Naxalism
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 2021Bastar goes to polls today amid Naxal threat, tight security
Polls 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 2019Ahead 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 2018Maoists 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 2018Central 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 2018In 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 2018Stone 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 2017Solution 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 2017Naxalbari resists bid to spread Gorkhaland agitation to plains
Naxalbari, from where Naxalism emerged 50 years ago, is thwarting GJM's Gorkhaland agitation in the plains adjoining Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal
2 min read1 Aug 2017Rajnath Singh slams Pakistan for trying to stoke unrest in Kashmir
Taking a tough stand over the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir, home minister Rajnath Singh slammed Pakistan for trying to stoke unrest in the valley
3 min read3 Jun 2017