Jailed Maoists in Chhattisgarh on hunger strike

A group of Maoists in a Chhattisgarh jail have started an indefinite hunger strike to oppose a decision by the authorities to shift some of them to another jail. Five of the 35 inmates who started the protest were taken to a hospital on Thursday after their conditions worsened, the police said. About 60 Maoists [...]

Maoists renew attack on rivals ahead of polls

With less than a month left for the crucial constituent assembly election in Nepal, the Maoists, who signed a peace pact after a decade-old war on the state, have renewed their attack on rivals, raising doubts about the freeness and fairness of the polls.
With the breakdown of the alliance with the second largest community party, [...]

Maoist leader killed in Karimnagar district

KARIMNAGAR: Close on the heels of losing a top Maoist leader in Andhra-Orissa border, the CPI (Maoist) party suffered yet another loss when a key action team member was killed in an encounter at Mahamuttaram mandal in Karimnagar district on Wednesday morning.  The Maoist, G Sampath of Mahadevpur area, was killed by the special party [...]

‘Maoists killed’ by Bhutan police

Police in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan say that they have killed at least five suspected Maoists in various operations over the last week.
 The rebels were killed as police were ensuring security ahead of elections on 24 March, police say. The elections to the lower house of parliament will complete Bhutan’s move to a [...]

Eight Naxal associates arrested at Hebri

Udupi: Eight persons were arrested at Hebri on Friday confirmed as Naxal associates and were produced before the Karkala Judicial Magistrate Court on Saturday evening by the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) and Hebri police.
A crucial operation was carried out on Friday by the ANF and Hebri police and eight persons were nabbed. Most of them were [...]