Tag: Dantewada
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Minimum educational qualification for CRPF Constables relaxed for tribal youth of Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma
The recruits will be given formal education up to Class 10 and will be confirmed in the service only after acquiring the qualification of Class 10 pass.
June 1, 2022 -
Amid tight security, first phase polling for Chhattisgarh rural bodies today
According to police, Maoist in remote villages of Bastar had recently put up posters calling for a boycott of the panchayat polls.
January 28, 2020 -
Dantewada by-election results to be out today, Congress leads BJP
According to the early trends, Devti Karma of Congress was leading by a margin of 2,778 votes against her nearest rival Ojaswi Mandavi of the BJP.
September 27, 2019 -
Dantewada bypoll: Voting begins in Chhattisgarh’s Naxal hotbed
The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in a Naxal attack in April.
September 23, 2019 -
A positive sign
The deployment of women commandos would alter a strategic imbalance. A large number of women participate in insurgent activities and often create conditions which male policemen find difficult to deal with. In a sense the Chhattisgarh Police have “stolen a march” over the Army.
May 10, 2019 -
Familiar goalpost
There is little doubt that Wednesday’s mayhem in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, on the day before the Assembly election, was intended to disrupt the second phase of the general election to five Lok Sabha and 35 seats of the state legislature.
April 19, 2019 -
BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, PM expresses grief
The attack came less than 48 hours before voting begins for the Lok Sabha elections in Bastar.
April 9, 2019 -
Naxals kill man on suspicion of being police informer
The deceased, identified as Lokesh Kartam, was attacked by naxals late last night at his house in Bade Gudra village under Kuakonda police station limits.
August 11, 2018 -
Chhattisgarh: 6 jawans killed in Dantewada IED blast, Naxal link suspected
The security personnel were travelling in a vehicle that was blown off. This is the first big retaliation by naxalites since security forces killed around 40 members in Gadchiroli encounter in April
May 20, 2018 -
Characterised by quaintness
Known more as a conflict zone these days, Dantewada in Chhattisgarh is actually an idyllic hinterland with many historical attractions.
March 25, 2018 -
CRPF men carry sick tribal woman on foot for 7 km in Dantewada
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel carried an ailing tribal woman on a make-shift stretcher on foot for about seven kilometres in the Naxal-affected Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. A team of CRPF personnel from 195th Battalion was returning on Sunday after an anti-Maoist operation in the limits of Katekalyan police station when they spotted a...
September 4, 2017 -
Naxals kill ex-sarpanch after branding him as police informer
A former sarpanch was killed, allegedly by naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district after they suspected him to be a police informer, police said today. Chhannuram Mandavi (55), the ex-Sarpanch of his native Cholnar village, was attacked with sharp edged weapons at his house under Kirandul police station limits late last night, Dantewada Superintendent of Police...
June 20, 2017 -
5 Naxals, 2 cops killed in gun-battle in Dantewada
At least five Naxals, including a senior woman cadre, and two police jawans were killed in a gun-battle between security personnel and the ultras in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district today. Three security personnel, including two sub-inspectors (SIs), were also injured in the encounter. An injured Naxal was arrested from the spot. "The skirmish took place...
March 18, 2017