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The Last Rebel From North Andhra’s Fading Revolutionary Fire

Herald Bureau9 months ago9 months ago08 mins

By 1992, Rao was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI (ML) People’s War. After the 2004 merger of the People’s War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) to form the CPI (Maoist), he was appointed head of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and became a Politburo member. His expertise in military tactics and explosives made him a critical asset.

Red corridors crumbling with big surge in surrenders. Does it signal an end game?

Herald Bureau10 months ago10 months ago06 mins

The insurgency, which began in 1967 with the Naxalbari uprising, reached its peak in the late 2000s, affecting nearly 180 districts. The Modi government, as announced by Home Minister Amit Shah, is firm on addressing the insurgency by 2026.Shah has declared that the number of LWE-affected districts has now come down to only six.