The Chief Minister said that Gadchiroli is transforming from the state's last district to its first. The region has seen a decline in Maoist recruitment, with many cadres surrendering, indicating a significant shift towards ending the Maoist influence.
The CPI (Maoist), a major Left-Wing Extremist (LWE) organisation responsible for most incidents of violence, has been making efforts to expand to new areas along inter-state borders, albeit "without any significant success," reveals the annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Purvarti village of Sukma, located in the Bastar region of Chhatisgarh, is infamous for being the home of top Maoist leaders and heightened Naxalite activities.
The searches conducted today were part of NIA's investigation in a case of extortion, levy collection and money laundering by members of TSPC, a splinter group of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) terror organisation.
In a significant development, five members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) surrendered before the police in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana police said in a press release.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday searched multiple locations in five states in connection with a case relating to attempts at revival of the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation in the Northern Regional Bureau (NRB) region.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday visited Gundam village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, the den of Bastar's most-dreaded Maoist leader, Madvi Hidma, commander of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, and interacted with villagers there and shared the government's commitment to eradica
In a landmark development, Puvarti, an extremely Maoist-affected and remote village in Sukma district at the southernmost tip of Chhattisgarh, witnessed the arrival of a new ray of progress. For the first time since India's independence, the residents of this village watched national and int
Tensions between the ruling CPN-UML and opposition CPN (Maoist Centre) escalated during a Tribhuvan University senate meeting over Vice-Chancellor Keshar Jung Baral's merit-based appointments for deans and campus chiefs. While the UML criticised Baral's approach as politically motivated, the
Maoists allegedly strangle a 35-year-old villager, Kudiyam Madho, in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, accusing him of being a police informer. A similar incident occurred on Saturday, where a woman was killed on suspicion of being an informer.