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A teenage girl and two other persons were injured after a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists went off in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Monday (July 14, 2025). The incident took place on Sunday (July 13, 2025) evening when the three persons, residents of Dhangol village under Madded police station limits, had gone to a nearby forest to collect mushrooms, a police official said. Also Read | Two CRPF personnel injured in IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Bij ...Read More >
Six members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from neighbouring Chhattisgarh have surrendered before police in Telangana's Kothagudem town on Saturday, taking the total number of surrenders in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to 300 this year. The welfare measures being implemented by the Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists is the main driving force behind the spate of surrenders, police said. As many as six Maoist cadres and militia members from Chhattisgarh's south Bastar region, a hotb ...Read More >
Raipur, July 15: In a fresh wave of violence in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, two men, including a 'Shiksha Doot' (Shiksha Doot in Chhattisgarh refers to teachers working in remote and Maoist-affected areas), were found murdered in the forests of Pilur village on Tuesday. One of the victims has been identified as Vinod Made, a local education worker who had reportedly been abducted by Maoists on Monday evening. His body, along with that of another unidentified individual, was discovered near ...Read More >
New Delhi: In cricket, some defeats leave a scar that generations remember. Something like that happened on Monday as India's narrow loss at Lord's in the third Test against England brought back the vivid memories of another heartbreaker. The match took us back to 26 years ago when in Chennai India fell agonisingly short against arch rivals Pakistan despite Sachin Tendulkar's brilliance. Mohammed Siraj's dismissal stirred the deja vu of Chennai. On a tense final day at Lord's, India needed 21 m ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Five members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before the Mulugu district police on Monday, July 14. In 2025 till date, a total of 73 Maoists belonging to various ranks have joined the mainstream in the district of Telangana and have surrendered their arms. According to a press release from the Mulugu police, Maoist cadres have been surrendering as a result of the awareness program jointly undertaken by Mulugu District Police and CRPF for the development and welfare of tri ...Read More >
WARANGAL: Five members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party, including two women, surrendered to Superintendent of Police Shabarish on Monday as part of the "Poru Kanna Ooru Minna - Mana Ooriki Tirigi Randi" initiative, jointly undertaken by Mulugu Police and the CRPF Battalion in Mulugu district. SP Shabarish told the media that among the five was Area Committee Member Shyamala Rajesh, alias Itha (22). The others are Kadthi Iduma (20) from Sukma district; and three from Bijapur district: Uke Jogi ...Read More >
Penukonda (Sri Sathya Sai district): BC, EWS welfare, handlooms and textiles S Savitha launched a scathing attack on YSR Congress Party (YSRCP)... Penukonda (Sri Sathya Sai district): BC, EWS welfare, handlooms and textiles S Savitha launched a scathing attack on YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders, accusing them of behaving like terrorists and inciting their cadres to violence and intimidation. Speaking to the media at her camp office here on Saturday, the minister alleged that YSRCP workers w ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 12 (UNI) Six members of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from neighbouring Chhattisgarh surrendered before the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police in Telangana today. This takes the total number of surrenders in Bhadradri Kothagudem district to 300 this year, according to district Superintendent of police B.Rohith Raju. The welfare measures being implemented by the Telangana government for the surrendered Maoists and also development of welfare schemes for tribals, provided under ' O ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 12: Raveena Tandon's son Ranbir Thadani has turned 18 and the actress welcomed him to adulthood with a heartfelt note. Raveena took to Instagram, where she shared a string of adorable pictures from Ranbir and her actress-daughter Rasha's younger days. For the caption, the star wrote: "Welcome to Adulthood my son, Happy 18 th . I love you , your my heart, My sunshine , my forever love . Proud of the Man you've become. Kind , compassionate , strong, caring. Mahadev walks with you (sic ...Read More >
Raipur, July 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a breakthrough in Chhattisgarh's anti-Naxal campaign, 23 Maoists, carrying a Rs 1.18 crore reward, surrendered before senior police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officials in Sukma district on Saturday. The surrendered cadres carried a cumulative bounty of Rs 1.18 crore, with 11 of them listed as senior operatives in the Maoist hierarchy. Among the group was Podiam Bhima alias Lokesh, a divisional committee member accused of orchestrating the 2012 ...Read More >
RAIPUR: About 22 Maoists carrying combined bounties of Rs 37.5 lakh surrendered before Narayanpur police in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division on Friday. Among them are eight women, and senior cadres such as Sukhlal Kunjam, the Area Commander of the Kutul Area Committee, who alone carried a bounty of Rs 8 lakh.His wife, also an active Maoist, surrendered alongside him. The surrendered members were active in the Kutul, Nelnar, and Indravati area committees within the Marh division of Narayanpur distr ...Read More >
Raipur: Twenty-two Maoists with a cumulative reward of ₹37.5 lakh, who were active in the Abhujmad forest region, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, police said. "The Maoists who surrendered were active in the Kutul, Nelnar, and Indravati area committees of CPI (Maoists) Maad division," Narayanpur superintendent of police (SP) Robinson Guria said. The Maoists surrendered before senior officers of the police, Border Security Force (BSF), and Indo ...Read More >
Berhampur: Three hardcore Maoists, including two women, all from Chhattisgarh, carrying a total bounty of Rs 13 lakh, surrendered to police at Phulbani in Kandhamal district Monday. The surrendered Maoists were identified as Made Beti alias Champa (30) of Dugumarka in Sukma district, working as divisional committee member (DCM), Raju Dodi alias Ajay (35) of Basaguda, and Admo Madvi alias Manju (27) of Pangud in Bijapur district, working as area committee members in Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Naya ...Read More >
Bijapur: Security forces have killed a notorious Naxalite sniper during an encounter in the National Park area here in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, police said. The slain Naxalite has been identified as Sodhi Kanna, deputy commander of Company No. 02 of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion No. 01, who carried a bounty of Rs 8 lakh. Kanna was known to be a close associate of senior Naxal leader Madvi Hidma and was linked to major attacks in the Tekalgudiyam area and on the Dharma ...Read More >
RAIPUR: The Maoist killed in an encounter by security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Saturday, was identified as top rank deputy commander and sniper of PLGA battalion number 1, who carried a cash reward of Rs eight lakh on his head. Police confirmed that Kanna had a notorious record in the region. A native of Tekulgudium located on Bijapur borders, he had been involved in multiple major attacks. He was also known to be a close associate of Maoist central committee member Madvi Hid ...Read More >
Raipur, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant development in the ongoing anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a senior Maoist commander identified as Sodhi Kanna was killed during a joint offensive by security forces in the National Park area, police confirmed on Monday. The encounter occurred on July 5, following the launch of a large-scale operation a day earlier based on intelligence inputs regarding the presence of senior Maoist leaders and their armed cadres, polic ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Expressing happiness over the huge success of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge's meeting at the LB Stadium, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud said it is the result of Congress workers' relentless efforts. In a release here on Saturday, he expressed heartfelt gratitude to every Congress worker and leader who contributed to the success of Samajika Nyaya Samarabheri held in Hyderabad. "From grassroots workers to top state leaders, everyone played a key role in making the event a grand s ...Read More >
RAIPUR: A Maoist was killed in an encounter between Maoists and security forces in the dense forested terrain of the Indravati National Park area in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. Police said the operation was launched based on intelligence about the presence of top Maoist cadres on Friday and has since witnessed intermittent gunfire. Inspector general (IG) of police, Bastar range, Sundarraj P, said that security forces acting on credible inputs initiated a coordinat ...Read More >
Bijapur, Jul 5 (PTI) A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. A gunfight broke out in the Indravati National Park area when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, an official said. The operation had been launched on the basis of intelligence about the presence of senior Maoist cadres, and intermittent exchange of fire is going on in the area since Friday, he said. The body of a male ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Wednesday officially named the new president of the West Bengal BJP, with the party tasking him to lead its charge in the 2026 assembly elections, a battle he described as a fight to save the state's culture and pluralism from what he termed the "corrupt misrule" of the TMC. A dyed-in-the-wool party loyalist and articulate communicator with deep roots in the RSS, Bhattacharya's election as the West Bengal BJP president signals the ce ...Read More >
Kolkata: A dyed-in-the-wool party loyalist and articulate communicator with deep roots in the RSS, Samik Bhattacharya's election as the West Bengal BJP president signals the central leadership's calibrated move to steer the state unit through internal churn and retool it into a winning machine ahead of the 2026 assembly elections. At 61, Bhattacharya's rise to the state's top organisational post is being seen as a reward for decades of silent perseverance, ideological fidelity, and personal dis ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a stark illustration of the ongoing peril from Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, a civilian sustained severe injuries in a pressure-triggered IED explosion. The blast occurred on Tuesday evening within the heavily forested corridor between Sirakonta and Dampaya -- an area routinely flagged for its high insurgent activity. The victim, identified as 32-year-old Vishal Gote, a resident of Motalaguda village under Maddeed police station limits ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, M ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a significant blow to left-wing extremism in Odisha, security forces on Monday shot dead two Maoists in an encounter in the Budaguda Reserve Forest area of Kandhamal district. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a joint team of security personnel launched a combing operation under the supervision of Kandhamal Superintendent of Police Harish Bishi. The operation, which had been underway for the past two days, intensified after the forces came face-to-face with a group of Maoi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Odisha Police on Monday neutralised two hardcore Maoists during an exchange of fire in Puranajiaba Reserved Forest at Baliguda in Kandhamal district. The slain Maoists were identified as Manku and Chandan, who belong to the Kalahandi-Kandhamal-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the proscribed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) organisation. Manku works as an Area Committee Member (ACM) in KKBN of the CPI(Maoist), while Chandan is a member of t ...Read More >
Bijapur: Even as the fight against Naxalism is at its peak with several top Maoist leaders eliminated in encounters with security forces, the rebels who laid down their arms are being given a chance to redeem their lives by the government. The surrendered Naxalites are being trained on skill development, JCB and truck driving along with masonry. This apart, the surrendered Naxalites are also being given vocational training so that they can merge with the mainstream of the society. The district ...Read More >
Bijapur: Thirteen maoist including eight women, carrying a collective bounty of Rs 22 lakh on their heads, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday, a senior official said. The surrendered cadres cited their disappointment due to the atrocities committed by senior leaders on tribals and the "hollow" Maoist ideology as the reason for giving up the path of violence, the police official said. Deve Muchaki alias Pramila (21), one of the women, was carrying a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two women Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Thursday. The bodies of the killed Maoist cadres were identified as Seema, area committee member, Kutul, and Linge, alias Ranjhu, party member, Kutul local organisation squad. The two together carried a reward of ₹6 lakh, police said. Police recovered an INSAS rifle, a country-made .315 bore rifle and 15 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition. A large quantity of other ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the four ...Read More >
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh), Jun 26 (PTI) Two women Naxalites carrying a collective bounty of Rs 6 lakh have been killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Thursday. The gunfight broke out late Wednesday evening in a forest under Kohkameta police station limits in Abhujmaad area when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, said Sundarraj P, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range. District Reserve Guard ( ...Read More >
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