Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his visit to Jagdalpur in southern Chhattisgarh, declared that India would be free of Maoist insurgency by March 31, 2026, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Special Operation Group (SOG), an elite Commando unit of the Odisha police, on Thursday gunned down a maoist cadre of outlawed the Communist Party of India (Maoist) outfit in a dense forest area along the Odisha-Chhattisgarh border in Malkangiri district
A Bastar Fighters personnel died of suicide at his Barada village home, Kondagaon. This incident underscores rising concerns about mental health and stress among security personnel.
Already reeling from heavy losses, the Maoists are now grappling with leadership crises and discontent among local cadres.
A concerning surge in suicides among security personnel stationed in Chhattisgarh to fight Maoist insurgency has raised urgent alarms about the mental health crisis within India's security forces.
However, the people, including two professors, named in the FIR were unaware of the charges under UAPA until the matter came to light during another trial.
The explosive substances recovered from the dump included among other things gelatin sticks and detonators.
The Khamar beat office under Jhalda Forest Range of Purulia Division has reopened after thirteen years. In 2009, the Khamar beat office has been closed due to Maoist activities in the area. From 2004 to 2011, there has been bloodshed in Purulia and villagers and forest officials had fled away in fear. The Maoists used to abduct government officials and villagers.
In their verdict, a division bench of Justices Rohit Deo and Anil Pansare acquitted Mahesh K. Tirki, Hem Keshawdatt Mishra, Prashant Rahi, Vijay Nan Tirki and Pandur Pora Narote who died in August this year.
Huge cache of explosives and Maoist items were seized during a joint operation by Malkangiri Police and Border Security Force (BSF) at the Maoists’ hideout along the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border.
