The Fall of the Old Guard

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The March 5, 2026, House of Representatives (HoR) elections in Nepal produced one of the most dramatic transformations in the country’s post-2006 democratic trajectory. Conducted for the 275-member federal parliament – 165

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Red Rebellion at Dusk

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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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The Last Red Holdouts

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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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The Endgame in Jharkhand

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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Metrics of a Dying Insurgency

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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

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Decapitation in Kandhamal

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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

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Breaking the Maoists from Within

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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)

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Endgame in the Red Corridor

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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

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