As many as 22 jawans were killed and 31 sustained injuries in the encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh on Saturday. Security forces have launched an operation along the Sukma-Bijapur border, where an intense face-off resulted in the deaths of 22 jawans.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who cut short his electioneering in Assam and returned to Delhi following the incident on Sunday, held a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Chhattisgarh.
Specific intelligence on the presence of prized Maoist leader Hidma now appears to have been a trap in the jungles of Chhattisgarh. Naxals ambushed security forces on the border of Sukma and Bijapur on Saturday.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
After Vijay's stunning victory in Tamil Nadu assembly elections, all eyes are now on government formation. According to sources, Vijay is eyeing alliance with Congress, Left parties and VCK.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, DMK spokesperson Salem Dharanidharan discussed the political landscape in Tamil Nadu following actor Vijay's stunning electoral victory with his party, TVK and if this means the end of the road for Dravida parties.
