Naxal Violence

Dantewada Assembly bypoll: Voters brave Maoist threat as turnout touches 60.16% by 3 pm; figure likely to rise, says official

The polling for the by-election in the Maoist-affected district of Chhattisgarh ended at 3 pm today with voter turnout at 60.16 percent and no untoward incidents.

Chhattisgarh Assembly election: Voting for Dantewada bypoll begins amid tight security; counting of votes to be taken up on 27 Sept

Voting for the bypoll to the Naxal-affected Dantewada Assembly constituency began on Monday morning amid tight security

NCST takes note of tribals displaced in red corridor, calls meeting with Union home ministry, govts of Naxal-affected states

The NCST will hold a meeting with the Union home and tribal affairs ministries on the alleged displacement of tribals from Chhattisgarh due to Naxal violence and the demand for their rehabilitation in the state.

Three Kerala districts added to Maoist watchlist even as Centre claims shrinking red terror, limits it to 30 worst-hit areas

Forty-four districts in the country are no longer under the influence of Maoists or have a negligible presence and most of the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is now confined only to 30 worst-hit districts

Two civilians killed in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district; Naxalite militants suspected

Two persons, including a woman, were shot dead allegedly by Naxals in Marudanga village of adjoining Seraikela-Kharswan district in Jharkhand on Wednesday

Naxal area militia commander killed in gun battle with security forces in Sukma

A Naxal was killed in a gun-battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on Thursday in the early morning hours, police said.

Naxal violence claims 12,000 lives, including of 2,700 security personnel, in two decades: Home ministry

As many as 12,000 people have lost their lives in Maoist violence over the last two decades and of these, 2,700 were personnel of security forces.

Sukma attack: Govt to buy nearly 250 bullet, mine protected vehicles for anti-Naxal ops in Chhattisgarh

The Centre tonight said it was in the process of procuring nearly 250 bullet and mine protected vehicles for use by the security forces engaged in anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh.

Deaths in Maoist violence go up in 2016, reveals official data

The number of security personnel and civilians killed in Naxal-violence hit areas has increased in 2016 and the number of Maoist surrendering had doubled during this period as compared to the previous year.

IED blast injures five CRPF officers in Raipur's Naxal-affected area

Five CRPF men, including two officers, were on Friday injured in an IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Naxal violence affected Sukma district.