The passage of faith: Maoist warriors rest a while in Chhattisgarh
Photograph by Tribhuvan Tiwari
Kannammal mother of Maoist Velmurukan, who was killed in an exchange of fire with a police team during a search operation at Bhaskaran para, cries in front of the mortuary at Medic...
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A sub-zonal commander of Naxal outfit CPI (Mao) Boida Pahan surrendered with his three associates with their arms before Jharkhand Police, at the Police line in Ranchi.
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Security personnel inspect the site after Maoists allegedly blew up a Forest Guest House on July 12, at Barkela area in Chaibasa district of Jharkhand.
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View of damaged road after suspected CPI-Maoists groups destroyed the road leading to Barkela through a IED blast, at Latarsika village in Chaibasa district.
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Charred remains of vehicles which were set on fire by CPI-Maoist groups at Barkela area in Chaibasa district of Jharkhand.
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Arms and ammunition recovered after four Maoists were gunned down during an exchange of fire with security forces in a dense forest, in Kandhamal district.
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Charred remains of a vehicle set ablaze by People's Liberation Guerrilla Army naxals, in Lohardaga district. The naxalites burnt a dozen vehicles engaged in bauxite mining.
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Assam Rifle with Arunachal Pradesh Police pose for the media after apprehending an active cadre of NSCN(K), at Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Workers inspect the charred remains of a truck which was set ablaze by Naxals at a stone crusher factory on Friday night, near the Chattarpur area in Palamu.
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Jharkhand Police personnel inspect a stone crusher factory where vehicles were set ablaze by Naxals on Friday night, near Chattarpur area in Palamu.
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Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) during a search operation for landmines at Porahaat forest area in Chaibasa district IN Jharkhand.
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Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) personnel busted a Maoist camp at Jhumra forest during a search operation in Bokaro district of Jharkhand.
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel pays tribute to martyrs who died in a fierce gun-battle with naxals in forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on March 2...
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel meets injured police personnel, at Ramkrishna Care Hospital in Raipur. Fourteen policemen were injured and seventeen martyred in a fierce...
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Police personnel recover logistics and blankets including food items of the the cadres of CPI-Maoist group Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) after an encounter in Latehar district ...
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A charred truck which was allegedly torched by naxals while it was engaged in road construction works at Chandwa in Lathehar district of Jharkhand.
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A charred dumper that was allegedly burnt by naxals near Chowka Police Station under Chandil block of Saraikela-Kharsawan district, Jharkhand.
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Jharkhand Armed Police jawans conduct a search operation after an emergency alert by district's Superintendent of Police Rajiv Ranjan Singh ahead of Assembly elections, in Amrapara...
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Jharkhand Armed Police jawans carry out a search operation against Naxals inside the forest of Amrapara in the view of the forthcoming Assembly elections, in Pakur, Jharkhand.
The Central Reserve Police Force has had women personnel in combat since 1986 when its first 'Mahila' battalion was raised. It has six such units at present.
District police's campaign named 'Lon Varratu', launched this year for the rehabilitation of Naxals, is yielding positive results as 177 ultras have surrendered so far.
The encounter took place around on Saturday near Korajguda hills in Chintagufa area when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation.
There is no inherent tension between national security and human rights in the minds of soldiers. The debate should be directed at the government that makes policies and enacts laws.
Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh chief minister, discusses his achievements as well as the challenges faced by his government with Outlook’s Editor-in-chief Ruben Banerjee
Prasanta Tripathy and Nirmala Nair left global careers to settle in Chakradharpur. They set up Ekjut in 2002 to provide health and nutrition training on community participation
In Bihar, caste violence erupted like a plague in the late 1990s. There was the armed Ranvir Sena, composed mostly of Bhumihar landlords, baying for Dalit blood. And then there were retaliatory strikes of Maoist groups.
According to official data between 2016 and 2018, 85 individuals, including Naxals, common people and police personnel, were killed in various Maoist-related incidents in Dantewada.