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Kobad Ghandy: I cracked very often but I managed to get out

The activist, who was accused of being a member of the banned CPI(Maoist) and arrested in 2009, speaks of his new book chronicling the decade he spent in Indian jails

7 min read2 Apr 2021
Elections 2019

Naxal-hit Kanker votes in Phase 2 of Elections 2019 today

Chhattisgarh's Kanker and Rajnandgaon, which are Naxal-hit, and Mahasamand will vote in Phase 2 of Elections 2019 today Chattisgarh's Naxal-hit Bastar saw 56% voter turnout in Phase 1 of Elections 2019, just days after attacks on a BJP convoy

2 min read18 Apr 2019
Elections 2019

Bastar goes to polls today amid Naxal threat, tight security

Polls in region are being held in backdrop of multiple Naxal attacks About 60,000 state police and paramilitary forces have been deployed across Bastar

1 min read11 Apr 2019
Politics

Ahead of polls in ‘Red Corridor’, Jagdalpur airport turns key base for administration

The Jagdalpur airport is the centrepiece of the BJP's development strategy and has taken five years to build

2 min read5 Nov 2018
Politics

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 2018
Politics

Central forces move to push deeper into Naxal bastions in Chhattisgarh

Two companies of CRPF will be deployed in each of the new camps to come up in Chhattisgarh. There will be 110 soldiers in each company on an average

1 min read11 Jun 2018
Politics

In a first, ED attaches top Maoist leader’s assets worth Rs86 lakh

Enforcement Directorate (ED), attaches Maoist leader Vijay Yadav, aka Badka Bhaiya's assets under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act

2 min read6 Feb 2018
Politics

Attack on CRPF in Maharashtra signals change in Naxal tactics

Naxals usually lie low in winter, but Sunday's ambush in Gadchiroli triggers fears of increase in violence

2 min read28 Nov 2017
Politics

Stone pelting cases decline in Jammu and Kashmir due to NIA: Rajnath Singh

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath suggested holding a meeting every six months between the NIA and state agencies

1 min read20 Aug 2017
Politics

Solution to Kashmir, terrorism, naxalism will be found by 2022: Rajnath Singh

Home minister Rajnath Singh says the government will find a solution to the Kashmir and other problems like terrorism, naxalism and North East insurgency by 2022

2 min read19 Aug 2017