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Maoist Violence Down By 77% In Last 12 Years, Government Tells Lok Sabha
The Maoist violence in India has decreased by 77 per cent over the past 12 years and the number of deaths in related incidents has also reduced by 90 per cent during the same period, the government said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Amit Shah Says Security Situation Better: "Those Who Threw Stones Now..."
Union Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the security situation in the insurgency-hit areas of the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the states affected by Naxal violence has improved over the last eight years of the Narendra Modi gov
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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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"Curbing Insurgency In Northeast My Biggest Achievement": Rajnath
Curbing insurgency in the Northeast has been his biggest achievement as home minister, according to Rajnath Singh who says Naxal violence in the country is also on the wane.
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Chhattisgarh to Give Rs 5 Lakh to Families of Naxal Victims
Chhattisgarh government today announced a relief of Rs 5 lakh to families of victims who lost their lives in Naxal-related violence in the state.
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Naxal Violence Down By 35 Per Cent: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Naxal violence in the country has come down by 35 per cent due to efforts of security forces, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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1,922 People Killed in Naxal Violence in The Last Three Years: Government
A total of 1,922 people, including 1,179 civilians, were killed due to the Naxal violence in the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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Chhattisgarh votes: 67% polling in the shadow of Maoist violence
Maoist-affected districts of Chhattisgarh voted today on the first day of two-phase polling which saw a turnout of 67% despite incidents of violence in which a jawan was killed and a Congress candidate injured. This was the first of state polls seen as a semi-final before next year's national election and the first major test for BJP's Narendra Mod...
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Andhra Pradesh Police issues advsiory against travel in naxal-hit areas
Andhra Pradesh Police has issued a general advisory to all elected representatives -- ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) -- asking them not to travel in Maoist-infested agency areas in the state. The advisory will be applicable to senior bureaucrats and important government officials as well, highly-...
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Naxal violence claimed 137 lives this year: Govt
A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.
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Maoists blow up block office in Bihar's Jamui district
Heavily armed Maoists blew up the Khaira Block office, destroyed official files by putting them on fire and torched 12 sand-laden truck late last night in the district, during their two-day East Bihar and Jharkand bandh agitation, police sources said.
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Orissa: Maoists blow up railway cabin signal point
Armed Maoists, including women cadres blew up a cabin signal point of Bandamunda railway station in Orissa, disrupting railway service on Howrah Mumbai and Rourkela-Hatia railway lines. According to Railway sources 50 to 60 armed Maoists blasted the signal point around 2 am at a place about 10 km from Rourk...
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Bihar: Two securitymen killed during Maoist bandh
Two bomb disposal squad personnel were killed and four others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists at Bankebazar in Gaya district went off and a goods train derailed after a blast in Muzaffarpur district during the 24-hour 'Bharat bandh' called on Monday by the Maoists.The two personnel, Vijay Kumar and Jai Chand, of the Bihar Military Police wer...
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Bihar: Bomb threats by Naxals hit train services
A bandh call by Naxals has hit train services in Bihar. Trains coming into and going out of the state were stopped at various places on Sunday night following threats to blow up tracks.The Naxals have also blown up Satwahini railway station and abducted the station master. They have also burnt down two mobile phone towers in Aurangabad district. Ea...
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Bihar polls: 53 per cent votes cast in Phase II amidst reports of Naxal violence
Defying a poll boycott call by Maoists, voter turnout in the second of six-phase elections in Bihar today was robust recording around 53 per cent amid stray incidents of violence in which three poll officials were kidnapped by the rebels. (Watch: Naxal shadow over phase II polls)The three poll personnel held captive by the Maoists from Subaigarh bo...
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Maoist Violence Down By 77% In Last 12 Years, Government Tells Lok Sabha
The Maoist violence in India has decreased by 77 per cent over the past 12 years and the number of deaths in related incidents has also reduced by 90 per cent during the same period, the government said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Amit Shah Says Security Situation Better: "Those Who Threw Stones Now..."
Union Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the security situation in the insurgency-hit areas of the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the states affected by Naxal violence has improved over the last eight years of the Narendra Modi gov
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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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"Curbing Insurgency In Northeast My Biggest Achievement": Rajnath
Curbing insurgency in the Northeast has been his biggest achievement as home minister, according to Rajnath Singh who says Naxal violence in the country is also on the wane.
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Chhattisgarh to Give Rs 5 Lakh to Families of Naxal Victims
Chhattisgarh government today announced a relief of Rs 5 lakh to families of victims who lost their lives in Naxal-related violence in the state.
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Naxal Violence Down By 35 Per Cent: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Naxal violence in the country has come down by 35 per cent due to efforts of security forces, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.
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1,922 People Killed in Naxal Violence in The Last Three Years: Government
A total of 1,922 people, including 1,179 civilians, were killed due to the Naxal violence in the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
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Chhattisgarh votes: 67% polling in the shadow of Maoist violence
Maoist-affected districts of Chhattisgarh voted today on the first day of two-phase polling which saw a turnout of 67% despite incidents of violence in which a jawan was killed and a Congress candidate injured. This was the first of state polls seen as a semi-final before next year's national election and the first major test for BJP's Narendra Mod...
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Andhra Pradesh Police issues advsiory against travel in naxal-hit areas
Andhra Pradesh Police has issued a general advisory to all elected representatives -- ministers, Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) -- asking them not to travel in Maoist-infested agency areas in the state. The advisory will be applicable to senior bureaucrats and important government officials as well, highly-...
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Naxal violence claimed 137 lives this year: Govt
A total of 137 people have been killed in 461 incidents of Naxal violence this year, the government said on Tuesday. The maximum number of causalities have been reported in Jharkhand - 68, followed by Chhattisgarh - 22, Maharashtra - 20, Odisha - 16, Bihar - 10 and Andhra Pradesh 1, till April 15.
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Maoists blow up block office in Bihar's Jamui district
Heavily armed Maoists blew up the Khaira Block office, destroyed official files by putting them on fire and torched 12 sand-laden truck late last night in the district, during their two-day East Bihar and Jharkand bandh agitation, police sources said.
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Orissa: Maoists blow up railway cabin signal point
Armed Maoists, including women cadres blew up a cabin signal point of Bandamunda railway station in Orissa, disrupting railway service on Howrah Mumbai and Rourkela-Hatia railway lines. According to Railway sources 50 to 60 armed Maoists blasted the signal point around 2 am at a place about 10 km from Rourk...
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Bihar: Two securitymen killed during Maoist bandh
Two bomb disposal squad personnel were killed and four others injured when a bomb planted by Maoists at Bankebazar in Gaya district went off and a goods train derailed after a blast in Muzaffarpur district during the 24-hour 'Bharat bandh' called on Monday by the Maoists.The two personnel, Vijay Kumar and Jai Chand, of the Bihar Military Police wer...
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Bihar: Bomb threats by Naxals hit train services
A bandh call by Naxals has hit train services in Bihar. Trains coming into and going out of the state were stopped at various places on Sunday night following threats to blow up tracks.The Naxals have also blown up Satwahini railway station and abducted the station master. They have also burnt down two mobile phone towers in Aurangabad district. Ea...
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Bihar polls: 53 per cent votes cast in Phase II amidst reports of Naxal violence
Defying a poll boycott call by Maoists, voter turnout in the second of six-phase elections in Bihar today was robust recording around 53 per cent amid stray incidents of violence in which three poll officials were kidnapped by the rebels. (Watch: Naxal shadow over phase II polls)The three poll personnel held captive by the Maoists from Subaigarh bo...
