Tag: Naxal

New Delhi: A total of 69 incidents of Naxal violence and killing of 33 security forces personnel and civilians were reported from the 10 Left wing extremism-hit states of the country in the first six months of this year, Lok Sabha was informed today. The maximum incidents at 53 and deaths (17 security men and […]

Malkangiri: Frustrated over the violent activities of Maoists, more than 50 sympathisers of the banned outfit surrendered before police here today. The supporters of the outlawed outfit gave up arms and joined the mainstream after meeting SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra. They all belong to Kukurkunda village under Mathili police limits, Mohapatra said. They will be rehabilitated […]

Raipur: Naxals torched two buses after asking passengers to alight in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district tonight, police said. One person was reported to have been killed by naxals at the spot, they said. The incident took place between Peddakudthi and Penta villages under Dornapal police station limits when the two buses, were heading to Hyderabad, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has sanctioned 29 road projects to upgrade connectivity in the left wing extremism affected Malkangiri and Koraput districts, official sources said. The projects at an estimated cost of Rs 350.52 crore were sanctioned in the first governing body meeting of the newly constituted Odisha State Rural Connectivity Project Agency (OSRCPA) held under […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Maoists to return to mainstream as violence has no place in democracy. Patnaik said this at a public rally held in the Maoist-hit Malkangiri district. “I call upon the Left-wing extremists with open mind to quit the path of violence and become part of the ongoing public […]

A Maoist couple, carrying a reward of Rs two lakh on their heads, today surrendered before the police in Sundargarh district, saying they were "disillusioned" with Naxal activities

CPI today accused the BJD government in Odisha of working against the tribals, saying it was amply proved by the killing of five civilians in the name of anti-Naxal operation in Kandhamal and death of over 19 children due to malnutrition in Jajpur district

Chief Secretaries of seven Naxal-affected states and Secretaries of key central ministries will meet here tomorrow to take stock of various development projects initiated in Maoist-hit areas

Six members of a polling party and five CRPF personnel were killed as Naxals struck twice on Saturday in gap of less than an hour, blowing up a bus and an ambulance in Bijapur and Bastar districts of Chhattisgarh

At least 13 Naxals were killed in an encounter with police's C-60 commandos in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra early on Friday, officials said.

Bijapur: A local Congress worker was brutally killed by suspected Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said on Sunday. Sahdev Samrat (30), a native of Thothapara area, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons on Saturday night when he went to attend a wedding in the nearby Kostapara area in Bhairamgarh town, a local police official said. […]

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre to provide telecommunication, banking services to Naxal-hit districts and also stressed on the establishment of rail connectivity specifically to Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts of the State. Patnaik gave his proposals at a review meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi […]

Dantewada: Twenty-eight Naxals, including four with rewards on their heads, surrendered on Sunday in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, a senior police official said. They laid down arms in front of senior police and CRPF officials in the newly-established Chikpal police camp in Katekalyan area, some 340 kilometres from the state capital Raipur, said Dantewada Superintendent of […]

Raipur: Fourteen policemen were injured in a fierce gun-battle with naxals in forests of Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district on Saturday, the police said. Further, at least 13 security personnel were untraceable in the forests following the encounter, a senior official said. The encounter took place around 2.30 pm near Korajguda hills in Chintagufa area when […]

Raipur: Police in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh have busted a country-made weapons factory in neighbouring Malkangiri district of Odisha, and arrested a Maoist sympathiser who was operating it to supply the arms to Naxals, police said on Sunday. The action was taken based on the inputs provided by a Naxal identified as Madvi Joga (40), […]