Maosists

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the government has taken decisive steps to tackle Maoism and the country will be free of the problem in the next two to three years.

Three Maoists were killed when a gunfight started during a search operation by the security forces Bihar's Gaya district late around midnight on Saturday.

A contractor has been beaten to death and three others were injured by Maoists in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said on Thursday.

Top Maoist leader Sudershan was Saturday arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district bordering Chhattisgarh, police said.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen, who had been accused of colluding with Naxalites and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition. (Read: Who is Binayak Sen?)The court observed that there was no evidence against Sen and that no case of sedition was made out. At best, it said, he could be called ...

Naxals have reportedly killed sub-inspector Abhay Yadav, one of the four policemen, who were taken hostage during an encounter in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on Sunday.The deadline for the other three abducted cops has been extended till 10 am on Friday.Following the killing of Abhay Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Yadav has said that he i...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the government has taken decisive steps to tackle Maoism and the country will be free of the problem in the next two to three years.

Three Maoists were killed when a gunfight started during a search operation by the security forces Bihar's Gaya district late around midnight on Saturday.

A contractor has been beaten to death and three others were injured by Maoists in Jharkhand's Chatra district, police said on Thursday.

Top Maoist leader Sudershan was Saturday arrested in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district bordering Chhattisgarh, police said.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to civil rights activist Dr Binayak Sen, who had been accused of colluding with Naxalites and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of sedition. (Read: Who is Binayak Sen?)The court observed that there was no evidence against Sen and that no case of sedition was made out. At best, it said, he could be called ...

Naxals have reportedly killed sub-inspector Abhay Yadav, one of the four policemen, who were taken hostage during an encounter in Bihar's Lakhisarai district on Sunday.The deadline for the other three abducted cops has been extended till 10 am on Friday.Following the killing of Abhay Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Yadav has said that he i...