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Bhubaneswar, March 29 Odisha DGP YB Khurania said on Sunday that 77 Maoists have surrendered to the police in the state between January 2025 and March this year.Speaking to reporters during his visit to the Kandhamal district, Khurania said that 23 Maoists from the state had also surrendered...

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/Phulbani (Odisha), March 25 Odisha has lost 239 security personnel in the three-decade-long fight against Maoists, but the insurgency is in its final stages with the surrender of five Naxal rebels, including the wanted Naxal Sukru alias Kosa Sodi, who carried a reward of Rs 55 lakh...

Jagdalpur, March 25 – The Bastar region, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh, has largely overcome the decades-long "Naxalite insurgency," with plans underway to convert nearly 400 security camps, which were once the focal points of the anti-Naxalite campaign, into public infrastructure such as...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani (Odisha), March 25 Odisha has lost 239 security personnel in the three-decade-long fight against Maoists, but the insurgency is in its final stage with the surrender of five Naxals, including the most-wanted red rebel Sukru alias Kosa Sodi, a senior officer said on...

Jammu, March 25 A Pakistani intruder was apprehended by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.Alert BSF troops noticed the movement of an elderly Pakistani near Border Out Post Bhaller in the Ramgarh...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 CPI(M) leader and Vellanad village panchayat president, 'Vellanad' Sasi, who had been on the run in connection with a case of allegedly killing a porcupine, surrendered to forest officials on Tuesday.He surrendered at the Paruthipally forest office in the evening...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani, March 24 Sukru, the most wanted Maoist in Odisha, who had 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 state committee member of the CPI(Maoist)...

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...

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...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy, a key accused in the multi-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor policy scam.The case involves alleged large-scale irregularities and a structured kickback network that operated between 2019 and 2024.A bench...

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...

In a significant development, 11 high-ranking Maoists have surrendered to the police and the CRPF in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. This group included Maoists holding key positions, such as members of the Divisional Committee, secretaries of Area Committees, commanders, and members of...

Gadchiroli, March 19 Eleven Naxalites, including five senior leaders, surrendered in Gadchiroli, eastern Maharashtra, on Thursday, according to police, claiming that Left Wing Extremism (LWE) has almost ended in the district.The Maoist cadres, which included six women, had a total bounty of Rs...

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...

Chatra (Jharkhand), March 18 Five members of the banned Maoist group, the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), were arrested on Wednesday along with weapons and ammunition in the Chatra district of Jharkhand, police said.A "area commander" of the PLFI, who was carrying a reward of Rs 1...

Hyderabad, March 16 A man convicted in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, surrendered before a city court on Monday.His surrender follows a Supreme Court ruling on February 17, dismissing the plea of G Siddhartha Reddy, who was challenging his conviction in the actress's death. The...

Hyderabad, March 14 CPI (Maoist) leader Thippiri Tirupati alias Devuji, who recently surrendered to the Telangana Police, demanded that the governments lift the ban on the outfit and recognize it as a political party, although the organization does not favor participating in electoral politics...