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NIA arrests man for raising funds for naxals in Bihar
Fp Staff •Tarun Kumar was found involved in raising funds for naxals and was also trying to revive Magadh Zone by encouraging old cadre to join naxal again, NIA stated
Madhya Pradesh: Three Naxals, carrying reward of over Rs 30 lakh, killed in Balaghat encounter
•Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra said that the encounter took place near the Maharashtra border
Chhattisgarh: Security forces recover Naxal dump including claymore mine and stores from Rajnandgaon
•The 40th Battalion of ITBP along with Chhattisgarh police recovered a Naxal dump including a claymore mine and stores in Munjal Dongri forest of Bhalukonha
Chhattisgarh: DRG jawan killed in encounter with Naxals
•Narayanpur Superintendent of Police (SP) Sadanand Kumar, in a statement, said that a jawan of the DRG lost his life in an encounter with Naxals in the jungle near Mungari village
Gadchiroli Files: Maharashtra police start comic strip to counter Naxal propaganda
Fp Staff •The brainchild of Gadchiroli superintendent of police (SP) Ankit Goyal, the comic series focuses on different issues of youth, women, farmers, students, and the people of the area
Maoists have never been so weak in past 10 years, but don’t count them out yet
Prakash Singh •Apart from a large number of Maoists killed, their geographical influence has, according to the Ministry of Home affairs, shrunk to 41 districts in the country from 96 districts in 10 states in 2010.
Maharashtra: At least 26 Maoists killed in one of the longest encounters in Gadchiroli, says police
Fp Staff •The gun battle took place in the morning at Korchi in Mardintola forest area when a C-60 police commando team was conducting a search operation
How Amit V Masurkar's Newton draws from the geography of Ramayana to tell the story of India's tribal heartland
Menon •The jungle depicted in Newton happens to be Dandakaranya – the Forest of Punishment – where Ram, Lakshman, and Sita spent their days in exile, before their paths crossed with Soorpanakha and Ravan, kicking off the fabled war in the Ramayana.
Two ITBP personnel killed in Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, ultras make off with AK-47 rifle
•Assistant Commandant Sudhakar Shinde and Assistant Sub Inspector Gurmukh Singh were out with their squad on an area domination operation, when they were killed
Bastar attack: Maoist killing of 22 jawans shows little has changed in over a decade on operations front
Debobrat Ghose123 •Declaring war against the Maoists, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday in Jagdalpur that strong action would be taken.