The Vishnu Deo Sai government's 2026-27 budget outlined a post-Naxal era vision for Chhattisgarh's tribal-majority belts of Bastar & Surguja. Finance Minister OP Choudhary presented it Tuesday.
It is fine to talk of a ruthless approach when you are dealing with terrorists. However, when you are dealing with your own people, strictness must be tempered with empathy.
During my deputation with the CRPF in 2010, I witnessed firsthand India’s prolonged conflict with Left-Wing Extremists under Operation Green Hunt. The tide has definitively turned now.
On 14 September 2009, then-home minister P Chidambaram spoke to senior police chiefs in New Delhi, outlining internal security threats such as Naxalism and insurgencies.
The operation in Chhattisgarh, hailed as the most successful anti-Naxal action in recent times, dealt a significant blow to the top Maoist leadership, striking at the very spine of the Naxalite movement.
Chhattisgarh CM visited Galgam village of Bijapur & lauded forces for successful Karregutta hills op, highlighting his govt's two-pronged approach to end Naxal threat.
The operation, which began on 21 April and ended on 11 May, saw at least 21 encounters with suspected Maoists, resulting in deaths of 31. 18 security personnel also injured.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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