Dantewada, May 23 (IANS) Security forces in Chhattisgarh achieved a major success in the ongoing campaign against Maoist activities after recovering and safely destroying a pressure cooker IED (Improvised Explosive Device) weighing around five kg in the dense forest area of Hidpal village under the Barsur police station limits.Police officials said the timely detection and neutralisation of the IED prevented what could have turned into a major tragedy involving security personnel as well as loca…
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Raipur/Jagdalpur, May 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 26th meeting of the Central Zonal Council in Jagdalpur of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Tuesday, officials said. This marked the first time the Central Zonal Council held its meeting in Bastar.Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai, Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, and Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in the high-level deliberations.The meeting focused on coordinated efforts …
Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) Telangana Director General of Police C.V. Anand on Monday reviewed the present Maoist scenario in Telangana and assessed the ongoing anti-extremist operations and intelligence initiatives undertaken by the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) to address the security concerns of the state.The DGP visited the SIB and interacted with the officers and staff. Additional DGP, Intelligence, Vijay Kumar, and IGP, Intelligence & SIB, Kartikeya were also present with the DGP duri…
Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday felicitated police officers who played a key role in making Telangana a Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-free state. At a special event held in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, he honoured police officers who played a pivotal role in combating Maoist activities in insurgency-affected regionsSenior Telangana Police officers who contributed significantly to suppressing Left-Wing Extremism and making Telangana an LWE-free state were among those hono…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Union Minister of Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah’s Monday visit to Netanar village in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district witnessed a moment of deep emotion when he met family members of soldiers Kalendra Prasad Nayak and Pawan Kumar Mandavi, martyred in a Maoist attack in Bijapur. The Union Minister was inaugurating the “Shaheed Veer Gundadhur Seva Dera”, a public utility centre set up within the premises of the Central Reserve Police Force camp, in what was…
Hyderabad, May 14 (IANS) With Maoist activities almost coming to an end in Telangana, Director General of Police C. V. Anand on Thursday discussed the downsizing and restructuring of Greyhounds, the elite anti-Maoist force of the state police.Anand, who recently assumed office as the DGP, visited the Greyhounds headquarters on Thursday He conducted a comprehensive review meeting on various operational and administrative aspects of the elite anti-insurgency force.The police also reviewed issues r…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The struggle for space within the Left domain is not without antecedents, and beyond Kerala, where, after the recent poll defeat of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), tensions between the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist — or CPI-M — surfaced publicly over the position of Deputy Leader of Opposition in State Assembly. The Communists could attain limited power in India, though enjoying periods of influence intermittently.One such pha…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Senior Maoist leader Sraddha Biswas alias Bela of Jharkhand was arrested in Kolkata, police said on Tuesday. Kolkata Police arrested her from the Cossipore area in north Kolkata.Bela, a resident of Chakdaha in Nadia district, is a member of the Maoist regional committee in Jharkhand.She was active in Jharkhand for a long time.Besides, a Maoist named Madhai Patra, a resident of Hooghly district, has also surrendered to the police.He was also active in Jharkha…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The trends in counting of votes so far for the 293 Assembly seats show that there are four districts in West Bengal where Trinamool Congress candidates are not leading in any constituency.These four districts are Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri in North Bengal, and Jhargram and West Burdwan district in South Bengal.The four Assembly constituencies in Jhargram district are Nayagram, Gopiballavpur, Jhargram and Binpur (ST), and as per the trend as of 10.30 a.m., the Bharatiya Janat…
Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) With the Maoist problem almost eliminated, Telangana Police will revamp the department to focus on new areas of crime, said new Director General of Police C. V. Anand on Friday. He told a press conference after taking charge as the state police chief that the functioning of the department will be reviewed, and some areas will be revamped.He pointed out that in the 1980s and 1990s, certain wings like Greyhounds and Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) were created to tackle t…