After Naxals, is ISIS India's new No.1 enemy?For the first time in the past nine years, security forces killed more Naxals in 2015 than the personnel they lost in operations against Le...
13 Jul, 2018, 06.29 PM IST
2015 saw lowest Naxal violence in 6 years: Home Ministry dataMaoists-hit states witnessed lowest violence in six years with casualties and incidents coming down substantially in 2015.
13 Jul, 2018, 06.24 PM IST
53 people executed by 'Kangaroo courts' of Naxals in 3 yearsAltogether 15 people were executed in 2014 following orders of 54 'Jan Adalats' and 20 people were killed in 2013 under the directives of 6...
13 Mar, 2016, 02.44 PM IST
Rajnath Singh reviews Maoist situation in Andhra PradeshHome Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the Maoist sitation in Andhra Pradesh and assured the state of all possible help from the Centre.
18 Feb, 2016, 09.15 PM IST
'Jan adalat', the new game plan of NaxalsExperts view this trend as an act to terrorise people, as Naxals are frustrated with security forces making inroads in their bastion and be...
04 Sep, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Narendra Modi urges youth to give up violenceAccording to recent statistics of the anti-Naxal Cell of Maharashtra Police, Maoist violence has claimed 451 victims in worst-hit Gadchirol...
10 Oct, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
Hold Lok Sabha polls in 33 Naxal-hit districts in 1st phase: MHA to Election CommissionHome Ministry has asked the Election Commission to conduct the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in 33 Naxal-hit districts in the first phase.
25 Feb, 2014, 07.32 PM IST
- Bihar and centre government spar over curbing Maoists
A war of words broke out between the Centre and the Nitish Kumar government after a letter from home secretary RK Singh to Bihar chief secr...
05 Mar, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Fall in dropout rate in Naxal-hit areas: Shashi Tharoor
Govt said dropout rate in states affected by Naxal violence has been showing a decreasing trend in many areas since the inception of SSA.
23 Nov, 2012, 05.09 PM IST
- Maoists potency down: 361 killed by ultras till October 31 vs 611 casualties in 2011
The drop in violence is a sign of better coordination between the central armed forces and the state police forces now.
19 Nov, 2012, 07.27 AM 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
- Naxals kill three people in every two days
Statistics show Naxals have killed 3 persons in every 2 days for past 5 yr.
30 May, 2010, 12.01 PM IST
- Maoists inflict more damages in 2009 over last year
Statewise, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa were the worst-hit and together accounted for 82.35% of the total incidents of Maoist v...
09 Jul, 2009, 06.13 AM IST
- Jaiswal fudged terror death figures to counter Advani
Projecting statistics in a way that highlights their achievements while covering up failures is a common thing with governments.
27 Feb, 2008, 02.27 AM IST
- Chhattisgarh govt defends Judum
The Chattisgarh government on Monday stoutly defended the anti-Naxal people’s resistance movement in the state Salwa Judum telling the Supr...
29 Jan, 2008, 12.27 AM IST
- SPOs in Naxalite belts get 300% hike in wages
With the Salwa Judum experiment going awry and exposing the local civilians employed as special police officers (SPOs) to Naxal backlash, t...
19 Oct, 2007, 12.00 AM IST
- Naxal violence on the upswing
Chhattisgarh, however, has shown improvement in terms of incidents and casualties.
17 Aug, 2007, 03.06 AM IST