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Bhubaneswar, Dec. 28 -- Three women Maoists carrying rewards totalling Rs 8 lakh on their heads were arrested from the Gunthabeda jungle under Chitrakonda police limits in Malkangiri on December [...]

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 4 -- At least nine Maoists were killed by security forces in a 36-hour-long anti-Naxal operation conducted in the forests along the border of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada and Bijapur [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 8 -- In yet another blow to the Maoists, nine of its cadres including two women cadres from Chhattisgarh have laid down their arms before Odisha Police. All [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 25 -- At least two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces inside a forest near Padhel dam under Kantamal police limits in Boudh district on [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 9 -- The CPI (Maoist) has given a bandh call in Odisha including five states on April 15 alleging encounters and fake killings of their members by security [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 8 -- In a major breakthrough, a team of police personnel and CRPF CoBRA jawans arrested as many as six dreaded Maoists from Chhattisgarh's Sukma area, neighbouring Odisha's [...]

Bhubaneswar, March 9 -- Once again the Maoists have unleashed terror by killing a couple, suspecting them to be police informers. The shocking incident has been reported from Gidapadar village [...]

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 18 -- In a case of Maoist violence, a CAF 4th Battalion Jawan was brutally killed with his throat slit by the ultras at Kutur jungle of Chhattisgarh's [...]

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 9 -- An exchange of fire was reported between Maoists and security forces inside the dense forests of Sunabeda Sanctuary near Barkote Ghat in Odisha's Nuapada district. The [...]

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 6 -- Once again the issue of sexual exploitation of women in Maoist camp has promoted two hardcore rebels to lay down arms. This time two women Maoists, [...]

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 23 -- An encounter between security forces and Maoist ultras took place in Nalikumpa jungle bordering Boudh and Kandhamal districts in Odisha. While a Maoist camp was destroyed [...]

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 18 -- The Special Operations Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) in a joint combing operation busted a Maoist camp in the Budhakhol forest of the Boudh [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 22 -- Train movement on Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai route was severely affected after Maoists blew up railway track at Binuan village between Rourkela and Manoharpur railway station late Thursday night. [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 22 -- After a brief lull, a Maoist poster has been recovered in Sundagarh. The poster carries the name of Prem Kumar Jadav, Central Committee member of the [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 15 -- A massive operation has been launched by security forces against the Maoists in Boudh district as 12 companies of SOG jawans are now engaged in combing [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 13 -- Police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including two women, after they threatened a man by posing as Maoists and tried to extort money in the Doraguda [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 11 -- The lifeline of Swabhiman area, Gurupriya bridge at Chitrakonda in the left-wing extremism-hit Malkangiri district has been reportedly under darkness for the last three days. Street [...]

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 30 -- Red menace is still prevailing in four districts of Odisha, said BSF IG Dhaneswar K R Sharma on Thursday. Addressing a press conference at the FTR [...]

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 12 -- After a long time, Maoists (CPI-M) have reportedly put up a banner on the outskirts of Durgaprasad village under Bhanjanagar Police limits of Ganjam district. In [...]

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 9 -- Maoists had turned a cave in Tulasi Hill located deep in the forests of Malkangiri district into their weapon arsenal. The secret repository came to the [...]

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 5 -- At least two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in the bordering areas of Odisha's Malkangiri district and neighbouring Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on [...]

Bhubaneswar, July 1 -- Maoists unleashed terror by ransacking property and setting fire nine vehicles engaged at a crusher unit near Deokupali area under Muniguda police limits in Rayagada district [...]

Bhubaneswar, June 25 -- The outlawed CPI (Maoist) has called for a bandh in protest following the killing of three of its cadre recently in an encounter in Odisha last [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 15 -- After Malkangiri, police thwarted another possible blast attempt by Maoists by seizing an IED along road at Kichatpadar under Sadar police limits in Kalahandi on Monday. [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 14 -- After a major operation against the Maoists in Kalahandi, jawans foiled another attempt ofthe ultras by diffusing IED at Sudhakanda forest in Malkangiri district. A major [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 11 -- The Red violence returned to haunt the residents of Odisha's Kandhamal district with the ultras gunning down a former sarpanch suspecting him to be a police [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 10 -- The Special Intelligence Wing (SIW) is now in limelight after the fierce encounter in which three Maoists were killed in Kalahandi forest on Tuesday. It was [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 9 -- A high-level meeting was held at the camp office of the Odisha Police DG in Bhubaneswar following the encounter at M Rampur in Kalahandi, which resulted [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 27 -- The Darbha division of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) took responsibility for the deadly attack on the security forces at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 27 -- While a high alert has been sounded in bordering Malkangiri, Koraput and Nabarangpur districts following a deadly Naxal attack in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, police personnel and Maoists [...]

Bhubaneswar, March 18 -- In an act of throwing down the gauntlet, hundreds of Red Rebels assembled at Sukma of Chhatisgarh, near the border of Malkangiri on Saturday. According to [...]

Bhubaneswar, March 18 -- After a brief lull, the Maoists have resumed unleashing terror by killing a man as a punishment for destroying forest by cutting down trees in Nabarangpur [...]

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 26 -- Three hardcore Maoists including a female cadre carrying Rs 1 lakh reward each on their heads surrendered in the extremist-hit Malkangiri district of Odisha on Thursday [...]

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 24 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) nabbed a dreaded Maoist Ranju Khila, also known as 'Chanti' from the Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri on Tuesday. As per reports, [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 10 -- The Rayagada police have nabbed six persons impersonating themselves as Maoists on charges of extortion and other criminal activities in the region. According to sources, of [...]

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 6 -- As many as two women Maoists were gunned down by the security forces during a gun battle in Phulbani's Gochapada area on Tuesday. As per reports, [...]

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 25 -- Maoist ultras gunned down a 48-year-old man from Panchakul village under Sadar police limits in Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi on Thursday night suspecting him to be a police [...]

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 25 -- Red menace returned to haunt the tribal-dominated Kandhamal district in Odisha with the ultras killing a man suspecting him to be a police informer. The rebels [...]

Bhubaneswar, Oct. 12 -- A female Maoist cadre was killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Sindhi forest under Baliguda police limits of Kandhamal district. The encounter [...]

Bhubaneswar, Sept. 7 -- A unique amalgamation of two staunch Maoists left people stunned. As the proverb goes, 'Everything is fair in love and war' the Maoists of the Nuapada [...]

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 26 -- This is a video released by the Maoist to instil fear in the minds of people whom they want to subvert. The purported video is from [...]

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 19 -- After a brief lull, Maoist menace raised its ugly head in Nuapada once again as the Ultras shot dead a man suspecting him to be a [...]

Bhubaneswar, June 30 -- Once they were considered top armed rebels, but now they have created their new identities by renouncing violence. They have literally proved that it's never too [...]

Bhubaneswar, June 23 -- A Maoist camp was busted during a joint operation by a team of security forces comprising Kalahandi police, SOG and DVF jawans at Labanagada forest on [...]

Bhubaneswar, May 26 -- At least three vehicles engaged in road construction work at Tala Pipili village under Sadar police limits of Kalahandi district were allegedly torched by the Maoists [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 25 -- Maoists reportedly torched a bus which was on its way to Hyderbad from Odisha's Malkangiri at Kutur in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Sunday night. All the [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 25 -- Maoists reportedly torched a bus which was on its way to Hyderbad from Odisha's Malkangiri at Kutur in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Sunday night. All the [...]

Bhubaneswar, April 22 -- An unusual spectacle greeted people in Bhawanipatna Friday when they saw the local Reserve Police ground decked up for a marriage. It was a marriage of [...]

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 13 -- Five persons impersonating as Maoists were arrested on charges of torching a truck engaged in construction work in Kalyansingpur block of Rayagada district on January 22. [...]

Bhubaneswar, Jan. 8 -- The jawans of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday unearthed and defused two powerful landmines allegedly planted by Maoists in Malkangiri district. As per preliminary [...]