According to the Union Home Ministry data, Maoist violence has reduced considerably in the country and the menace is prevalent now in just about 45 districts.
Thackeray is accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte and DGP Sanjay Pandey. After meeting, Thackeray will leave for Maharashtra Sadan and will head back to Mumbai at 03:30 PM.
Madhya Pradesh government is planning to launch various development works and the recruitment drive for the police and other departments in the Naxal-hit Balaghat district.
Women police constables in Chhattisgarh's Sukma came together voluntarily to form a team of 'Durga Fighters' to tackle the problem of naxalism in the region.
Two ITBP personnel, including one Assistant Commandant, were killed in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday. The incident happened around 12.10 pm near the Kademeta camp of the 45th battalion of the ITBP under Chhotedongar police station limits.
Naxal "commander" Raju Kaaram (24) and his wife Sunita (21), an area committee member of the outlawed outfit, with cash rewards of Rs 8 lakh each on their heads, laid down arms in Bijapur district, an official said.
"We found 14 land mines and were disposed of by Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad," M Tamil Vanan, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Jamshedpur said.
Sandip Patil, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Gadchiroli said, "Naxals are using small drones for surveillance of our posts near the Chhattisgarh border."
The gunfight took place in the wee hours at a forest near Minpa village under Chintagufa police station limits.
A Naxal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head and wanted in nearly 25 criminal cases, killed in an encounter with security forces.
The gunfight took place around 8 am in the forest of Chandameta-Pyarbhat villages when joint teams of security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation,
A woman Naxal, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada districton Monday.
A passenger train was derailed by Naxals between Bhansi and Bacheli in Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.
Encounter broke out between security forces and Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada. Search operation was launched by District Reserve Guard (DRG) after inputs and body of a Naxal was recovered following gunbattle.
Naxals allegedly killed two villagers in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on the suspicion of being police informers. Sukma SP KL Dhruv said, "A note was also placed by the naxals near the bodies of deceased. In the note it was stated that naxals have killed them for being police informers."
Manhas had gone missing during a deadly encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on April 3.
A CoBRA jawan who was kidnapped by Naxals during the Bijapur attack last week has been released. The family of Commando Rakeshwar Singh Minhas was in deep shock after the news of the deadly ambush and his disappearance broke out.
CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas kidnapped by Naxals during Bijapur attack on April 3, has been released by them:
The mortal remains of slain CRPF jawan Shambhu Roy reached his home state Tripura on April 6.
Naxals have released the first picture of a jawan who went missing last week after the gunfight in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur.
Top News
Latest News
