Maoists Held

Of them, eight were arrested from separate locations in Usoor police station area, while one was held under Naimed police station limits, the official said.

Twelve assembly seats of naxal-hit Bastar division are among the 20 constituencies where voting will be held tomorrow in the first phase of assembly elections.

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that the time limit prescribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for sanction is "mandatory and sacrosanct" while quashing three cases against a member of the CPI (Maoist) as the sanction was delay

The last rites of Sakhamuri Muralikrishna, one of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers killed in the recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was held today with full police honours at his native Gudipudi in Sattenapalli Mandal of Guntur dis

The five-year-old daughter of a CoBRA commando has appealed for the release of her father, reportedly held hostage by Maoists in Chhattisgarh after an ambush on Saturday, news agency Press Trust of India reported.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today held a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Chhattisgarh in the wake of the killing of 22 security personnel by Maoists in the state, officials said.

The special NIA court that refused bail to 83-year-old activist Stan Swamy in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case has held that based on material on record Stan Swamy had schemed a "serious conspiracy" with members of a banned Maoist organisation to create unrest in the country and to overthrow the government.

Security forces have been held responsible for the killing of 17 villagers, including seven minors, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh in June 2012, according to a report by a judicial commission chaired by retired Justice VK Agarwal

Polling in Chhattisgarh's Bastar seat in phase-one of the Lok Sabha elections will be held as per schedule, Election Commission officials said Tuesday, hours after a BJP MLA and four security personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in the constituency.

A devastating Maoist attack just two days before the national elections killed the BJP lawmaker of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Tuesday. His driver and three security personnel also died in the attack. Bhima Mandavi, 40, was out for campaigning. The police said he had gone to the area against their advice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned ...

The use of unmanned drones for the first time in Chhattisgarh elections has revealed the movement of Maoists in the area. Elections are due in Maoist-hit areas of Chhattisgarh tomorrow and the drones are being used to recce the area before security forces move in to sanitise the area for election officials.Polling for 18 of 90 seats - all located i...

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.

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...

Union Minister Hansraj Ahir, apparently furious at the absence of senior doctors at a function he was attending in Maharashtra, has provoked a controversy with his outburst. "If these people don't believe in democracy, they should join Maoists and we will shoot them," fumed the Minister of State for Home Affairs yesterday.

Chief ministers of Naxalite-affected states will meet top civil and police officers in Delhi tomorrow to devise new ways to tackle the armed rebels. The meeting, to be held two weeks after 25 paramilitary personnel were killed by a band of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, will be chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. It is expected that the meet wi...

Of them, eight were arrested from separate locations in Usoor police station area, while one was held under Naimed police station limits, the official said.

Twelve assembly seats of naxal-hit Bastar division are among the 20 constituencies where voting will be held tomorrow in the first phase of assembly elections.

The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that the time limit prescribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for sanction is "mandatory and sacrosanct" while quashing three cases against a member of the CPI (Maoist) as the sanction was delay

The last rites of Sakhamuri Muralikrishna, one of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldiers killed in the recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, was held today with full police honours at his native Gudipudi in Sattenapalli Mandal of Guntur dis

The five-year-old daughter of a CoBRA commando has appealed for the release of her father, reportedly held hostage by Maoists in Chhattisgarh after an ambush on Saturday, news agency Press Trust of India reported.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today held a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Chhattisgarh in the wake of the killing of 22 security personnel by Maoists in the state, officials said.

The special NIA court that refused bail to 83-year-old activist Stan Swamy in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case has held that based on material on record Stan Swamy had schemed a "serious conspiracy" with members of a banned Maoist organisation to create unrest in the country and to overthrow the government.

Security forces have been held responsible for the killing of 17 villagers, including seven minors, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh in June 2012, according to a report by a judicial commission chaired by retired Justice VK Agarwal

Polling in Chhattisgarh's Bastar seat in phase-one of the Lok Sabha elections will be held as per schedule, Election Commission officials said Tuesday, hours after a BJP MLA and four security personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in the constituency.

A devastating Maoist attack just two days before the national elections killed the BJP lawmaker of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Tuesday. His driver and three security personnel also died in the attack. Bhima Mandavi, 40, was out for campaigning. The police said he had gone to the area against their advice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned ...

The use of unmanned drones for the first time in Chhattisgarh elections has revealed the movement of Maoists in the area. Elections are due in Maoist-hit areas of Chhattisgarh tomorrow and the drones are being used to recce the area before security forces move in to sanitise the area for election officials.Polling for 18 of 90 seats - all located i...

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.

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...

Union Minister Hansraj Ahir, apparently furious at the absence of senior doctors at a function he was attending in Maharashtra, has provoked a controversy with his outburst. "If these people don't believe in democracy, they should join Maoists and we will shoot them," fumed the Minister of State for Home Affairs yesterday.

Chief ministers of Naxalite-affected states will meet top civil and police officers in Delhi tomorrow to devise new ways to tackle the armed rebels. The meeting, to be held two weeks after 25 paramilitary personnel were killed by a band of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, will be chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. It is expected that the meet wi...