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Administrative division of Chhattisgarh State, India

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Bastar division: Administrative division of Chhattisgarh State, India
Bastar division is an administrative division of Chhattisgarh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bastar, Dantewada, Bijapur, Narayanpur, Sukma, Kondagaon and Kanker.

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20 years on, Bastar schools overcome Red fear, reopen

In Bastar, 41 schools that were closed due to Maoist insurgency two decades ago have reopened for primary students. Bijapur district saw the reopening of 34 schools. Over 500 students, including many..
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Girl, 13, loses leg in IED blast, asks: Will I get blown up again?

Sukki is 13, and feels she is on borrowed time. "How can I save myself from the next blast?" asked the orphaned tribal girl from Sukma in conflict-ridden Bastar, who lost her left leg in a..
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Maoists admit to death of 29 in Kanker operation

CPI(Maoists) confirmed 29 deaths in Kanker, excluding Lalita. Corrected names were released. Police list matched, including Shankar Rao. Bastar range IG P Sundarraj highlighted desertion of lower rung..
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6 Maoists killed; toll 37 since BJP assumed office

Six Maoist insurgents, including two women, were killed in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, following the murder of three villagers near Basaguda. 17 Reds have died in Bastar this month under the BJP..
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Pastor gets 5-year RI for sexually abusing minor in Dantewada district

A 44-year-old pastor from Bastar's Dantewada district has been sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment and fined over Rs 2.1 lakh for sexually abusing a minor girl. The convict had clicked..
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Three Maoists killed in encounter in Bastar

Three Maoists were gunned down by the joint forces of Bastar Fighters and DRG during an encounter that took place in the jungles in the Katekalyan police station area of Dantewada on Sunday, the police..
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Government will act with full force against Naxalism, says Deputy CM

Chhattisgarh government will work with full force against Naxalism and restore peace in state, deputy chief minister Arun Sao said on Friday. Sao was commenting on the consecutive Naxal attacks leading..
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BSF jawan killed in IED blast in Bastar

A BSF trooper was killed in an IED explosion in Bastar’s Kanker district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as head constable Akhilesh Rai (45). Rai is the second IED-caused fatality in Bastar..
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Jawan dies in Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush

A Chhattisgarh Armed Force jawan was killed and another injured when Maoists triggered an IED blast and fired on them in Bastar’s Narayanpur on Wednesday. The Maoists seem to have stepped up the..
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2 Maoist blasts rock Bastar on eve of election, 4 injured

Maoist IED explosions left two polling personnel and an equal number of paramilitary jawans wounded in Bastar's Kanker and Narayanpur districts on Monday, a day before the first phase of voting in..
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Ahead of polls, Maoists kill BJP leader in Bastar

On Saturday, Maoists killed Ratan Dubey, the vice-president of the BJP in Narayanpur district, in full public view. Dubey is the second BJP leader to be killed in Bastar in two weeks and the seventh..
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Close shave for Chhattisgarh MLA after Maoist attack in Bastar

This is the first Maoist attack on a lawmaker in Bastar since they killed BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi with an IED in Dantewada on April 9, 2019, the last day of campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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