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Ganesh Uike (left) was gunned down along with three associates in an early-morning encounter. BHUBANESWAR: Maoist central committee (CC) member and Odisha in-charge, Ganesh Uike (69), was among four Naxals killed in an encounter with security forces in Kandhamal district on Thursday. This brings the total number of Maoists killed in the district to six…
RAIPUR: Maoist casualties in Wednesday’s operation by security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region rose to 18 after six more bodies, including wanted PLGA commander Vella Modiyam, were retrieved Thursday from the gunfight site along the Dantewada-Bijapur border.Nine of the slain guerrillas, who had a combined bounty of Rs 1.3 crore on their heads, were women….
NAGPUR: A day after the banned CPI (Maoist) sought a three-month pause in anti-Naxalite operations to allow its dispersed cadres to surrender and join govt rehabilitation schemes, the group’s Central Military Commission issued a sharp contradictory message, urging cadres to observe People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week from December 2 to 8 with “revolutionary fervour”…
NEW DELHI: Chilli sprays, pro-Maoist posters and over 22 arrests characterised the anti-pollution protests in the national capital region on Sunday. The protests turned political, with the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders bringing the “urban Naxals” narrative to the demonstrations.Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party questioned the BJP-led Delhi government’s “inaction” on the pollution as the air quality…
Sammi with her son at Gadchiroli district women’s hospital. She and her husband Arjun were part of the team that performed vasectomies on guerrillas NAGPUR: Tears of joy rolled down the cheeks of 25-year-old Sammi, once known in the tottering Maoist headquarters of Abujmarh as Comrade Bandi, as she held her newborn son for the…
By: G SivaVISAKHAPATNAM: Six Maoist, including the central committee leader and dreaded military -commander Hidma alias Santosh, were allegedly gunned down by the elite anti-Maoist force Greyhound of Andhra Pradesh in the early hours of Tuesday in Maredmilli forest areas of Alluri Sitarama Raju district.Security forces say that another military commander, Chelluri Narayana Rao alias…
A file photo of Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu Bhupati. NAGPUR: Senior most guerrilla Mallojula Venugopal Rao, alias Sonu ‘Bhupati’, 69, the Central Committee powerhouse and politburo firebrand who had earlier appealed for a truce, surrendered at Gadchiroli police headquarters in Maharashtra on Tuesday with 62 cadres, signaling the end of state’s five-decade-long Maoist insurgency….
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday accused Rahul Gandhi of speaking like an “urban Maoist”, alleging that the Congress leader has asked Generation Z to overthrow a democratically elected government. Fadnavis said that Gandhi does not believe in the Constitution and rejects institutions, adding that his advisors also possess an “urban Maoist”…
DALTONGANJ/NAGPUR: A 38-year-old commander of TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand’s Palamu Sunday. Mukhdev Yadav, alias Toofan, was involved in the killing of two cops in Keydaal jungle on Sept 3.On Saturday, notorious Maoist Shankar Mahaka (32), carrying…
