Chikkamagaluru : Three Maoists in the Malnad region returned to the mainstream on Monday. They appeared before the police and the state-appointed committee to implement the policy to encourage left-wing extremists to give up arms. The surrendered ultras are Kanyakumari alias Suvarna (31) of Haluvalli in Mudigere taluk, Chennamma alias Suma (32) of Gadag and […]

Chikkamagaluru:  In the presence of the members of a state-level committee and Shantigaagi Nagarika Vedike, two Maoist leaders from Sringeri taluk, actively involved with the Maoist movement for more than a decade, surrendered before the district authorities on Monday Dec 8. The surrender, in response to the State government’s naxal surrender and rehabilitation initiative, the […]

Mangalore: The police and the anti-Naxal force have launched search operations in the forests around Kukke Subramanya after a group of six people, said to be Maoists, was spotted on Friday. According to the police, the forest officials spotted the group, including two women, sporting country-made rifles in the Kadamakallu reserved forest. One of the […]

Ranchi: A large number of Maoists today ambushed a police party led by Amarjit Balihar, superintendent of police, Pakud, in Santhal Pargana, killing the SP and six other policemen. The ambush took place near Dunka, in a forested area. Police reinforcements have been rushed to the area. The area is dominated by Maoists,who have been […]

Ranchi : A 1.5 kg bomb has been found stitched inside the abdomen of a CRPF jawan killed in an encounter with Maoists earlier this week in Jharkhand’s Latehar district. Doctors performing an autopsy on the body in Ranchi last night detected metal and called in a bomb disposal squad which confirmed that explosives had […]

Bhuvaneshwar : Maoists on Thursday released Odisha legislator Jhina Hikaka in the state’s Koraput district after holding him captive for more than a month. Reporters and photographers surrounded a relieved and healthy looking Hikaka as he came with a group of villagers to a mango garden at Balipeta, over 500 km from here, at about […]

Belthangady : The Maoists and the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) at Kuthloor in Venoor of Belthangady had an exchange of fire on the evening of Friday around 5:30 p.m. According to IGP (Western Range) Prathap Reddy, the ANF saw a group of Maoists, when they were engaged in its usual combing operation. He said that […]

Bhubaneshwar : The Maoists on Thursday produced abducted BJD MLA Jhina Hikaka before a people’s court to decide his fate, a day after the Odisha government said it would withdraw cases against 13 prisoners in exchange for freedom of the tribal legislator. As already communicated by the Maoists of the Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal […]

New Delhi: The Maoist abductors of Biju Janata Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka on Sunday set a new deadline for his release, setting April 18 as the date for the government to meet their demands. The Naxals have demanded the release of 29 prisoners by 5.00 pm on April 18. However, dreaded Naxal Chhenda Bhusanam alias […]

Hebri: During a visit to Hebri Police station near Udupi to present a cheque of Rs3 lakh to the bereaved family of late Sadashiva Gowda murdered by Maoists brutally last week, as a compensatory relief and to offer his condolences to his Gowda relatives, DGP-IGP Shankar M. Bidri warned in a statement to Maoists that […]