Maoists trigger IED blast in Chhattisgarh on poll day
Apr 18, 2019, at 01:25 pm
Raipur, Apr 18 (IBNS): A policeman was injured in an IED blast triggered by suspected Maoists in Chhattisgarh on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Maoists are rising in Chhattisgarh once again as Congress is giving them confidence: Modi
Apr 16, 2019, at 03:56 pm
Korba, Apr 16 (IBNS): Visiting Chhattisgarh and addressing a rally in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday targeted the Congress over the recent Maoist attack and said a conspiracy is being hatched to take the region to the path of violence.
Lok Sabha elections: 36 poll personnel walk 15 kms inside dense forest fearing Maoist attack
Apr 12, 2019, at 05:12 pm
Bhubaneswar, Apr 12 (UNI) Fearing Maoists attack, as many as 36 polling officials deployed in six polling booths in Banda Ghati area of Malkangiri distict had to walk down 15 km inside dense forest after the polling yesterday and reached the Malkangiri district headquarter this morning.
Maoists attack BJP convoy in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, MLA Bheema Mandavi, four others killed
Apr 09, 2019, at 06:36 pm
Dantewada, Apr 9 (IBNS): As the country is gearing up for the first phase of Lok Saha polling on Apr 11, BJP MLA Bheema Mandavi and four others were killed as suspected Maoists attacked their convoy in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada area on Tuesday, media reports said.
Feb 04, 2019, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IBNS): Former West Bengal IPS officer Bharati Ghosh, who was wanted in an alleged extortion case and has been absconding since last year, on Monday joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi.
Maoists say BJP lawmaker usurped Rs 5 crore given for exchange after note ban
Jan 01, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Patna, Jan 1 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Investigations into the Maoists attack on the house of a Bihar BJP lawmaker on Saturday night have brought to fore a startling revelation.
Maoists raid block town in Bihar, kill MLC’s kin, set afire 10 vehicles
Dec 30, 2018, at 04:12 pm
Patna, Dec 30 (The Bihar Post/ IBNS): Maoists raided a block town in Bihar and killed a close kin of BJP lawmaker (MLC) in a late night raid on Saturday.
Illegal assets worth Rs150 million belonging to top five Maoists confiscated
Dec 29, 2018, at 09:04 am
Patna, Dec 29 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED), an economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India has confiscated illegal property worth Rs15 crore (Rs150 million) belonging to five top Maoists in Bihar.
Chhattisgarh: Narendra Modi attacks Congress over Maoist issue
Nov 09, 2018, at 03:36 pm
Raipur, Nov 9 (IBNS): Attacking one of the key opposition parties in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Congress called the Maoists, who killed a DD news channel cameraman and a jawan during a recent attack, as 'Krantikari' (revolutionary).
Bijapur: Leaning on the Maoists
Oct 30, 2018, at 01:41 pm
On October 20, 2018, Security Forces (SFs) killed at least three Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres during an encounter, which ensued when SFs launched a combing operation in the Madpal Forest of Bijapur District. SFs later recovered the bodies of the slainMaoists, a .303 rifle, live rounds, a tiffin bomb, cordex detonating cord, ‘revolutionary’ literature and other material from the encounter site. A day earlier, SFs had destroyed two Maoist camps in the Indravati National Park forest area in the District.
4 CRPF men killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh
Oct 27, 2018, at 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IBNS): At least four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed when Maoists blew up their anti-landmine vehicle in Bijapur area of Chhattisgarh on Saturday, reports said.
Arrest of activists to be challenged in SC today
Aug 29, 2018, at 10:11 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): The arrest of five social activists with alleged Maoist links and in connection with the Jan 1 Bhima Koregaon violence near Pune will be challenged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, reports said.
Jul 24, 2018, at 03:20 pm
On July 19, 2018, at least eight cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including three women, were killed after an encounter that ensued between the Maoists and the Security Forces (SFs) near Timinar and Pusnar villages in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh. Sundarraj P., Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (anti-Naxal operations, ANO), disclosed that the gun battle between the Maoists and the SFs took place while a joint team of the District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force were out on an anti-Maoist operation. During search subsequent to the encounter, along with the bodies of the Maoists, at least two INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) assault rifles, two .303 rifles, one 12 bore gun and a few muzzle loading guns were recovered from the encounter site. The identities of the slain Maoists are yet to be ascertained.
Chhattisgarh: Seven maoists killed in encounter with security forces
Jul 19, 2018, at 11:27 am
Raipur, July 19 (IBNS): At least seven maoists, including three women, have been killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chattisgarh's Bijapur district, media reports said.
Jul 13, 2018, at 03:33 pm
On July 6, 2018, cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed a civilian, identified as Raiju Wadde, accusing him of being a ‘police informer’, at Tiralgarh village under the Bande Police Station area in the Kanker District of Chhattisgarh. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Jaiprakash Badhai disclosed that CPI-Maoist cadres raided Wadde's house, dragged him out on to the streets and assaulted him. Subsequently, the Maoist conducted a ‘jan adalat’ (people’s/ praja/ kangaroo court) in the village and shot Wadde dead.
Eight CRPF jawans killed in IED blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Mar 13, 2018, at 08:11 pm
Raipur, Mar 13 (IBNS) : At least eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed, and six others injured in an IED blast by Maoists in the Kistaram area of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Tuesday, media reports said.
Chhattisgarh: 10 Maoists, 1 cop killed in encounter
Mar 02, 2018, at 06:41 pm
Raipur, Mar 2 (IBNS): At least 10 Maoists, including some top leaders, and police personnel have been killed in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district bordering Telangana on Friday morning, media reports said.
Bihar court holds five Maoists guilty in murder of senior forest official
Jun 22, 2017, at 12:48 am
Patna, June 21 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A local court in Bihar on Wednesday convicted five Maoists in the 2002 murder of divisional forest office Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Bihar judge who awarded capital punishment to five Maoists gets ‘death penalty’
May 27, 2017, at 11:36 pm
Patna, May 27 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Maoists in India have handed down “death penalty†to the judge who awarded death sentence to their five colleagues on Thursday.
Maoists torch Jharkhand railway station
May 26, 2017, at 06:29 pm
Ranchi, May 26 (IBNS) : Suspected Maoists have torched a railway station in Jharkhand's Bokaro district protesting the state Government's amendment to two land acts, reports said.
Maoist-BSF encounter in Chhattisgarh
May 11, 2017, at 07:56 pm
Raipur, May 11 (IBNS) : Maoists and BSF personnel were engaged in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Kanker district on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Rajnath Singh calls for unified command and aggressive action against Maoists
May 08, 2017, at 06:58 pm
New Delhi, May 8 (IBNS) : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called for formation of a strategic and unified command against Maoists depredation to foil "attempts to stall development and throttle democracy," reports said.
State review of Left Wing Extremism situation by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
May 08, 2017, at 12:13 am
New Delhi, May 7 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will review the situation in Left Wing Extremism affected States here on Monday, officials said on Sunday.
Condolences pour in for the CRPF personnel slain and injured in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh
Apr 25, 2017, at 09:45 pm
Raipur, Apr 25 (IBNS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh joined Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Tuesday to pay tributes to the slain CRPF personnel while condolence messages poured in from all over the country.
Sukma attack by Maoists a cold blooded murder, will review strategy : Rajnath Singh
Apr 25, 2017, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi, Apr 25 (IBNS) : Describing the Chhattisgarh massacre of CRPF personnel as an act of "cold blooded murder" by the Maoists, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the Government accepts it as a challenge and will review its strategy to deal with the underground extremists.
Chhattisgarh encounter: 24 CRPF jawan dies, several injured
Apr 25, 2017, at 12:34 am
Raipur, Apr 24 (IBNS):At least 24 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed in an encounter with Maoists at Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on Monday, media reports said.
Chattisgarh: Security forces recover two bodies clad in Maoist uniform after encounter in Bijapur
Jan 23, 2017, at 09:29 pm
Raipur, Jan 23 (IBNS): Security forces recovered two bodies in Maoist uniform along with weapons after gun battle in forests of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, according to media reports on Monday.
Dec 20, 2016, at 06:42 am
On December 16, 2016, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres hacked Dharmendra Kudami (33) to death in the Kurrempara area of Metapal village in the Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on the suspicion of being a 'police informer'. Kudami's wife Ratna Kudami is the sarpanch (head of the Panchayat, the village local-self government institution) of Metapal village. An unnamed Police officer disclosed, "A group of Maoists, armed with bows and arrows, axes and knives stormed into the victim's house and murdered Dharmendra in front of his family. Though the exact reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained, preliminary investigation suggests the ultras accused him of being a police informer."
10 Maoists arrested from Noida
Oct 16, 2016, at 10:11 pm
Noida, Oct 16 (IBNS): At least 10 Maoists have been arrested by the UP ATS from Noida, media reports said.
16 Maoists lay down arms in Bihar
Oct 16, 2016, at 12:27 am
Patna, Oct 15 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): As many as 16 Maoists laid down their arms in Bihar and announced returning to social mainstream saying violence is not the option for social change.