Naxalite

Security forces have received inputs on likely ambushes in sensitive areas (Photos for representational purpose only) (HT file)

Tension rife in Red Corridor as naxals issue warnings for coming week

1 min read . 27 Jul 2019

Certain Adivasi areas witness periodic bursts of bloodletting. Maoism has ruled here for a long time. Photo: AFP

Misleading Adivasis in the name of tradition

3 min read . 25 Jun 2018

A file photo of Naxals awaiting to surrender before the Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh in Raipur. Photo: AP

Four years of Modi govt: Naxals find their stronghold shrinking

1 min read . 26 May 2018

File photo. The Maoists started firing on the security personnel on Wednesday morning, forcing the joint team to retaliate. Photo: AFP

Five Maoists killed in an encounter at Latehar in Jharkhand

1 min read . 04 Apr 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

Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh. Niti Aayog has given an “in principle” approval to various proposals related to roads, telecommunication, education, LPG and banks for the overall development of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Niti Aayog’s ‘in principle’ nod to Chhattisgarh’s Bastar development plan

1 min read . 31 Jan 2018

A file photo of NIA officers. Photo: AFP (AFP)

NIA arrests former Jharkhand minister for 2008 killing of MLA

1 min read . 09 Oct 2017

A file photo shows CRPF personnel standing guard in Naxal-affected Bastar district in Chhattisgarh. Photo: Shaswati Das/Mint

Infra projects in Naxal-hit areas under siege, contractors forced to pay terror tax

2 min read . 26 Jul 2017

Neel Mukherjee. Photo: Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times.

Neel Mukherjee: De-exoticizing the have-nots

7 min read . 08 Jul 2017

A file photo of armed Maoist rebels at a training camp in the jungles of Chhattisgarh in 2006. Photo: AP

18 Naxals killed in Sukma operation last month: police

1 min read . 06 Jul 2017

A total of 1,099 candidates cleared the Union Public Service Commission exam this year. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

UPSC Result 2016: Namrata from Naxal-hit Dantewada clears civil services exam

2 min read . 01 Jun 2017

Maoists blew up a railway track between Chichaki-Karmabad stations in Giridih district of Jharkhand on Sunday midnight. Photo: PTI

Jharkhand rail track leading to Delhi blown up by Maoists

1 min read . 29 May 2017

The 25 slain men belonged to the ‘Delta’ company of the 74th CRPF and were deployed in the Naxal hotbed between Burkapal and Chintagufa in Sukma district, one of the worst-hit by ultra-Left violence. Photo: AFP

CRPF suspends patrol commander, shunts out Sukma battalion CO

2 min read . 23 May 2017

The Maoist movement, which began 50 years ago in the name of fighting exploitation, has lost its way. Photo: AFP

Maoist war: For the right cause in a wrong manner

3 min read . 22 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

Union home minister Rajnath Singh. Photo: PTI

Rajnath Singh takes stock of anti-Naxal strategy

2 min read . 09 May 2017

Those arrested were identified as Sodhi Linga, Sodhi Muda, Podiam Joga, Madkam Bheema, Rava Aayta and Madkam Somdu from Chintagufa, Vetti Malla, Muchaki Nanda and Madvi Kosa from Chintalnar, the ASP said. Photo: AFP

Sukma attack: 9 Naxalites held in Chhattisgarh

1 min read . 07 May 2017

CRPF troopers are pure cannon fodder, walking into combat areas and situations they know little of. Photo: AFP

CRPF: The halfway house of policy and operation

3 min read . 04 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