Left Wing Extremism
Maoists kill TDP MLA, former Andhra MLA in Visakhapatnam
Senior police officers say Maoist leader Akkiraju has established a base in the Araku valley of Telangana in the past few months
1 min read24 Sep 2018Four years of Modi govt: Naxals find their stronghold shrinking
Incidents of left-wing extremism have declined by 60% from 2,258 in 2009 to 908 in 2017, according to union home ministry statistics
1 min read26 May 2018Infra projects in Naxal-hit areas under siege, contractors forced to pay terror tax
Development of infrastructure in Left Wing Extremism impacted states have become a means for Naxalites to generate illegal funds for their movement
2 min read26 Jul 2017Maoist rebellion: peace is entirely a matter of intent
As with our greatest internal war, our internal peace is entirely a matter of intent
3 min read24 May 201750 years later, is the Naxalbari movement on its last legs?
Naxalbari, which was the hotbed of class struggle, now denies the ecosystem to such extreme politics
2 min read25 May 2017Naxalbari mark I: of misdirected class struggles
Maybe Charu Mazumdar, an inspiration behind Mark I, knew a thing or two about the faltering execution of the idea of India which births and sustains rebellions
3 min read13 Apr 2017Number of Maoist attacks increased in 2016
Home ministry data shows that the number of deaths due to Left Wing Extremism in Bihar went up from 17 in 2015 to 28 in 2016; in Jharkhand from 55 to 84 and in Chhattisgarh from 96 to 105
2 min read9 Jan 2017Govt approves Rs11,700 crore rural roads project in Naxalite regions
Over 5,400km of roads and 126 bridges will be built under the Road Connectivity Project for Left Wing Extremism (LWE) Affected Areas programme
1 min read29 Dec 2016PM Modi asks ministries, NITI Aayog to frame strategies for tribal areas
Modi asks the tribal affairs ministry to identify growth centres within tribal areas and ensure proper development of education, health and sports facilities
1 min read21 Jan 2015Smaller states and internal security
A lot will depend on how governments of large, smaller and smallest territories manage the aspirations the people
3 min read1 Aug 2013