Hyderabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Topmost Maoist leader Thippiri Tirupati, alias Devji, has reportedly surrendered before Telangana Police.In what is considered the biggest blow to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), its general secretary Devji surrendered before police in Asifabad forests in the united Adilabad district, sources said on Sunday.Sixteen Maoists also laid down their arms along with Devji, who had been leading the outfit after the killing of Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, wh…
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New Delhi, Feb 17 (IAN) The security forces are on course to meet the March 31 deadline set by Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, to wipe out each and every Maoist from India. While operations on the ground continue and are at the fag end, the forces have also embarked upon a mission to ensure that the ideology too is wiped out completely.A security official part of these operations said that this is an equally important step in the battle against the Maoists.Sometimes, the ideology can be more dan…
Raipur/Bijapur, Feb 12 (IANS) Security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Thursday carried out anti-Maoist operations during which they detected and destroyed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and demolished memorial structures allegedly built by Maoists to honour their deceased leaders.In one operation, a joint team from the Awapalli police station and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalions was engaged in demining duty along the Awapalli-Murdanda road. Around three kilometre…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) As India marked the 77th year of its Republic, an old insurgency that once threatened to fracture the country’s internal security architecture showed unmistakable signs of collapse. Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), rooted in the Maoist insurgency that erupted in Naxalbari in 1967, has for decades tested the endurance of Indian democracy.In 2025, however, a sequence of decisive security operations combined with unprecedented mass surrenders revealed something deeper than batt…