Maoists

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30 Jul 2023 12:10 AM

An injured jawan of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) being taken for treatment after an IED blast triggered allegedly by CPI-Maoist in Lohardaga district, in Ranchi, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (PTI)

ITBP jawan injured in Naxal IED explosion, 3 Maoists held in Chhattisgarh

Maoists triggered improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting the search party, leading to injury to a jawan

31 Oct 2020 12:15 PM

Odisha's remote Maoist hotspot gets mobile connectivity. (PTI Photo)

Odisha's maoist hotbed 'Swabhiman Anchal' gets mobile connectivity

Trial run of the mobile network was completed successfully in Pipalapadar, Hantalguda and Jantapai villages, he said

08 Sep 2020 8:33 AM

Chhattisgarh: Maoists release Minpa encounter video, show weapons looted from slain jawans

The March 21 attack was one of the deadliest by Maoists on security personnel in recent times.

27 May 2020 3:25 PM

Shah recently conducted a review of the force at its headquarters here after which he directed that the lead internal security force of the country should devise a mechanism that enables it to keep its fighting blood fresh and lethal at all times. (Photo: File | ANI)

Shah directs CRPF to keep combat profile young; move aged troops to light jobs

CRPF has constituted a 6-member committee of officers to prepare a blueprint if a threshold cut-off age can be fixed.

06 Dec 2019 3:07 PM

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (Photo: ANI)

Flap in Kerala as babu defends killing Maoists

The article had come as a counter, mainly to the CPI’s criticism and the Congress-led Opposition’s campaign of “police lynching”.

09 Nov 2019 12:34 AM

The fuel tanker was dispatched from Tumapal camp of the SSB to supply diesel to the construction vehicles engaged in Dallirajhra-Rowghat railway project work.

3 killed as Maoists blow up oil tanker

The three slain civilians, all tribals, have been identified as Rakesh Kodapi, Duneswar Singh and Ajey Kumar Salam.

25 Sep 2019 2:53 AM

'I want to clearly assure my sisters and brothers of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh that these regions will develop as per the wishes of the local people, their dreams and ambitions,' PM Modi said. (Photo: File)

Don’t oppose for sake of it, scrapping Art 370 will bring transparency: PM

The resolution to scrap article 370 was severely criticised by the major state parties, the Congress and other parties.

14 Aug 2019 2:39 PM

With this, the number of slain Naxals in encounters with security forces in Bastar division has gone to nine in last 24 hours.

9 Bastar Maoists killed in past 24 hours, says police

Security forces recovered bodies of two Naxals along with some weapons at the spot after the encounter ended, police said.

30 Jul 2019 1:07 AM

Maoists opened fire on the security forces when the latter were cordoning off the area leading to a fierce gun battle between them which lasted nearly 45 minutes. Later, Naxals fled the spot.

3 women among 7 Naxals gunned down in Bastar

As many as 45 Maoists were killed in last seven months in Bastar division comprising seven districts.

28 Jul 2019 3:10 AM

The statement has also admitted that the Maoists were constrained to restrict their activities in the red zone in Bastar following intensifying search operations in Bastar by security forces.

125 cadre killed last year, admit Maoists

The CPI (Maoist) was observing martyrs’ week from July 28 to August 3.

26 Jul 2019 7:30 AM

Security forces usually mistook it as the scarecrow erected and overlook it, leading them to walk into Maoists’ trap, the police officer said.

Chhattisgarh: Now Maoists design ‘scare crow bomb’ to target forces

Maoists deployed the IED-connected scarecrow on roadside to target security forces passing through the route particularly after dusk.

23 Jul 2019 6:19 AM

N Srinivas Rao, a local Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader aged around 45, was abducted from Kothur village in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district around midnight on Monday. (Photo: File)

Kidnapped 3 days ago, TRS leader found murdered in Chhattisgarh

Rao's wife had earlier alleged that around 10-15 unidentified people carrying weapons had dragged her husband out of their house.

12 Jul 2019 7:43 PM

SP leader Santosh Punem was abducted yesterday and his dead body was found today.(Photo: ANI)

SP's Santosh Punem killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

Santosh Punem had contested the recently concluded assembly elections in Chhattisgarh on Samajwadi Party’s ticket from Bijapur.

19 Jun 2019 1:45 PM

Around a dozen Maoists, some of them armed, stopped the bus belonging to Jai Bhawani Travels, and set it ablaze after allowing passengers to get off. (Photo: Representatinal)

Naxals first asked passengers to alight, then torched bus in C'garh

Security forces have rushed to the spot and combing operations to apprehend the Naxals involved in the incident were underway.

08 Jun 2019 2:15 PM

The dreaded Darbha Division of Maoists, responsible for massacre of 76 CRPF jawans and 27 Congress leaders in 2010 and 2013 respectively in insurgency-hit Bastar in Chhattisgarh, is facing acute shortage of arms and ammunitions, documents recovered from a Naxal camp have revealed.

Dreaded Naxal division running short of arms

The rest are small weapons like 303 rifles, nine mm pistols, revolvers and country-made guns.

22 May 2019 6:20 AM

6-month-old treated by CRPF for Malaria in Maoist affected Bastar

'Immediate redressal and treatment was provided by CRPF doctors to the baby and within a week the baby got well,' says CRPF.

17 May 2019 4:28 PM

Under the changed strategy, Maoists have begun to target political parties and leaders, instead of calling for poll boycotts, to ensure that candidates of their choice were elected.

Maoists’ ‘hijack democracy’ plot leads to political killings

Around two dozen leaders belonging to the Cong, BJP and even the CPI have been killed by Maoists in 6 years.

26 Apr 2019 1:04 AM

The charred remains of a vehicle that was allegedly torched by suspected Maoists. (Photo: PTI)

Maoists kill poll official, torch vehicle in Odisha

The deceased was identified as Sanjukta Digal. The injured were rushed to Kandhamal district headquarters hospital.

18 Apr 2019 5:17 AM

The posters were put up at some places in Mund-akkai town under Mepady police station limits early Monday morning, Wayanad District police chief, R. Karuppasamy, said. (Representational image)

Maoists boycott polls in Wayanad

The posters were put up at some places in Mund-akkai town early Monday morning.

09 Apr 2019 12:21 AM

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