Tag: Naxalism

As many as 500 active members of Maoist militia surrendered before Malkangiri Superintendent of Police and Deputy Inspector of General (DIG) of Border Security Force (BSF) at Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district on Monday.

The chief ministers who attended the meeting were Naveen Patnaik (Odisha), K Chandrashekar Rao (Telangana), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh), Uddhav Thackeray (Maharashtra) and Hemant Soren (Jharkhand).

In a bid to tackle Naxalism in Odisha in a more effective and efficient manner, forces will be redeployed based on intelligence inputs, director-general (DG) of police Sanjib Marik said here today

Bhubaneswar: Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today assured all possible assistance to Odisha and three other eastern States – West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand – for enhancing internal security, and emphasised the need for better coordination between state and central agencies to combat Maoists. “Security is the first priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and […]

Half a century after the Naxalbari uprising, the dream of a classless, exploitation-free and just society that fired the imagination of the young and the restless remains just that – a dream. Half a century after the State came down with all its might on the young revolutionaries with the promise of ending for once […]