Maoists Crackdown

A gathering of activists in Pune labelled as a Maoist plot pledged to protect the Constitution, according to video reviewed by NDTV. The gathering, known as the Elgar Parishad, held towards the end of December last year, is the basis of a nationwide police crackdown on activists and intellectuals accused of plotting Maoist violence.

A first-time concerted crackdown has been launched against 'overground' Maoist supporters in various states and about 500 such people have been apprehended by the security forces in Chhattisgarh alone over the last one year, the chief of country's lead anti-Naxal operations force, the CRPF, has said.

Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma on Sunday claimed that 15 innocent villagers were killed in the recent crackdown on Naxals by the security forces and not 15 Naxals.

A group of families demanding justice for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have denounced new Chinese President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reforms, saying he was taking China "backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy".

In a major crackdown, at least 22 Maoists were killed today in two separate encounters with central security forces in Chhattisgarh. The bodies of 16 Maoists were found; two of them, who sustained injuries, were also captured.

At least 3 naxals were killed in an encounter near Kalaboni jungle in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Sunday. One paramilitary jawan was also killed in the encounter.However, the bodies of the naxals have still not been recovered and according to reports the encounter is still on.Following a tip-off that a Maoist squad was hiding in Ghrito...

Exactly a year ago today, joint security forces had launched their offensive against the Maoists in Lalgarh in Bengal's West Midnapore district, an offensive that got its biggest success on Wednesday when eight Maoists were killed in an encounter. But other than that, the security forces have had mixed results in their operations over the last year...

Hours after thirteen Maoists were killed in an encounter in West Bengal, joint forces have further intensified the crackdown on Naxals.The CoBRA forces and West Bengal police are carrying out the anti-Maoist operations in the Salboni forests of the West Midnapore district of West Bengal.The area, adjoining Lalgarh, is one of the hub of the Maoists....

The Central government might be all set to launch a crackdown against Maoists across the country, but the operation is not going to get local support in states like Orissa.

A gathering of activists in Pune labelled as a Maoist plot pledged to protect the Constitution, according to video reviewed by NDTV. The gathering, known as the Elgar Parishad, held towards the end of December last year, is the basis of a nationwide police crackdown on activists and intellectuals accused of plotting Maoist violence.

A first-time concerted crackdown has been launched against 'overground' Maoist supporters in various states and about 500 such people have been apprehended by the security forces in Chhattisgarh alone over the last one year, the chief of country's lead anti-Naxal operations force, the CRPF, has said.

Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma on Sunday claimed that 15 innocent villagers were killed in the recent crackdown on Naxals by the security forces and not 15 Naxals.

A group of families demanding justice for the victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have denounced new Chinese President Xi Jinping for failing to launch political reforms, saying he was taking China "backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy".

In a major crackdown, at least 22 Maoists were killed today in two separate encounters with central security forces in Chhattisgarh. The bodies of 16 Maoists were found; two of them, who sustained injuries, were also captured.

At least 3 naxals were killed in an encounter near Kalaboni jungle in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Sunday. One paramilitary jawan was also killed in the encounter.However, the bodies of the naxals have still not been recovered and according to reports the encounter is still on.Following a tip-off that a Maoist squad was hiding in Ghrito...

Exactly a year ago today, joint security forces had launched their offensive against the Maoists in Lalgarh in Bengal's West Midnapore district, an offensive that got its biggest success on Wednesday when eight Maoists were killed in an encounter. But other than that, the security forces have had mixed results in their operations over the last year...

Hours after thirteen Maoists were killed in an encounter in West Bengal, joint forces have further intensified the crackdown on Naxals.The CoBRA forces and West Bengal police are carrying out the anti-Maoist operations in the Salboni forests of the West Midnapore district of West Bengal.The area, adjoining Lalgarh, is one of the hub of the Maoists....

The Central government might be all set to launch a crackdown against Maoists across the country, but the operation is not going to get local support in states like Orissa.