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Narayanpur, March 31 – As a success for anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh, a 26-year-old armed Maoist cadre surrendered to authorities in the Narayanpur district on Tuesday.The youth, identified as Bijlu Mandavi, was carrying a reward of one lakh rupees and belonged to the North-West Joint...

Raipur, March 31 More than four decades after the first "dalams" entered the forests of Dandakaranya, now Bastar, the armed Maoist rebellion in Chhattisgarh has effectively ended, as the region was declared free of Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) by the Centre on Tuesday, as per the deadline set.In...

Quetta, March 31 – The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility on Tuesday for carrying out more than 30 coordinated attacks against the Pakistani army across several regions in Balochistan, resulting in the deaths of dozens of personnel and injuries to several others."Our series of...

Raipur/New Delhi, March 31 – With Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring that India has effectively achieved a Naxal-free status by meeting the government’s self-imposed deadline of March 31, a significant breakthrough has been achieved for the country, which was previously seen as a prolonged...

Raipur/Kanker, March 31 – With just hours left for the Central government’s ambitious deadline to make India completely “Naxal-free”, two more Maoists laid down their arms in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Tuesday.These surrenders have added fresh momentum to the ongoing campaign against...

Raipur, March 31 As the Centre's deadline to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism ends on Tuesday, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma said armed Naxals in the state have been "completely eliminated," with a handful of remaining cadres expected to surrender soon.Setting a clear deadline...

Guwahati, March 30 – A joint operational group meeting between the Army and the Assam Rifles on Monday reaffirmed the prevailing stability in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland, officials said.Defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Mahendra Rawat said that under the aegis of Spear Corps and...

New Delhi, March 30 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Lok Sabha on Monday that India has virtually become Naxal-free, with the dreaded Maoist central and state leadership structures almost completely eliminated just a day before the government’s self-imposed deadline of March 31...

New Delhi, March 30 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated in the Lok Sabha on Monday that the government is on track to completely eliminate Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) in India by the March 31, 2026 deadline set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.During a discussion on “Naxal-Free India”, Home...

New Delhi, March 30 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a strong attack on Maoist ideology in the Lok Sabha on Monday, asserting that the core principle of Maoists – "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" – shows they have no interest in serving the people or promoting...

Amaravati, March 30 Nine Maoists, including senior leader C Narayana Rao, have surrendered to the police, Andhra Pradesh DGP Harish Kumar Gupta said on Monday.He also claimed that "Left Wing Extremism (LWE) has come to an end in the state".The DGP observed that the central government...

Jammu, March 30 – Two Border Security Force (BSF) officers were injured on Monday in Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, during a raid on a drug hotspot in the district.Officials said that two junior-level BSF officers – an inspector and a sub-inspector – were injured during the raid in the Gujjar Basti...

New Delhi, March 29 The Lok Sabha will discuss efforts to free the country from left-wing extremism (LWE) on Monday, a day before the government's March 31 deadline to eliminate Naxalism ends.The Lok Sabha Secretariat has listed the discussion on "efforts to free the country from left-wing...

New Delhi, March 29 – A combination of security pressure and rehabilitation efforts has dealt a decisive blow to Naxalism, one of the country's longest-running insurgencies, with over 10,000 Maoists laying down arms in the last decade and top leaders eliminated, officials said.The Union Home...

Peshawar, March 28 Terror incidents in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have declined by 65 per cent following the launch of "Operation Ghazab Lil-Haq," according to official documents.The operation was initiated overnight between February 26 and 27 this year against...

Srinagar, March 28 BSF Director General Praveen Kumar reviewed the security situation and operational readiness along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir during his three-day visit to the valley, the force said on Saturday.The BSF chief's three-day visit concluded on Saturday."BSF Director...

New Delhi, March 28 With Jaish-e-Mohammad largely in a subdued state, its operatives within India have been instructed to find new ways to raise funds for operations in Jammu and Kashmir.Jaish-e-Mohammad was one of the most severely affected terrorist groups during Operation Clean Sweep. Not...

Jammu, March 25 A 70-year-old Pakistani intruder was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.Abdul Hussain, a resident of Lehari Khurd village, was repatriated to Pakistan within...

Jammu, March 23 Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, the Northern Commander of the Army, visited the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, praising the troops for their professionalism and urging them to maintain sustained momentum to ensure lasting peace and stability in the region...

New Delhi, March 23 – The arrest of an American mercenary, Matthew Aaron VanDyke, and six Ukrainian nationals by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has exposed a larger agenda against the northeastern states of India.While the accused have confessed to training ethnic armed groups based...