Naxalism

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Kanker saw 70.24% voter turnout, Mahasamund 74.63% and Rajnandgaon 74.20%. (PTI)

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

2 min read . 18 Apr 2019

BJP legislator Bhima Mandavi and four cops were killed in a Naxal attack in Dantewada on Tuesday.

Bastar goes to polls today amid Naxal threat, tight security

1 min read . 11 Apr 2019

The Jagdalpur airport in Chhattisgarh. Photo: Vinay Sharma/Mint

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

2 min read . 05 Nov 2018

The Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border region is being seen by Maoists as a safe corridor between the Dandakaranya region in Chhattisgarh (areas such as Sukma and Dantewada) and the forests of Jharkhand. File photo: AP

Maoists kill TDP MLA, former Andhra MLA in Visakhapatnam

1 min read . 24 Sep 2018

The central paramilitary force plans to set up 17 new camps in Naxal-hit districts of Chhattisgarh. Photo: HT

Central forces move to push deeper into Naxal bastions in Chhattisgarh

1 min read . 11 Jun 2018

File photo of Maoist guerillas. Intelligence reports suggest, Maoists are now expanding beyond their bastion of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar. Photo: AFP

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

2 min read . 06 Feb 2018

The attack on the patrol party made of CRPF and Maharashtra Police killed one CRPF constable. Photo: Shaswati Das/Mint

Attack on CRPF in Maharashtra signals change in Naxal tactics

2 min read . 28 Nov 2017

Union home minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurating the National Investigation Agency (NIA) complex in Lucknow on Sunday. Photo: PTI

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

1 min read . 20 Aug 2017

Rajnath Singh said if in 5 years after launch of Quit India movement, India could achieve Independence, ‘then why can’t we make a ‘New India’ after taking pledge in 2017 and realising it in 2022?’

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

2 min read . 19 Aug 2017

Supporters of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) during a protest i Sukna village on the outskirts of Siliguri on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Naxalbari resists bid to spread Gorkhaland agitation to plains

2 min read . 01 Aug 2017

Rajnath Singh says a country that has not been able to manage its own internal affairs such as Balochistan, cannot do anything to upset another country’s affairs. Photo: PTI

Rajnath Singh slams Pakistan for trying to stoke unrest in Kashmir

3 min read . 03 Jun 2017

Former Naxalite leader Gouri De with Charu Majumdar’s son Abhijit Majumdar, (third from right) and other CPI(ML) supporters at the party office in Siliguri. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

50 years later, is the Naxalbari movement on its last legs?

2 min read . 25 May 2017

Indian Maoists’ foreign connection has ranged from the farcical to the fraternal. Photo: AFP

Indian Maoists and the foreign connection

4 min read . 18 May 2017

Home minister Rajnath Singh says there is a need to depute shadow intelligence officers to trace prominent targets associated with Naxalism. Photo: PTI

Sukma attack aftermath: Govt to beef up intelligence in 35 Naxal-hit districts

1 min read . 09 May 2017

CRPF personnel stand guard on the state highway linking Dantewada to Sukma. Photo: Shaswati Das/Mint

Dantewada: The deadly battle of attrition

7 min read . 28 Apr 2017

Maoists established their base in Bastar in today’s Chhattisgarh from 1980s. Photo: Shaswati Das/Mint

A reason to pause in Sukma

4 min read . 28 Apr 2017

The projects to be taken up under the scheme include village roads, major district roads and bridges up to a span of 100 metres. Photo: Hemant Mishra/ Mint

Govt approves Rs11,700 crore rural roads project in Naxalite regions

1 min read . 29 Dec 2016

The court has also cautioned against govt and businesses being complicit in human rights violations. Examples abound in Chhattisgarh’s iron-ore rich south, and coal-rich north. Photo: Reuters

Tribes at the altar of democracy

3 min read . 03 Nov 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to join the event on Friday. Photo: Hindustan Times<br />

Internal security issues dominate RSS meet

1 min read . 03 Sep 2015

There really isn’t any seasonality to the Maoist campaign in India beyond heavy monsoon rain and occasional floods hampering their operations. Photo: AFP <br />

No seasonality to Maoist campaign

3 min read . 17 Apr 2015