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  • The administration has also decided to deploy helicopters to ferry election officers to some places in interior Bastar, which is a Maoist stronghold.

    rediff.com 2008

  • The administration has also decided to deploy helicopters to ferry election officers to some places in interior Bastar, which is a Maoist stronghold.

    rediff.com 2008

  • The administration has also decided to deploy helicopters to ferry election officers to some places in interior Bastar, which is a Maoist stronghold.

    rediff.com 2008

  • On the east, the French controlled Basseterre (later called by the British "Bastar") and the peninsula towards Nevis, where lay the salt ponds.

    Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776 1920

  • A few months before the Gompad attack Vimal Meshram, a village head, was gunned down by Maoists in a market in the same district (Bastar).

    India's Dirty War 2010

  • Dornapal, in the heart of the conflict-riddled Bastar district, is one of 23 camps, containing 45,000 or more people, run by a state-backed civilian militia known as Salwa Judum (literally, "purification hunt").

    India's Dirty War 2010

  • A few months before the Gompad attack Vimal Meshram, a village head, was gunned down by Maoists in a market in the same district (Bastar).

    India's Dirty War 2010

  • "Although rich in mineral resources, Bastar is among the most backward regions of the country," says a Tata spokesperson.

    India's Dirty War 2010

  • Dantewada in Bastar is the epicenter of Naxal activity, where the New Delhi government launched a "cleansing" operation last fall.

    India's Dirty War 2010

  • Dornapal, in the heart of the conflict-riddled Bastar district, is one of 23 camps, containing 45,000 or more people, run by a state-backed civilian militia known as Salwa Judum (literally, "purification hunt").

    India's Dirty War 2010

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