Significant reduction in Maoist activity: Now, no districts officially classified as Left-wing extremism-affectedThe Union home ministry has updated its classification for Left-wing extremism affected districts. With violence declining, the security-re...
24 Apr, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
No Naxal violence-hit districts in India anymore: Home ministry to state govtsIndia has achieved a historic milestone. The Centre has officially declared that no districts in the country are affected by Naxal violence...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
NDA, opposition spar in Lok Sabha over efforts to free country of NaxalismLok Sabha members debated left-wing extremism. BJP and NDA members criticized the previous UPA government's handling of Naxalism. Congress ...
30 Mar, 2026, 04.37 PM IST
Lok Sabha to discuss government's efforts to end Naxal problem on MondayThe Lok Sabha will debate efforts to eradicate left-wing extremism. This discussion occurs just before the government's March 31 deadline t...
29 Mar, 2026, 03.01 PM IST
Naxal violence down 73% since 2010: Government to Lok SabhaThe Lok Sabha was informed that Left Wing Extremism in India has seen a notable decline over the past decade. Affected districts reduced fr...
07 Aug, 2024, 12.58 AM IST
Naxal affected regions constricted to 38 districts by April 2024: MHA to Lok SabhaLeft Wing Extremism violence has decreased significantly, with only 38 districts in nine states affected in 2024, down from 126 districts i...
06 Aug, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
Left Wing Extremism will be totally eliminated from country in 2 years, says Home minister Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has reviewed the security situation in Naxal-affected states, where violent incidents have decreased by 77% i...
07 Oct, 2023, 01.09 PM IST
No place for Left Wing Extremism violence in 'self-reliant' India: Amit ShahShah said the Modi government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards LWE and all kinds of violence. There is no place for violence ...
08 Feb, 2023, 09.28 AM IST
MHA notifies 5 new LWE districts of Andhra Pradesh following reorganisationThe minister also said the geographical spread of the violence has also significantly reduced and only 191 police stations of 46 districts ...
03 Jan, 2023, 08.21 PM IST
Violence, deaths by Naxals reduced significantly: MHA reportIn comparison to 2019, the 2020 also saw the same level of violence with marginal decline (670 to 665) in incidents of violence and the res...
26 Apr, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
Government okays 25 new security camps in 30 LWE districtsNinety districts in 11 states across the country are provided security-related expenditure by the ministry for counter-LWE operations. Howe...
14 Nov, 2021, 11.25 PM IST
Decrease in Maoist violence incidents in last 3 years: GovtMinister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai provided a datasheet along with his written reply in Lok Sabha to state that while there w...
27 Jul, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
3,749 killed in Maoists violence in 10 states in 9 years: MHAOver 3,700 people were killed in Naxal violence in 10 states, the highest in Chhattisgarh, in the last nine years, the Ministry of Home Aff...
28 Oct, 2019, 04.09 PM IST
Terrorist violence in J&K up 80% in 2018 over previous yearImportantly, the report put the infiltration attempts by terrorists into J&K in the first three months of this year at 23, of which seven w...
11 Oct, 2019, 01.08 PM IST
Maoists area of influence shrinks; 44 districts removed from affected list: Union Home SecyUnion Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba said the geographical spread of the LWE violence has shrunk significantly in the last four years due to a ...
15 Apr, 2018, 12.35 PM IST
Left Wing Extremism claimed maximum lives in Chhattisgarh this year: GovernmentThe central Indian state also accounted for the maximum number of incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence at 256 till June this yea...
22 Jul, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
Left Wing Extremism reduced significantly over 4 years: GovernmentDuring 2011, 1,760 cases of LWE violence and 611 deaths were reported. These came down respectively to 1,145 and 415 in 2012.
25 Feb, 2015, 02.50 PM IST