Naxal Attacks

A 'red book' threw up 'red flags' Thursday as the Congress and BJP - and their allies, the Shiv Sena and NCP factions - squabble in the build-up to the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly election.

Attacking the Hemant Soren-led JMM coalition for "fuelling Naxalism," Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government will eliminate the menace from the face of the country by March 2026.

A major IED blast was carried out on a Naxal patrol search operation in the Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.

Doubling down on his attack on Rahul Gandhi over the remarks made by him in the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the language used by Congress leaders on foreign land shows that the party is being run by people from the 'tukde tukde gang'.

Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reiterated the government's commitment to making Chhattisgarh, and the entire country, "completely free of Maoists", labelling rebel fighters "the biggest enemy of development and peace"

In a sharp attack against Rahul Gandhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said the Congress leader has turned the party toward "Soft Naxalism" from the "Gandhian ideologies".

In a setback to the National Investigation Agency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its petition against the Chhattisgarh Police probe in the FIR alleging larger conspiracy in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack that killed 29 people.

The incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) have declined by 52 per cent in Chhattisgarh in the last five years and 589 villages have been freed from the clutches of the menace, the state government said on Monday.

Eight Maoists, including a boy, have been caught in connection with last month's Aranpur blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district wherein 10 police personnel and a civilian lost their lives, police said today.

The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.

Of the ten police personnel who lost their lives in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, five had joined the force after quitting Naxalism, a senior official said on Thursday.

A day after a blast carried out by Maoists left 10 police personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, NDTV has accessed an exclusive video that captures the moments right after the explosion.

The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region.

Ten police personnel and their driver were killed in a blast carried out by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today.

The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.

A 'red book' threw up 'red flags' Thursday as the Congress and BJP - and their allies, the Shiv Sena and NCP factions - squabble in the build-up to the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly election.

Attacking the Hemant Soren-led JMM coalition for "fuelling Naxalism," Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government will eliminate the menace from the face of the country by March 2026.

A major IED blast was carried out on a Naxal patrol search operation in the Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday.

Doubling down on his attack on Rahul Gandhi over the remarks made by him in the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the language used by Congress leaders on foreign land shows that the party is being run by people from the 'tukde tukde gang'.

Chhattisgarh Naxal encounter: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has reiterated the government's commitment to making Chhattisgarh, and the entire country, "completely free of Maoists", labelling rebel fighters "the biggest enemy of development and peace"

In a sharp attack against Rahul Gandhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said the Congress leader has turned the party toward "Soft Naxalism" from the "Gandhian ideologies".

In a setback to the National Investigation Agency, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its petition against the Chhattisgarh Police probe in the FIR alleging larger conspiracy in the 2013 Jheeram Ghati Naxal attack that killed 29 people.

The incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) have declined by 52 per cent in Chhattisgarh in the last five years and 589 villages have been freed from the clutches of the menace, the state government said on Monday.

Eight Maoists, including a boy, have been caught in connection with last month's Aranpur blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district wherein 10 police personnel and a civilian lost their lives, police said today.

The powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted beneath the road a few months back by digging a tunnel through 'foxhole mechanism', said Bastar Police.

Of the ten police personnel who lost their lives in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, five had joined the force after quitting Naxalism, a senior official said on Thursday.

A day after a blast carried out by Maoists left 10 police personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada, NDTV has accessed an exclusive video that captures the moments right after the explosion.

The Naxal ambush on Wednesday has highlighted what is seen as the last major challenge for security forces in Chhattisgarh - foiling Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in the forested tri-junction in Bastar region.

Ten police personnel and their driver were killed in a blast carried out by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district today.

The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, officials said.