Chhattisgarh naxal attack: Both the injured constables, posted at Jagargunda police station, were initially admitted to a local hospital. They were later airlifted to Raipur and admitted to a private hospital in the state capital, the official said.
The explosion took place when the troops of 206 CoBRA and DRG were returning to their base camp in Chintagupha.
The encounter comes three days after two Naxals, including a woman, were gunned down by the security forces in an exchange of fire in insurgency-hit Sukma district on Thursday.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal have been condemned by Maoists in Chhattisgarh for giving financial assistance to the families of 12 CRPF men killed in a Naxal ambush in Sukma district in March
The CRPF has submitted a detailed report to the home ministry stating the circumstances that led to the killing of 25 of its personnel by Naxals last month in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
At least 18 Naxalites were taken into custody today for questioning in connection with last months ambush on a CRPF patrolling party in Sukma.
In one of the worst ever attacks by Maoists, 25 CRPF troopers were killed in Sukma region of Chhattisgarh on April 24
Sukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security forces recently like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on April 24.
Calling for "unity of purpose" amongst all Naxal-affected states, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today advocated the formation of a strategic and unified command to foil attempts to "stall development and throttle democracy at gunpoint".
The newly appointed CRPF Director General Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar has been asked to ensure that the command begins functioning from Raipur before the high-level meeting of LWE hit states here tomorrow.
Ten days after the dastardly Naxal attack on an Army camp in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district which left 25 CRPF personnel dead, the security forces got a major breakthrough, arresting four Maoists responsible for the attack.
An assistant professor at JNU today alleged some persons vandalised his car and threw stones at his house for organising an event on the varsity campus to condole the death of jawans in Sukma and Kupwara.
Gautam Gambhir has announced that he will bear the educational expenses of the children of 25 CRPF jawans martyred in the Maoist attack on an Army camp in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district.
The Centre has asked the security forces to focus counter-offensive operations on “highvalue targets”, including south Bastar divisional commander Raghu and commander of the first battalion of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Hidma
The government has appointed senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar as the new DG of the CRPF, nearly two months after the retirement of previous incumbent K. Durga Prasad on February 28.
A CRPF trooper who survived the massacre of 25 colleagues by Maoists in Chhattisgarh said on Tuesday that 50 insurgents would be killed in revenge.
The survivors of the Sukma massacre recalled that they were completely outnumbered by Naxals and were down to their last bullets as the latter closed in, says a Times of India report.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked security forces on the ground to go on an “all-out offensive” against Maoists and “show results in the next few weeks”.
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