NEW DELHI: In a significant milestone, a year shy of the March 31, 2026 deadline set by Union home minister Amit Shah to eliminate Left-wing extremism (LWE), the total number of Naxal-hit districts across country has dipped to 18 spread over seven states from 38 districts spanning nine states.In a fresh review of geographical spread…
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) secured a 100 per cent conviction rate in 2024, with 68 accused convicted in the 25 cases decided by Special NIA courts across the country.A total of 210 accused were arrested across key categories of crimes – left-wing extremism, North-East insurgency, Khalistani terrorism, gangster-terrorist-smuggler nexus etc -in 80 cases…
Amit Shah is felicitated at Jagdalpur, Bastar, on Sunday. (PTI) JAGDALPUR: Home minister Amit Shah delivered a firm message to Left-wing extremists during the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics Sunday, urging them to shun violence and choose rehabilitation.“Give up the path of violence and we shall take care of your rehabilitation or ignore our appeal…
NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Monday directed road-building agencies to complete projects in core areas of Left-wing extremism-affected regions by March 2026, underlining that a good road network was a prerequisite for the security forces to establish dominance, reports Dipak Dash.The agencies were asked to have a “liberal view” while preparing and sanctioning projects,…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will review the security situation as well as progress of development schemes in eight left-wing extremism-hit states in a meeting with their chief ministers on Monday. The meeting comes against the backdrop of a major success achieved by counter-naxal forces in Chhattisgarh, with the security personnel having eliminated 31…
NEW DELHI: The left-wing extremist groups seeking to overthrow the Indian government, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warned on Thursday and added that the most significant terrorism threats appear to relate to ISIL or AQ-linked groups active in and around Jammu and Kashmir.FATF in its India’s mutual evaluation report said that the terrorist financing…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday stressed the need for the country’s security and law enforcement agencies to identify and tackle emerging national security challenges such as narcotics, rogue drones and online frauds “before they turn into major challenges”.In his concluding remarks at the two-day national security strategies conference – attended by the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired the interstate coordination meeting on Naxalism and claimed that the government will be able to free the country from Left Wing extremism by March 2026.After the coordination meeting , Shah said, ” In the first 10 years, 6617 security personnel and citizens were killed and…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a dig at TMC MP Sougata Roy’s suggestion to implement the “West Bengal Model” for addressing left-wing-extremism (LWE) in other states, saying, “No state would want to implement the West Bengal Model.” Speaking in the Lok Sabha during question hour, Roy said, “West Bengal was once…
