• India to Procure Rotary Wing UAVs for Special Forces Counter Terror Operations Government is looking to procure helicopter-shaped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to air-drop small commandos units for launching special operations to counter terrorism and Maoist menace with added swiftness and stealth. The UAVs till now were u..
• Trials of Honeywell T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicles to be Conducted Indian security forces will conduct trials for the T-Hawk micro air vehicle (MAV), a product of US-based Honeywell Aerospace, to test its feasibility in different terrain and surroundings. Earlier this year in April, Honeywell had carried o..
• 34 Maoist Terrorists Arrested in Chattisgarh in first half of October 2008 In a crackdown against naxals, the CRPF has killed two Left wing extremists besides seizing over 700 kg of explosives and arresting 34 naxals in the first fortnight of this month. The CRPF sources said this success resulted because of the m..
• Communist Maoist Terror: Over 7000 kgs of Explosives Recovered in 2008 The CRPF in its operation across 18 states of the country this year has seized over 7,000 kg of explosives with the highest being reported from naxal infested states, according to the latest statistics released by the Home Ministry. Acco..
• Maoist Landmine Attack Kills 11 Cops in Jharkhand Maoists today blew up a police vehicle killing all eleven policemen including a subinspector on board in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said. "Subinspector Ravikant Sinha, six constables, three havildar..
• Counter Maoist Special Forces to be Asembled to Tackle Naxal Menace Nearly a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had described Left-wing extremism as a "virus", the government has given the green signal to raise a 10,000-strong special anti-Naxal force COBRA. The nod to the Combat Battalion for Reso..
• Security Situation Reviewed for Four States Struck by Communist Maoist Terrorism The Union Home Secretary, Shri Madhukar Gupta chaired here today a high level meeting to review the Naxal situation in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Apart from senior officers of the Home Ministry, Chief Secretaries an..
• Communist Maoists Kill 21 Policemen in Orissa Ambush Attack In the second major strike by Maoists in Orissa in less than three weeks, 21 policemen were feared killed in a landmine explosion and firing by the ultras in Malkangiri district on Wednesday. The van carrying the members of the Special O..
• "People's Warriors" Maoists Turn Drug Dealers To Raise Funds India says cannabis cultivation and trading is a major source of funds for Maoist rebels in some parts of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa states. "In their strongholds, the armed rebels collect levy from licensee cannabis cul..
• Mainstream Media Ignores Maoist Violence In Bihar, Four Killed At least five persons, including four policemen, were killed and three injured on Sunday evening when cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist attacked the police station at Jajha railway station in Bihar's Munger district. The Ma..
• Nepal's Maoists Not Trustworthy: India India's National Security Advisor, MK Narayanan, has said that India has a very low level of confidence in the Maoists in Nepal. "We have put a great deal of faith in Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and the Nepali Congre..
• Communist Maoist Terrorists Unleash Violence, Kill 5 In Bihar The New Year started on a bloody note in Bihar's Munger district where Maoist rebels killed four policemen Tuesday afternoon. The Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) personnel were killed near Rishi Kund, a tourist spot in the district, abo..
• India Gets Tough: 35,000 IRBS New Recruits To Take On Maoist Red Terror With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlining a tough approach to tackle left-wing extremism and terrorism during the conference of chief ministers last week, the Centre has agreed to recruit over 35,000 personnel under the India Reserve (IR..
• Nepal's Maoists Protest To Avoid Democracy, Elections Maoists staged nationwide rallies today to press the Nepal government to enforce the motions regarding declaration of republic and proportional representation system which were adopted by the interim Parliament. Maoists had warned of lau..
• India Steps Up Security Along Maoist Border To Counter Maoist Threat Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) have stepped up vigilance along the Indo-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh, following Nepalese Maoist's threat of subversion. Police said the move to strengthen border surveillance follows intelligence reports ..
• Maoist Leader Arrested In South India Sundaramurthy, an elusive Maoist leader who had managed to dodge the Tamil Nadu police for 15 years, has been nabbed, Additional Director General of Police Nanjil P. Kumaran told reporters Tuesday. On the run since 1992 and wanted in con..
• Maoist Group Gunned Down In Karnataka Five Maoists were Tuesday gunned down by police in a gun battle in the forest region of the Western Ghats in Karnataka, a top police official said. The gun battle took place at Manisinahyaadya village near Koppa in Chikmagalur district, abo..
• Maoists Kill 24 Cops In Terror Attack In Chhattisgarh Twenty-four Indian policemen who had gone missing after a fierce gunbattle with Maoist insurgents in the jungles of central India were found dead and riddled with bullets on Tuesday, police said. The missing men were part of a group of 1..
• Top Maoist Leader Arrested; Huge Quantity Of Arms Recovered Police in Chhattisgarh Tuesday arrested a top Maoist leader and recovered a huge haul of weapons and explosives, including landmines and an AK-47. Aitu, described as a 'big gun' and wanted for dozens of attacks against police t..
• Joint Police Command Overruns Maoist Hideout in Eastern India The joint command, formed to track down Naxalites in the industrial hub, ran over a Maoist camp at Kankadahada forests in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. A fierce exchange of fire that ensued is believed to have left two ultras dead though p..