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Hunt for Misir Besra: He made a daring escape once, now last top Maoist standing
May 27, 2026 5:13 pm
Last week's surrender of 27 Maoists, a majority of them Besra's cadre, is believed to have triggered a power struggle between him and Maoist leader Asim Mandal
Largest Maoist surrender in Jharkhand today, hunt on for last active Politburo member
May 22, 2026 3:56 am
According to police, continuous operations and internal exploitation within Maoist groups pushed cadres to return to mainstream.
‘My talent was not utilised much’: Surrendered Naxal with ‘photographic memory’ wants to be a lawyer
April 30, 2026 9:43 pm
Responding to the government’s deadline for Maoists to surrender before March 31 this year, Anant and 10 others put down their arms in Gondia in November last year.
Song 'glorifying' Maoist leader Hidma at government hostel in Pune, under police scanner
April 13, 2026 9:39 pm
Officials said a series of programs, including sports and cultural events were planned on hostel grounds between April 6 and April 14, to mark the 135th birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar.
On anti-Maoist deadline day, flurry of surrenders in Chhattisgarh; police recover cash, gold worth Rs 14 crore
March 31, 2026 8:05 pm
139 weapons were also recovered from the surrendered Maoists, including AK47s, INSAS-Light Machine Guns, and grenade launchers.
Investigating 13 people who ‘support Maoist/ Naxalite ideologies’, police tell court in response to allegations of illegal detention of students and activists
March 31, 2026 3:26 pm
Around 10 students and activists were picked up on March 12-13 in Delhi in connection with an FIR by a man who alleged that his daughter had been ‘radicalized’ and used for ‘anti-national or terrorist activities’.
A deadline, encounters, surrenders: The 2 years that dismantled Chhattisgarh’s Maoist bastions
March 31, 2026 7:58 am
In the two years since Amit Shah set March 31, 2026, as the deadline to eradicate Left Wing Extremism from the country, intense anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh have led to the killing and surrender of a large number of the rebels.
Maoists ‘more or less wiped out’ from Bastar, says Amit Shah; task not over: Opposition
March 31, 2026 7:56 am
Blames Cong for spread of 'Red Corridor' earlier, says tribals deprived of development
He killed comrade for wanting to surrender. Month later, Odisha's top Maoist lays down arms himself
March 25, 2026 3:11 am
Kosa Sodi alias Sukru surrendered with his AK-47, along with four others, before police in Kandhamal. He carried a bounty of Rs 55 lakh.
Exclusive: NIA notices to those who attended top Maoist’s funeral in Telangana
March 07, 2026 3:45 am
Katha Ramchandra Reddy alias Raju Dada, a central committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist), was killed in an encounter with the Chhattisgarh police in Abujhmad on September 22
MAOIST VIDEOS
Eight Naxals neutralised in encounter in Telangana
March 01, 2016 11:12 am
Bhadrachalam (Telangana), Mar 01 (ANI): The Greyhounds Division of the Telangana Police neutralised eight Naxals in an encounter on Tuesdayon the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border. Telangana Maoist party secretary Hari Bhushan and Divisional Commander Lachhanna were among those eliminated. An AK 47, two SLR and three 303 rifles were recovered from Putapadu near Cherla. The body of Naxals has been shifted to Bhadrachalam.
Police arrest Maoist woman commander in Jharkhand
March 01, 2016 7:12 am
Giridih, Jharkhand, Mar 01 (ANI): Police arrested a Maoist woman commander in Jharkhand giving a major blow to the extremist group in the region. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Chandamuni Hansda from a bus station in Giridih district, who is wanted in murder of a senior police officer and other heinous crimes. The woman is believed to be member of core team of Maoist leader Hitesh in the Santhal-Pargana zone, which consists of six districts. Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh B Verier, called it was a big achievement for the police. Police said she was the founding member of the Maoist women’s wing in Santhal-Pargana.
Police arrest Maoist commander, recover arms and ammunition in Gaya
January 16, 2016 5:29 am
Gaya, Jan 16 (ANI): The Police arrested a Maoist commander and also recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition during a combing operation in Gaya, Bihar. Police had received information about the Maoist’s movement on January 13. Acting on the tip-off, police and officials of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted a combing operation in Gaya district. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gaya, Garima Malik said they recovered AK-56 rifle, 102 live cartridges and other items from the commander. However, the Maoists claim to be fighting for the rights of peasants and landless labourers as they routinely call strikes, attack government property and target politicians and police.
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