Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be attending the meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah on Left-wing extremism (LWE) in the national capital on Friday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday termed Naxalism a "curse to humanity", adding that the Union government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is committed to rooting out Left-wing Extremism in all its forms and manifestations.
The meeting, to be held on Friday morning, is likely to be attended by Chief Ministers, Home Ministers or their representatives from states of Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Kerala.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches at more than 60 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Naxal case.
These projects included four roadways and two railways, amounting to a total project cost of approximately Rs 52,000 Crore, read the Ministry of Commerce and Industry press release.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force on Friday organised a special one-day plantation drive in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts of Chhattisgarh under the 'All India CAPFs Plantation Drive’.
Reflecting on the evolution of internet affordability, Prime Minister Modi juxtaposed the days of prohibitively expensive data tariffs before 2014 with the present, where India boasts the world's most accessible internet data rates.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Home Secretary and senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and State Government attended the meeting.
A Naxal couple, one among whom was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for information leading to his capture, surrendered before security forces in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday.
The Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Naxal violence incidents and resultant deaths have reduced by 77 per cent and 90 per cent respectively in 2022 compared to 2010, the Central government told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Earlier infamous for left-wing extremism, Bastar is otherwise blessed with dense forests, waterfalls and rivers, making the region a green utopia on earth.