Twenty-seven Naxalites, five of them carrying cash rewards on their heads, surrendered in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, saying they were impressed by the police's rehabilitation drive and disappointed with the Maoist ideology, an official said.

27 Naxalites surrender in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada

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While addressing an election rally in Dongargaon town in Rajnandgaon on Friday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah termed the recent Naxal attack in Dantewada as a ''political conspiracy'' asked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe it.

Dantewada's Naxal attack 'political conspiracy', CBI should probe it: Amit Shah

The Election Commission of Chhattisgarh clarified on Tuesday that the polls for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 will go as per the schedule. The clarification from the EC came after the Naxal attack in Dantewada that claimed the lives of six people including BJP MLA Bheema Mandavi.

Voting for Lok Sabha elections 2019 will go as per schedule: EC after naxal attack

Dantewada: BJP MLA Bheema Mandavi, 5 policemen killed in Naxal attack A BJP leader and five policemen were killed on Tuesday when the Naxals attacked a convoy in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada.

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The Jagargunda village where electricity facility has been restored falls under the Naxal-affected district of Dantewada

Chhattisgarh: Jagargunda village gets electricity after 13 years

The blast occurred in Dantewada district's Cholnar village

6 jawans killed in IED blast in Chhattisgarh

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