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A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was critically injured in an IED blast during an anti-Naxal operation in Saranda forest. Security forces intensified operations as Maoists escalate use of explosives in the insurgency-affected region Chaibasa/Ranchi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was critically injured on Monday after he stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during an anti-Naxal operation in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, officials sa ...Read More >
Chaibasa, Apr 6 (PTI) A jawan of CRPF's CoBRA battalion was injured when an IED planted by CPI (Maoists) exploded in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said on Monday. The incident occurred when a joint anti-Maoist operation was going on in Saranda forest under the Chotanagra police station limit, Superintendent of Police Amit Renu told PTI. In the course of the operation, the SP said an IED, planted by CPI (Maoists), exploded, injuring a jawan of CoBra battalion Manoj Kumar ...Read More >
Chaibasa/Ranchi: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was critically injured Monday after he stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during an anti-Naxal operation in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, officials said. The incident occurred amid an ongoing search operation being carried out by security forces to flush out Maoist cadres hiding in the forest in Chaibasa. The jawan reportedly stepped on a pressure-activated IED planted along a forest tra ...Read More >
Rourkela/Jamshedpur: A day after state director general of police Y B Khurania appealed to the Maoists to surrender before the centre's deadline of March 31, a 19-year-old woman rebel surrendered before Rourkela police on Monday.Mongadi Honhaga, a member of the local guerrilla squad of the CPI(Maoist)'s South Chotanagra division, hails from Holomuli village under Chotanagra police station in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.West Singhbhum superintendent of police (SP) Amit Renu said that they ...Read More >
Rourkela: A day after state director general of police Y B Khurania appealed to the Maoists to surrender before the centre's deadline of March 31, a 19-year-old woman rebel surrendered before Rourkela police on Monday.Mongri Hunanga, a member of the local guerrilla squad of the CPI(Maoist)'s South Chotanagra division, hails from Holomuli village under Chotanagra police station in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.Police said her village lies inside the Saranda Reserve Forest, an area frequentl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he accomplished a miracle in the Lok Sabha when he "raved and ranted for 90 minutes" without once using his favourite word of abuse. The opposition party also stressed the continuity in the anti-Naxal strategy and operations over the past two decades, and asserted that the Saranda Action Plan in the rich forest areas of Jharkhand, launched in October 2011, was a "decisive turning point The Congress' ...Read More >
Two CRPF CoBRA jawans sustained severe injuries in twin Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blasts in Jamshedpur's Saranda forest. The explosions occurred during a combing operation in Baliba village, West Singhbhum district. Both injured jawans were airlifted to Ranchi for treatment. Maoists are suspected to have planted the mines, posing a significant threat to security forces, villagers, and wildlife. Jamshedpur: Two CoBRA jawans of the CRPF 209 battalion were severely wounded in an improvised ...Read More >
Ranchi, Dec 15 (PTI) A CRPF personnel, critically injured in an IED blast in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, was airlifted to Delhi on Monday for better treatment, an official said. Ranchi police created a special 'green corridor' for the ambulance to transport the personnel from the hospital to the airport, he said. He is one of the two jawans of a CoBRA battalion who sustained severe injuries in separate IED blasts during an anti-Maoist operation in the Saranda forest on Sunday. "One j ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: A 10-year-old girl was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the Digha-Tilaposi stretch of the Saranda forest in West Singhbhum on Tuesday.West Singhbhum SP Amit Renu said, "Siria Herenj of Digha village had gone to the forest to collect leaves and firewood. She inadvertently stepped on a pressure-triggered IED and suffered grave injuries. Her legs were severely damaged. Jaraikela police and other security forces went to the spot, but the girl could not be saved ...Read More >
A group of Maoists had torched a mobile tower and pasted posters at Bahda village under Chota Nagra Police Station limits in the intervening period between Monday late night and early hours of Tuesday, West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police, Amit Renu said. "This act, the second in a few days, shows the desperation of the rebels in the face of continuous combing operation against the Left Wing Extremists . Even in the posters, they have asked for stopping police operations. We will continue wi ...Read More >
Ranchi: Several Maoist-affected districts in Jharkhand are now witnessing relative peace, with only isolated insurgents remaining. Districts including Bokaro, Giridih, Ranchi, Dhanbad, Palamu, Latehar, Seraikela, Garhwa, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra and Hazaribagh report minimal Maoist activity. State police have intelligence on 85 Maoists, including 45 with bounties. Of these, 65 insurgents are reportedly hiding in the Saranda forest, where security forces are conducting focused operation ...Read More >
New Delhi, Ranchi: The Jharkhand Police on Wednesday announced that it has strengthened security across the state, deploying armed forces at sensitive locations and transport corridors after the banned CPI (Maoist) called for "Resistance Week" from October 8 and a statewide bandh on October 15. Inspector General (Operations) said that 12 battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 20 groups of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) and India Reserve Battalion (IRB) have been mobilised t ...Read More >
RANCHI: Ten members of the CPI (Maoist), including four women, surrendered before Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta in Chaibasa on Thursday during a mass surrender programme organised by the state police and the CRPF under the Jharkhand government's Maoist surrender and rehabilitation policy. The surrender came a day after Gupta, speaking in Gumla, said Maoists would "not be able to see the dawn of 2026" and appealed to them to lay down arms. Officials said the cadres were reportedly influenced by the ...Read More >
DALTONGANJ/NAGPUR: A 38-year-old commander of TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu Sunday. Mukhdev Yadav, alias Toofan, was involved in the killing of two cops in Keydaal jungle on Sept 3.On Saturday, notorious Maoist Shankar Mahaka (32), carrying a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was arrested in Tekameta jungle in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli. Mahaka, wanted by NIA for a civilian's murder in 2023, was scouting f ...Read More >
Palamu, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Sunday, leading to the recovery of an INSAS rifle from the site, police said. The slain Maoist has been identified as Mukhdev alias Mukesh Yadav, a member of the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the CPI (Maoist). He was reportedly associated with the TSPC's Shashikant Gang and had been active across Palam ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: A Maoist area commander was gunned down by security forces in the Saranda forest area of West Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said in a statement.The deceased extremist was identified as Arun alias Nilesh Makdam, a native of Konta police station limits in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. Accused in six cases of the Arms Act, the UAPA Act, the CLA Act, besides BNS sections, Arun was wanted by the police of six police stations in the district since 2019, it added."We recieved in ...Read More >
A railway personnel was killed in an IED blast on a railway track (Representational) ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Railway personnel Itua Oram was killed in an IED blast near Odisha-Jharkhand border Sundergarh district * Blast occurred on railway tracks between Karampada and Renjda under Bimlagarh section * Odisha Chief Minister announced Rs 10 lakh ex-gratia to victim's family from Chief Minister's Relief Fund Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To ...Read More >
Rourkela: A six-year-old elephant calf that was found severely injured in the Saranda forest near the Odisha-Jharkhand border last week has died despite sustained rescue and treatment efforts. A drone survey conducted June 27 as part of a forest security operation spotted the calf near the M canal with severe injuries to its left hind leg. Six teams of forest officials were immediately mobilised to initiate a rescue operation. By Saturday morning, under the leadership of Saranda DFO Abhiroop S ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): The heavy downpour in Himachal Pradesh has wreaked havoc, with the state reporting 23 flash floods, followed by 19 cloud burst incidents and 16 landslides till today. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a warning for "Extremely Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm & Lightning, Squall" for July 6. For tomorrow, the IMD forecasts "Very Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm & Lightning, Squall". The weather department has predicted heavy rains for July 8 a ...Read More >
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A landmine planted by Maoists in the dense Saranda forest of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district has claimed the life of a young male elephant, Forest Department officials said on Sunday. The six-year-old wild elephant, affectionately called 'Gadru' by local villagers, sustained grievous injuries after stepping on an IED in the Digha area of the Saranda forest on June 24. The powerful blast severely damaged the animal's hind left leg, which left it ...Read More >
Rourkela: A 10-member team, including a veterinary doctor, from the Rourkela forest division has gone to the Saranda forest in Jharkhand to provide assistance in the rescue, tranquillisation and treatment of an injured six-year-old elephant. The incident reportedly took place between June 24 and 26, and the injured elephant was seen on June 27 near the Digha area in Saranda. Thereafter, the elephant went inside the dense forest. Forest officials started a search for the elephant and took the hel ...Read More >
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