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Bihar police vow to make state free from Naxals by 2025

PATNA: Bihar police on Monday said that the state will be made free from Naxal menace by 2025. Additional director general of police, Operations, Amrit Raj said that Maoists have already been driven out from North Bihar and no major incident of Maoist violence has been reported from this region. "We hope to make the state free from Naxal menace …

Bihar Maoist Naxal

3 days, 1 hour ago

Visakhapatnam range DIG cautions ASR district police on possible infiltration of Maoists from Chhattisgarh and Telangana

The Hindu

Deputy Inspector General, Visakha Range, Gopinath Jatti, has asked the police personnel in Alluri Sitharama Raju district to be on alert, in the light of recent encounters and exchanges of fire along the borders of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, without ruling out a possibility of Maoists infiltrating the State through these areas. He issued strict directions to the senior police officers, …

Maoists Maoist Range Dig

3 days, 15 hours ago

2 Maoists carrying price reward of Rs 8 lakh surrender in Maharashtra

India Today

Two senior Maoist cadres, including a 30-year veteran, surrendered to the Gadchiroli Police and the CRPF on Friday, citing disillusionment with Maoist ideology and frustration over violence against civilians. The two Maoists, Ramasu Durgu Poyam, 55, and Ramesh Shamu Kunjam, 25, carried rewards totalling Rs 8 lakh on their heads. Ramasu Durgu Poyam, who was active in Maoist ranks since …

Surrender Maoists Carrying

3 days, 15 hours ago

Interview | How Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai aims to raise more funds needed for welfare, paddy bonus

India Today

Chhattisgarh has had a year of major successes against Left Wing Extremism that chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai credits to the ‘double-engine’ government’s zero-tolerance towards Maoists. He refutes the perception that this has impacted law and order management in other parts of the state and shares how the government is looking to raise finances to fund welfare schemes and pay …

Maoists State Bjp Minister Other Parts Direct Elections

3 days, 20 hours ago

C’garh: In a First, Wild Animal Killed in Naxal IED Blast in Dantewada Jungle; Bear Dies in Explosion, Cubs Starve

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: A female wild bear was killed in an improvised explosive device explosion detonated by Maoists in a jungle in Dantewada district of south Bastar, Chhattisgarh, police said on Thursday. “We learned about the incident through social media on Wednesday,” said Dantewada district Additional Superintendent of Police R. K. Burman. “The female wild bear stepped on the IED planted by …

Maoists Bastar Ied Dantewada Dantewada District

5 days, 15 hours ago

Why Amit Shah visited a security camp in Maoist epicentre of Chhattisgarh

India Today

Bastar in Chhattisgarh has witnessed the most concerted security offensive against Left Wing Extremism this year, with 214 Maoists killed in encounters, the highest in the state’s 24-year-long history. Amid the ongoing push by security forces, Union home minister Amit Shah, on December 16, visited a forward camp of central paramilitary forces at Gundam in Usur block, some 70 km …

Security Maoists Maoist Shah Camp Chhattisgarh Security Forces

1 week ago

Shah Vows New Life for Ex-Maoists

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday indicated that the Centre is coming up with a comprehensive rehabilitation plan for the surrendered Maoists and the families of victims of extremism. “The Union ministries of home, tribal affairs, and rural development are working in unison to provide comprehensive assistance to these families, reaffirming the government’s commitment to their rehabilitation and …

Union Maoists Naxal Naxalism Shah Minister Chhattisgarh

1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah Reiterates to End Naxalism by March 2026

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday reiterated his assertion that Naxalism would be wiped out in the country by the end of March 2026. Addressing the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics 2024, the first of its kind sports event organized in the Naxal-infested region, in Jagdalpur, headquarters of Bastar, in Chhattisgarh, Mr Shah said that both the state …

Naxals Maoists Maoist Naxal End Shah Chhattisgarh

Give up arms or face strong action: Amit Shah to Naxals

New Indian Express

JAGDALPUR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to Naxals to give up arms and join the mainstream, or else they will have to face the strong action of security forces. "Chhattisgarh Police is committed to fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resolve to make India Naxal-free by March 31, 2026," he said. "But after our government came to power …

Naxals Maoists Shah Chhattisgarh Security Forces

1 week, 1 day ago

Peace process begins in Maoist-hit village

Hindustan Times

Months after breaching the Maoist bastion of Puvarti in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, security forces on Saturday made further inroads in the region with the opening of a new camp in Golaguda village, one of the remotest parts of the district. The development coincided with the installation of the first television sets in Puvarti, and two other villages, on Saturday, …

Maoists Maoist Village Camp Chhattisgarh Forces Sets

1 week, 2 days ago

After decades of bloodshed, two Chhattisgarh districts to shed LWE tag

Hindustan Times

When Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Union home minister Amit Shah last week, he had more than an invitation for the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics. Sai told the home minister, according to top government officials, that two out of the seven districts in the Maoist-infested Bastar division — the Bastar district that houses the district headquarters of …

Districts Naxals Maoists Maoist Shah Fir Centre

1 week, 3 days ago

2 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur: Police

Hindustan Times

Two suspected Maoists were killed in a gunfight with joint security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, police said. Police said that the encounter took place in the forest of Nendra and Punnur villages when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation on Friday at around 7am. “After the exchange of fire stopped, bodies of …

Maoists Chhattisgarh Security Forces Bijapur

Forces Gun Down 7 Maoists in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: The security forces on Thursday gunned down nearly seven Maoists in an encounter in south Abujhmad under Narayanpur district in Bastar. A senior police officer monitoring the counterinsurgency operation said that the encounter took place at around 3 am in the forest of south Abujhmad. According to the officer, a joint team of around 1,000 security personnel, mobilised from …

Maoists Maoist Operation Encounter Bastar Narayanpur South Abujhmad

1 week, 4 days ago

Chhattisgarh: BJP leader killed by Maoists in Bastar

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: A BJP leader was abducted and then killed by Maoists in Bijapur district under south Bastar in Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. Maoists brutally killed him by slitting his throat, police said. The encounter took place in Munga forest under Gangaloor area at around 11 am, a senior police officer of Bastar said. Acting on intelligence inputs on the …

Maoists Maoist Bjp Leader Bastar Bijapur District

1 week, 4 days ago

Amit Shah to begin 3-day Chhattisgarh trip from tomorrow, security review on agenda

India Today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Chhattisgarh from December 13 to 15, his first since the high-level meeting on anti-Naxal operations that was held in August. In the previous meeting on anti-Naxal operations, Shah warned the Maoists, saying that they must either "surrender or be ready to face dire consequences". In the past three months, 18 anti-Naxal operations have …

Maoists Naxal Operations Shah Chhattisgarh Bastar

1 week, 4 days ago

Seven Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur

New Indian Express

RAIPUR: At least seven cadres of outlawed CPI in uniform were gunned down by security forces in a fierce encounter along the inter-district borders of Narayanpur-Dantewada in Abujhmad area, south Chhattisgarh on Thursday. “Based on specific input about the presence of Maoists in the south Abujhmad region, a joint team of District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force and Central Reserve …

Maoists Bastar Narayanpur

2 weeks ago

Maoists Accused Woman of Spying, Killed in Bijapur

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Maoists brutally killed a woman by slitting her throat in front of her husband in Bijapur district under south Bastar in Chhattisgarh, police said on Sunday. Body of the slain woman, identified as Sukura Yellam, was found on the outskirts of her village of Loded on Sunday morning, police said. According to the police, the tribal woman along with …

Maoists Woman Her Husband Bijapur Later Killed

2 weeks, 1 day ago

Villagers launch campaign to kill Maoists in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa

New Indian Express

The police, however, are yet to confirm the killing as they have not fond the bodies of the deceased. According to Chaibasa SP Ashutosh Shekhar, a massive search operation has been launched in the region but neither the villagers nor the bodies of the deceased has been found. Notably, Gudri has a lot of sand ghats over the Koel River …

Maoists Village Villagers Kill Chaibasa Plfi Area

2 weeks, 2 days ago

C'garh: Maoists kill Anganwadi assistant accusing her of being police informer

Hindustan Times

An Anganwadi assistant was allegedly killed by Maoists accusing her of being a police informer in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. Police said some unidentified Maoists barged inside the house of the Anganwadi assistant and strangled her to death in front of her family. Police claimed that some unidentified Maoists barged inside the house of Laxmi Padam in …

Maoists Police Informer

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Chhattisgarh: Maoists attack security camp in Bastar, 5 Naxals carrying cumulative bounty of Rs 11 lakh surrender

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: Maoists attacked a security camp in Bijapur district under south Bastar in Chhattisgarh late on Thursday night, leading to fierce gunbattle between them, police said. The Maoist attack on the forward base camp at Gidpalli under Pamed police station came at around eight pm on Thursday leading to a heavy exchange of fire between the ultras and security personnel …

Surrendered Maoists Maoists Carried

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Quit BJP or die: Maoists kill two ex-sarpanchs in Bijapur

Op India

Maoists killed two former sarpanchs in the insurgency-affected district of Bijapur after kidnapping them. Maoists also placed a leaflet on his body with a message to BJP workers, “Quit BJP or die.” On the morning of 5th December, the bodies of Sukhram Avalam and BJP leader Suklu Farsa were discovered at different places in the district. Farsa headed the BJP …

Bjp Village Killed His Body Sarpanch Bjp Workers Bijapur

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Maoists abduct, murder two former sarpanchs in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district

New Indian Express

RAIPUR: Ahead of elections to the three-tier panchayats in Chhattisgarh, Maoists allegedly killed two former sarpanchs -- one of them associated with the ruling BJP -- in separate incidents in of Bijapur district, police said on Thursday. “The killing of former sarpanchs is an attempt to create an environment of terror among the local people as the Maoists now failed …

Maoists Bjp Chhattisgarh Bijapur Former Sarpanch Former Sarpanchs

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Two former Sarpanchs murdered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, maoist involvement suspected

India TV News

In a chilling incident in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-affected Bijapur district, two former village heads were brutally murdered. The murders took place in the police station areas of Naimer and Bhairamgarh, where the former Sarpanchs were abducted and killed, and their bodies discarded. According to police officials, the two former Sarpanchs were first kidnapped by unknown assailants and then murdered. A similar …

Maoists Village Sarpanch Sarpanchs Farsa Station Area Suspected Maoist

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Chalpaka Encounter: Statewide Maoist Bandh on Dec 9

Deccan Chronicle

Warangal:In protest against the brutal killing of seven Maoists, the CPI Maoist state committee has given a statewide bandh call on December 9, said Jagan, the official spokesperson CPI Maoist State Committee on Thursday. In an encounter at Chalpaka forest region in Eturnagaram mandal in Mulugu district, the police gunned down seven Maoists. He alleged that with the information given …

Maoists Maoist State Seven Maoists Chalpaka

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Bihar police vow to make state free from Naxals by 2025

Visakhapatnam range DIG cautions ASR district police on possible infiltration of Maoists from Chhattisgarh and Telangana

2 Maoists carrying price reward of Rs 8 lakh surrender in Maharashtra

Interview | How Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai aims to raise more funds needed for welfare, paddy bonus

C’garh: In a First, Wild Animal Killed in Naxal IED Blast in Dantewada Jungle; Bear Dies in Explosion, Cubs Starve

Why Amit Shah visited a security camp in Maoist epicentre of Chhattisgarh

Shah Vows New Life for Ex-Maoists

Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah Reiterates to End Naxalism by March 2026

Give up arms or face strong action: Amit Shah to Naxals

Peace process begins in Maoist-hit village

After decades of bloodshed, two Chhattisgarh districts to shed LWE tag

2 Maoists killed in gunfight with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur: Police

Forces Gun Down 7 Maoists in Bastar

Chhattisgarh: BJP leader killed by Maoists in Bastar

Amit Shah to begin 3-day Chhattisgarh trip from tomorrow, security review on agenda

Seven Maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur

Maoists Accused Woman of Spying, Killed in Bijapur

Villagers launch campaign to kill Maoists in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa

C'garh: Maoists kill Anganwadi assistant accusing her of being police informer

Chhattisgarh: Maoists attack security camp in Bastar, 5 Naxals carrying cumulative bounty of Rs 11 lakh surrender

Quit BJP or die: Maoists kill two ex-sarpanchs in Bijapur

Maoists abduct, murder two former sarpanchs in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district

Two former Sarpanchs murdered in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, maoist involvement suspected

Chalpaka Encounter: Statewide Maoist Bandh on Dec 9