8 Maoists including senior leaders, killed in Bijapur encounter
The encounter began in the densely forested Todka area under Gangaloor police station limits and was still ongoing as of late afternoon, with reinforcements rushed to the site.
The encounter began in the densely forested Todka area under Gangaloor police station limits and was still ongoing as of late afternoon, with reinforcements rushed to the site.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded Maharashtra Government's efforts to ensure all-round development in remote and Maoist-affected areas.
In the dense Maoist insurgency-hit forests of Bastar in Southern Chhattisgarh, smartphones have emerged as a powerful tool reshaping the lives of the region’s youth and weakening the Maoist grip on local communities.
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
He will be properly rehabilitated and will receive monetary assistance as per the Surrender and Rehabilitation Scheme of the government of Odisha.
This year, an active cadre of the outlawed outfit was also shot dead in an encounter in Swabhiman Anchal of Malkangiri district.
There was huge public outrage and an emerging ‘rightist intellectual’ section appeared highly critical of the current Modi regime for its alleged leniency towards hardened leftist insurgents.
The gunbattle that took place on Saturday is said to be the biggest Maoist attack this year.
The march was flagged off by tribal leader and ex union minister Arvind Netam
