Significantly, on April 19, 2026, the CRPF had issued a one-month ultimatum to Misir Besra to surrender or face decisive action in Jharkhand’s Saranda Forest region....
Urban Maoism is not improvisation. It is classical Maoist "mass line" doctrine —— the cultivation of mass support through grievance-driven mobilisation...
Between 2004 and 2014, the counter-insurgency response was marked by doctrinal fragmentation. The administration oscillated between kinetic engagement and socio-economic appeasement without a unified ...
Nestled away within the forests of Chhattisgarh's near the regions of Bastar, are some villages that were previously used as ambush sites by the Maoist Naxalites....
The legacy of this era will be defined by the image of a teacher with a harmonium and a tribal mother watching her children learn in the light of a solar-powered classroom. The guns have been silenced...
On January 22, 2026, at least 15 CPI-Maoist cadres, including senior leader Patiram Manjhi aka Patiram Marandi aka Anal Da aka Tufan aka Ramesh, a Central Committee Member (CCM) who served as the ‘Sec...
The Saranda encounter is not an isolated tactical episode, but a manifestation of the Maoist movement’s strategic exhaustion....
The killing of CPI-Maoist Central Committee Member Ganesh Uike in Kandhamal marks one of the most decisive counter-insurgency successes in Odisha in recent years. The twin encounters underscore the co...
Crackdown on Naxalism: Maoist leader Ganesh Uike, with Rs 1.1 Crore bounty, among 6 killed in Odisha
In another major success as part of the mission, 6 Naxalites were eliminated in Odisha, including top leader Ganesh Uike. He had a bounty of Rs 1.1 Crore on his head....
As part of the same effort to eradicate Naxalism, top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma, behind 26 deadly attacks, has been eliminated in Andhra Pradesh....
