Security forces on Sunday unearthed a major Maoist arms dump in the forested border region of Odisha's Malkangiri district, recovering a large cache of firearms, explosives, communication equipment and other incriminating materials believed to belong to Maoist cadres.
A woman Maoist commander was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kanker district on Monday, as search operations continued in the area following intelligence inputs about Maoist presence.
Senior CPI (Maoist) leader and politburo member Prashant Bose, widely known as Kishan Da, died at a Ranchi hospital on Friday after prolonged illness, officials said.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Tuesday said that the state is poised to enter a new phase of development, trust, and prosperity as it moves decisively towards becoming free of Maoist insurgency.
On the day the clock ran out on the Union government’s deadline to end armed Maoist insurgency, Bastar woke up to a different kind of reality, one marked not by gunfire or ambush alerts, but by a cautious, almost unfamiliar sense of calm.
Already reeling from heavy losses, the Maoists are now grappling with leadership crises and discontent among local cadres.
A concerning surge in suicides among security personnel stationed in Chhattisgarh to fight Maoist insurgency has raised urgent alarms about the mental health crisis within India's security forces.
Female cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Odisha’s Gandhamardan Reserve Forest region are being subjected to protracted physical, psychological, and sexual harassment by Naxal leaders, police said on Friday.
Finally, Arnab Dam, the former Maoist cadre, was included into his ambitious PhD programme for history after his counselling process was completed at the Burdwan University this afternoon.
In barely less than a fortnight, the 'dreams' of a Maoist cadre aspiring for a PhD in History appears to get shattered, as the Burdwan University, in a bizarre notification, suddenly has halted the entire counselling process yesterday.
