Until the guns fall silent: Government’s new aggressive strategy in Bastar’s Red CorridorA police unit mostly made up of surrendered Maoists is leading the Chhattisgarh government’s new aggressive strategy in Bastar’s Red Corrid...
17 Aug, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
How an IPS officer is changing the fortunes of students from marginalised communities in TelanganaIn an amazing feat of institutional transformation, this IPS officer turned a moribund network of state-run social welfare schools into a p...
11 Oct, 2020, 03.38 PM IST
Maoists dispute veteran ultra Ganpathy's surrender possibilityIn a release issued on Thursday, Maoist central committee spokesperson Abhay rebutted the possibility that Ganapathy was expected to surren...
03 Sep, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
The other menace: How the covid lockdown aided counter-insurgency operationsThe trend was visible in all three conflict zones in India — Kashmir Valley, the Northeast, and in Bastar.
28 Jun, 2020, 09.26 AM IST
Confessions of a surrendered Naxal: 'Why I joined, why I renounced'He was then a special area committee member, considered a senior post in the Maoists' hierarchy.
23 Sep, 2018, 12.59 PM IST
CRPF targets 'informer' network to fight NaxalsThe officer added that CRPF's own intelligence has picked up substantially and it has better coordination with other intelligence agencies ...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
Why so squeamish? It’s time to trumpet India's military successFor too long, India has loftily internalised being a punching bag. Now it is time to show it has teeth as well. If this offends some, so be...
13 Jul, 2018, 03.36 PM IST
Govt PR war to show Maoist ideology as ‘failed & flawed’Publicising the success stories of government schemes in left-wing extremism-hit areas while subtly highlighting how Maoist violence was pr...
12 Jan, 2018, 10.16 AM IST
There are a lot of Newtons among election officials: Director Amit V MasurkarThe moment you start talking to officials and go on the ground, you realise there a lot of Newtons out there, Director of India's official ...
01 Oct, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
The life of a woman Maoist: A former member recalls her cadre daysMita broke out of her squad in November 2012, a year after Kishenji’s death. She returned to her village and stayed in a secret shelter for...
19 Mar, 2016, 02.48 AM IST
We’re committed to protecting Soni Sori and minorities: Chhattisgarh CM Raman SinghRaman Singh discussed the recent attack on a local church, fighting Naxals – and protecting Soni Sori.
16 Mar, 2016, 12.23 PM IST
Assembly elections: Why it would be an uphill task for Congress & not for BJPFor the Congress, it would be an uphill task to retain either Assam or Kerala, and avoid being left with Karnataka as the lone major state ...
13 Mar, 2016, 08.04 AM IST
Naxal menace, civil supplies scam kept Chhattisgarh in newsA series of Naxal incidents rocked the state in April, including the killing of seven Special Task Force (STF) men in Polampalli police sta...
01 Jan, 2016, 12.16 PM IST
Creating a threatening other: the alarming attitude of the state and its political facesThe state and its political faces like Modi brand adversaries as anti-national and anti-democratic forces, but is this the truth?
18 Jun, 2013, 10.50 AM IST
- Jharkhand's insurgency, there are no rules, just fear
In Jharkhand's insurgency, there are no rules, just fear. Not content with the dominance born out of political patronage, money and arms, M...
27 Apr, 2009, 04.20 PM IST