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CRPF

Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, suffered severe blows in two separate encounters with security force (SF) personnel in Bastar region of the central Indian State of Chhattisgarh. The SFs have been making significa....

December 12, 2024 Maoists , CRPF , Manipur , Coast Guard , Kuki , Narcotics , Gujarat , Internal Security Monitor , Digital Arrest , Haji Salim , Jaamu Kashmir , AFSPA , HNLC , Meghalaya , CISF , Andaman

Maoist Menace Calls for a Different Ball Game

Dr P M Nair Article

The massacre of 37 innocent personnel of the Security Forces (SF) of Government of India and the State Government, on 3rd April in Chhattisgarh, has led to widespread condemnation, even from the Prime Minister. Such mass killing of SF invites serio....

May 13, 2021 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Development , CRPF , Security Forces , Kishenji , Lalgarh , Maoist , rural employment

Round Table Discussion on the ‘Role of CRPF in Counter-Insurgency Operations’

Aiming for a thorough review of India’s internal security apparatus, as also in partial fulfilment of the requirements of a Task Force set up recently by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on the subject, the Foundation invited Mr. RR ....

February 19, 2018 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Conferences , India , LWE , Counter-insurgency , CRPF

Left Wing Extremism – A Brief Security Review

Dr Ramanand Garge

Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is widely recognised as one of the most serious security threats in post-independence India. Apart from that, it is also a politico-socio-economic challenge. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had described the LWE as �....

July 26, 2017 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , LWE , Naxal , Counter-insurgency , BSF , CRPF , chhattisgarh , Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Small Wars are National Wars: Need Potent Force to Secure India from Threat Within

Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.)

Sun Tzu said, “Great results can be achieved with small forces provided those leading them are skilled at war.” It becomes easy for a “small and skilled to fight big and leaderless crowd.” Left Wing Extremism (LWE) is expanding at a rapid....

June 05, 2017 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Maoists , Counter-insurgency , CRPF

KPS Gill: Tribute to a Supercop

Prakash Singh

Kanwar Pal Singh Gill has been hailed as one of the most successful fighters against terrorism. He vanquished what was one of the most lethal and one of the most devastating terrorist movements in the history of the world. He has also been criticized....

May 31, 2017 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Terrorism , CRPF , KPS Gill , Supercop , Punjab , JF Ribeiro , Governor