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Raipur: The surrender of senior Maoist commander Sujatha alias Kalpana, a Central Committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist) organization in Telangana, marks a serious blow to the Maoist movement in the Dandakaranya (Bastar) region of Chhattisgarh, said Bastar police. "As one of the senior-most leaders of the Maoist outfit, Sujatha's decision to surrender reflects the deep crisis of confidence that the Maoist ranks are facing in recent times," a police statement on Saturday said.Bastar range In ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (PTI) CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member Pothula Padmavati surrendered before the Telangana police here. Padmavati (62) alias Sujatha, wife of late Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji, has cited health reasons for coming out of CPI (Maoist). She also wanted to join the mainstream in view of the government policies and support, Telangana DGP Jitender told reporters here. Padmavati, who been underground since the last 43 years, had served as incharge of 'Jan ...Read More >
Mohla , Two senior Naxalites, carrying collective rewards of ₹35 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district on Wednesday, police said. The encounter took place late in the afternoon in the forest of Banda Pahad hill under Madanwada police station area, when a team of District Reserve Guard was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Superintendent of Police YP Singh said. A team of Indo-Tibetan Border Police was also involved in t ...Read More >
Amritsar, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in Punjab and Congress lawmaker Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss continuing threats to the Golden Temple through threatening emails. Speaking after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, where he was accompanied by Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala and other Congress leaders, Bajwa said that he met with of ...Read More >
Raipur: At least six Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests of Abujhmad in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said on Friday. "The operation, launched based on intelligence inputs, is still underway," a statement issued by the police said. The six bodies of Maoists were brought to the district headquarters and are yet to be identified. "Joint teams of security personnel comprising the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), and Indo-Tibe ...Read More >
RAIPUR: The banned CPI (Maoists) has admitted in a statement that 357 of its cadres, including 136 women, have been killed across India in the past year. The statement issued by the party's top Central Committee marks one of the largest single-year losses in recent history for the insurgent group.The development comes ahead of Maoists' annual "Martyrs' Week" to be observed from July 28 to August 3. The statement, released in the form of a 24-page booklet in English and Gondi languages, outlines ...Read More >
Security forces killed top Maoist leader Gautam alias Sudhakar in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. Gautam carried a reward of Rs 40 lakh. He was a Central Committee Member. He was responsible for violence and radicalizing youth. This is a major blow to Maoist leadership in Dandakaranya region. Security forces recovered an AK-47 and explosives.After CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao's (70) killing, another top Maoist and senior Central Committee Member (CCM), Gautam alias Sudhakar ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday met senior security officers involved in two major anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh and declared that the Centre remains "fully committed" to eradicating left-wing extremism. At North Block, Shah reviewed recent successes with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, Intelligence Bureau Director Tapan Deka and other top officials. "I congratulated the officers on t ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged five individuals, including goldy Brar, in relation to the 2024 Gurugram club bombing plot, as revealed in a recently filed chargesheet. This case involves a conspiracy to bomb two clubs, aiming to disrupt communal harmony in Haryana, with the banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) implicated. The NIA's investigation highlights the severity of the plot. Those charged include satinderjit Singh (Goldy Brar), Sachin Talian, An ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Seven Maoists have been gunned down in an ongoing encounter near the Indravati national park of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh over the past two days. Two of the dead were women. Among those whose deaths were announced on Saturday was Bhaskar alias Mailarapu Adellu, a special zonal committee (SZC) member of the Telangana state committee (TSC). He carried a reward of '45 lakh in Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Police had on Thursday said Maoists' central committee member Narasimha Chal ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Civil society groups have raised certain pertinent concerns amid the ongoing anti-Maoist operations being carried out by the security forces in the area that has come to be known as the Red Corridor. Several senior Maoist leaders are known to have fallen during the recent weeks. This includes top leader Basava Raju alias Keshav Rao who was reportedly killed in an exchange of fire in May. On Thursday, Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) Sudhakar and Tela ...Read More >
Raipur, June 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five Maoists were killed in two encounters with security forces in an ongoing operation in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police officials said on Saturday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has hailed the success and expressed his wish to meet the brave soldiers who are engaged in anti-Maoist mission. With the latest casualties, seven Maoists, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were neutralised in the operation in the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, on Saturday met and congratulated the officers responsible for the anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, which led to the killing of top Naxal leaders. Shah also said that he would be visiting Chhattisgarh soon to meet the soldiers who played a key role in the successful operations. 'Recently met the officers who played an important role in the operations conducted against Naxalism and con ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Central government has raised financial limits under the General Financial Rules (GFRs) for procurement of scientific equipment and consumables. The simplification of GFRs will reduce delays and enhance autonomy and flexibility for the research organisations. Under the new rules, the Finance Ministry said that Vice Chancelors, Dierectors and academic institutions under specified departments and ministries will be able to make non-Government e-Marketplace (G ...Read More >
BIJAPUR: Five Naxalites were killed in two encounters with security forces in an ongoing operation in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. With the latest casualties, seven Naxalites, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were neutralised in the operation in the last three days, they said. "Security forces have recovered the bodies of seven Maoists during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park area of the ...Read More >
Bijapur, June 7: Five Naxalites were killed in two encounters with security forces in an ongoing operation in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. With the latest casualties, seven Naxalites, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were neutralised in the operation in the last three days, they said. "Security forces have recovered the bodies of seven Maoists during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park area ...Read More >
Bijapur, Jun 7 (PTI) Five Naxalites were killed in two encounters with security forces in an ongoing operation in the Indravati National Park area of Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said on Saturday. With the latest casualties, seven Naxalites, including top leaders Sudhakar and Bhaskar, were neutralised in the operation in the last three days, they said. "Security forces have recovered the bodies of seven Maoists during the ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the Indravati National Park ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, on Saturday met and congratulated the officers responsible for the anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, which led to the killing of top Naxal leaders. Shah also said that he would be visiting Chhattisgarh soon to meet the soldiers who played a key role in the successful operations. "Recently met the officers who played an important role in the operations conducted against Naxalism and con ...Read More >
Lucknow: A man accused of kidnapping and raping a three-year-old girl in Lucknow was killed in an encounter with police in the early hours of Friday. The accused was identified as Deepak Verma, 24.Police said he was a habitual offender, and several criminal cases were lodged against him at various police stations. Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for any information leading to his arrest.On Thursday, a complaint was registered at Alambagh police station that a three-year-old girl was k ...Read More >
Nagpur: In a significant blow to the Maoist movement in the Dandakaranya region, 12 senior Maoists surrendered before chief minister Devendra Fadnavis during his visit to Gadchiroli district on Friday. The event, attended by state minister and Gadchiroli's co-guardian minister Ashish Jaiswal, marks a milestone in the state's ongoing efforts to curb Naxalism through its surrender and rehabilitation policy, in place since 2005.The surrendered Maoists include high-ranking members, including Sapna a ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 6 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the back of Naxalism has been broken and urged remaining Maoist rebels to lay down arms and join the mainstream. The surrender of Naxalites with bounties of more than Rs 1 crore on their heads shows they have lost trust in the outlawed movement, he told reporters in Gadchiroli, some 900 kilometres from here. Gadchiroli in the state's Vidarbha region is among the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas of the countr ...Read More >
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 6 (ANI): Just a day after security forces neutralised a top naxal leader, Sudhakar (alias Gautam), in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai departed for Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss the successful operations to finish naxalism, the path forward, while also discussing the state's development. CM Sai will be visiting Delhi today and tomorrow (June 7). 'I am visiting Delhi for two days. I will return tomorrow. I will me ...Read More >
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 6 (ANI): Just a day after security forces neutralised a top naxal leader, Sudhakar (alias Gautam), in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai departed for Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss the successful operations to finish naxalism, the path forward, while also discussing the state's development. CM Sai will be visiting Delhi today and tomorrow (June 7). 'I am visiting Delhi for two days. I will return tomorrow. I will me ...Read More >
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 6 (ANI): Just a day after security forces neutralised a top naxal leader, Sudhakar (alias Gautam), in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai departed for Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss the successful operations to finish naxalism, the path forward, while also discussing the state's development. CM Sai will be visiting Delhi today and tomorrow (June 7). Also Read | Ahmedabad Horror: Woman Alleges Dowry Harassment by In-L ...Read More >
Bijapur, June 6: In a blow to naxalism in Chhattisgarh, the death of a top naxal leader and Central Committee Member (CCM), Sudhakar (alias Gautam), in Bijapur district marks the second such successful high profile anti-naxal operation by security forces in just over 3 weeks, Bastar's Inspector General P Sundarraj said. Gautam, the leader of the banned CPI(Maoist) organisation, was neutralised by security forces on June 5 during an operation in Bijapur's national forest area. Just 3 weeks ago, o ...Read More >
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 6 (ANI): In a blow to naxalism in Chhattisgarh, the death of a top naxal leader and Central Committee Member (CCM), Sudhakar (alias Gautam), in Bijapur district marks the second such successful high profile anti-naxal operation by security forces in just over 3 weeks, Bastar's Inspector General P Sundarraj said. Gautam, the leader of the banned CPI(Maoist) organisation, was neutralised by security forces on June 5 during an operation in Bijapur's national fo ...Read More >
SHILLONG, June 4: The United Democratic Party (UDP) has announced its decision to participate in the all-party committee on railways, with working president Titosstarwell Chyne and MLA Lahkmen Rymbui nominated to represent it. Chyne stated that the party will consult with its MLAs and leaders before presenting its stance in the committee. However, he clarified that the UDP's position remains firm: the party opposes the introduction of railway projects in the region unless the government establi ...Read More >
Raipur/Hyderabad: Barely a fortnight after gunning down CPI(Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju, security forces shot dead his long-time aide, central committee member Sudhakar alias Tentu Lakshmi Narasimha Chalam -- the banned outfit's ideological chief -- in a forest in Bastar's Bijapur district Thursday morning.Born into a middle class family in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru district, Sudhakar, 67, carried a collective bounty of Rs 85 lakh in Chhattisgarh, Telangana and AP ...Read More >
Raipur: Top Maoist leader Tentu Lakshmi Narasimhachalam alias Sudhakar, who carried a collective bounty of Rs one crore in three states, was on Thursday killed in an encounter with security forces in the Indravati National Park area under Bijapur district in south Bastar of Chhattisgarh, police said. This was the second major breakthrough made by the security forces in their ongoing battle against Leftwing extremism in Bastar, in the last fortnight. On May 21, CPI (Maoist) general secretary Na ...Read More >
Bijapur, Jun 5 (PTI) Senior Maoist leader Narasimha Chalam alias Sudhakar, who had a bounty of Rs 40 lakh on his head, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Thursday, police said, days after the elusive chief of CPI (Maoist) Basavaraju was gunned down. The killing of Sudhakar, a member of the Maoists' Central Committee, comes a fortnight after CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju (70) was neutralised by security force ...Read More >
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