Tag: Maoists

Phulbani: Fresh posters of CPI (Maoist) extending support to the ongoing farmer agitation under the aegis of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) have surfaced at two places in Kandhamal district. The posters released in the name of Odisha State Committee of the outlawed outfit were found at Kukuruma village under Phiringia police limits and Khadir […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to help surrendered Maoists return to mainstream society and ensure their livelihood, a new initiative has been taken under which they can now be enrolled in skill development training courses even if they lack the required qualification. And this has been possible due to the praiseworthy efforts of two sisters. They […]

Malkangiri: After disrupting polling in 15 places during first phase of Lok Sabha elections, Maoists have sent a letter to the Odisha government through polling officials demanding that operations against them be halted. The letter carried by a six-member polling party, that was detained by Maoists yesterday and released today, handed over the letter to […]

Maoists burnt 32 vehicles in Bihar's Gaya district to enforce a two-day shutdown beginning Monday to protest the killing of a woman Maoist leader, police said

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur: Suspected Maoists allegedly kidnapped nine persons from two villages in Mathili block in Odisha’s Malkangiri district bordering Chhattisgarh, which witnessed back-to-back Naxal violence in the last three days. Those abducted late last night include Trinath Bhumia, a former block chairman of Mathili. While five abducted persons belonged to Kirtanpalli village, two hailed from nearby […]

Parlakhemundi: In yet another blow to the Sabhyasachi Panda-led Odisha Maobadi Party, a huge cache of arms and ammunition were seized from a number of dumps in border areas of Kandhamal and Ganjam districts in the last two days. The seizure included one SLR Rifle, one .303 rifle, one hand-made SBML gun, 162 rounds of […]

In the wake of the recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, Odisha Police have decided to issue a list of 'dos and don'ts' for candidates in poll fray in the Maoist-hit areas

Parlakhemundi: In a major blow to the Odisha Maobadi Party (OMP) led by Sabyasachi Panda, three women ultras carrying cash rewards on their heads have been arrested and a huge quantity of arms and ammunition seized in Gajapti district. The three were arrested during a raid on an OMP camp at Mukhi jungle near Dimbiri […]

A special team of the Odisha police has just returned from Andhra Pradesh after interrogating surrendered Maoist leader of Chhattisgarh Jane Salem, one of the alleged masterminds in the killing of the then ruling BJD MLA of Umerkote......

A top Maoist leader carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh on his head each in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh was on Saturday arrested in Koraput district. The 40-year-old Anil Kumar the second-in-command of the Andhra-Odisha-Border-State Zonal Committee was arrested from Tala Paniki forests by the SOG, Koraput SP, Awinash Kumar said

Top leaders of Nepal's vanquished Maoists party today launched a soul searching session on how to recover from a humiliating defeat in the November 19 polls

Koraput: Close on the heels of an inter-state meeting between senior police officials of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, security forces today claimed success in destroying a Maoist camp in Koraput. The rebel camp was busted during a combing operation by SOG jawans and police at Sunki forest under Pottangi police limits today. On basis of […]

A fierce gun battle took place between Maoists ultras and security forces in a forest near Kulabedha under Mathili police limits in the district on Wednesday morning.

The Maoist ultra who was gunned down by security forces during an encounter at Padampur in the district on Thursday was a DCM (Divisional Committee Member) rank rebel who was carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head.

Let us not get distracted by the ugly and shameful tug of war among the three major political parties to corner – and deny – credit for the inordinately delayed Gurupriya bridge. Instead, we should all rejoice that a historical wrong has been righted and the people who sacrificed everything to light up our houses […]