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Topic: Naxal

Chhattisgarh nurses are wading through rivers to help tribal women with prenatal care

According to state data, early referral centres have resulted in more institutional births, but terrain & lack of connectivity are biggest challenges for caregivers in Naxal-infested Abujmarh.

From Naxalite to lawyer to MLA, now with PhD: Meet Seethakka, Congress ‘phenomenon’ in Telangana

From her Covid relief work to Bharat Jodo, tribal leader Danasari Anasuya alias Seethakka has brought much-needed good press for Congress, which has only 5 MLAs in Telangana.

Baghel blows bugle of ‘Congress victory’ at tourism conclave, talks of winning tribal confidence

New Delhi: Dismissing solicitor general Tushar Mehta's allegations that a close aide of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had met a judge of the...

‘Wage war on terrorism but follow procedure’: What HC said as it quashed GN Saibaba’s conviction

GN Saibaba and five others were convicted under UAPA in 2017. The Bombay HC has said the earlier conviction is 'null and void', and has ordered their release.

‘No evidence to order CBI probe into 2009 Dantewada killings’, says SC, fines activist Rs 5 lakh

Bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar & J.B. Pardiwala says investigation by Chhattisgarh Police revealed the killings were by Naxals and not security forces.

Naxal allegedly involved in killing of at least 7 security personnel arrested in Chhattisgarh

Identified as Pandru Padami, the 20-year-old Naxal is a close associate of Naxals' Amdai Ghati area committee secretary Suresh Salam, Chhattisgarh police says.

Security forces gun down naxal wanted in nearly 25 criminal cases in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

Slain Santosh Markam was a member of the Malangir Area Committee of the rebels. He was carrying a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head, police said.

2.5 yrs in office but CM Baghel yet to frame ‘anti-Naxal’ policy, BJP says he is clueless

In its 2018 election manifesto, Congress said if voted to power in Chhattisgarh, it will frame a policy to resolve Naxal menace. Now it claims it is not getting Modi govt's support.

‘Knocked door down, will enter drawing room now’ — Police & tribal leaders clash over anti-Naxal camp

Bastar officials say protests against security camp in Silger are stage-managed by Maoists. Tribal leaders & activist call the camp illegal & demand probe into 17 May firing.

India’s Maoist strategy needs a reset. But will Modi govt change its muscular approach?

Evidence suggests the Maoists have their back against the wall. India can take a leaf from the successful negotiation by the Columbia govt and FARC.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.