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, ...
25 Dec, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
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...
02 Nov, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
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...
17 Oct, 2025, 06.38 PM IST
Maoist leader Pothula Padmavathi surrendersAfter 43 years underground, senior CPI (Maoist) leader Pothula Padmavathi, also known as Kalpana, surrendered to Telangana police. A centra...
14 Sep, 2025, 12.31 AM IST
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...
16 Jul, 2025, 11.52 PM IST
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...
06 Jun, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
31 Naxals surrender a day after Amit Shah's appealFollowing Union Home Minister Amit Shah's appeal, 31 Naxals, including five women carrying bounties, surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Dantewad...
07 Apr, 2025, 11.50 PM IST
Maoist with ₹25 lakh reward killed in ChhattisgarhSecurity forces in Chhattisgarh killed a high-ranking Maoist leader with a ₹25 lakh reward and two others in an encounter near the Dantewad...
26 Mar, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
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...
07 May, 2022, 04.36 PM IST
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...
13 Jul, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
Baghel government, agencies open back-channel talks with maoistsChhattisgarh parliamentary secretary (home) Vikas Upadhyay told ET over phone: “The state government is trying its best to ensure the relea...
08 Apr, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
Hidma, the most wanted but least known Maoist leaderElusive Naxal commander Hidma shot to notoriety with the Jhiram Valley massacre of 2013, in which then-state Congress president Nandkumar P...
16 Sep, 2018, 10.33 AM IST
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...
31 Jan, 2014, 02.13 PM IST
Creation of Telangana will not fuel naxalism: ex-Maoist Usendi"Only those who are opposed to formation of separate Telangana are intentionally creating such a negative atmosphere," he said.
20 Jan, 2014, 10.52 PM IST
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...
04 Jun, 2013, 09.39 PM IST
Chhattisgarh Govt extends ban on CPI-Maoist, affiliatesChhattisgarh has extended by one more year the ban on top Naxal outfit CPI- Maoist and half a dozen organisations affiliated with it.
10 May, 2013, 04.16 PM IST
Should govt take lessons from enemy?The Dantewada incident underlines the need for Centre and states to urgently learn lessons on coordination, intelligence gathering and depl...
08 Apr, 2010, 11.02 AM IST