Maoist-hit States

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Madhya Pradesh's Naxal-affected Balaghat on Tuesday, state cabinet minister Prahlad Singh Patel said that his visit would create history.

The 75 women CRPF bikers will cover nearly five states during their 17-day journey on Royal Enfield motorcycles.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the number of Maoist-affected districts has gone down from 70 in 2014 to 46 in 2021.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will review the security situation in Maoist-affected areas with the chief ministers of 10 states on Sunday, officials said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday urged the Centre to provide 4G mobile connectivity in two Maoist-affected districts of the state for better sharing and collection of information.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday met the Chief Ministers of states affected by Maoist violence and reviewed the operations against insurgent groups and initiatives taken.

As a pitched political battle unfolds between the ruling BJP and its main challenger Congress in Chhattisgarh, another war is literally on display between the Maoists and the election authorities on walls and hoardings across the state's Maoist-hit areas.

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.

At least 2,753 security personnel have been killed in states where Maoists are active in the last two decades, the government said in the Lok Sabha today

Bijapur, Chhattisgarh: Satyama, 32, has given birth to a healthy baby girl in Chhattisgarh’s newly-renovated Bijapur District Hospital. She, however, shudders to recall her previous pregnancy. Three years ago, when she required a C-Section surgery, she had to travel 160 kms away to Jagdalpur as Maoist violence in the region had scared off doctors...

While there is "no silver bullet" to obliterate the Maoist problem, it is necessary to find a permanent solution, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said today while chairing a meeting to tackle the issue. To this end, he said a strategic and unified command should be formed - as a first step to which, the command headquarters of the CRPF has been s...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a meeting with chief ministers of 10 Maoist-hit states tomorrow to discuss steps to tackle the menace, a fortnight after 25 CRPF personnel were killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.

A day after the deadly Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, the government said it will hold a meeting on May 8 to discuss security operations in 10 Maoist-hit states.

Chief Secretaries of seven Maoist-affected states and Secretaries of key central ministries will meet in New Delhi to take stock of various development projects initiated in Maoist-hit areas.

Stage is set for second phase of elections in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts of Jharkhand today which will seal the fate of several high-profile candidates including two former chief ministers, seven state ministers and a former separatist.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Madhya Pradesh's Naxal-affected Balaghat on Tuesday, state cabinet minister Prahlad Singh Patel said that his visit would create history.

The 75 women CRPF bikers will cover nearly five states during their 17-day journey on Royal Enfield motorcycles.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the number of Maoist-affected districts has gone down from 70 in 2014 to 46 in 2021.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will review the security situation in Maoist-affected areas with the chief ministers of 10 states on Sunday, officials said.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday urged the Centre to provide 4G mobile connectivity in two Maoist-affected districts of the state for better sharing and collection of information.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday met the Chief Ministers of states affected by Maoist violence and reviewed the operations against insurgent groups and initiatives taken.

As a pitched political battle unfolds between the ruling BJP and its main challenger Congress in Chhattisgarh, another war is literally on display between the Maoists and the election authorities on walls and hoardings across the state's Maoist-hit areas.

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.

At least 2,753 security personnel have been killed in states where Maoists are active in the last two decades, the government said in the Lok Sabha today

Bijapur, Chhattisgarh: Satyama, 32, has given birth to a healthy baby girl in Chhattisgarh’s newly-renovated Bijapur District Hospital. She, however, shudders to recall her previous pregnancy. Three years ago, when she required a C-Section surgery, she had to travel 160 kms away to Jagdalpur as Maoist violence in the region had scared off doctors...

While there is "no silver bullet" to obliterate the Maoist problem, it is necessary to find a permanent solution, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said today while chairing a meeting to tackle the issue. To this end, he said a strategic and unified command should be formed - as a first step to which, the command headquarters of the CRPF has been s...

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a meeting with chief ministers of 10 Maoist-hit states tomorrow to discuss steps to tackle the menace, a fortnight after 25 CRPF personnel were killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.

A day after the deadly Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma, the government said it will hold a meeting on May 8 to discuss security operations in 10 Maoist-hit states.

Chief Secretaries of seven Maoist-affected states and Secretaries of key central ministries will meet in New Delhi to take stock of various development projects initiated in Maoist-hit areas.

Stage is set for second phase of elections in 18 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 20 spread across seven Maoist-hit tribal districts of Jharkhand today which will seal the fate of several high-profile candidates including two former chief ministers, seven state ministers and a former separatist.