Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
The long-standing Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) insurgency in India, once described as the nation’s “greatest internal security threat,” has reached a historical inflection point. On February 22, 2026, Thippari Tirupati aka Devji aka Devuji aka Deoji aka Sanjiv aka Sanjeev aka Chetan aka Ramesh aka Kumma aka Shankar aka Sheshu aka Jagan aka Sudharshan aka Devanna (60),
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On February 6, 2026, at least 15 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including a most-wanted Maoist couple, Niranjan Rout aka Nikhil, and his wife Ankita aka Rashmita Lenka aka Indu, both ‘State Committee Members (SCMs)’, the second-highest
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On January 23, 2026, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed during an ongoing anti-Maoist operation in the Saranda Forest area near Kumbhdih village, under the Chotanagra Police Station limits
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The killing of 15 cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including ‘Central Committee Member (CCM)’ Patiram Manjhi aka Anal Da, carrying a bounty of INR 10 million, in an intelligence-led operation by
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On January 15, 2026, Senior leader Gagan Kumar Thapa was elected President of the Nepali Congress (NC) unopposed during the party’s second Special General Convention (SGC) held at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu. The
More On January 9, 2026, sixty-three cadres of the Communist Party of India–Maoist (CPI-Maoist), 36 of whom carried cumulative rewards worth INR 11.9 million, surrendered in Dantewada District in the Bastar division of
More On December 25, 2025, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ and ‘Central Committee Member (CCM)’ Ganesh Uike aka Rupa aka Rajesh Tiwari aka Chamu aka Pakka Hanumantu (69), who carried an INR 11 million bounty on his head, was among
More On December 11, 2025, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, Deepak aka Sudhakar, a ‘Divisional Committee Member (DVCM)’ and Rohit aka Manglu, an ‘area committee member (ACM)’ surrendered at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
More On November 18, 2025, Madvi Hidma aka Hidmanna aka Santosh (51), second-in-command in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ranks, a Central Committee Member (CCM), Commander of the Central Military Commission and of the elite People’s
More On November 18, 2025, an official press release announced, Today morning, between 6.30 am and 7.00 am IST, an exchange of fire (EOF) occurred between Maoists and the police party in the
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On October 29, 2025, Nepal’s Supreme Court Constitutional Bench declined to issue an interim order against the formation of the government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki and the dissolution of the
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On October 17, 2025, as many as 210 Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including 110 women cadres, laid down arms at the Reserve Police Line in Jagdalpur in Bastar District. The surrendered cadres,
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The surrender of Mallojula Venugopal aka Abhay aka Bhupati aka Master aka Sonu (69), a ‘Politburo’, ‘Central Committee (CC)’, and ‘Central Military Commission (CMC)’ member who served as official ‘spokesperson’ of the
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On September 30, 2025, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the Taliban to immediately restore Internet and telecommunications services nationwide, warning that the blackout was cutting Afghanistan off from the
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On September 18, 2025, a 35-year-old female Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Buski Nuppo, with an INR 500,000 bounty on her head, was killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs)
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