Security deployment has been increased along Railway routes, highways, mobile towers etc

According to reports, Maoists had planted these IEDs on the road to target security forces. First, 5 IED bombs were recovered from the under-construction Kutma-Bamda road, which were later defused by the bomb disposal squad and STF team on Friday night.

The National Investigation Agency's investigation revealed that the niece of Pradyuman Sharma, a member of the Special Area Committee of the banned organisation CPI (Maoist), is studying in a medical college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The Saranda forest area in West Singhbhum district is a hotbed of Maoist activities, where security forces are continuously conducting search operations.

Huge voting numbers were witnessed in Maoist-ravaged areas for the first time in decades.

Addressing a rally in Koderma, Jharkhand, PM Modi reiterates promise to provide free ration, pucca houses to poor.

Voters were able to cast votes after district authorities responded quickly to reports of Maoists blocking a road with a felled tree near Sonapi that leads to booth numbers 24 and 25 in Chotanagar police station area, which collectively accommodate 1,522 voters.

In the early morning of May 13, Maoists cut down trees at two places on the main rural road between Chhotanagra police station of Saranda forest and Hatnaburu-Marangponga under Digha Panchayat.

In a significant development in the ongoing battle against left-wing extremism, security forces have achieved a crucial victory in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur-Kanker Border area.

In Puvarti village, the ancestral home of notorious Naxalite leader Hidma, residents chose to abstain from the electoral process.

In total, 29 Maoists were killed on Tuesday during an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district.

Budha Pahad area in Jharkhand was cleared from Maoists in 2023.