'Indira Gandhi and left-wing ideology': Amit Shah on 'root cause' of Naxalism in India

Nine Maoists were killed in an armed encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on Tuesday (Sept 3), about 280 km south of the state capital Raipur in central India.

Nine Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh as India hits hard on red terror

Setting the tone for the party's election campaign in the upcoming Assembly polls in Jharkhand, Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday described the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bold decision for securing India's integrity and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to clear his party's stand on it.

With Kashmir top on agenda, Shah kicks off campaign in Jharkhand; slams Congress

The gunbattle which continued for a couple of minutes commenced at 7 am in the morning.

Jharkhand: 1 Naxal killed gunned down in Chatra

In the run-up to the polls in Chhattisgarh, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday asserted that if her party emerges victorious, minority communities, the poor and Muslims residing in the state will be uplifted.

Chhattisgarh polls: Naxals will shun violence if BSP regains power, says Mayawati

Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said the menace of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) will be wiped out from the country in about three years. Addressing troops of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) on the occasion of their 26th-anniversary celebrations here, Singh said their action should be rapid and quick but never "reckless.

Naxalism will be eliminated from India in 3 years: Rajnath Singh

Fighting Naxalism then, rather than the underlying injustice, is like fighting the symptoms of the disease rather than the disease itself

'Naxalism is not caused by poverty or a lack of development but by injustice'