For the 15 hockey players, who come mostly from one of the most backward, Maoist-affected areas of Jharkhand, hardships and setbacks are part of the landscape.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 1 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Vijith Vijayan in the Pantheerankavu UAPA case for alleged Maoist links.
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): To scale up anti-Maoist operations, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recently opened two new Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in its bastion in deep forested Naxal-hit state of Chhattisgarh, said officials in the paramilitary force.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 21 (ANI): The ruling alliance has stood victorious in two-thirds seats in local bodies elections which were conducted on May 13 as the final results of 684 of 753 local-level elections have been made public.
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India], May 1 (ANI): A Naxal leader of the dreaded CPI (Maoist) surrendered before Kalahandi police in the presence of Koraput DIG of Police Rajesh Pandit, Kalahandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Saravana Vivek M and Commandant CRPF Biplab Sarkar.
Alluri Sitharama Raju (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): The Maoists set a passenger bus on fire near Chintur Mandal Alluri Sitharama Raju district here, which is 4 to 5 km from the Chhattisgarh border on Sunday night, said police.
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against twenty CPI (Maoist) cadres in Kerala's Edakkara case before the NIA court in Ernakulam, Kerala, said a press release.
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 21 (ANI): Security personnel turned good Samaritans and took a pregnant woman in agony to a hospital on Tuesday in Bastar region's Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): A group of Naxals allegedly shot dead two villagers on suspicion that they were working as police informers in separate attacks in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, informed Superintendent of Police, Gadchiroli Ankit Goyal.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): Maoists killed an ex-militia member on suspicion of being a police informer in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitharama Raju district after the latter surrendered, said a police official on Friday.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at 17 locations across Assam and arrested an absconding Naxal in the Cachar district.