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 2021Chhattisgarh’s Kanker and Rajnandgaon, which are Naxal-hit, and Mahasamand will vote in Phase 2 of Elections 2019 todayChattisgarh’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 2019Polls in region are being held in backdrop of multiple Naxal attacksAbout 60,000 state police and paramilitary forces have been deployed across Bastar
1 min read11 Apr 2019The Jagdalpur airport is the centrepiece of the BJP’s development strategy and has taken five years to build
2 min read5 Nov 2018Senior 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 2018Two 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 2018Enforcement Directorate (ED), attaches Maoist leader Vijay Yadav, aka Badka Bhaiya’s assets under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
2 min read6 Feb 2018Naxals usually lie low in winter, but Sunday’s ambush in Gadchiroli triggers fears of increase in violence
2 min read28 Nov 2017Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath suggested holding a meeting every six months between the NIA and state agencies
1 min read20 Aug 2017Home 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 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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