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Fadnavis announces ₹2 cr ex gratia to family of constable killed Maoist

Devendra Fadnavis announced ₹2 crore financial assistance for the family of constable Mahesh Nagulwar, who was killed in an encounter with Naxalites.

The family of policeman Mahesh Nagulwar, who was murdered in a clash with Naxalites in the Gadchiroli district, would receive <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2 crore in financial aid from the state government, according to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.(Bloomberg/Hollie Adams)

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Published on Feb 12, 2025 12:04 PM IST

PTI |

Special commando unit inspector dies during anti-Naxal operation in Gadchiroli

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed solidarity with the martyr's family and announced payment of an ex-gratia of ₹2 crore for his kin

An inspector of special commando unit C-60 died of injuries he suffered during an exchange of fire with Naxalites in Gadchiroli(Devendra Fadnavis/X)

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Updated on Feb 12, 2025 04:49 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

People of Gadchiroli stand with India, not Naxals: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the transformation of Gadchiroli, where locals now support India over Naxals

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis claimed that because of the region's tremendous improvement, the people of Gadchiroli now embrace India and her Constitution rather than the Naxals(ANI)

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Published on Jan 02, 2025 06:14 AM IST

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CM visits Maoist-hit Gadchiroli; 11 rebels surrender

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis visited Gadchiroli, where 11 Maoists surrendered. He aims for a Maoist-free district, praising police and infrastructure efforts.

**EDS: IMAGE VIA @CMOMaharashtra ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 2025** Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis conducts an aerial review of the Gatta-Gardewada-Todgatta-Wangeturi road and the Tadguda bridge in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_01_2025_000205A) (PTI)

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Updated on Jan 02, 2025 07:04 AM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

Naxalism nearing its end, says Maharashtra CM as 11 Maoists surrender in Gadchiroli

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Published on Jan 01, 2025 06:30 PM IST

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Judge’s security guard dies after AK-47 goes off

A police constable assigned to the principal district and sessions judge died on Wednesday evening, following an accidental firing from his weapon at the District and Sessions Court building in Gadchiroli. The district superintendent of police said that the deceased has been identified as Umaji Holi, 43

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Updated on Dec 13, 2024 05:46 AM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

AftTremors from Telangana earthquake felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur and Gadchiroli

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Telangana's Mulugu, on Wednesday sparked social media buzz, with users calling it one of the strongest quakes in the state.

Earthquake Tremors were felt in Maharashtra's Nagpur, Gadchiroli, and Chandrapur districts on Wednesday.

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Updated on Dec 04, 2024 10:58 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

Aheri sees dynastic clash but the people feel betrayed

In Aheri, Maharashtra, locals express anger over poor roads and lack of development as the Atram family faces a multi-corner electoral battle.

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Updated on Nov 20, 2024 08:28 AM IST

ByFaisal Malik

Maharashtra labourer gets trampled to death by elephant while getting a selfie

One of three labourers died after they visited the Abapur forest in Gadchiroli and tried to get a selfie with a wild elephant

A wild elephant attacked a labourer in Maharashtra while he was trying to get a selfie with the animal

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Published on Oct 25, 2024 02:00 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

5 Maoists killed in gunfight with security personnel in Gadchiroli, say police

The operation in south Gadchiroli’s Bhamragarh tehsil was conducted ahead of the November 20 assembly elections

The gunfight with the Maoists took place on Monday after a joint team of the CRPF and C-60 commandos reached close to a Maoist camp (FILE PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 22, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

Society doesn't like anybody breaking their own family; have realised my mistake: Ajit Pawar

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Published on Sep 07, 2024 10:06 PM IST

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Gadchiroli encounter: ₹86 lakh reward for this villager for tip-off on Maoists

The encounter with Maoists near the Chhattisgarh border began on Wednesday after a tip-off and lasted for around six hours.

Security officials in a Maoist affected area. (File Photo)

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Published on Jul 19, 2024 11:53 AM IST

ByHT News Desk

12 Maoists gunned down in encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli

Senior police officers said that the exchange of fire between the Maoists and the C-60, the unit of the Maharashtra Police that specialises in anti-guerilla operations, lasted for over six and a half hours

A fierce exchange of fire between the police teams and the Maoists broke out at around 11am, and lasted over six hours. (PTI file photo)

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Published on Jul 18, 2024 09:46 AM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

New cadre of unicorns to build developed India

Governments are partnering with non-profits for population-level impact to address pressing development challenges. These system-support organisations drive change and ensure long-term impact at the grassroots

Jaipur, India-July 18: Children have Mid-day meal at a government school, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India on Thursday, July 18, 2013. (photo by - Himanshu Vyas/Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

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Published on Jul 10, 2024 09:22 PM IST

ByAshish Dhawan

Top Gadchiroli Naxalite Giridhar, wife surrender in presence of Fadnavis

Giridhar joined the then Peoples War Group of CPI (ML) about 28 years ago and was appointed divisional secretary of the Gadchiroli Committee of CPI (Maoist) following the arrest of Narmada Akka four years ago near Chandrapur

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Updated on Jun 23, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

Wild elephant that killed 2 in Telangana tramples 3 more in Gadchiroli

The wild elephant, which killed two persons in Telangana earlier this month, came to Gadchiroli last week

A herd of 23 elephants entered the eastern Maharashtra district of Gadchiroli from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar forests in 2021 (Videograb/FILE)

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Published on Apr 29, 2024 04:06 PM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

Once again, bullet-versus-ballot fight will unfold in Gadchiroli

Maoist militants have issued a “stern warning” to tribals against participating in polls and announced that those who defy the diktat will face death

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Updated on Apr 12, 2024 09:49 AM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

Four Naxalites killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli

Following the encounter on Tuesday, authorities recovered an AK-47 rifle, a carbine, two locally-made pistols, Naxal literature, and additional items.

The police received information on Monday afternoon that some Naxalites had entered Gadchiroli from neighbouring Telangana. (File)

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Published on Mar 19, 2024 09:52 AM IST

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Maharashtra: Naxals kill police patil in Titola village, police initiates investigation

A police patil was killed by Naxals on Friday in Titola village on the premise of being the agent of the police and helping local villagers get employment, the police said.

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Published on Nov 24, 2023 07:47 PM IST

ANI |

Maoists kill 32-year-old tribal in Gadchiroli, claim he was a police informer: SP

Gadchiroli SP Neelotpal said the Maoists executed Dinesh Gawde after branding him as a police informer

Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Nov 16, 2023 03:46 PM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

2 women held for poisoning 5 of their family in Maha: Police

Two women, Sanghamitra Kumbhare and Rosa Ramteke, have been arrested for the serial murder of five family members in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.

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Updated on Oct 19, 2023 07:17 PM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra, Nagpur

Watch: Maharashtra state bus with detached rooftop plies on highway, probe on

According to the MSRTC officials, the bus was plying on the Gadchiroli-Aheri route when the rooftop broke off.

The bus was plying in Gadchiroli district of the state, an official said. (Twitter/ @GreaterMumbai)

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Published on Jul 27, 2023 12:03 PM IST

ByShobhit Gupta

Gadchiroli tribals get lower back pain management programme

An intense community-based study of two villages revealed that 53% of adults had lower back pain, and annually 75 % of adults developed backache problems at some point of time. Lower back pain is a major handicap, as it also leads to loss of productivity and income

Dr Shekhar Bhojraj with Dr Datta Bhalavi checking on Satyabhama Khobragade,56, post spine surgery for slip disc at SEARCH’s Maa Danteshwari Dawakhana on July 15. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2023 12:45 AM IST

BySomita Pal

Maha political crisis: Eknath Shinde assuages MLAs amid unease

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde skipped a function attended by President Murmu and met with lawmakers who are unhappy with the recent induction of Ajit Pawar. Shinde assured them that he would remain CM until 2024 and said they should focus on building the party and winning the next elections. He also reprimanded excise minister Shambhuraj Desai for suggesting a return to the Shiv Sena.

Shinde told his MLAs that he was assured by BJP that he would be chief minister till 2024 (ANI)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2023 12:32 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Mumbai

Surrendered Maoists audition for roles on big screen

The audition was organised by the police along with Marathi actor and film producer Trupti Bhoir, executive producers Vishal Kapoor and Tushar Pakhare, who are making a movie based on a tribal tradition of the district

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Updated on Jun 26, 2023 12:45 AM IST

ByVinay Dalvi

Jolt to ex-DU prof, SC sets aside clean chit in Maoist case

The counsels for GN Saibaba consented to the order as the top court had noticed that the high court did not decide the matter on merits and acquitted the accused on the finding that valid sanction was not obtained or was lacking

Former Delhi University professor GN Saibaba had submitted to the top court through his lawyers that while he may have ideological inclinations, he was not involved in any criminal activity. (PTI)

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Updated on Apr 19, 2023 11:44 PM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

NIA wants to use witness statements from Elgar Parishad in Gadchiroli blast case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Rona Wilson, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, met with an accused who is wanted in the deaths of 15 police personnel in the Jamburkheda blast in Gadchiroli.

Pune, India - June 7, 2018: Rona Wilson, arrested in alleged maoist links in Koregaon Bhima violence produced in court in Pune, India, on Thursday, June 7, 2018. (Photo by Pratham Gokhale/Hindustan Times) (Pratham Gokhale/HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 02, 2022 01:38 AM IST

ByCharul Shah

Top Maoist Teltumbde killed in Saturday’s op

Teltumbde, who carried a reward of ₹50 lakh, was instrumental in building the Maoist movement in the state, along with Gondia, Balaghat and Mandla regions in Madhya Pradesh and the Rajnandgaon region in Chhattisgarh, over the last two decades.

Nearly 100 Maoists rained bullets at the commandos when the gun battle broke out around 6.30am on Saturday(Vikas Tiwari/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Nov 15, 2021 12:30 AM IST

ByPradip Maitra, Ritesh Mishra, Hindustan Times, Raipur/ Nagpur

13 Maoists killed by forces in Gadchiroli encounter

The exchange of fire took place at around 5.30 am after around 200 jawans of the elite C-60 anti-Maoist squad conducted raids based on a tip-off that the local Maoist squad was trying to organise a meeting with villagers and tendu leaf contractors over wages for collection of tendu leaves.

Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Wadse Patil along with top police officials addresses a press conference regarding the encounter of 13 naxals by C60 commandos at Paidi forest near Etapalli in Gadchiroli. (PTI)

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Published on May 22, 2021 02:24 AM IST

ByPradip Maitra, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

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Devendra Fadnavis announced ₹2 crore financial assistance for the family of constable Mahesh Nagulwar, who was killed in an encounter with Naxalites.

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed solidarity with the martyr's family and announced payment of an ex-gratia of ₹2 crore for his kin

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the transformation of Gadchiroli, where locals now support India over Naxals

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis visited Gadchiroli, where 11 Maoists surrendered. He aims for a Maoist-free district, praising police and infrastructure efforts.

Naxalism nearing its end, says Maharashtra CM as 11 Maoists surrender in Gadchiroli

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Telangana's Mulugu, on Wednesday sparked social media buzz, with users calling it one of the strongest quakes in the state.

In Aheri, Maharashtra, locals express anger over poor roads and lack of development as the Atram family faces a multi-corner electoral battle.

One of three labourers died after they visited the Abapur forest in Gadchiroli and tried to get a selfie with a wild elephant

The operation in south Gadchiroli’s Bhamragarh tehsil was conducted ahead of the November 20 assembly elections

Society doesn't like anybody breaking their own family; have realised my mistake: Ajit Pawar

The encounter with Maoists near the Chhattisgarh border began on Wednesday after a tip-off and lasted for around six hours.

Senior police officers said that the exchange of fire between the Maoists and the C-60, the unit of the Maharashtra Police that specialises in anti-guerilla operations, lasted for over six and a half hours

Governments are partnering with non-profits for population-level impact to address pressing development challenges. These system-support organisations drive change and ensure long-term impact at the grassroots

Giridhar joined the then Peoples War Group of CPI (ML) about 28 years ago and was appointed divisional secretary of the Gadchiroli Committee of CPI (Maoist) following the arrest of Narmada Akka four years ago near Chandrapur

The wild elephant, which killed two persons in Telangana earlier this month, came to Gadchiroli last week

Maoist militants have issued a “stern warning” to tribals against participating in polls and announced that those who defy the diktat will face death

Following the encounter on Tuesday, authorities recovered an AK-47 rifle, a carbine, two locally-made pistols, Naxal literature, and additional items.

A police patil was killed by Naxals on Friday in Titola village on the premise of being the agent of the police and helping local villagers get employment, the police said.

Gadchiroli SP Neelotpal said the Maoists executed Dinesh Gawde after branding him as a police informer

Two women, Sanghamitra Kumbhare and Rosa Ramteke, have been arrested for the serial murder of five family members in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.

According to the MSRTC officials, the bus was plying on the Gadchiroli-Aheri route when the rooftop broke off.

An intense community-based study of two villages revealed that 53% of adults had lower back pain, and annually 75 % of adults developed backache problems at some point of time. Lower back pain is a major handicap, as it also leads to loss of productivity and income

The audition was organised by the police along with Marathi actor and film producer Trupti Bhoir, executive producers Vishal Kapoor and Tushar Pakhare, who are making a movie based on a tribal tradition of the district

The counsels for GN Saibaba consented to the order as the top court had noticed that the high court did not decide the matter on merits and acquitted the accused on the finding that valid sanction was not obtained or was lacking

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed that Rona Wilson, an accused in the Elgar Parishad case, met with an accused who is wanted in the deaths of 15 police personnel in the Jamburkheda blast in Gadchiroli.

Teltumbde, who carried a reward of ₹50 lakh, was instrumental in building the Maoist movement in the state, along with Gondia, Balaghat and Mandla regions in Madhya Pradesh and the Rajnandgaon region in Chhattisgarh, over the last two decades.

The exchange of fire took place at around 5.30 am after around 200 jawans of the elite C-60 anti-Maoist squad conducted raids based on a tip-off that the local Maoist squad was trying to organise a meeting with villagers and tendu leaf contractors over wages for collection of tendu leaves.

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