Raipur, March 24 In a historic breakthrough just one week before the government's self-imposed deadline to declare Bastar Naxal-free, the last major Naxal cadre operating in the region—Papa Rao alias Mangu—has surrendered along with his armed group.The 56-year-old Papa Rao, a native of the...
Madikeri (Karnataka), March 12 A 49-year-old coffee farmer died in an elephant attack on Thursday, officials said.The incident occurred around midday when Ganapathi went to his coffee plantation near Siddapura in the Virajpet taluk of the Kodagu district, they said.According to the forest...
Hyderabad, February 24 After the surrender of top Maoist commander Tippiri Thirupati, alias Devuji, the outlawed outfit is "headless and almost in tatters," Telangana Director General of Police B Shivadhar Reddy said on Tuesday.Speaking to reporters here after the surrender of Devuji, a native...