Bangalore: Offering an olive branch, the new Congress government in Karnataka on Tuesday appealed to Naxals to come forward to hold a dialogue with it and said it would welcome their surrender. Spelling out his five week old dispensation’s policy on Left wing extremism, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, “Government is ready to have a dialogue […]

Chikmagalur : Naxals seem to be on the move in Shringeri area again as is evident from an exchange of fire between ANF personnel and Naxals in Kere Gram Panchayat limits near Shringeri on May 15, Wednesday morning. The injured constable named Girish has been admitted to the Manipal Hospital. He was initially treated at […]

Kasargod : A Kerala-Karnataka border security meeting was held at Delampady recently  to discuss the menace of Naxals, smuggling and the ways to curtail them. Officials of the Departments of Police, Forest, Excise and Intelligence participated in the meeting. Police officials of Adoor, Vellarikuntu, Chimeni, Bedadka, Chittarikal and Gram Panchayat officials attended the meeting.It was […]

  Belthangady : Two little boys, aged 14 and 11 gave a tough time for the ANF personnel  in Belthangady on November 28, when the latter on noticing  two persons escaping and also  a tent in a forest area at Kataje of Urbiligundi, initially suspected them to be Naxals. Police found large number of plates, […]

Mangalore: The ceasefire announced for the combing operations by the ANF in order to give an opportunity to the Naxals in hiding to surrender and join the mainstream will be ending this evening and so far there is no hint of the Naxals or their surrender making it evident that the objective of the ceasefire […]

Subrahamanya : If the government has announced  suspension of combing operations from September  17 to 23, with an intention of giving opportunity for the Naxals to surrender so that they can be brought to the mainstream, there is a strong suspicion if at all anyone would surrender or whether the Naxals would take this opportunity […]

Bangalore:  Abdul Ahad hailing from Puttige in Moodbidri is the new CID Superintendent of Police of Karnataka.  Thirty five year old Ahad in an IAS officer of 2005 batch. He was earlier serving as Lokayukta DySP. Abdul Ahad has served several places like Raichur, Chikmagalur, and Soraba and has even served as SP in Bangalore. […]

Puttur:  The five member Naxal team which was spotted at Ammundange and Sudegandi areas last week in Shishila, on Wednesday night has visited houses in  Shiradi Addahole area and Mittamajalu areas of Puttur taluk even as the ANF is on an intense combing operations. The Naxals which visited the house of Varghese a farmer in […]

Belthangady: Shishila in Belthangady is in the news after Naxals were said to be spotted in an SC colony in the village close by the forest range. It is learnt, the armed Naxals including two women have visited a house in the colony with a promise that they will return. Meanwhile, on gathering information senior […]

Belthangady : Naxals are once again making news with reports stating that  as many as six persons including two women suspected to be Naxals were seen near Shishila in Belthangady on July 10, morning. This however is the first time that suspected Naxals were spotted in this region. It is being said that the men […]