1 hr ago Political will and a vast net of forward base camps that act as launchpads for action deep inside the jungles of Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-affected Bastar region are major reasons behind the large number of anti-Maoist operations and rising Maoist casualties in the state since late 2023, senior officials told The Indian Express. After the killing of 31 Maoists in an encounter at Indravati National Park in Bijapur district on Sunday took the total number of them killed in Chhattisgarh to 81 already this year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated his promise of eradicating Left-wing extremism (LWE) in...