Maoist Struggle

17 Personnel of Indian Forces Missing After Encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh

As per reports emanating from Chintagufa in Sukma around 12 DRG and 5 STF men are missing after the Indian forces came under heavy fire on Saturday (March 21) afternoon.

Amit Shah Reviews Actions Against Naxalites; Mamata Banerjee, KCR Skip Meet

India's Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly reviewed ongoing actions against Naxalite and Maoist strugglers during a High profile meeting held at Delhi on Monday (Aug 26).

Sukhma Encounter: 9 CRPF Jawans Killed In A Naxal Attack In Chattisgarh

Close to the heels of an encounter in Bijapur district of Chattisgarh earlier this month in which ten Maoists where killed by the police - in a retaliation to that the Maoists in an attack

SCI Stays Contempt Proceedings Against Arundhati Roy, Had Asked Her To Tender An Apology

As per the media reports emanating from Delhi the Supreme Court of India here on Monday  for the time being dropped criminal contempt proceedings against

Breaking News: Maoists & CRPF Engaged In Gunbattle In South Sukhma, 5 CRPF Personnels Injured

As per the media reports emanating from Sukhma district of Chattisgarh the Maoists rebels are currently engaged in fierce gun battle with the

Killing Of Security Personnels By Maoists In Sukma Not A Human Rights Violation, Says CRPF

As per the media reports in response to an RTI application by a human rights activist seeking the inquiry report into the Sukma attacks, the CRPF said

‘We Have Digested, Held In Our Bellies So Much Violence That It Is Hard To Be Moral’: Arundhati Roy

On a late May afternoon, the maze of lanes around Jama Masjid is its usual swirl of orderly chaos, mildly exacerbated by a spot or two of unseasonal rain.

25 CRPF Personnels Killed During An Encounter With Maoists In Sukhma

As per the media reports coming in from the state of Chattisgarh atleast 25 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have died during an encounter with Maoists here in Sukhma here on Monday afternoon

DU Professor GN Saibaba And Five Others Convicted For Alleged Links With Maoists

A sessions court in Gadricholi district of Maharastra here today convicted a Delhi University professor GN Saibaba and five others for their alleged connection with the banned

The Tribal Versus Development (by Umar Khalid, JNU)

Umar Khalid a PhD research scholar at JNU, New Delhi has written an opinion article upon the root cause of the on going conflict in the tribal belt of central and eastern India.

Demonetisation A Psychlogical Terror On Common People says Maoists Document

Maoists have launched a “pamphlet war” against Centre’s demonetisation move in the districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

The protector has become the aggressor: Kerala HC on police hunt for Maoists

The High Court of Kerala observed that the “State moved to nab Maoists like a hunter vying for prey. This is nothing but disguised aberration of law in the cloth of uniform and the protector has become the aggressor,” it criticised.

Being Maoist is not a crime, police can’t arrest merely for being a Maoist: Kerala High Court

The Kerala high court today (on May 22) said that being a “Maoist” was not a crime. The court also said that them police cannot detain a person merely for adopting Maoist ideology.

Naxalites/ Maoists gun down 13 CRPF personnel in Chhatisgarh

Media reports say that at least 13 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel got killed by Naxals/ Maoists in Chaattisgarh’s Sukma district. According to reports, a large number of heavily armed Naxal rebels laid a trap in Chintagufa area of Sukma district where an ‘anti-Naxal operation’ was on since last ten days. It has been learnt that the rebels attacked CRPF's 223 battalion which resulted in the death of its 13 troopers.

Naxals strike in Chhatisgarh; Chopper carrying injured CRPF men also targeted, claims police

Chhatisgarh, India: Five security personnel, including a CRPF inspector, were reportedly injured on Friday (Nov. 21) in a pressure bomb blast by Naxals in Maoist-hit Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said.

Narendra Modi tells Naxals to drop guns; Says Violence has no place in Gandhi’s country

Jharkhand, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Naxalite/ Maoist groups to drop guns and participate in “nation-building” project of the Indian state. Narendra ...

Indian paramilitary (CRPF) invokes Bollywood “Kick” to induce Tribals in Naxal/Maoist region

Chhattisgarh, India: Indian paramilitary force, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPC) has decided to screen Bollywood Movies for tribal people in areas under Naxalite/ Maoist influence. Reaching out to tribals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, CRPF has launched screening Hindi movies in Indian state's efforts to being people from the remote backward region to the (so-called) mainstream of India.

Top Naxal leader Sabyasachi Panda arrested from Odisha’s Ganjam district

Bhubaneswar, India (July 18, 2014): According to recent media reports, one of the top Naxal leaders Sabyasachi Panda has been arrested. According to media reports Sabyasachi Panda, a native of Mayurjhalia village in Nayagarh and a graduate in Mathematics, was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district by the state police.

No talk with Naxals/ Maoists; Special funds for special force to “tackle” the Naxal movement: Rajnath Singh

According to information Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on recently spelled out the anti-Maoist policy of the Narendra Modi government, saying there will be no talks with the left-wing ultras.

Modi govt. framing new “Anti-Naxalite” strategy; Special monetry benefits, out-of turn promotions and much more for troops

As per information availed from various media reports the Indian government led by Narendra Modi is reading a new "anti-Naxalite" strategy. Under this strategy the bureaucrats and security personnel operating in Naxalite/ Maoist-hit areas may get special monetary benefits, out-of-turn promotions and choice posting after the completion of their tenure in these "dangerous" places.

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