Maoist leaders during pandemic managed to recruit hundreds of new foot soldiers including women, says official
Reuters
April 05, 2021
Security forces officers carry the body of a colleague, who was killed in an attack by Maoist fighters, during a wreath laying ceremony in Bijapur in the central state of Chhattisgarh, India, April 5, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah cut short an election rally in the east on Monday to head to the mineral-rich central state of Chhattisgarh, where Maoist guerillas at the weekend killed 22 security force members, officials said.
In addition to the fatalities, 30 other members of the Indian police and paramilitary forces were wounded in a four-hour gun battle with Maoist rebels on Saturday, the deadliest ambush of its kind in four years.
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A bowl of fresh home-made ‘pandu mirapakaya’, in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
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The many ways the Telugus’ favourite ‘pandu mirapakaya’ can be made to extend its short stay When the season of
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