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  Sukma blast claims lives of 9 CRPF men, Chhattisgarh CM says Naxals attacking in panic

  India | March 14, 2018 7:26 IST

  On Tuesday morning, the specialised unit of the CRPF - COBRA battalion held a successful encounter, in which several Naxals were injured and weapons were recovered. The attack in the evening was in retaliation to that, the CM informed.

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  Chhattisgarh: Two BSF personnel killed in encounter with Naxals in Kanker

  India | March 07, 2018 21:22 IST

  Forces have been rushed to the spot, and the bodies of the two BSF personnel were being evacuated from the forest.

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  Chhattisgarh: 12 Naxals killed in joint police operation in Bijapur

  India | March 02, 2018 12:13 IST

  A large amount of weapons along with bodies of killed naxals have been recovered from the encounter site.

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  Jharkhand: Four naxals including 2 women killed by security forces in Palamu

  India | February 26, 2018 12:00 IST

  Two self-loading rifles (SLRs) were recovered from the spot even as the area was being thoroughly searched, the officials said.

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  2 security personnel martyred, 1 Naxal killed in five-hour long encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma

  News | February 18, 2018 17:11 IST

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  Was upset over absence of civil surgeon: Hansraj Ahir on remarks

  National | December 26, 2017 20:06 IST

  Miffed over the absence of senior doctors at a function in his Lok Sabha constituency Chandrapur yesterday, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs had said that “these people should join Naxals” and “we will then shoot you with bullets”.

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  Join Naxals, we will pump you with bullets: Hansraj Ahir to doctors skipping hospital event

  National | December 26, 2017 13:23 IST

  Union Minister Hansraj Ahir today said "these people" should join the Naxals if they don't believe in democracy, and the government will then shoot them down.

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  Chhattisgarh: Two police personnel killed in gun-battle with naxals

  India | August 06, 2017 23:07 IST

  A team of E-30, an anti-naxal force of district police, was cordoning off the forests near Bhave village, over 150 km from here, when it came under heavy fire from a group of Naxals.

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  Chhattisgarh: Two women naxals shot dead in encounter with police

  India | June 21, 2017 13:22 IST

  Two women Naxals were today gunned down in a fierce encounter with police at a forest in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, an official said.

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  To fight Maoists, CRPF recruits 501 men and 242 women from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

  India | June 08, 2017 18:11 IST

  As many as 743 candidates, including 242 women, have been recruited by the CRPF from the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, one of the worst Naxal-hit areas, for an ‘all-tribal battalion’ being raised to fight Maoists

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  Chhattisgarh Maoists ‘condemn’ Akshay Kumar, Saina Nehwal for helping CRPF martyrs’ kin

  India | May 29, 2017 14:07 IST

  Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal have been condemned by Maoists in Chhattisgarh for giving financial assistance to the families of 12 CRPF men killed in a Naxal ambush in Sukma district in March

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  Army, CRPF, police staged ‘fake encounter’ in Assam, alleges top CRPF officer

  India | May 24, 2017 14:59 IST

  A senior CRPF official has raised questions on the encounter which was carried out in a joint operation by the Army, Assam Police, Army and the Saurashtra Seems Bal (SSB) in Assam’s Chirang district on March 30 this year

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  Around 15 naxals reportedly killed in multiple encounters in Bijapur: CRPF

  India | May 17, 2017 19:50 IST

  Around 15 naxals are believed to have been killed in multiple encounters with security forces in the past four days in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district.

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  Need of ‘unity for purpose’ to tackle Naxals: Rajnath Singh

  National | May 08, 2017 12:48 IST

  Calling for "unity of purpose" amongst all Naxal-affected states, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today advocated the formation of a strategic and unified command to foil attempts to "stall development and throttle democracy at gunpoint".

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  Sukma attack: Centre tells forces to target Naxal leaders, prepares a ‘hit list’

  India | April 27, 2017 7:05 IST

  The Centre has asked the security forces to focus counter-offensive operations on “highvalue targets”, including south Bastar divisional commander Raghu and commander of the first battalion of People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Hidma

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  Sukma attack: Naxals mutilate bodies of several CRPF men, take away their radio sets

  News | April 25, 2017 13:01 IST

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  24 CRPF personnel killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma

  News | April 24, 2017 23:18 IST

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  2016 witnessed three-fold rise in Naxal surrenders, surge in civilian deaths: Report

  India | December 27, 2016 10:47 IST

  The Union Home Ministry has recorded a considerable (three-fold) rise in the number of Maoists who have surrendered in 2016, but at the same time there has also been a spike in the number of deaths of civilians

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  Demonetisation effect: Running out of cash, Naxals in pains to ‘convert’ stocked money

  India | November 16, 2016 7:41 IST

  The surprise move of demonetisation of higher denomination currency notes by the Narendra Modi government has not only sent the black money hoarders into tizzy but also dealt a severe blow to the fundings of Naxalites across several states.

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  76 Naxals killed, 665 arrested in 4 months in 2016

  India | June 08, 2016 18:07 IST

  New Delhi: At least 76 Naxals were killed and 665 arrested by security forces in the Left Wing Extremism-hit areas in the first four months of 2016, Home Ministry officials said. Security forces have achieved