Tag: Left Wing Extremism

2022 saw decline in left-wing extremism in Odisha

Security forces successfully continued its anti-naxal operations across the state eliminating seven Maoists of outlawed outfits in 2022.

March 21, 2023

Home ministry data shows no Maoist activity in 5 years

Districts of West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia were once considered a hotbed for Maoist activities. CM is scheduled to soon visit these districts.

May 17, 2022

Odisha: Naxal affected villages to be covered under mobile phone service network

The centre has decided to cover around 4,000 Left Wing Extremism affected villages in State’s ten districts with mobile phone networks.

December 16, 2021

One more BSF camp comes up at Maoists’ hotbed in Odisha

The Maoists strength in the erstwhile cutoff areas and the epicentre of left-wing extremism in the State referred to as Swabhiman Anchala in official parlance

December 10, 2021

Home Minister meets CMs of Naxal hit states, reviews security

Amit Shah reviewed the operations being taken against insurgent groups and the development initiatives undertaken in the Naxal affected areas.

August 26, 2019

Claim and reality

Ministers may graduate from the rank and file of the political class but they never shed their habits of making tall claims ~ possibly because they can seldom be held specifically accountable. It is impossible to predict where Mr Rajnath Singh will be three years hence, but his well-wishers will be hoping that there will...

October 11, 2018

Mamata meets Rajnath at Nabanna

Bengal's debt-stressed situation, NRC process, border infiltration taken up during the one-to-one meeting.

October 2, 2018

No ATM to be replenished with cash after 9 pm from next year

During loading or unloading, nature's call, tea or lunch break, at least one armed security guard shall remain present with the cash van all the time.

August 19, 2018

‘Holistic approach to Left extremism succeeding’

The Centre believes its holistic approach towards Left wing extremism was “slowly but surely showing positive impact” and the declining trend of LWE violence which started in 2011, continued in 2017. In its just-released Annual Report for 2017-18, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said “the last four years have seen an unprecedented improvement in...

April 17, 2018

Congress questions Centre’s claim of note ban hitting Maoism

The Congress on Friday said the Central government’s claim that demonetisation will end Left Wing Extremism has been proven wrong, mentioning that there have been 17 major Maoist attacks since November 8, 2016, when the move to scrap high value currency was announced. “Modi government made tall claims that demonetisation will eliminate Naxalism (Maoism). But...

November 17, 2017

Another acronym

There is something superficial to the manner in which the NDA government seeks to oversimplify complex problems, and proffer “oneliners” or catchy terminology as solutions. The latest in that series of limited successes is the home minister projecting “SAMADHAN” as the panacea to the Left Wing Extremism that has taken firm hold across a vast...

May 14, 2017