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Two Naxalites, Hidma Podiyam and Munna Madkam, were killed in an encounter with District Reserve Guard in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. The duo carried a combined bounty of Rs 16 lakh, and weapons and Maoist literature were recovered from the site.

The gunfight broke out this morning in Karregutta hills forest along the inter-State border, senior police official said

In another incident in Narayanpur district joint party of DRG and STF launched a search operation in Abujhmad area on Wednesday following information about the presence of top Maoist cadres

Secretary Potu Ranga Rao said that Centre has declared war on Bastar people and Maoist movement like a war against foreign enemies by means of ‘Operation Kagar’

With this incident, 81 naxalites have been gunned down by security forces in separate encounters in the State so far this year

The gunfight broke out at a forest in Indravati National Park area in the morning when a team of security personnel was out an anti-naxalite operation, a senior police official said

Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who hails from Jammu, was taken captive by the Naxals during the ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.

Cyberabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar paid tributes to Murali Krishna in the presence of CRPF Officers and State Police Officials.

Twenty two security personnel were killed and 31 others injured in the gunfight with Naxals between Jonaguda and Tekalguda villages along the border of Sukma and Bijapur districts on Saturday.

The number of security personnel killed in the encounter has gone up to 22, police said.