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Bill To Tackle "Urban Naxalism" Passed By Maharashtra Assembly
The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday passed by a voice vote the Special Public Security bill which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing extremist organisations with focus on urban Naxalism.
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More Cops Killed By Maoists Than By Terrorists In 2021: Data
The number of policemen killed in violence by Left Wing Extremists (LWE) were double those who were killed by terrorists, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) annual 'Crime in India' report for the year 2021.
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Maoist Violence Down By 70% From All-Time High In 2009: Centre To Parliament
The incidents of Maoist violence have come down by 70 per cent from the all-time high of 2,258 incidents in 2009 to 665 in 2020 across the country, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Rajya Sabha today.
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Alert Over Possible Maoist Movement In Bengal District, Once A Hotbed
Almost a decade after Maoist presence shrunk from the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal district of West Bengal after three years of upheaval, police are probing possible movement of the left wing extremists (LWE) and reports of them making a comeback in the area, once a hotbed.
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BJP Leader, 4 Policemen Killed In Maoist Attack In Jharkhand's Latehar
Ahead of the first phase of polls for Jharkhand assembly on November 30 left wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader in Palamau district, police said on Saturday.
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Maoist Area Of Influence Shrinks; 44 Districts Removed From Affected List: Union Home Secretary
Forty-four districts in the country are no longer under the influence of Maoists or have negligible presence and most of the left wing extremism is now confined only to 30 worst-hit districts.
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Sukma Attack Shows Maoists Are Frustrated: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that Left Wing Extremist groups were "restless" because of the "unprecedented success" of security forces' operations against them, and termed the Maoist attack at Sukma, in Chhattisgarh, in which 12 CRPF troopers were killed a result of that frustration.
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India Voices Concern Over Children's Involvement in Conflict
India has expressed deep concern over children increasingly getting involved in the "vicious grip" of armed conflict and said it is committed to addressing the impact of left wing extremist armed groups on its own children through law and robust policy initiatives.
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Mixed response to Maoist bandh call in five states
The 48-hour bandh called by Maoists in five states evoked mixed response on the first day on Tuesday even as the Railways, a soft target of Left wing extremists, took adequate measures to thwart attack on trains.
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Bill To Tackle "Urban Naxalism" Passed By Maharashtra Assembly
The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday passed by a voice vote the Special Public Security bill which seeks to prevent unlawful activities of Left Wing extremist organisations with focus on urban Naxalism.
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More Cops Killed By Maoists Than By Terrorists In 2021: Data
The number of policemen killed in violence by Left Wing Extremists (LWE) were double those who were killed by terrorists, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) annual 'Crime in India' report for the year 2021.
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Maoist Violence Down By 70% From All-Time High In 2009: Centre To Parliament
The incidents of Maoist violence have come down by 70 per cent from the all-time high of 2,258 incidents in 2009 to 665 in 2020 across the country, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Rajya Sabha today.
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Alert Over Possible Maoist Movement In Bengal District, Once A Hotbed
Almost a decade after Maoist presence shrunk from the tribal-dominated Jangalmahal district of West Bengal after three years of upheaval, police are probing possible movement of the left wing extremists (LWE) and reports of them making a comeback in the area, once a hotbed.
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BJP Leader, 4 Policemen Killed In Maoist Attack In Jharkhand's Latehar
Ahead of the first phase of polls for Jharkhand assembly on November 30 left wing extremists killed four state police personnel in Latehar district and gunned down two persons, including a local BJP leader in Palamau district, police said on Saturday.
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Maoist Area Of Influence Shrinks; 44 Districts Removed From Affected List: Union Home Secretary
Forty-four districts in the country are no longer under the influence of Maoists or have negligible presence and most of the left wing extremism is now confined only to 30 worst-hit districts.
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Sukma Attack Shows Maoists Are Frustrated: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that Left Wing Extremist groups were "restless" because of the "unprecedented success" of security forces' operations against them, and termed the Maoist attack at Sukma, in Chhattisgarh, in which 12 CRPF troopers were killed a result of that frustration.
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India Voices Concern Over Children's Involvement in Conflict
India has expressed deep concern over children increasingly getting involved in the "vicious grip" of armed conflict and said it is committed to addressing the impact of left wing extremist armed groups on its own children through law and robust policy initiatives.
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Mixed response to Maoist bandh call in five states
The 48-hour bandh called by Maoists in five states evoked mixed response on the first day on Tuesday even as the Railways, a soft target of Left wing extremists, took adequate measures to thwart attack on trains.
