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2 weeks, 4 days ago

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

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

1 month ago

The United States and the Democracy Question in South Asia

The Diplomat

Ideologically, the United States is a self-proclaimed promoter and protector of democracy in the world. Soon after the Cold War, U.S. President George H. W. Bush proposed a “New World Order” based on “freedom, peace and democracy.” His successor, President Bill Clinton, said at the United Nations on September 27, 1993, that the “overriding purpose” of U.S. foreign policy was …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids 6 places in attack on poll party during 2023 state polls

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has carried out searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh in connection with an improvised explosive device attack on a polling party during the second phase of assembly elections in the state in November 2023, officials said on Friday. “NIA teams conducted extensive searches at the premises of six suspects in the Naxal-infested area of …

Maoists Maoist Chhattisgarh Nia 2023 Officials

6 months, 3 weeks ago

C’garh: Counterinsurgency strategy set for revamp post-general elections, campaign to free Maoist stronghold Abujhmad to be intensified

Deccan Chronicle

Raipur: The counterinsurgency strategy in the Leftwing extremism-hit Bastar in Chhattisgarh may be completely revamped in the coming days to intensify campaigns by the security forces to push Maoists off their strongholds, particularly Abujhmad. Security brass is mulling strengthening counterinsurgency forces in Bastar further with deployment of additional Central Para Military Forces in the core areas of Maoists, the police …

Maoists Maoist Naxal Central Area Chhattisgarh Forces

7 months, 2 weeks ago

651 Maoist-Sensitive Polling Stations in Agency 2 Choppers To Fly Poll Officials

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhapatnam: The police in Alluri Sitarama Raju and Parvathipuram districts are focusing on Maoist-influenced polling stations for conducting the elections in a smooth manner on May 13. Cops in the two districts have identified 651 LWE sensitive and 238 law and order problem polling stations. A police official in ASR district said that they have identified 610 Left Wing Extremist …

Odisha Order Maoists Maoist Poll District Polling

7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Poll boycott' posters surface in Naxal-prone Jharkhand's Palamu seat, say police

India TV News

In some parts of Jharkhand’s Palamu Lok Sabha constituency, disturbing posters, allegedly put up by Naxalites, were noticed on Thursday. According to a senior officer, the posters were spotted on the wall of an Anganwadi centre in Haidernagar, a block under Hussainabad sub-division, which comes under Palamu Lok Sabha seat. He fought 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Palamu on party …

Lok Sabha Elections Jharkhand Maoists Lok Sabha Naxal Lok Sabha

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Surrendered Maoists eager for first tryst with democracy

The Hindu

CHINTOOR In 2021, a divisional committee member of the banned Communist Party of India CPI surrendered before the erstwhile East Godavari district police and the Andhra Pradesh police department claimed that he joined mainstream politics after developing an affinity with democracy. Since 2022, as many as 125 Maoists and Maoist sympathisers associated with various Left-Wing Extremist groups in the Red …

Surrendered Maoists Eager Surrendered Maoists

8 months, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh police identify 2 out of 29 Maoists killed in Kanker encounter

Hindustan Times

A day after 29 Maoists were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces, the police on Wednesday identified two of them, both divisional committee members of North Bastar Division of CPI, officials said. “The rest of the Maoists could be from the Partapur area committee of CPI and from the People’s Liberation of Guerrilla Army,” a senior police official …

Maoists Division Encounter Kanker 29 Maoists

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: Old Ram temple which was shut by Maosists 21-years-ago reopened in Sukma with help from CRPF jawans

Op India

On Monday, an ancient Ram temple that was shut by the Naxalites in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh was reopened after 21 years. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an election rally ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and slammed the Congress party and the INDI Alliance on the Ram temple issue. Ancient Lord Ram temple reopened in Maoist-affected Bastar …

Congress Maoists Naxal Ram Temple Villagers Chhattisgarh

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: Ten Naxals killed in Bijapur gunfight with security forces

India TV News

In a significant skirmish between police forces and Naxal insurgents in Bijapur, reports have emerged of ten Naxals being killed in the clash. In a decisive move against Maoist insurgents, security forces have initiated a major operation across all seven districts of the Bastar region. Armed encounters are ongoing between security forces and Maoists, with reports of four insurgents being …

Maoists Operation Security Forces Bijapur Naxal Insurgents

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Six Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

The Hindu

“At least six alleged Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur on Wednesday morning,” police said. “The deceased include two women cadres and there is a possibility of more Maoists getting injured,” the police added. “The gunfight took place in the forest areas of Chikurbhatti and Pusbaka villages under Basaguda police station area, when a …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepal’s Communist bloc | New coalition, old politics

The Hindu

Last week, Nepal saw dramatic political developments. On March 4, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ abruptly ditched the Nepali Congress, his key coalition partner, and joined hands with the Communist Party of Nepal, or UML. “A vindictive Mr. Oli, meanwhile, was desperate; he was unable to digest that Prachanda had abandoned him after being elected Prime Minister with his backing.” After …

Prime Nepal Party Maoists Maoist Prime Minister Shah

1 year ago

Grass-root democracy as a bulwark against Maoists

The Hindu

The Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are done and dusted. Equations in the context of tribal votes did matter immensely in the calculations of each political party, given the proportion of the tribal population in the State. In the present context, what the Maoists attempt to achieve by running their parallel government of ‘jantana sarkar’ as they call it, has no …

Tribal Maoists Maoist State Tribals Act Chhattisgarh

1 year ago

Police on Alert As Week-Long PLGA Celebrations Begin

Deccan Chronicle

Warangal: In view of the week-long celebrations of the People’s Liberation of Guerella Army of the banned Maoist organization starting from December 2 to 8 and the counting process for Assembly elections on December 3 in the state, the police officials were put on high alert in the Jayashankar Bhupalpally and Mulugu districts. After receiving the information from the intelligence …

Maoist Mulugu Strict Mulugu District Plga

1 year ago

Early Polling in Violence Affected Areas

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: After the proscribed Maoists called for the boycott of elections in Telangana, the Election Commission has deployed heavy forces at Maoist-affected places in 13 Assembly constituencies in Telangana, where polling would end one hour early by 4 pm. In 2018, the Election Commission of India had listed polling stations in 17 constituencies as Maoist-affected. With the Maoists warning the …

Maoist Polling Polling Stations

1 year ago

The fading sheen of the Maoist’s election boycott call

The Hindu

Desperate to disrupt the recently held Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, the Maoists had to bite the dust in their own guerrilla bases. With the number of polling booths increased and relocated booths decreased in the Bastar range, the challenge for security forces was bigger and that too in the southern districts of Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur where the Maoists claimed …

Security Elections Assembly Election Districts Boycott Maoists

1 year, 1 month ago

Chhattisgarh election: Voters turn up at 126 new booths in Maoist-hit region

Hindustan Times

The villages of Minpa and Elmagunda are ten kilometres apart, and on the ragged road that connects them, on the morning of November 7 when Bastar voted, there was silence. In this rendition of polls in Bastar, the worst left wing extremism hit region in India, 126 new polling booths across 8 districts were set up by the administration. These …

Maoists Maoist Voted Bastar Elmagunda Minpa

1 year, 3 months ago

Scan the internal dimension on the road to 2024

The Hindu

As India rejoices over the success of its moon mission, and is set to host the G-20 summit, it might be useful for its leaders to heed lessons from the Chandrayaan mission, viz., that “instead of focusing on achieving success, we focussed on eliminating failures”. Manipur may be seen by the uninitiated as a minor blip on India’s security horizon, …

India Violence Northeast Threat Maoists Myanmar Manipur

1 year, 8 months ago

Amit Shah lauds contribution of CRPF to internal security of nation

Deccan Chronicle

Jagdalpur : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, on the occasion of 84th CRPF Day, lauded the contributions of CRPF to the internal security of the nation and for carrying out the responsibility of safely conducting the democratic process. During his address on the occasion of 84th CRPF Day, Shah said, "For the first time CRPF Day is being …

Maoists Internal Security Shah Chhattisgarh Crpf Crpf Personnel Lauds Contribution

1 year, 9 months ago

Nepal’s coalition politics, a game of musical chairs

The Hindu

Coalition politics in Nepal increasingly resembles the game of musical chairs; in Kathmandu too, it is the same cast of characters who have been taking turns for nearly two decades. On December 26, Mr. Prachanda was sworn in as Prime Minister and in return, he assured support to the UML for the posts of House Speaker and President. However, both …

India Support Prime Nepal Coalition Party Maoists

1 year, 11 months ago

Power roller-coaster: On Maoists and UML sharing power in Nepal

The Hindu

There seems to be no limit to the opportunism in Nepal’s top polity. Newly minted Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal’s Communist Party of Nepal was part of a six-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress that collectively finished just above the absolute majority mark in the parliamentary elections held in November. After being denied this, legitimately, in his blatant hunger …

Party Maoists Minister Led His Party Ml Oli

3 years, 8 months ago

West Bengal elections 2021: In Junglemahal, endemic violence changes colour over the years

Firstpost

The Junglemahal area — of which Jhargram is part — has become the symbol of poriborton in Bengal. In the 2011 Assembly elections, Junglemahal voted for peace and Mamata created history,” said Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, author of Lalgarh and the legend of Kishanji — Tales from India’s Maoist Movement. Violence changes colour: ‘Red’ to ‘Saffron’ The Junglemahal area — of which …

Violence West Bengal Region Maoists Mamata Trinamool Maoist

4 years ago

'2014 LS Polls Victory with Red Help': Sacked LJP Leader Accuses Chirag Paswan of Maoist Links

News 18

LJP president Chirag Paswan has been accused of maintaining links with Maoists by a leader who was recently expelled from the party for indiscipline. The allegation has come from Keshav Singh, a former Bihar unit general secretary of the Lok Janshakti Party, who was expelled last week after he issued a number of statements in the media criticising Paswan for …

Maoists Lok Sabha Maoist Singh Nda Chirag Paswan Paswan

4 years, 1 month ago

Return of Jungle Raj, Maoists: NDA Uses 'Fear' to Woo Bihar Voters But Will it Translate to Electoral Gain?

News 18

It seems the prevailing sentiment in the Bihar assembly elections this time is fear. Almost all NDA leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, have been harping on the chaotic situation that prevailed during the 15-year-long Lalu-Rabri regime and the unabated violence between different Maoist outfits and the private armies set up by the landowners to …

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

The United States and the Democracy Question in South Asia

Chhattisgarh: NIA raids 6 places in attack on poll party during 2023 state polls

C’garh: Counterinsurgency strategy set for revamp post-general elections, campaign to free Maoist stronghold Abujhmad to be intensified

651 Maoist-Sensitive Polling Stations in Agency 2 Choppers To Fly Poll Officials

'Poll boycott' posters surface in Naxal-prone Jharkhand's Palamu seat, say police

Surrendered Maoists eager for first tryst with democracy

Chhattisgarh police identify 2 out of 29 Maoists killed in Kanker encounter

Chhattisgarh: Old Ram temple which was shut by Maosists 21-years-ago reopened in Sukma with help from CRPF jawans

Chhattisgarh: Ten Naxals killed in Bijapur gunfight with security forces

Six Naxalites killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

Nepal’s Communist bloc | New coalition, old politics

Grass-root democracy as a bulwark against Maoists

Police on Alert As Week-Long PLGA Celebrations Begin

Early Polling in Violence Affected Areas

The fading sheen of the Maoist’s election boycott call

Chhattisgarh election: Voters turn up at 126 new booths in Maoist-hit region

Scan the internal dimension on the road to 2024

Amit Shah lauds contribution of CRPF to internal security of nation

Nepal’s coalition politics, a game of musical chairs

Power roller-coaster: On Maoists and UML sharing power in Nepal

West Bengal elections 2021: In Junglemahal, endemic violence changes colour over the years

'2014 LS Polls Victory with Red Help': Sacked LJP Leader Accuses Chirag Paswan of Maoist Links

Return of Jungle Raj, Maoists: NDA Uses 'Fear' to Woo Bihar Voters But Will it Translate to Electoral Gain?