Decline of Maoist violence should not obscure the possibility that discontent could resurface—whether as renewed insurgency, localised agitation, or any other form of resistance.
In an interview with ThePrint, Telangana minister for panchayat raj and rural development explains how she turned rebel when she was a teen & what led her out of the movement.
A purported statement by CPI (Maoist) with offers of peace talks, dated 15 August, has surfaced now, sparking doubts over its authenticity & the intent.
According to Bastar Range Police, Naxal cadres have allegedly killed 6 such teachers in the region so far this year, with number of civilians 'killed' by them at 32.
Narayanpur/Jagdalpur/Dantewada: Nearly half a dozen security personnel in camouflage uniform are locked on mobile phones in a well-lit room, minutes after the sun sets in...
Security forces are successfully neutralising top Maoist leaders. The extremists are finally being rooted out through the determined efforts of the Indian government.
This follows 21-day anti-Naxal operation along Karegutta Hills on Chhattisgarh-Telangana border that led to the killing of 31 Maoists, disrupting their top leadership.
I am convinced that a more nuanced approach would have brought a good percentage of the Naxal fighters overground. Who are we killing? They are our own sons and daughters.
This is the 2nd operation in Indravati National Park, one of the most challenging areas for the forces to penetrate. Sunday’s encounter takes Maoist casualties to at least 81 so far this yr.
ThePrint examines top Maoist leaders killed over 25 years and those still at large as security forces intensify efforts to achieve a “Naxal-free” India by March 2026.
Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.
The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
@Deepti Agarwal
That claim isn’t just oversimplified, it’s logically weak and politically dangerous: it treats Naxalism as something sustained by universities without evidence, relies on the vague and non-legal label “urban Naxal” to lump together anyone with dissenting views, and then jumps to the extreme conclusion that institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University, Aligarh Muslim University, Jadavpur University, and University of Hyderabad should be shut down, ignoring that these are diverse spaces with thousands of students and viewpoints; it replaces evidence with guilt by association, confuses criticism of the state with support for insurgency, and proposes an authoritarian “solution” that would harm education, free thought, and democratic values without actually addressing the real socio-economic causes of a brutal,unethical and anarchist insurgency.
Also the M dashes in your comments feels like you made this out of chatgpt….₹2 per Comment?
I think the bjp IT cell should raise prices..
Of course. It’s just not possible for anyone to eliminate the urban Naxals. The Left-liberal ecosystem has over the last seven decades built institutions and structures wherein these urban Naxals stay embedded – all the while thriving on state patronage, salaries and freebies. Universities like JNU, AMU, Jadavpur university, Hyderabad Central University and others are hotbeds of such urban Naxals.
To eliminate Naxal ideology, these institutions have to be closed down – which is an impossibility.
@Deepti Agarwal
That claim isn’t just oversimplified, it’s logically weak and politically dangerous: it treats Naxalism as something sustained by universities without evidence, relies on the vague and non-legal label “urban Naxal” to lump together anyone with dissenting views, and then jumps to the extreme conclusion that institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University, Aligarh Muslim University, Jadavpur University, and University of Hyderabad should be shut down, ignoring that these are diverse spaces with thousands of students and viewpoints; it replaces evidence with guilt by association, confuses criticism of the state with support for insurgency, and proposes an authoritarian “solution” that would harm education, free thought, and democratic values without actually addressing the real socio-economic causes of a brutal,unethical and anarchist insurgency.
Also the M dashes in your comments feels like you made this out of chatgpt….₹2 per Comment?
I think the bjp IT cell should raise prices..
Of course. It’s just not possible for anyone to eliminate the urban Naxals. The Left-liberal ecosystem has over the last seven decades built institutions and structures wherein these urban Naxals stay embedded – all the while thriving on state patronage, salaries and freebies. Universities like JNU, AMU, Jadavpur university, Hyderabad Central University and others are hotbeds of such urban Naxals.
To eliminate Naxal ideology, these institutions have to be closed down – which is an impossibility.