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PM Modi celebrates Diwali with troops in Bastar, declaring India free of Naxalism for the first time in decades

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spent Diwali with security forces at the CoBRA base in Karanpur, Bastar, declaring it the first festival of lights since India defeated the decades-long Maoist insurgency.

🇮🇳 India · 8 Nov 2026, 5:54 pm