovered from the Dantewada Forests in Chattisgarh.
Dantewada, Sept 18 (ANI): Eight naxalites and one Assistant Commandant of the CRPF were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh), Aug 15 (ANI): In an incident displaying carelessness of state authorities, the national flag was hoisted upside down during the Independence Day celebrations at Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Saturday.
Dantewada, July 27 (ANI): Four more bodies of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were recovered on Monday, raising the number of causalities form Sunday's Maoist landmine attack to six.
Dantewada (Chattishgarh) June 21 (ANI): At least 11 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and eight were injured when the truck in which they were travelling hit a landmine planted by Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.
Raipur, May 17 (IANS) Three special police officers (SPOs) were killed in a fierce gun battle Sunday with dozens of Maoist insurgents in restive Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police said.
