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Arrest of five top cadre sends Naxals reeling NEW DELHI: For the CPI(Maoists), 2010 has been a year of major reverses. Saturday's arrest of five Maoists from the fringes of Kolkata served a body blow to the rebels as they grappled with the killing and arrest of several of their central...

Top Maoist leader Kanchan, five others arrested In a severe blow to the Maoists, a top leader of the ultras and four others were arrested from the metropolis and neighbouring Howrah district, while another naxal who had taken part in the attack on an EFR camp at Silda was nabbed from West...

2 hardcore Maoists held in Koraput November 11, 2010 The Border Security Force (BSF) and the State police in a joint combing operation in the Narayanpatna jungle nabbed two Maoists and sent them to the court. This was revealed by DIG of Police (SW) Range Soumendra Priyadrashi at a Press...

Maoist' held from TMC leader's car KOLKATA: A 40-year old suspected Maoist was dragged out from the car of a Trinamool leader and arrested on Tuesday evening. Kanchan Deb Singha, a resident of Salboni's Madhupur, will be produced in court on Wednesday. Trinamool has claimed that Kanchan...

Naxal-affected states to have permanent copters The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to give helicopters to them on permanent basis to effectively deal with ultras New Delhi: Naxal-affected states in the country would soon be equipped with fleet of copters, on a permanent...

Top Maoist leader held in Ranchi RANCHI: A top Maoist leader carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head was on Wednesday arrested from an apartment here, police said. "Rajesh alias Uday, who is a top Maoist leader operating in both Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, has been arrested. He carried a...

Top Maoist among 8 extremists killed by security forces WEST MIDNAPORE/RANCHI: In a setback to the Maoists, eight extremists, including a top leader and a woman, were gunned down on Monday by security forces in two operations in West Bengal and Jharkhand. Sidhu Soren, chief of the...

ATS, STF and Hawk Force jawans of Madhya Pradesh Police, in action during their martial art training to counter Terrorist and Naxalite attack, in Bhopal.

Helicopter-mounted radar to tackle Naxal IEDs India is deploying cutting-edge technology to defeat a simple insurgent weapon that J&K militants and Naxals are using to lethal effect: the Improvised Explosive Device, or IED. Swedish company, Saab, has offered to partner India's Defence R&D...

Will definitely change the configuration of the whole Gameplan for antinaxal operations especially if GOI forces can track the Top leadership and Neutralise it.I think the Biggest advantage for them (maoists) is their complex /unique human Intelligent network and GOI forces know little about...

How Bastar battlefield turned into death bed NARAYANPUR (Chhattisgarh): The firing began at 1pm and went on for at least 2-3 hours. The huge number of grenades and cartridges strewn at the site indicated that the battle was also intense. And the CRPF men, exposed to a shower of lead fought to...

26 CRPF personnel killed in Maoists attack in Chhattisgarh NEW DELHI: Three months after it lost 76 men in an ambush by Maoists, the CRPF suffered another massive loss in Bastar: 26 of its men were killed when the Maoists attacked a road opening party in Narayanpur district. CRPF special DG...

Eye in sky alerts cops about moving 'cluster' in forest- Calcutta, : West Midnapore police had come to know about the possibility of a Maoist camp on the edge of the Ranja forest when satellite pictures provided by the Indian Space Research Organisation showed a "cluster" next to Duli village...

some Good news... A Naxal hot-bed slowlyturns development model in Jharkhand RANCHI: If you drive down the picturesque 40-km stretch between Ranchi and Patratu, be prepared for a number of diversions. Work on a four-lane portion of the road is on to facilitate movement of heavy vehicles. A...

Maoists on military mind New Delhi, June 1: Defence minister A.K. Antony today met the chiefs of the armed forces to be briefed on force levels and projections if the military's involvement in the offensive against Maoists is deepened.Antony's meeting with the chiefs of staff committee and...

The seduction of maximum force Aizawal woke that Thursday morning to the thunder of combat jet engines and falling bombs. Earlier that week, Mizo National Army insurgents had engaged military garrisons strung across the State. Mizoram's capital fell days later. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi...

Air force readies to provide additional support With Naxal violence reaching menacing proportions, the Air Force is gearing up to provide additional support to paramilitary forces in Maoist zones. The IAF, however, has no plans to carry out offensive operations against the Naxals.A senior IAF...

Indian Navy evacuates anti-Maoist operation injured from Vizag District Visakhapatnam, May 11 : Responding with alacrity, the Indian Navy evacuated four tribals and two policemen, who were injured in an anti-Maoist operation in Visakhapatnam. They were injured in crossfire during a combing...

Troops should not have used anti-mine vehicle: SP "Just 40 minutes before the explosion killing eight CRPF personnel on Saturday, I passed the spot safely (in a private vehicle)", Bijapur Superintendent of Police Avinash Mohanty said. "This kind of armoured vehicle, which is identifiable...

Maoists ambushed in Orissa Security Forces encircled a Maoist rebel base last evening in the Narayanapatnam block of Orissa along the Andhra Pradesh border, which has led to a series of gun battles since.No causalities have been reported from either side. However, police have recovered a...