From fear to freedom: Maharashtra's Maoist heartland to vote after decades of silenceMaharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In a historic move, helicopters buzz overhead, dropping off poll officials and C-60 commandos to secu...
19 Apr, 2024, 11.07 AM IST
Chhattisgarh: Goods train derails as Naxals uproot railway track in Dantewada; no casualtyNo casualty was reported in the incident that took place in a forest area around 8.30 pm on Friday. However, the movement of trains was dis...
27 Nov, 2021, 04.25 PM IST
292 cops martyred in India in the last one yearParamilitary jawans dealing with cross-border terrorism and Naxalism have the highest number of casualties. Since Independence, over 35,000...
21 Oct, 2019, 10.16 AM IST
Men ‘fearful’ of Maoists, police ‘desert’ Gadchiroli villageOutside every household and shop one can easily come across banners ostensibly put up by Maoists calling for a halt to construction of road...
07 May, 2019, 07.21 AM IST
Gadchiroli success sets stage to end Naxalite violence in 4 yearsThe last such consultation was on May 8, 2017, when home minister Rajnath Singh met chief ministers of affected states and announced a new ...
13 Jul, 2018, 06.58 PM IST
- Naxals ambush CRPF party in Maha; IEDs, landmines recovered
Heavily-armed Naxals today ambushed a CRPF patrol party in the jungles along the Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra border
11 Feb, 2013, 02.32 PM IST
- Naxals trigger landmine blast in Gadchiroli; 12 CRPF personnel killed
The troops were going to Gatta for duty from Pushtola, about 4 km from Gadchiroli, around noon when the blast took place, killing them on t...
28 Mar, 2012, 03.37 AM IST
- Plan panel data reopens development vs security debate
A fresh spurt of naxal violence in Chhattisgarh with 18 security personnel killed in the past three days in as many incidents, has posed a ...
12 Jun, 2011, 04.29 AM IST
- Schoolkids caught in Maoist-ITBP crossfire, 2 among 7 killed
Seven people, including two schoolchildren and three ITBP personnel were killed on Friday in two encounters with Maoists in the forests alo...
09 Oct, 2010, 01.39 PM IST
- PC admits setback in J&K, tackling Maoists
P Chidambaram admitted that the government had failed to break the vicious cycle of protests in J&K on since June and also suffered setback...
26 Aug, 2010, 04.18 AM IST
- 5k more troops to counter Naxals
The home ministry plans to induct soon 5,000 more central troops, after they are trained in jungle warfare, to counter Maoists.
14 Apr, 2010, 05.10 AM IST
- Naxals remain defiant, kill 17 state cops
Seventeen policemen, including sub inspector CS Deshmukh, were killed in the ambush by more than 150 Naxals, they said.
09 Oct, 2009, 04.46 AM IST