The gun-battle took place in Narkasa forest area, located around 170 km from here, when commandos of C-60, a specialised anti-Maoist unit of Maharashtra police, were combing the area. read more

The police team took away his laptop, mobile phone, hard drives and some books. read more

Around 100 villages in Gadchiroli and Gondia in Vidarbha region and several others in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Konkan region were isolated owing to waterlogged roads, said officials. read more

The government on Wednesday issued a resolution, directing the Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVM) to form self-help groups (SHG) in 14 districts in Marathwada and Vidarbha. read more

The Gadchiroli attack was allegedly carried out by Maoists using an improvised explosive device (IED). read more

The Maoist movement has weakened considerably; there has been a decline in levels of violence and the number of districts, affected by left-wing extremism, has dropped to 58 from the earlier count of 91, according to home ministry statistics. read more

Sub-divisional police officer Shailesh Kale failed to enforce the standard operating procedure (SOP), which led to the killing of 15 policemen in a Maoist attack on May 1. read more

‘Our government had started special budgetary provisions for the region which was discontinued by this regime,’ he said. read more

Senior police officials said the alert was taken seriously as a huge haul of weapons and explosives was recovered from the house of a Naxal rebel in Sonbadhra district only a month ago. read more

Officials said a preliminary probe into the attack pointed towards the involvement of Basavaraj, who has led the Maoists after Ganapathy alias Muppala Lakshmana Rao relinquished his post in November last year. read more

Muiya was also one of the planners of the Bhejji attack in which 12 CRPF personnel were killed in March 2017 in south Sukma. read more

This MMC corridor covers jungles in the three states and is a source of a new worry for the security forces, who believe the Maoists are building it to escape a crackdown in Bastar. read more

“The PM says since 2014 the sounds of blasts can’t be heard in India. Pulwama...Pathankot..Uri...Gadchiroli...and 942 other major bombings since 2014,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted. read more

This MMC corridor covers jungles in the three states and is a source of a new worry for the security forces, who believe the Maoists are building it to escape a crackdown in Bastar. read more

At least 16 security personnel were killed in an IED blast triggered by Maoists in Gadchiroli district Wednesday. read more