Andhra Pradesh Maoist Encounter

Six members of CPI (Maoist) were killed in an alleged exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police in Visakhapatnam district today, while a gunbattle took place between security forces and Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district.

A woman Maoist, an accused in the recent killing of two TDP leaders, including an MLA, was gunned down by security forces in alleged encounter near Andrapali forest yesterday during intense combing operations, police said.

Did the police capture Maoist leader Ramakrishna during an operation last week in Malkangiri in which 32 Maoists were killed? The police will have to give an official reply to the question to the Hyderabad High Court on Thursday following a petition filed by the Maoist leader's wife Sirisha.

Security cover of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is being stepped up in the wake of a letter purportedly written by the outlawed CPI(Maoist) threatening to "take revenge" on him over the Malkangiri encounter this week in which 28 ultras were killed.

A high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected southern Odisha districts, including Kandhamal and Gajapati, after the rebels suffered heavy casualty in an encounter with security forces along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.

24 Maoists and a commando were killed in the early hours of Monday as police teams raided a top Maoist meet held at a village near the border between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Gajarla Ravi or Uday, who participated in peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh government in 2004, was killed along with prominent Maoist leaders.

At least 21 Maoists including their top leaders were killed in a major encounter at Malkangiri in Odisha near the border with Andhra Pradesh, early on Monday. Two policemen were also injured.

A former Maoist said to be among the most wanted gangsters in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was shot dead on Monday in a town 60 km from Hyderabad.

The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.

Two Maoist leaders were killed in an encounter late last night in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. One of them has been identified as Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, the official spokesperson of the Maoists in the north Telengana region. Rajakumar was also a member of the central committee and a part of the Polit Bureau, the top body of the Mao...

An action team member of the CPI (Maoist) was killed in an exchange of fire with police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district late on Wednesday night. A special police party was on a combing operation in the Kompelli-Asnanpalli area under Bhupalpalli mandal in Warangal district when it chanced upon the Maoist team, said the police. "On seeing the p...

Maoists in Andhra Pradesh suffered a jolt with top Naxal leader Patel Sudhakar Reddy being killed in an encounter.

Six members of CPI (Maoist) were killed in an alleged exchange of fire with the Greyhounds of Andhra Pradesh Police in Visakhapatnam district today, while a gunbattle took place between security forces and Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district.

A woman Maoist, an accused in the recent killing of two TDP leaders, including an MLA, was gunned down by security forces in alleged encounter near Andrapali forest yesterday during intense combing operations, police said.

Did the police capture Maoist leader Ramakrishna during an operation last week in Malkangiri in which 32 Maoists were killed? The police will have to give an official reply to the question to the Hyderabad High Court on Thursday following a petition filed by the Maoist leader's wife Sirisha.

Security cover of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is being stepped up in the wake of a letter purportedly written by the outlawed CPI(Maoist) threatening to "take revenge" on him over the Malkangiri encounter this week in which 28 ultras were killed.

A high alert has been sounded in the Maoist-affected southern Odisha districts, including Kandhamal and Gajapati, after the rebels suffered heavy casualty in an encounter with security forces along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border.

24 Maoists and a commando were killed in the early hours of Monday as police teams raided a top Maoist meet held at a village near the border between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Gajarla Ravi or Uday, who participated in peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh government in 2004, was killed along with prominent Maoist leaders.

At least 21 Maoists including their top leaders were killed in a major encounter at Malkangiri in Odisha near the border with Andhra Pradesh, early on Monday. Two policemen were also injured.

A former Maoist said to be among the most wanted gangsters in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh was shot dead on Monday in a town 60 km from Hyderabad.

The day-long bandh called on Thursday by Maoists in the Andhra Orissa Border (AOB) area to protest against the recent encounter in Chhattisgarh failed to evoke any response.

Two Maoist leaders were killed in an encounter late last night in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. One of them has been identified as Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad, the official spokesperson of the Maoists in the north Telengana region. Rajakumar was also a member of the central committee and a part of the Polit Bureau, the top body of the Mao...

An action team member of the CPI (Maoist) was killed in an exchange of fire with police in Andhra Pradesh's Warangal district late on Wednesday night. A special police party was on a combing operation in the Kompelli-Asnanpalli area under Bhupalpalli mandal in Warangal district when it chanced upon the Maoist team, said the police. "On seeing the p...

Maoists in Andhra Pradesh suffered a jolt with top Naxal leader Patel Sudhakar Reddy being killed in an encounter.