After gunbattles, Naxals have engaged security forces in language war in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
Almost following footsteps of Naxals, security forces are now learning tribal dialects through a crash course to be able to connect better with the local tribals in the conflict zone. Linguists have been hired to train the Central paramilitary troopers in different tribal languages of Bastar.

Two more CRPF jawans succumbed to their injuries at Jagdalpur hospital early on Wednesday morning taking the total death toll in Tuesday’s Maoist landmine blast in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district to seven, the police said.

Five CRPF personnel were killed and three injured on Tuesday when Naxals blew up a vehicle in a landmine attack in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.

Commander of CRPF's 2nd battalion Arvind Rai wa

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Sunday virtually issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconsider his decision to appoint civil rights activist Binayak Sen, who is out on

The Congress can find solace in its defeat to the BJP in the May 8 bypoll to Bastar (ST) parliamentary constituency: at least the namesake of the Congress candidate could poll more votes than the namesake of the BJP nominee.

Wrong selection of candidate has cost Congress the insurgency-hit Bastar (ST) parliamentary constituency, bypoll to which was held on May 8, senior party leaders here concede.

The IAF has decided to station Garud Commandos, the special force unit of IAF, in MI-17 helicopters deployed in insurgency-hit Bastar region in Chhattisgarh, apparently to counter Naxal threats, sources in air wing said here on Wednesday.

The just-concluded byelection to Bastar (ST) Lok Sabha constituency has triggered a CD war between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition Congress in Chhattisgarh with the latter releasing a CD showing alleged tampering of EVMs by the saffron workers.

A local court here has allowed rights activist Binayak Sen to visit South Korea to receive an award later in May.
Additional sessions judge B.P. Verma has allowed Sen to go to Korea between May 15 and 20 and released his passport, sources in the court said.

Sporadic incidents of Naxal violence, coupled with low polling, marked the byelection to Bastar (ST) Lok Sabha constituency in south Chhattisgarh on Sunday.