Dantewada district

District of Chhattisgarh in India

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Dantewada District, also known as Dantewara District or Dakshin Bastar District, is a district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Dantewada is the district headquarters. The district is part of Bastar Division. Until 1998, Dantewada District was a tehsil of the larger Bastar District.

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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.. IndiaTimes - Published on January 20, 2024
3 Maoists killed in Dantewada encounter, explosives seized Three Maoists were gunned down by security forces in Dantewada district on Sunday, say police. A large quantity of explosives was seized. The forces have stepped up anti-Maoist operations after a.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 24, 2023
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.. IndiaTimes - Published on December 24, 2023

Chhattisgarh polls: Deadline for withdrawal of nomination ends, 223 candidates in fray for first phase of 20 seats 223 candidates are in the running for first phase of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh. The polls will be held on Nov 7 in 20 seats across seven Naxalite-affected districts. Highest number of candidates.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 23, 2023
10 DRG jawans, driver killed in Maoist IED blast in Dantewada, police say 50kg of explosives used At least 10 personnel of the District Reserve Guards (DRG) and their civilian driver were killed when Maoists detonated a powerful IED on a kuchha road and fired on the wounded jawans near Aranpur in.. IndiaTimes - Published on April 26, 2023
Anti-Maoist op turns into mission to save mom-to-be An anti-Maoist operation turned into a rescue mission when security forces came across a pregnant woman in agony in a remote village in Bastar’s Dantewada district on Tuesday. With Maoists having cut.. IndiaTimes - Published on April 20, 2022

Maoist-hit Bastar has now become a Covid hotbed Nearly 40% of Chhattisgarh’s active cases are now in the seven districts of Bastar division. Bijapur leads the table with 554 cases, followed by Sukma (506), Bastar (249), Dantewada (245), Kankeer.. IndiaTimes - Published on July 12, 2021