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Old Reds return to Bastar: The state treads cautiously as 3,000 former Maoists make their homecomingThe homecoming of over 3,000 former Maoists is no easy task in Bastar. Over 1,000 of them are being kept in rehabilitation centres to shiel...
Bastar 2.0: Calm returns, trust remains a work in progressPeace has returned to Bastar villages after Maoist insurgency officially ended. Former rebels now seek rehabilitation and new livelihoods t...
Bastar breakthrough leaves Dandakaranya Maoists 'leaderless' after 18 cadres surrenderA significant breakthrough in the fight against Left Wing Extremism occurred on March 24, 2026. Eighteen Maoist cadres, including senior le...
Ganesh Uike among 5 Maoists killed in OdishaSecurity forces eliminated top Maoist leader Ganesh Uike and four others in Odisha's Kandhamal district. Uike, a Central Committee member, ...
"No choice but to surrender, or else suffer consequences": Bastar IG Sundarraj on Maoist leader Madvi Hidma's encounterIn a strategic operation, security forces successfully took down the notorious Maoist leader Madvi Hidma during a fierce encounter. Known f...
From Rebel to Reformer: How one woman's surrender triggered the fall of a Maoist strongholdA veteran Maoist guerrilla, Vimala Chandra Sidam (Tarakka), surrendered after nearly four decades, triggering a significant shift in the Re...
208 Naxalites surrender with 153 weapons in Dandakaranya; North Bastar declared free from red terrorA significant number of Naxalites, including top leaders, have surrendered in Chhattisgarh. This event marks a major victory against Left W...
357 Maoists killed in year-long operations, says Chhattisgarh policeChhattisgarh police reported significant losses for CPI (Maoist) in 2024-25. Security forces neutralised 357 Maoist cadres, including key l...
After Basavaraju, another jolt to maoists: Sudhakar killedSecurity forces killed top Maoist leader Gautam alias Sudhakar in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Gautam carried a reward of Rs 40 lakh. H...
Ready for peace talks with Chhattisgarh govt, say Maoists; set conditions including release of jailed cadresThe development comes nearly a month after Chief Minister Baghel said that his government was ready to hold talks with the rebels if they e...
Top Maoist leader with role in 16 major attacks dies of COVID-19, say policeAccording to a senior official, Vinod aka Hunga and Vinodanna (60), who carried a reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head, died on July 11 in a for...
Elusive Maoist leader Hidma in spotlight after latest attackAccording to police, Hidma heads the Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) battalion no. 1, the strongest military formation of the rebe...
Maoists block road in Kanker ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit to ChhattisgarhCentral security agencies have been informed about it while the police have been put on alert in the region.
Maoists issue pamphlets opposing Barack Obama's India visitCentral security agencies have been informed about it while police have been put on alert in the insurgency-affected region, Kabra said.
Local police didn't favour anti-Naxal operations in South BastarAs per local inputs, the thinly populated Golapalli plateau region is the base camp of Maoist guerrillas and is largely inhabited by their ...
Naxal ambush planned by local cadres camping in Bastar: PoliceThe Maoist ambush, claiming lives of 14 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh, was planned and supervised by local Naxal leaders, a police officia...
Naxals' aid network in Chhattisgarh blocked, claim policeChhattisgarh Police has claimed to have choked the main supply chain of weapons, medicines and other kind of aid to Naxals operating from B...
Maoist leaders' recurrent visits keep Chandigarh police on toesAmid inputs of senior Maoist leaders frequently visiting Bastar region from adjoining states to chalk out action strategies ahead of this m...
Night train service cancelled in Naxal-hit DandakaranyaOwing to Naxalite threat in Chhattisgarh's Dandakaranya region, the railways has cancelled train movement in the area during night from tod...
Maoists abduct Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon in BastarMaoists pulled off an audacious kidnapping of the district collector of Sukma in southern Chhattisgarh on Saturday, killing two of his body...