In an unfortunate incident, a cameraperson of Doordarshan and two policemen were killed in a Maoist attack today in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh. Other two policemen were severely injured.

Police on Tuesday arrested five human rights activists and alleged Maoist sympathizers, including Left ideologue Varavara Rao, in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima riots in Maharashtra.

Rights activists on Tuesday expressed shock over the raids and arrests of certain intellectuals and activists, claiming it is the central government's "attempt to strike terror among those fighting for justice for the marginalised".

For a second time in five months, Pune Police on Tuesday raided alleged Maoist sympathizers across the country and arrested five top activists, some of whom are also human rights advocates.

Fifteen Maoist guerrillas were killed and two others, including a senior cadre and an injured woman rebel, were held after a gun battle with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday, police said.

Close to seven naxals, including three women, were gunned down by security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district during an encounter today, July 19. The fierce encounter is still underway, reports ANI.

There is tension in Maharashtra as the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gets threatening from the Maoist group. The security has been increased after his office received two anonymous letters in which a group claiming to be Maoist warned to kill him and his family members.

The nation is under threat as police found three letters including one which suggests a Maoist plot to execute a "Rajiv Gandhi-type incident" as well as a plan to "end the Modi-raj".

Six police personnel were killed and another was critically wounded in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Sunday when a landmine planted by Maoists ripped through the vehicle they were travelling in.

In the biggest crackdown in four decades in Maharashtra, security forces on Sunday gunned down at least 16 Maoists including some women in Gadchiroli district, an official said.