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  Muqabla: India is now Naxal free, is Amit Shah's next target 'Urban Naxal'?

  News | April 01, 2026 3:20 IST

  March 31, 2026, is the deadline for ending the Red Terror, which Home Minister Amit Shah had announced on August 24, 2024. Amit Shah fulfilled his commitment. Just a day before the deadline, he announced that India was now Naxal-free.

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  Bastar emerges from shadow of Naxal violence: India TV Exclusive with IG Sundarraj Pattilingam

  chhattisgarh | March 31, 2026 21:05 IST

  Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday spoke at length about the issue of Naxalism and declared India was now free of Left-wing extremism.

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  Seven Naxals surrender in Bastar on eve of Centre's mission to end Left-wing extremism

  chhattisgarh | March 31, 2026 16:09 IST

  Notably, Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed India was now Naxal free, hailing the work done in the past 12 years by the Narendra Modi-led government.

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  Maharashtra: 11 Naxals surrender in Gadchiroli; police say insurgency nearing end

  Maharashtra | March 19, 2026 21:15 IST

  Officials noted that a total of 123 armed Maoists have surrendered in the district over the past year. Gadchiroli, which shares a border with Chhattisgarh, was once heavily affected by Naxal activity.

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  Top Maoist leader Ganesh Uike carrying Rs 1.1 crore bounty among six killed in Odisha

  India | December 25, 2025 23:49 IST

  Odisha encounter: According to police, Ganesh Uike was a member of the CPI (Maoist) central committee and was carrying a bounty of Rs 1.1 crore on his head.

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  12 Naxalites killed, three jawan martyred in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur

  chhattisgarh | December 03, 2025 23:44 IST

  The gun battle took place in a forest of the Gangaloor area adjoining Dantewada district when a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation.

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  Amit Shah speaks tough on Naxalism again, sets new deadline on eradication

  India | November 29, 2025 0:00 IST

  Shah told the conference that the Modi government had provided lasting solutions to three long-standing hotspots, Naxalism, the North East and Jammu and Kashmir.

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  Chhattisgarh: 28 Naxalites, including 22 with reward of Rs 89 lakh, surrender in Narayanpur

  chhattisgarh | November 25, 2025 19:22 IST

  Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj Pattilingam said that Niyad Nellanar focuses on taking development projects to remote and conflict-affected villages. The Bastar police have also launched Poona Margham, a programme designed to help former Maoists reintegrate into society.

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  How Amit Shah's Bold Tactics Weakened the Red Corridor of Naxalism in India?

  Originals | October 22, 2025 15:48 IST

  Amit Shah's bold tactics have weakened Naxalism, with over 50 Naxal cadres recently surrendering in Chhattisgarh. How did he manage to end Naxalism in India, what strategy did he use? On Amit Shah's birth anniversary, let's find out how Amit Shah changed the scenario with his strategies!

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  Amit Shah declares Chhattisgarh's Abujhmarh and North Bastar Naxal-free after 170 Maoists surrender

  India | October 16, 2025 16:41 IST

  Since January 2024, after the BJP government was formed in Chhattisgarh, 2100 Naxalites have surrendered, 1785 have been arrested, and 477 have been eliminated.

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  Malloujula Venugopal Rao, top Naxal leader, surrenders along with 60 cadres in Gadchiroli

  India | October 14, 2025 13:03 IST

  In September, Malloujula Venugopal Rao had issued a press release signalling his intention to lay down arms, and he subsequently gained the support of a substantial number of Maoist cadres from Chhattisgarh and other regions.

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  'What's the point?': In Bastar, Shah rules out talks with Naxals, urges them to surrender

  chhattisgarh | October 04, 2025 16:23 IST

  Issuing a stern warning to the Naxalites, Amit Shah said the Maoists will be given a firm response by the security forces if they try to disrupt the peace in the Bastar region. He also reiterated that 'red terror' will end in the country by March 31 next year.

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  Give up arms or face action: Amit Shah rules out talks with Maoists

  India | June 29, 2025 18:46 IST

  Addressing a rally in Nizamabad, Telangana, after inaugurating the National Headquarters of the Turmeric Board, Shah declared that the government will not hold talks with those continuing to bear weapons.

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  Chhattisgarh: 16 Naxalites surrender in Sukma, this village becomes Maoist-free

  chhattisgarh | June 02, 2025 16:50 IST

  With this surrender, the village has become Naxalite-free, making it eligible for development projects of Rs 1 crore as per a new scheme of the state government.

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  Operation Sindoor proves India won't compromise on armed forces, people and borders: Amit Shah

  India | May 26, 2025 17:48 IST

  Amit Shah's address in Nanded emphasised India's resolute stance on national security, highlighting Operation Sindoor's success against terrorism, ongoing efforts against Naxalism, and Maharashtra's crucial role in achieving a developed India by 2047.

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  86 maoists, including 20 women, surrender to Telangana Police in Major Blow to Naxalism

  April 05, 2025 23:33 IST

  The development occurred while Union Home Minister Amit Shah was in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Saturday for a tribal cultural event. During his visit, he appealed to Maoists to lay down their arms and reintegrate into the mainstream.

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  Chhattisgarh: 26 Naxals killed in two separate encounters in Bijapur, Kanker districts

  chhattisgarh | March 20, 2025 16:42 IST

  Chhattisgarh encounters: According to the official, one jawan of the state police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) unit was also killed in the gunfight at Bijapur district.

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  Shah targets Sharad Pawar, Uddhav at Maharashtra BJP convention: 'People showed them their place'

  Maharashtra | January 12, 2025 19:37 IST

  Amit Shah attended the Maharashtra BJP's Shirdi Convention and discussed a spectrum of issues. He slammed MVA leaders Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray and said that the party would repeat the performance of assembly elections in civic body polls in Maharashtra.

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  Amit Shah vows to eradicate Naxalism from country by March 2026

  chhattisgarh | December 15, 2024 19:37 IST

  Naxalism in Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah also hailed the Chhattisgarh government's rehabilitation policy for Naxalites and appealed to them to quit violence and join the mainstream.

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  Jharkhand: NIA seizes Rs 1.13 crore in Magadh zone Naxal revival case

  India | June 18, 2024 19:05 IST

  NIA had registered the case in December 2021 after taking suo moto cognizance of the Naxal revival attempt in Magadh zone. So far, the probe agency has filed two supplementary chargesheet apart form the first chargesheet in the case with total five accused named.