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Jharkhand's Maoist Stronghold For 3 Decades Now Under Police Control
Budha Pahar, a Maoist stronghold for past three decades on the border of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, has almost been freed from the extremists, claimed Jharkhand police on Sunday.
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More Cops Killed By Maoists Than By Terrorists In 2021: Data
The number of policemen killed in violence by Left Wing Extremists (LWE) were double those who were killed by terrorists, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) annual 'Crime in India' report for the year 2021.
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Indian-Origin Cult Leader Jailed For Rape Dies In UK Prison
An Indian-origin man who ran a secretive extremist Maoist cult in London and was sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual assaults six years ago has died in jail.
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Maoist Violence Down By 70% From All-Time High In 2009: Centre To Parliament
The incidents of Maoist violence have come down by 70 per cent from the all-time high of 2,258 incidents in 2009 to 665 in 2020 across the country, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Rajya Sabha today.
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Alert Over Possible Maoist Movement In Bengal District, Once A Hotbed
Almost a decade after Maoist presence shrunk from the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal district of West Bengal after three years of upheaval, police are probing possible movement of the left wing extremists (LWE) and reports of them making a comeback in the area, once a hotbed.
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BJP Leader, 4 Policemen Killed In Maoist Attack In Jharkhand's Latehar
Ahead of the first phase of polls for Jharkhand assembly on November 30 left wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader in Palamau district, police said on Saturday.
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Ranchi Traders Allegedly Receive Maoist Letters Asking For Rs.10 Lakh
Some traders in Jharkhand capital have received letters allegedly from Maoist extremists asking them to pay Rs.10 lakh each for the expansion of the ultra-left organisation in the state.
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Arms Racket: 12 AK-47s Fished Out Of Well In Bihar, Police Say More To Come
Police have recovered 12 AK-47 assault rifles from Bardah village in Bihar's Munger district, taking the total number of such weapons seized in their investigation of an interstate arms racket to 20 over the last one month.
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Arrested Activists Linked To Maoist Outfits On UPA List: Home Ministry
As many as 128 organisations suspected to have links with Maoists were identified by the UPA government in 2012 and some of those arrested by the Maharashtra Police on Tuesday were part of these front organisations of the extremist groups.
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Maoist Area Of Influence Shrinks; 44 Districts Removed From Affected List: Union Home Secretary
Forty-four districts in the country are no longer under the influence of Maoists or have negligible presence and most of the left wing extremism is now confined only to 30 worst-hit districts.
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Explosives Found In Maoist Area In Madhya Pradesh
Police has recovered a large amount of explosives from the jungles in Maoist-affected Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, which could have been meant for a major attack by the Left-wing extremists in Chhattisgarh.
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Sukma Attack Shows Maoists Are Frustrated: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that Left Wing Extremist groups were "restless" because of the "unprecedented success" of security forces' operations against them, and termed the Maoist attack at Sukma, in Chhattisgarh, in which 12 CRPF troopers were killed a result of that frustration.
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Indian-Origin Jailed For 23 Years In Sexual Assault Case In UK
Aravindan Balakrishnan, a 75-year-old Indian-origin man who ran a secretive extremist Maoist cult In London, was today sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual assaults.
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Indian-origin UK slave owner claimed he was Jesus
The Indian-origin head of an extremist Maoist sect, accused of enslaving three women in his home in London for 30 years, tried to convince his British followers he was Jesus Christ.
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Election day bomb in Nepal capital injures three: police
A crude bomb exploded Tuesday in Nepal's capital hours after polls opened for national elections, injuring three people and raising fears that left-wing extremists will disrupt the vote, police said.
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Jharkhand's Maoist Stronghold For 3 Decades Now Under Police Control
Budha Pahar, a Maoist stronghold for past three decades on the border of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, has almost been freed from the extremists, claimed Jharkhand police on Sunday.
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More Cops Killed By Maoists Than By Terrorists In 2021: Data
The number of policemen killed in violence by Left Wing Extremists (LWE) were double those who were killed by terrorists, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) annual 'Crime in India' report for the year 2021.
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Indian-Origin Cult Leader Jailed For Rape Dies In UK Prison
An Indian-origin man who ran a secretive extremist Maoist cult in London and was sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual assaults six years ago has died in jail.
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Maoist Violence Down By 70% From All-Time High In 2009: Centre To Parliament
The incidents of Maoist violence have come down by 70 per cent from the all-time high of 2,258 incidents in 2009 to 665 in 2020 across the country, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Rajya Sabha today.
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Alert Over Possible Maoist Movement In Bengal District, Once A Hotbed
Almost a decade after Maoist presence shrunk from the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal district of West Bengal after three years of upheaval, police are probing possible movement of the left wing extremists (LWE) and reports of them making a comeback in the area, once a hotbed.
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BJP Leader, 4 Policemen Killed In Maoist Attack In Jharkhand's Latehar
Ahead of the first phase of polls for Jharkhand assembly on November 30 left wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader in Palamau district, police said on Saturday.
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Ranchi Traders Allegedly Receive Maoist Letters Asking For Rs.10 Lakh
Some traders in Jharkhand capital have received letters allegedly from Maoist extremists asking them to pay Rs.10 lakh each for the expansion of the ultra-left organisation in the state.
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Arms Racket: 12 AK-47s Fished Out Of Well In Bihar, Police Say More To Come
Police have recovered 12 AK-47 assault rifles from Bardah village in Bihar's Munger district, taking the total number of such weapons seized in their investigation of an interstate arms racket to 20 over the last one month.
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Arrested Activists Linked To Maoist Outfits On UPA List: Home Ministry
As many as 128 organisations suspected to have links with Maoists were identified by the UPA government in 2012 and some of those arrested by the Maharashtra Police on Tuesday were part of these front organisations of the extremist groups.
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Maoist Area Of Influence Shrinks; 44 Districts Removed From Affected List: Union Home Secretary
Forty-four districts in the country are no longer under the influence of Maoists or have negligible presence and most of the left wing extremism is now confined only to 30 worst-hit districts.
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Explosives Found In Maoist Area In Madhya Pradesh
Police has recovered a large amount of explosives from the jungles in Maoist-affected Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, which could have been meant for a major attack by the Left-wing extremists in Chhattisgarh.
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Sukma Attack Shows Maoists Are Frustrated: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that Left Wing Extremist groups were "restless" because of the "unprecedented success" of security forces' operations against them, and termed the Maoist attack at Sukma, in Chhattisgarh, in which 12 CRPF troopers were killed a result of that frustration.
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Indian-Origin Jailed For 23 Years In Sexual Assault Case In UK
Aravindan Balakrishnan, a 75-year-old Indian-origin man who ran a secretive extremist Maoist cult In London, was today sentenced to 23 years in jail by a UK court for a string of sexual assaults.
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Indian-origin UK slave owner claimed he was Jesus
The Indian-origin head of an extremist Maoist sect, accused of enslaving three women in his home in London for 30 years, tried to convince his British followers he was Jesus Christ.
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Election day bomb in Nepal capital injures three: police
A crude bomb exploded Tuesday in Nepal's capital hours after polls opened for national elections, injuring three people and raising fears that left-wing extremists will disrupt the vote, police said.
