Naxalites

Maoist carrying reward of Rs 10 lakh killed in encounter in Jharkhand's Dumka; AK-4, INSAS rifle recovered from spot

Dumka Superintendent of Police informed that the Maoists have made a hideout here and were planning extortion.

SC meted out ‘differential treatment’ to activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon case by granting them urgent hearing

The irony in the Bhima Koregaon case is that the Supreme Court did not trust the lower judiciary, which has the power to deal with the activists' arrests.

Development no silver bullet, government must bridge trust deficit in Maoist hotbed Bastar

Many elderly people in Bastar believe that there continues to be a trust deficit between a large section of the tribal population and the establishment.

CPI(Maoist) leader surrenders before Jharkhand Police, CRPF; militant wanted for various cases including murder

A Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered on Wednesday to the Jharkhand Police and CRPF. He claimed that he was tired of the Naxal activities.

Exclusive: Security agencies launch covert operations to dismantle financial support to Maoist terror

Security agencies launched these anti-Maoist operations soon after the government announced its demonetisation move.

Will fight Naxalites with roads, developmnet, electricity, says Chattisgarh CM Raman Singh

The chief minister also said constructing roads in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh was the "toughest battle in the world". "The biggest pain of the Naxalites is why we (the government) are building roads and electrifying the region," he told reporters here in Raipur.

Anti-Maoist operations will be stepped up in Odisha, surrendered insurgents will be rehabilitated, says DGP RP Sharma

The Odisha police has decided to step up operations against the Maoists and bring in necessary changes in the strategy to deal with the Naxalites.

Tamil Nadu no longer peaceful state, is becoming training centre for extremists, claims Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan

Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan claimed that Tamil Nadu no longer remained a peaceful state, but turning out to be a training centre for extremists.

Eight Naxalites from newly-formed extremist group killed in Telangana gunfight, says Police

Police said they have killed eight Naxalites belonging to a newly-formed extremist group, which allegedly indulged in extortion and violence, in a gunbattle in Bhadradri Kothagudem district of Telangana.

NIA arrests ex-Jharkhand minister Gopal Krishna Patar in connection with MLA Ramesh Munda's murder

Former Jharkhand minister Gopal Krishna Patar was on Monday arrested by the NIA for allegedly conniving with Naxalites to get his political rival, MLA Ramesh Munda, killed in 2008, a spokesperson for the agency said