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BCom graduate to attacks on security forces: Who is Mallojula Venugopal Rao and how he climbed the ranks within the Maoist hierarchy before his eventual...

Rukma Rathore - 16 October, 2025

Mallojula Venugopal Rao is the younger brother of another infamous Maoist leader, Kishenji, who was killed in 2011.

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258 Maoist cadres including top leaders surrender in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh as Modi govt leaps towards Naxal free India

OpIndia Staff - 16 October, 2025

At least 78 Maoist cadres, including 43 women, surrendered in three districts of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.

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Home Minister Amit Shah rejects ceasefire offer from Maoists, asks them to surrender, says “bullets must be answered with bullets”

OpIndia Staff - 28 September, 2025

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer of Maoists, and asked them to surrender instead by laying down their weapons

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As Naxals face a near-wipeout, two senior leaders on loggerheads about surrendering: Telangana Intelligence report says panic amid Maoist cadre

Rukma Rathore - 26 September, 2025

Sonu and Devuji who belong to the senior leadership of CPI (M) have a bounty of Rs 1 crore on each of them.

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Three Naxalites killed in Gumla, two in Abujhmad, and 71 CRPF companies from J&K to be deployed for anti-Naxal ops: India’s war on Naxalism...

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2025

The slain terrorists have been identified as Lalu Lohara, Chhotu Oraon, and Sujit Oraon. Gumla SP Haris Bin Zaman confirmed this. Lalu Lohara and Chhotu Oraon, both carrying a reward of five lakh rupees, made this police action even more significant.

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Maoists announce offer to stop violence and peace talks with Centre, seeks ‘ceasefire’: Here is why ceasefire doesn’t mean anything when dealing with terrorists

Shraddha Pandey - 17 September, 2025

In a purported statement, the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), expressed readiness to give up arms and asked the Central government to announce a one-month ceasefire and pause the ongoing anti-Naxal operations

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BJP leaders Amit Shah, Vijay Sharma slam opposition’s vice-presidential candidate Justice Sudershan Reddy over Salwa Judum judgment of 2011

OpIndia Staff - 23 August, 2025

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Vijay Sharma have criticised opposition Vice President candidate Justice B. Sudershan Reddy.

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Fearing wipe-out, Maoists kill two teachers in Chhattisgarh on suspicion of being informers, read how the Naxals have been targeting innocent civilians for years

Shriti Sagar - 16 July, 2025

Two young teachers were killed by Maoists in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, on suspicion of being police informers. With this, the civilian death toll in Maoist violence in 2025 has reached 25, exposing the ongoing threat to development in Bastar.

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