Indian forces kill leader of Maoist insurgency in sweeping crackdown on rebels Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju is the highest-ranking Maoist leader to be killed in nearly 30 years The Independent UK · May 23, 2025
Top Maoist leader killed: Editorials hail ‘political will’, Jagran warns of ‘Urban Naxals’ Close on the heels of Operation Black Forest, police claimed to have killed top Maoist leader Nambala Keshava Rao aka Basavaraju along with 27 other Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur in an operation hailed as a “landmark achievement” by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Newslaundry · May 22, 2025
Chhattisgarh: 3 killed, 11 injured as tractor overturns in Narayanpur A total of 16 villagers were travelling in the tractor trolley and were returning to their village after taking rice. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Mar 6, 2025
Chhattisgarh: BSF jawans injured in IED blast in Narayanpur wo Border Security Force (BSF) jawans sustained injuries after Naxals set off an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, police said. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Jan 17, 2025
‘Bullet lodged near her vertebrae’: Four children fired at by security forces in Chhattisgarh At 8.30 am on December 11, 14-year-old Chaitram Oyam was with his parents, tending the kosra fields adjoining a jungle near his home in southern Abujmarh in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur. Newslaundry · Dec 18, 2024
Chattisgarh: Naxal toll in Dantewada encounter rises to 31 The encounter broke out between security personnel and naxalites in the Abhujmaad forest along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada district. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Oct 5, 2024
Chhattisgarh: 14 Naxals killed in Bastar region; Encounter still on The encounter broke out between security forces and naxalites in the Abhujmaad forest along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada district: Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Oct 4, 2024
Chhattisgarh: Three women naxalites killed in encounter in Narayanpur A large cache of weapons and Naxal-related materials have been seized from the site. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Aug 29, 2024
Chhattisgarh: Seven naxalites killed in encounter in Dantewada At least seven Naxals were killed in an encounter with District Reserve Group (DRG) personnel along the inter-district border of Narayanpur, Dantewada and Kondagaon. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Jun 8, 2024
Chhattisgarh: Mobile tower set on fire by Naxals in Narayanpur Earlier on May 27, Naxalites set fire to two under-construction mobile towers in Gaurdand and Chameli. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Jun 2, 2024
Chhattisgarh: Naxals torch two under-construction mobile towers in Narayanpur Naxalites set fire to two under-construction mobile towers in Gaurdand and Chameli villages on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · May 27, 2024
Chhattisgarh: One more naxal body recovered after exchange of fire between naxals and security forces Eight Naxalites were killed in an ongoing encounter with security personnel, which started yesterday in the border area of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · May 24, 2024
Seven Naxalites killed in encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh Seven Naxalites were killed on Thursday in an ongoing encounter with security personnel in the border area of Narayanpur and Bijapur districts in Chhattisgarh. Read further on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · May 23, 2024
Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh | CAF jawan killed; another injured CAF jawan killed, another injured in Naxal attack in Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. IED blast triggered by Naxals during area domination operation led to encounter. The Hindu · Dec 13, 2023
Dynamite News · Dec 2, 2023 Chhattisgarh: Bus services on Narayanpur-Orchha route suspended due to Naxal violence The incident occurred on the Barsur Palli route, where personnel from the 195th Battalion spotted a Maoist banner and an IED concealed in it. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Hindu · Nov 6, 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly election | Amid hostile topography and extremism, a battle of ballot in Bastar region A drive through the villages scattered around the newly completed Palli-Barsur Marg (PBM), part of an arterial State Highway in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, exposes the accessibility and security challenges of people in this Naxal heartland.
Newslaundry · Nov 6, 2023 ‘Risk, low voter turnout’: Choppers ferry poll officials in Maoist-hit Bastar On November 4, three days ahead of the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, a dozen polling officials flew to the state’s highly sensitive polling stations in the Moaist-hit Bastar division from its headquarters in Narayanpur.
The Hindu · Nov 4, 2023 Three days before polls, Maoists kill BJP worker in Bastar This is the sixth BJP worker to be killed by Maoists this year; party says attempt to influence poll outcome
Dynamite News · Jul 23, 2023 Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill villager in Narayanpur district on suspicion of being "police informer" A man was allegedly killed by Naxalites on suspicion of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Hindu · May 12, 2023 Chhattisgarh: Naxalite couple’s daughter clears Class 10 board exam, aspires to become doctor The daughter of the Naxalite couple hails from Abhujmad area of Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district. She scored 54.5% marks in the High School Certificate Examination (Class 10).
Dynamite News · Apr 1, 2023 Chattisgarh: Naxalites torch passenger bus in Dantewada; all passengers safe About 25 naxalites on Saturday set ablaze a passenger bus plying between the districts of Narayanpur and Dantewada on the Barsur-Palli Marg. Read further on Dynamite News:
Dynamite News · Feb 26, 2023 Head constable killed in an IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur A head constable from the 16th Corps was killed on Sunday by unidentified Naxals in an explosion triggred by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Narayanpur district. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Times of India · Jan 2, 2023 Church vandalised in Chhattisgarh's tribal Bastar region, SP injured while trying to quell violence RAIPUR: Amidst ongoing anti-Christian violence, a superintendent of police sustained head injuries and other security personnel were injured on Monday while they were trying to quell a violent mob which vandalised a Church in Narayanpur district in the tribal Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
The Times of India · Nov 3, 2022 Cop kills self inside police station in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur NARAYANPUR: A head constable allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon inside a police station in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Thursday, an official said.
The Hindu · Jul 14, 2022 Basavasagar outflow raised to 1.27 lakh cusecs The inflow at the reservoir in Narayanpur has gone up to 1.33 lakh cusecs