Tag: Naxals
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STF arrested 57 Naxals, 283 wanted criminals in 2022: Bihar ADG
33 Naxals were arrested by Bihar police from other states like UP, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.
January 7, 2023 -
Security forces, Maoists exchange fire in erstwhile Naxals’ hotbed
The paramilitary personnel of State police exchanged fire in self-defence.
October 16, 2021 -
Senior Maoist operative, including 6 others taken down in Andhra encounter
The dead include a senior Maoist leader while some more Naxal leaders are believed to have escaped from the spot, said the sources.
June 16, 2021 -
One CRPF official killed, seven injured in IED blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district
The deceased officer, belonging to CoBRA's 206th battalion, was a resident of Maharashtra's Nashik district. The seven other injured personnel were undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Raipur.
November 29, 2020 -
Naxals blow up community building in Bihar even as state gets new CM today
A group of armed Naxalites went to the village in the Dumaria Police Station area on Sunday night and blew up the building by using explosives and later resorted to aerial firing while leaving the village.
November 16, 2020 -
‘Has links with Naxals, must not get bail’: Karnataka CM on girl who raised pro-Pak slogans
19-year-old Amulya was arrested and charged with sedition after she raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at a rally in Bengaluru against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on Thursday.
February 21, 2020 -
Dantewada by-election results to be out today, Congress leads BJP
According to the early trends, Devti Karma of Congress was leading by a margin of 2,778 votes against her nearest rival Ojaswi Mandavi of the BJP.
September 27, 2019 -
Two Naxals killed in encounter in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
The operation was initiated after specific intelligence inputs were received by the security forces regarding the hideout of Naxal Bhaskar who is one of the masterminds of May 1 attack on police personnel.
September 15, 2019 -
SP leader found dead day after abduction by Naxals in Bijapur
Punem, who was also the state vice president of Samajwadi Party in Bijapur district of Bastar, had recently contested the assembly elections from Bijapur.
June 19, 2019 -
Many pressing issues on Rajnath Singh’s plate
Finalising pending decisions on aircraft, submarines and Future Infantry Combat Vehicles cannot be delayed anymore, if Indian military power needs to be retained and enhanced.
June 4, 2019 -
A positive sign
The deployment of women commandos would alter a strategic imbalance. A large number of women participate in insurgent activities and often create conditions which male policemen find difficult to deal with. In a sense the Chhattisgarh Police have “stolen a march” over the Army.
May 10, 2019 -
‘942 bombings in 5 yrs, need to open ears, listen’: Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi’s ‘no blasts’ remark
The remarks come in the wake of an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Maharashtra’s Gadchroli district earlier on Wednesday which left 16 people dead including 15 security personnel.
May 2, 2019 -
15 security personnel killed in IED blast on police vehicle by Naxals in Maharashtra; PM Modi condemns act
Earlier in the day, Maoists torched at least three dozen vehicles belonging to private contractors in Kurkheda sub-district of Gadchiroli.
May 1, 2019 -
Naxals kill woman poll official in Odisha’s Kandhamal, Naveen Patnaik expresses grief
The officer, Sanjukta Digal, was on her way to a polling booth when she was shot dead by the Naxals in Balandapada village under Gochhapada police station limits.
April 17, 2019 -
4 BSF jawans killed, 2 injured in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker
Elections to 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state will be held in three phases on April 11, April 18 and April 23.
April 4, 2019 -
Officials in Bastar cross river to hoist tricolour and send message to Naxals
In Naxal-affected Bastar, far from the urban jungles, district officials unfurled the tricolour on the banks of a river that runs right through the Maoist hotbeds.
January 26, 2019 -
8 Naxals, 2 cops killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
The gunbattle took place at a forest in Kistaram area bordering Telangana, around 500 km from here when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
November 26, 2018