Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in West Bengal after the two-phased Assembly polls scheduled later this month, it will bring an end to the practices of rampant ‘Love Jihad’ and ‘multiple marriages’ in the state by enforcing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). “Some people have the liberty to maintain four marriages simultaneously, while others have to maintain one marriage at a time. Is this fair? But do not…
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Raipur/Nuapada, April 13 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing fight against Left-Wing Extremism, security forces have recovered a large cache of explosives and bomb-making materials from the dense Dhekunpani forest along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, successfully thwarting a potential major terror strike in the region. A team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), operating from the Komna police camp in Odisha’s Nuapada district, conducted a joint search operation based o…
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) In a major development, security forces neutralised a top female Naxalite leader in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. The deceased has been identified as Rupi, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the Naxalite hierarchy.A bounty of Rs 5 lakh had been announced on her head.The encounter took place in the Chhotebethiya area, where police and Naxalites exchanged fire, resulting in her death in the encounter. Kanker Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha con…
Raipur/New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai is set to hold crucial high-level meetings in the national capital on Tuesday as the focus shifts towards the holistic development of the Bastar region in the “post-Maoist era”.CM Sai is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi later on Monday night at around 11.30 p.m.On April 7, he will first meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 a.m., followed by a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah. Both meetings are considered highly si…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India has recorded a significant decline in two of its most persistent internal security challenges — Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir — over the past 12 years, with sustained security operations, better intelligence coordination and development-led interventions playing a decisive role, according to a report.On the Naxalism front, the report highlights a sharp contraction in both the geographical spread and operational capabilities of Maoi…
Jaipur, April 1 (IANS) A remark made in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) has sparked a political row, with Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) MP Rajkumar Roat terming it an affront to the tribal community and seeking an apology.Roat, an MP from the Banswara-Dungarpur constituency in Rajasthan, on Wednesday responded to the remark, describing it as an insult to the entire tribal community. The controversy began during a discussion under Rule 193, where Union Home Minister re…
Raipur, March 31 (IANS) Residents of Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district have welcomed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks on the decline of Naxalism (Maoism), expressing relief over improved security conditions and optimism about development in the Bastar region.Speaking to IANS, several locals said that the situation has undergone a significant transformation compared to the past, when fear and restrictions dominated daily life due to Maoist activities.A resident noted that Maoism is…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal, on Tuesday, launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over Naxalism, alleging that the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government allowed Left-wing extremism to expand across several states, while asserting that strong measures taken under current Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership have significantly curtailed its spread.Speaking to IANS, Pal said that Rahul Gandhi’s public sta…
Lucknow, March 31 (IANS) Ministers in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday welcomed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s announcement that India has virtually become Maoist-free, stating that the central and state-level leadership structures of the insurgent movement have been almost entirely dismantled just ahead of the government’s self-imposed deadline of March 31.The leaders expressed gratitude to the Centre for its sustained and proactive efforts to curb Maoist activity across the country, saying that the n…
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday declared in the Lok Sabha that India has virtually become Naxal-free, with the dreaded Maoist central and state leadership structures almost completely eliminated just a day before the government’s self-imposed deadline of March 31, 2026. Addressing a debate on Naxalism, HM Shah provided a detailed account of the massive success achieved under the Modi government’s zero-tolerance policy. He stated that the Maoists’ c…