Maoists in Bihar recently not only killed 10 policemen in an encounter with with Bihar Police, but also captured four of them alive after a six-hour-long gunfight in a forested area of Bihar’s Lakhisarai district, police said Monday, 30th August 2010. While massive search and rescue operation has been launched by Police, one body of [...]
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Naxalites guerillas ambushed a team of security personnel in the restive Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, killing at least 26 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and injuring over a dozen others on 30th June 2010. The incident took place at about 3 pm in Jharaghati area between Dhaurai and Gawadi, about 250 km [...]
Ending after months of speculation, Cabinet Committee on Security ( CCS), Indian Union Government has said that Indian Army will not be used against Naxals. The Centre and states will, instead, recruit ex-servicemen — including retired sappers for de-mining exercises — on contractual basis to fill the gap and will focus on strengthening paramilitary and [...]
These are the events that took place after the killing of 76 Indian security forces by Maoists in Dantewara : 1. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram offered to resign after admitting that “the buck tops” at his table. And Prime Minister routinely rejected the resignation and asked the Home Minister to continue. P Chidambaram now [...]
Many in India living in sprawling cities with malls, international brands, Zoom TV, Big Boss, NDTV, Dominos Pizza, may not be aware of Naxalism and rural India. Terrorism in India is thought to be only in its North East and Jammu and Kashmir. But the bloody time line of Naxal attack for last 2 years [...]
India celebrated its 63rd independence day yesterday on 15th August 2009 amid tight security in all parts of India. There are reports of Indian flag burning and shouting anti-India slogan in Jammu and Kashmir. In Assam and North East India, separatist organisations called for boycotting of independence day celebration as per routine for last 30 [...]
Lalgarh is a village in Jhargram subdivision of West Midnapore district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has been in news recently as it was ‘liberated’ from Indian state by Naxalites last week. Naxalites claim few areas inside India as “liberated” zone. Dantewara in Chattishgarh of Indian state is a place which Naxalites [...]