Speaking in Hyderabad during a surrender programme where 130 Maoists laid down arms, Reddy said the government believes change can be achieved through democratic means rather than violence.
Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with the security forces near the Indravati River area in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Several weapons, including an SLR rifle, an INSAS rifle, and a 12-bore rifle, along with explosives, were recovered. The operation was launched based on intel about
In an interview with ANI, Rijiju raised questions on Gandhi's various meetings stating that the Congress MP keeps on meeting Naxalites, extremists, ideologues, and people like George Soros both during his foreign trips and within the country.
A joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF) recovered explosives planted by Naxalites during a search operation in the Kanker-Narayanpur border area under the Chhotebethia police station limits.
Latehar Deputy Commissioner Utkarsh Gupta said the land distribution was part of the official rehabilitation package and that other benefits were also being processed.
"The tricolour will fly in every village of Bastar, even the remotest ones," he said, adding that security forces have enabled access to areas that were earlier under Naxalite influence.
Operation Meghaburu was launched on Thursday by 209 CoBRA, Chaibasa district police, and Jharkhand Jaguar in the Saranda forest. During an intense gunfight, Patiram Majhi alias Anal da, who carried a reward of 1 crore on his head in Jharkhand, was killed alongwith 14 other Maoists.
Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, CM Vishnu Deo Sai said, "Jagargunda was famous for its tamarind market, and the bank there was blown up by Naxalites. Now, a bank has been re-established there. Earlier, people had to travel 60-70 km to Bijapur, Sukma, or Dantewada for banking facilities. Now
The recovery of the Naxal dump from the forest and hilly areas of Gondpalli village was the result of a joint operation by the 159th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Sukma District Police. The operation was carried out on the morning of December 30.
Shah said the operation marks a major breakthrough in the fight against Left-Wing Extremism and brings Odisha closer to being completely free of Naxalism.
Bastar IG P Sundarraj said that Maoist cadres who had previously taken the path of violence for one reason or another are now transforming and joining the mainstream of society.
"Two CRPF personnel were seriously injured in separate IED explosions occurred on Sunday afternoon during an anti-Maoist operation in Jharkhand's Saranda forest. The injured are from CRPF's CoBRA unit," sources told ANI.