In a major tactical shift, the government has decided to reverse its defensive posture and corner Maoists from all sides and chase them to their hideouts.

Declaring that the killings of top Congress leaders by Maoists in Chhattisgarh was an attack on “national security”, the Centre on Monday handed over the probe to the National investigation Agency, vi

The BJP was left red-faced after its chief whip in the Lok Sabha, Ramesh Bais, made a shocking remark that rape of grown-up girls and women might be understandable but a sexual assault on an infant is

A controversy has erupted over the killing of 19 persons in anti-Maoist operations by security forces in Chhattisgarh last week amid questions whether the victims were all Naxals with chief minister Raman Singh today saying the rebels were using humans as “shields”.

The security agencies have traced the exact location where the Maoists are holding Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon captive — Gangunda in southern Bastar’s Chintagufa area, a senior paramilitary offici

The security agencies have traced the exact location where the Maoists are holding Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon captive — Gangunda in southern Bastar’s Chintagufa area, a senior paramilitary offici

Taking a break from hectic political work, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be in London when he turns 40 on Saturday. While all the Youth Congress presidents at district levels across the country will be hosting community lunches at dalit hamlets, Mr Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, on Friday left for the restive Bastar region to launch his week-long “Dantewada peace march” to mark the occasion.

After Jaswant Singh, the saffron camp could see the return of expelled sanyasin, Ms Uma Bharati. The move being jointly engineered by senior BJP leader Mr L.K. Advani and party chief Mr Nitin Gadkari, is however, being opposed by some of the party heavyweights including leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Ms Sushma Swaraj and senior leader Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu.