Rao, an engineer by training, was the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) group. He was on the most wanted list of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) - India's ...

Rao, commonly known as Basavaraju, was the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India Maoist, the most powerful Maoist insurgent group in the country.

Doraisamy Raja, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India said “CPI strongly condemns the cold-blooded killing of a senior Maoist leader along with several Adivasis in Chhattisgarh.

Twenty-seven rebels were killed, including Nambala Keshav Rao, the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist group, the interior ministry said.

Shah said troops had on Wednesday “neutralised 27 dreaded Maoists, including Nambala Keshav Rao”, general secretary of the Communist party of India (Maoist), in an operation in the central ...

The Maoist movement in India, also called the Naxalite movement, traces its origins to deep-seated socio-economic discontent among the marginalised communities, mainly tribal and landless labourers.

As leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), Prachanda, 68, finished third in the Nov. 20 elections behind the sitting prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress, and ...

How powerful were the Maoists at their peak? The Naxalite movement had a significant boost in momentum in 2004 when two separate factions joined forces to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Rao, commonly known as Basavaraju, was the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India Maoist, the most powerful Maoist insurgent group in the country.

The Communist Party of India, meanwhile, has condemned the killings and called for an independent inquiry. Last month, the Indian government launched a massive military operation - known as Black ...

The Communist Party of India, meanwhile, has condemned the killings and called for an independent inquiry. Last month, the Indian government launched a massive military operation - known as Black ...

The Indian government has vowed to end their insurgency by the end of March 2026. Rao, an engineer by training, was the general secretary of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) group.