Tag: Maoist
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Maoists trigger two blasts to target CRPF in Kalahandi
While one blast was close to a CRPF camp, the other hit a security team which was dispatched on an immediate combing operation.
May 12, 2019 -
Naxalbari: The Bengali play unfolding saga of three generations
The play centred on an urban middle-class Bengali family of elderly Somnath and Jaya, who are outspoken Naxal supporters and were once firebrand Naxalites of the early 70s of the last century.
March 27, 2019 -
Hardcore Maoist arrested in connection with TDP leaders’ killing
The Maoist, identified a Damburu Khila, was caught by the police from Koraput’s Kodikhal village following tip-off.
February 8, 2019 -
Arms smuggling: Arrested linkman reveals some names
STF launches search; officials believe truck driver was to have taken consignment to Bihar.
November 19, 2018 -
Persecute the Renegade
It is clear that the arrests made in a concerted countrywide swoop reek of vendetta. It turned out to be a synchronised arrest of lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj, activist-lawyer Vernon Gonsalves, poet Varavara Rao, human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, and human rights activist-lawyer Arun Ferreira. All have a record of fighting for justice and human rights, …
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September 25, 2018 -
Mamata irked over fresh Maoist infiltration
Mamata hints that certain political parties are helping Maoists infiltrate into peaceful Junglemahal areas from Jharkhand.
August 10, 2018 -
Maharashtra CM Fadnavis gets threat letters over anti-Maoist operations
According to the ministry sources, both letters mentioned the Gadchiroli encounters, and threatened Fadnavis and his family members.
June 8, 2018 -
Bhima-Koregaon probe: Letter talks about ‘another Rajiv Gandhi incident’, police tell court
Pune Police has claimed before a court that among the seized documents, a letter has been discovered that mentions "another Rajiv Gandhi incident".
June 8, 2018 -
‘Naxals are the biggest enemies of tribals, poor’
Launching a stinging attack on Maoist insurgents, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that Naxals were the biggest enemies of tribal, poor and people of backward areas. “Naxals are the biggest enemies of tribal, poor and the people of backward areas. Top Maoist leaders are amassing crores of rupees and sending their children to …
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May 12, 2018 -
Three killed in landmine blast in Odisha; Maoist link suspected
The victims got down from a tractor seeing a suspicious rag on a tree when the landmine went off, killing them on the spot
April 24, 2018 -
5 Naxals, 18 Maoist supporters surrender in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur
Five Naxals and 18 Maoist supporters, including five women,havesurrendered in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, police said today. They turned themselves in before police and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officials at Kukdajhor police station here yesterday,Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla told PTI. The five Naxals were active as jan-militia members of the proscribed …
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April 15, 2018 -
Hardcore Maoist, with Rs 8 lakh on head, surrenders
A hardcore Maoist, Kunu Dehuri, carrying a reward of Rs 8 lakh, on Friday surrendered before Sambalpur police. He belongs to Naktideul-Jujomura area of the district and is said to have turned a extremist due to resentment and anger against the local police. “Kunu was the zonal secretary for the SDS (Sambalpur- Deogarh-Sundargarh) division and …
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April 14, 2018 -
BJP leader killed in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district was hacked to death, police said on Tuesday. Jagadish was talking to some people near his house on Monday evening when five people attacked him with sharp weapons, Inspector General of Police (Bastar) Vivekananda Sinha said. “We are probing the matter and working to find …
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March 27, 2018 -
Four Maoists escape Dantewada jail, arrested
Four Maoists jailed for serious crimes escaped from a Dantewada prison but were arrested hours later, police said on Saturday. The incident in the Dantewada district jail occurred on Friday evening, a police officer said. This is not the first time that inmates tried to escape from the Dantewada jail. In 2007, over 300 prisoners, …
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March 24, 2018 -
Cages set up in Madhupur forest to trap Bengal tiger
The forest department has set up two cages inside Madhupur forest in Lalgarh, today, to trap the full grown adult Bengal tiger that was sighted roaming in the erstwhile Maoist dominated forests on Friday on remotely activated camera traps. The forest officials have used goats as baits to lure the tiger and villagers living in …
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March 4, 2018 -
Four Maoists killed by security forces in Jharkhand
Four Maoist guerrillas, including two women, were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Monday, police said. The gunfight figuring some 12 members of the banned Maoist organisation, CPI-Maoist, took place early in the day at Marunga hill after the militants discovered the presence of security personnel in the …
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February 26, 2018 -
From hope to hatred
Just ahead of the annual spectacle of India’s cultural heritage and military prowess displayed on the capital’s Rajpath, ominous visuals of shards of shattered glass panes of a school bus in Gurugram (Gurgaon) with terrified children crouching on its floor posed vital questions as to whether the Republic of hope was indeed descending to be …
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February 13, 2018