Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Oct. 18 -- More than 200 Maoist cadres, including one Central Committee member, surrendered before authorities in Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur on Friday, making it the largest mass surrender in the history of anti-Naxal operations in the state, officials said. With this, a total of 238 Naxalites have abjured violence and joined the mainstream in the state in the last three days as 28 others had surrendered on Wednesday. Hailing the development, chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai said it was a historic day not only for Bastar but for Chhattisgarh and the entire nation. Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Abujhmarh and North Bastar in Chhattisgarh - two areas that have been hotbeds of Maoist activities - have been declared free from Naxal terror. "These numbers mirror the fierce resolve of our government to decimate Naxalism before the 31st of March 2026," Shah said. P6...