CRPF's operation Prahaar killed 18 Naxals last month, claims police

The Chhattisgarh Police has claimed that 18 Naxals were killed in a joint counter-insurgency operation in Tondamarka area of Sukma district last month. The operation, named 'Prahaar', was conducted......

Hidma Madvi, the Maoist behind the CRPF attacks

Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore and Uttam Ghosh spoke with CRPF officers who are hot on the chase to arrest the Maoist who has emerged as a major threat to the security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma......

How to DEFEAT the Naxals!

'Defence, development and democracy is the formula to defeat Naxalism.' IMAGE: Security personnel at the encounter site in a forest along the border between Bijapur and Sukma districts in......

Why Adivasis fled their village after the Maoist ambush

Fearing imminent arrest and likely reprisals from the CRPF -- 25 of whose jawans were gunned down by the Maoists inside a jungle just 200 to 300 metres away from their homes on the afternoon of......