Maoist Threat

Alleged Naxals have threatened Maharashtra Food and Drugs Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram in a pamphlet found in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Tuesday.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has received threats from ISI, Naxalies and fundamentalists, ahead of his visit to Bhagalpur on February 10, informed the Senior Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, emphasising on the internal security of the country, said India needs to defeat threats arising from Maoist- both "gun-toting and pen-wielding."

Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued to security forces deployed in Maoist-hit areas after a "serious and new" threat of possession and operation of drones by the terrorists came to light recently, officials said on Sunday.

A primary School reopened in Naxal-affected Padmoor village on Wednesday, 14 years after it was closed due to the threat from the ultras.

Four changes to a counter-terrorism law that have triggered outrage within the opposition will help secure India from individuals who pose a threat to its security and sovereignty including "urban Maoists", the government has said. These include the power to declare suspects as "terrorists", seize their assets, launch cyber-crime and trafficking pr...

The Jharkhand Jaguar, a special task force set up to tackle Maoists, has played an important role in fighting the terrorists in the state, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.

Election in Chhattisgarh: Polling has ended in 18 seats in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit areas. The remaining 72 constituencies will vote on November 20. The BJP government led by Chief Minister Raman Singh is looking to hold on to power for a fourth term. The Congress campaign is trying to swing votes by promising to keep farmers happy and not letting...

Voting has started in 18 seats in the Maoist-hit areas of Chhattisgarh under heavy security cover, flagging off the last round of assembly polls before next year's general elections. The remaining 72 constituencies will vote on November 20. The Raman Singh government, which has been in power for three consecutive terms, is seeking a fourth mandate....

About 65,000 troops from various central and state police forces will be deployed for the first-phase of the assembly polls in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh, officials said today.

A Bharatiya Janata Party training guidebook, which is meant to orient its workers and office-bearers to its ideology and views on key issues, says that Maoists in India enjoy "regular support from Pakistan and China", making them a big threat to the country's internal security.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh held meeting with senior officials to review the security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of police reports on the threat to his life. A plot to assassinate the Prime Minister in a "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident" during one of his roadshows came to light after a letter was seized from the home of a suspec...

Amid the controversy over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that the threat letter was being used to win people's sympathy.

The Congress today demanded an investigation into reports that the Maoists planned to assassinate the prime minister and made it clear that the issue should not be politicised.

After the Pune Police revealed a plot by Maoists to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident" during one of his roadshows, the Special Protection Guard or SPG, which provides security to the prime minister, has advised PM Modi not to hold impromptu road shows.

Alleged Naxals have threatened Maharashtra Food and Drugs Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram in a pamphlet found in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Tuesday.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has received threats from ISI, Naxalies and fundamentalists, ahead of his visit to Bhagalpur on February 10, informed the Senior Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, emphasising on the internal security of the country, said India needs to defeat threats arising from Maoist- both "gun-toting and pen-wielding."

Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued to security forces deployed in Maoist-hit areas after a "serious and new" threat of possession and operation of drones by the terrorists came to light recently, officials said on Sunday.

A primary School reopened in Naxal-affected Padmoor village on Wednesday, 14 years after it was closed due to the threat from the ultras.

Four changes to a counter-terrorism law that have triggered outrage within the opposition will help secure India from individuals who pose a threat to its security and sovereignty including "urban Maoists", the government has said. These include the power to declare suspects as "terrorists", seize their assets, launch cyber-crime and trafficking pr...

The Jharkhand Jaguar, a special task force set up to tackle Maoists, has played an important role in fighting the terrorists in the state, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.

Election in Chhattisgarh: Polling has ended in 18 seats in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit areas. The remaining 72 constituencies will vote on November 20. The BJP government led by Chief Minister Raman Singh is looking to hold on to power for a fourth term. The Congress campaign is trying to swing votes by promising to keep farmers happy and not letting...

Voting has started in 18 seats in the Maoist-hit areas of Chhattisgarh under heavy security cover, flagging off the last round of assembly polls before next year's general elections. The remaining 72 constituencies will vote on November 20. The Raman Singh government, which has been in power for three consecutive terms, is seeking a fourth mandate....

About 65,000 troops from various central and state police forces will be deployed for the first-phase of the assembly polls in Maoist-hit Chhattisgarh, officials said today.

A Bharatiya Janata Party training guidebook, which is meant to orient its workers and office-bearers to its ideology and views on key issues, says that Maoists in India enjoy "regular support from Pakistan and China", making them a big threat to the country's internal security.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh held meeting with senior officials to review the security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of police reports on the threat to his life. A plot to assassinate the Prime Minister in a "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident" during one of his roadshows came to light after a letter was seized from the home of a suspec...

Amid the controversy over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that the threat letter was being used to win people's sympathy.

The Congress today demanded an investigation into reports that the Maoists planned to assassinate the prime minister and made it clear that the issue should not be politicised.

After the Pune Police revealed a plot by Maoists to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident" during one of his roadshows, the Special Protection Guard or SPG, which provides security to the prime minister, has advised PM Modi not to hold impromptu road shows.