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Hyderabad, April 10 With 42 Maoists surrendering, 11 of them from the TSC, the state is completely free of CPI (Maoist) armed formations, DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said on Friday.Sodi Malla, alias Keshal, commander of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, was among the 42 ultras...

Hyderabad, April 10 Forty-two members of the banned CPI (Maoists), including a senior commander, surrendered to the Telangana police on Friday. Sodi Malla, also known as Keshal, the commander of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, is among the cadres who joined the...

Ranchi, April 3 Top Maoist leader Prashant Bose, who had been imprisoned in Jharkhand for the past four years, died at the state-run Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi on Friday, police said.The Maoist leader, better known as 'Kishan da', was over 80 years old."Bose's...

Latehar (Jharkhand), April 2 – Two days after the country was declared free of Naxalites (Maoists), security forces achieved a significant breakthrough in Latehar, Jharkhand.Surendra Lohra, also known as 'Tiger', a sub-zonal commander of the banned Maoist outfit, Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad...

Rourkela, March 30 – A woman Maoist surrendered to the Odisha Police on Monday, a day before the March 31 deadline to make India "Naxal-free", officials said.The 19-year-old, identified as Mongdi Honhaga, is a native of the Marangponga village within the Chhotangaara police station limits in...

Raipur/Sukma, March 29 – One Maoist cadre was neutralized in an encounter with security forces in the forested hilly terrain under the Polampalli Police Station area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on Sunday.The operation was launched by the District Reserve Guard (DRG) team of Sukma based...

Sukma, March 29 A Naxalite, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, on Sunday, two days before the Centre set a deadline of March 31 to eliminate Left Wing Extremism from the country, police said.The gunfight...

Kanker, March 28 Three Naxalites, including a woman, surrendered in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, according to police officials.The surrendered cadres were identified as Radhika Kunjam, Sandip Kadiyam, and Rainu Padda.Kunjam and Kadiyam were members of the banned Communist...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday asserted that the Maoist threat would be a thing of the past after this month, and said that 27 red rebels have been killed in the state since the beginning of 2025.During a discussion in the assembly on the 2026-27...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 Sukru, the most wanted Maoist in Odisha, who carried a reward of Rs 55 lakh on his head, surrendered to the police in the Kandhamal district on Tuesday along with four other cadres, DGP YB Khurania said.Sukru, who was a member of the state committee, surrendered with an...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi revealed on Monday that as many as 15 Maoist cadres are currently active in different parts of the state.In a written reply to a query in the state Assembly, Majhi said that according to the Central Government’s Security Related...

Bhubaneswar, March 20 The Odisha Police has launched an operation to apprehend the wanted Maoist leader, Sukru, who carries a reward of Rs 55 lakh on his head, after the forces located his hideout in a dense forest, DGP Y B Khurania said on Friday.Khurania said that security forces comprising...

Gadchiroli, March 19 Eleven Naxalites, including five senior operatives, with a total reward of Rs 68 lakh on their heads, surrendered to the police and CRPF in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, on Thursday, an official said.The eleven include a divisional commander (DVCM), an area committee...

In a major victory for the Indian government's efforts to combat Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), 108 Maoists, including 44 women, surrendered in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, on Wednesday, officials reported. These individuals were carrying a combined reward of Rs 3.29 crore.Besides a large cache...

Two Maoists were arrested during a joint operation by the Bihar Special Task Force (STF) and local police in the Bengabad police station area of the Giridih district, Jharkhand.The arrested individuals, Pankaj Yadav and Pawan Singh, are wanted in several cases related to Maoist activities...

New Delhi, March 5 The BJP on Thursday lashed out at the Congress for wanting India to "blindly align with Iran," saying the country's foreign policy must be guided by national interest and the safety of its citizens, not by the "outdated ideological reflexes" of the opposition party.Several...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 The Odisha Police have declared Bolangir and Bargarh as 'Naxal-free' after 15 Maoists operating in the two districts surrendered to security personnel in neighboring Chhattisgarh, officials said.DGP Y B Khurania said the force has achieved a significant milestone in its...

Gariaband, February 28 Security forces on Saturday recovered over Rs 46 lakh in cash, a laptop, weapons and ammunition from Maoist hideouts in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district, an official said.The recovery was made from Sanpsati, a forested and hilly region, near the...

Hyderabad, February 27 Maoist leaders Thippiri Tirupati, alias Devuji, Malla Raji Reddy, and four others met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy at the State Secretariat here on Friday, official sources said.Those present at the meeting included government advisors K Keshava Rao and Vem...

Raipur/Narayanpur, February 26: In a significant operation against Naxalite activities, personnel from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police battalion, along with the Narayanpur district police, recovered a substantial cache of explosives, weapons, and other materials from a Maoist hideout in the...