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January - 2 
According to a January 2, 2021 report by Orissapost, even though the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) bastion in Odisha is gradually tumbling down due tointensive operations against the rebels by Odisha Police along with other Security Forces (SFs) for the lastfew years, the use of sophi
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According to a January 2, 2021 report by Orissapost, even though the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) bastion in Odisha is gradually tumbling down due tointensive operations against the rebels by Odisha Police along with other Security Forces (SFs) for the lastfew years, the use of sophisticated weapons by the rebels is a major concern. The Left-Wing Extremists (LWEs) are failing to regain their foothold in many parts of the Stateowing to several factors including better coordination among the SFsand stiff resistance from the gullible tribals.However, the recovery of some advanced weapons from the Maoist hideouts has emerged amajor cause of concern for the SFs. According to data revealed by Odisha Police, in 2020, the Police recovered 61 ImprovisedExplosive Devices (IEDs) and 60 guns. As many as 26 sophisticated guns including LMG – 1,AK-47– 1, INSAS – 8, SLR – 7, Sten – 3,Carbin – 1, 303 – 3, 9mm – 2 and CM – 34 from the Maoists which is highest till now.
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January - 2 
Terrorism affected 161 Police Districts across the country, especially Maoist-hit states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, terror-hit Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and other Northeastern states in 2019, according to inputs submitted to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) by Bureau of Police Research an
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Terrorism affected 161 Police Districts across the country, especially Maoist-hit states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, terror-hit Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and other Northeastern states in 2019, according to inputs submitted to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) organisation in its Data on Police Organisations-2019, punjabnewsexpress.com reports on January 3. However, there was a slight fall in the number of terrorism or extremism affected districts in the country in 2019 compared to 174 in 2018, the UMHA's focus is to reduce the number at its maximum level in 2021. Jharkhand was on the top where 22 districts were affected by terrorist or extremist problem in 2019 followed by Bihar (17); Assam and Manipur (with 16 each); Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir (with 15 each); Chhattisgarh (14); Nagaland (11); Telangana (8); Andhra Pradesh (6); five each in Kerala and West Bengal; three each in Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh; and Madhya Pradesh (2). A graph mentioned in the report shows that the number of police districts affected in 2011 was 188, which went down in 2012 affecting only 176 districts, then another round of fall in 2013 affecting 173 districts, and 170 in 2014. With a slight jump of 172 districts in 2015, the number went up to 181 in 2016 and maintained its earlier top position with 188 terrorism affected districts in 2017 -- the third year of the reign of the Narendra Modi-led government.
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January - 13 
More than 270 terrorists (militants) are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which is less than the 2019 and 2020 figures, official sources said, reports Daily Excelsior on January 14.The Union Territory (UT) has seen a decrease in terrorist incidents, infiltration and civilian killings in
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More than 270 terrorists (militants) are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which is less than the 2019 and 2020 figures, official sources said, reports Daily Excelsior on January 14.The Union Territory (UT) has seen a decrease in terrorist incidents, infiltration and civilian killings in 2020, while Security Forces (SFs) carried out more than 100 “successful” counter-terrorism operations killing 225 terrorists, the official sources said, adding, there are over 270 terrorists active in J&K currently, of whom 205 are in Kashmir Valley.There were 421 active terrorists in J&K in 2019 and over 300 in 2020. While a total of 225 terrorists were killed in 2020, as many as 160 terrorists were killed in 2019 and 257 in 2018.In 2020, terrorists’ activities were also witnessed in so-far peaceful areas south of the Pir Panjal range in Jammu region, including Kishtwar-Doda and Poonch, the official sources said.Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) chief Dilbag Singh had earlier said, “As many as 635 OGWs (Over Ground Workers) were arrested (in 2020) and 56 out of them were booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA).” Singh had said that all the terror organisations are leaderless now and those militants who are recruited as leaders of any group by Pakistan-based handlers are caught or killed.
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February - 10 
5,922 people were arrested in different parts of India between 2016 and 2019 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Government informed Parliament on February 10, reports Free Press Journal. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament), U
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5,922 people were arrested in different parts of India between 2016 and 2019 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Government informed Parliament on February 10, reports Free Press Journal. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament), Union Minister of State for Home, G Kishan Reddy said according to the latest data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of people arrested under the UAPA in 2019 was 1,948. A total of 5,922 people were arrested under the anti-terror law between 2016 and 2019, while 132 people were acquitted during the said period, the minister added.
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February - 10 
The Union Minister of State for Home, G. Kishan Reddy on February 10 said in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of India Parliament) that the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-related incidents were down 47 per cent between 2015 and 2020 as compared to incidents in the preceding six years from 2009 to 2014, and that
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The Union Minister of State for Home, G. Kishan Reddy on February 10 said in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of India Parliament) that the Left-Wing Extremism (LWE)-related incidents were down 47 per cent between 2015 and 2020 as compared to incidents in the preceding six years from 2009 to 2014, and that the geographic spread of Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] violence had been contained to 53 Districts across 9 States in 2020 as compared to 76 Districts across 10 States in 2013, reports The Times of India. In a written reply to a question, Reddy said the steadfast implementation of the multi-pronged strategy to counter LWE had resulted in consistent decline in violence and shrinkage in geographical spread. “The incidents of LWE violence have reduced by 70 per cent from all-time high of 2258 in 2009 to 665 in 2020. Similarly, resultant deaths (civilians + Security Forces) have reduced by 80% from all-time high of 1005 in 2010 to 183 in 2020. The geographical spread has been constricted and only 53 Districts across 9 States reported LWE related violence as compared to 76 Districts across 10 States in 2013. However, 90 Districts in 11 States are covered under Security Related Expenditure (SRE)/LWE Scheme for the purpose of reimbursement of expenditure incurred by the States on counter LWE operations,” he stated.
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March - 6 
According to the latest data provided by the Border Security Force (BSF), the personnel in 2020 made a record 517-kilograms haul of heroin, which is the highest seizure in the past five years from along the International Border (IB) in Punjab, reports The Indian Express on March 7. The drug recovery
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According to the latest data provided by the Border Security Force (BSF), the personnel in 2020 made a record 517-kilograms haul of heroin, which is the highest seizure in the past five years from along the International Border (IB) in Punjab, reports The Indian Express on March 7. The drug recovery in 2020 witnessed almost a three-fold rise compared to 2019 (228 kilograms). BSF soldiers also shot dead eight drug smugglers and intruders in separate encounters in 2020 and arrested 13 of them. “The number of intruders trying to cross over, came down last year as we reacted swiftly,” said a senior BSF official. In 2020 in a humanitarian gesture, the force handed over six Pakistanis to the Pakistan Rangers after they had inadvertently crossed the IB. “With almost every drug consignment, weapons too are sent along. The most common weapon is a .30 bore pistol,” said a BSF officer.
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March - 9 
The Government of India (GoI) declared a total 42 terrorist organisations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) banned for their involvement in various acts of terrorism, which is largely been sponsored from across the border, reports NDTV. Union Minister of State for Home G
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The Government of India (GoI) declared a total 42 terrorist organisations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) banned for their involvement in various acts of terrorism, which is largely been sponsored from across the border, reports NDTV. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy in Lok Sabha on March 9 stated that 635 terrorists were killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir between 2018 and 2020, while 115 civilians lost their lives to terror violence in the Union Territory during the period. He further stated that three civilians were also killed in the hinterland due to the terrorist violence in last three years. In response to a question, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai stated that 61 cases of infiltration were reported along the Indo-Pakistan border in last two years, 1,045 infiltrations along the Indo-Bangladesh border and 63 along the Indo-Nepal border.
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March - 10 
5,128 cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA and 229 on charges of sedition have been lodged across the country in a five-year period from 2015, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) was informed on March 10by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy, reports outlo
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5,128 cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA and 229 on charges of sedition have been lodged across the country in a five-year period from 2015, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) was informed on March 10by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy, reports outlookindia.com.Manipur topped the charts in terms of cases lodged under the UAPA, with the northeastern state alone accounting for 1,786 or 34.82 per cent of the total cases.The data, updated till December 31, 2019, was based on a compilation by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Reddy stated.A total of 897 cases were lodged under the UAPA in 2015 followed by 922 in 2016, 901 in 2017, 1,182 in 2018 and 1,126 in 2019, it showed.According to the data, 30 cases were lodged on charges of sedition in 2015 followed by 35 in 2016, 51 in 2017, 70 in 2018 and 93 in 2019.Manipur lodged 522 cases under UAPA in 2015 followed by 327 in 2016, 330 in 2017, 289 in 2018 and 306 in 2019 -- the maximum among all states and union territories during the period except for 2018 when Assam had 308 such cases, it showed.In terms of sedition cases, Bihar topped the list in 2015 with nine such cases followed by Haryana in 2016 with 12 cases, Assam in 2017 with 19, Jharkhand in 2018 with 18 and Karnataka in 2019 with 22 cases.
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March - 17 
There has been a significant decline in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the last three years but instances of shelling from across the border have gone up abruptly, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament) was informed on March 17, reports Daily Excelsior. Union Minister of
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There has been a significant decline in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in the last three years but instances of shelling from across the border have gone up abruptly, Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament) was informed on March 17, reports Daily Excelsior. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said, “During the past three years, there has been a significant decline in terror incidents and attempts of infiltration from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the incidents of shelling from across the border have increased during the past three years.” Reddy said the terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have come down from 614 in 2018 to 244 in 2020. He said killings of civilians have come down from 39 in 2018 to 37 in 2020 and deaths of security personnel from 91 in 2018 to 62 in 2020. However, the minister said, instances of shelling from Pakistan increased from 2,140 in 2018 to 5,133 in 2020.
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March - 18 
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director General (DG), Kuldiep Singh, on March 18, said 226 terrorists were killed during operations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) since 2020, while 296 were apprehended, reports Daily Excelsior. He also said, stone-pelting incidents in the Kashmir Valley have “redu
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Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director General (DG), Kuldiep Singh, on March 18, said 226 terrorists were killed during operations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) since 2020, while 296 were apprehended, reports Daily Excelsior. He also said, stone-pelting incidents in the Kashmir Valley have “reduced drastically”, although they have not stopped completely. The stone-pelting incidents have now been reduced to 10 per cent of what it used to be earlier, he said while addressing a press conference on the eve of the CRPF’ 82nd anniversary in New Delhi. “In Jammu and Kashmir, where the force works in close coordination with the state police and the Indian Army, 215 terrorists were neutralised in 2020 and 11 terrorists were killed this year,” Singh said. During the same period, 296 terrorists were arrested by the Security Forces (SFs) while eight surrendered. Also, the CRPF recovered 378 arms and 41 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), while 275 encounters/attacks took place during the same time period. Asked about the threat posed by “sticky bombs” in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, “While frisking a vehicle, we keep in mind the threat of sticky bombs. Although, we have not seen any such incident where we found sticky bombs attached to a vehicle. But yes, it is a challenge, we know it, they (terrorists) might try to use it and we have briefed our forces about it.” He said at the instance of an accused, a few sticky bombs were recovered from some areas. The DG said normalcy has been restored to a large extent in Jammu and Kashmir.
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April - 12 
The United States Annual Intelligence Report said that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "more likely" to respond with force to Pakistan provocation, Zee News reports on April 13. The annual threat assessment of the US intelligence community report 2021 said, "Under the leadership of Prime
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The United States Annual Intelligence Report said that India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "more likely" to respond with force to Pakistan provocation, Zee News reports on April 13. The annual threat assessment of the US intelligence community report 2021 said, "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocations". The report highlighted that "tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan remain a concern for the world." The US intel report released by the Director of National Intelligence further, pointed out, "although a general war between India and Pakistan is unlikely, crises between the two are likely to become more intense, risking an escalatory cycle."
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June - 8 
At least 40 persons (young men) have joined the militant ranks in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) this year with another 50 missing, reported official sources, reports Free Press Kashmir on June 9. The official report said several among the missing are suspected to have joined militancy but have not been in
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At least 40 persons (young men) have joined the militant ranks in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) this year with another 50 missing, reported official sources, reports Free Press Kashmir on June 9. The official report said several among the missing are suspected to have joined militancy but have not been included in the official count by the officials as the recruitment is not established yet. Quoting a senior-level official source, the report said: “This year there have been around 40 who have joined militant groups, basically the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Al-Badr. However, around 50 are still missing.” Another arm of the defence and security apparatus, which is involved in counterinsurgency operations, verified the trend of recruiting, the report said. “All the traditional militant groups, which were operating from Pakistan with the direct support of the ISI, like the LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba), Jaish-e-Mohammad [JeM] have now got frontal organisations with peculiar names to showcase that Pakistan has no role in the terror activities in Kashmir,” the report said quoting another official source, adding “The Resistance Front (TRF), which is a front for LeT, has attracted the majority of the new members”. Furthermore, the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen’s infamous 313 Brigade has been transformed into the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force, the report said. The Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) is a JeM front that rose to prominence after the Pulwama incident in 2019. Hizbul’s recruitment and operations are shrinking. The report also said Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)’s operations and recruiting have slowed, owing to tensions at its headquarters in Pakistan administrated Kashmir (PaK). 131 Kashmiri youngsters had joined militancy in 2020, the report said quoting official statistics, as of early October 2020. This was an increase from the 117 new hires in 2019. In 2018, 214 young people joined militant ranks, the highest level of recruitment in recent years.
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June - 15 
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is still continuing its operation from Bangladesh, reports The Indian Express. According to a ‘confidential report’ prepared by State and Central Security Agencies based on the discussions during the 52nd Directional-level Lead Intelligence Agency (LIA) me
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National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is still continuing its operation from Bangladesh, reports The Indian Express. According to a ‘confidential report’ prepared by State and Central Security Agencies based on the discussions during the 52nd Directional-level Lead Intelligence Agency (LIA) meeting organized by the Border Security Force (BSF) in Agartala on June 15, NLFT is operating “two camps at Silchari and Ujjanchari in the Rangamati District of Bangladesh apart from two ‘safe houses’ at Dhaka and Chittagong” and has been making movements especially in Khowai and Dhalai Districts of Tripura. The reports states though the outfit suffered setback with the arrest of its ‘self-styled commander’ Parimal Debbarma in Mizoram on March 13, 2021, yet it continues to recruit young boys on the condition of money and food. Northeast Now adds that while top leaders of the Biswamohan faction of NLFT (NLFT-BM), including the outfit’s ‘secretary general’, Utpal Debbarma; ‘finance secretary’, Sonadhan Debbarma and ‘youth affairs secretary’ Sachin Debbarma are operating in Bangladesh with 40 militants, NLFT-BM’s ‘advisor’ Biswa Mohan Debbarma and ‘president’ Jacob Hrawngkhal are lying low in Mizoram and Myanmar respectively. The report says that NLFT which was banned in 1997 with most of its militants surrendered or killed, have planned to overcome its financial crisis through extortion and kidnapping activities with the help of its young recruits who have undergone training in the recent past at Nabakchhara, Silchhari and Segunbagan camps in Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and came back to Tripura and presently scattered in many areas.
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June - 18 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on June 18, stated that Assam has shortage of 15,351 Police personnel while Nagaland is the only Indian State with surplus cops' strength, reports Northeast Now. According to the data available, against a sanctioned strength of 86,959 Police personnel, Assam pre
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) on June 18, stated that Assam has shortage of 15,351 Police personnel while Nagaland is the only Indian State with surplus cops' strength, reports Northeast Now. According to the data available, against a sanctioned strength of 86,959 Police personnel, Assam presently only has strength of 71,608 Police personnel to maintain law and order of the state. As per data on Police organisations being compiled by Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD), sanctioned strength of Police personnel in India is 26,23,225, whereas actual strength is 20,91,488 and 5,31,737 vacancies are presently there in different States across India. In comparison, against a sanctioned strength of 26,738 Police personnel, Nagaland, the only State in India has 28,113 Police personnel, a surplus of 1,375 Police personnel. Almost all other Northeastern States have vacancies of Police personnel. Arunachal Pradesh has a vacancy of 2,737 Police personnel, Manipur with a vacancy of 5,634 Police personnel, Meghalaya having vacancy of 1,739, Mizoram vacancy is 3,205, Sikkim’ vacancy 810, and Tripura has a vacancy of 6,925 Police personnel. In a statement, UMHA has ‘issued advisories to the States for filling up these vacancies in the States and to bring in the requisite reforms in the Police administration to meet the expectations of the people’. UMHA also stated that the Central Paramilitary Forces are facing shortage manpower forces. Assam Rifles (AR) has the vacancy of 8035 personnel against a sanctioned strength of 65143, Border Security Force (BSF) has shortage of 28905 personnel against its sanctioned strength of 265173, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has a vacancy of 24161 personnel against a sanctioned strength of 163313, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has vacancy of 27825 personnel against a sanctioned strength of 324723, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has a total vacancy of 18633 personnel against its sanctioned strength of 97792, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has a vacancy of 5169 personnel against a total sanctioned strength of 88439 personnel. According to UMHA, efforts are also being to add more manpower strength to National Investigation Agency (NIA) who is facing staff crunch of 427 posts. This percentage of vacancy is 33.43 percent of the total sanctioned strength of 1277 posts.
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June - 20 
After the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India has seen a 60 per cent decrease in terror incidents, reports News18 on June 21. In 2018, J&K witnessed 614 terror incidents. However, the number came down to 244 incidents in 2020, a drop of 60.26 per cent, as pe
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After the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India has seen a 60 per cent decrease in terror incidents, reports News18 on June 21. In 2018, J&K witnessed 614 terror incidents. However, the number came down to 244 incidents in 2020, a drop of 60.26 per cent, as per data from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA). According to UMHA data, the Kashmir valley saw 65 terrorists infiltrating in 2014, which reduced to 36 in 2015, but then significantly increased to 119 in 2016, 136 in 2017, 143 in 2018 and 133 in 2019. With the strong anti-infiltration grid in place, 2020 witnessed infiltration bids reduced to lower than 100 with around 30 terrorists sneaking into India, and, as per official figures, all infiltration bids in the last three months were successfully foiled. The Kashmir valley used to witness around 1,500 stone pelting incidents every year that drastically came down to 327 incidents in 2020.
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July - 27 
There has been a decrease in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-linked violence activities in the country over the last three years, the Parliament was informed on July 27, reports News 18. Minister of State for Home Affairs (MoSHA), Nityanand Rai, provided a datasheet along with his writt
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There has been a decrease in Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-linked violence activities in the country over the last three years, the Parliament was informed on July 27, reports News 18. Minister of State for Home Affairs (MoSHA), Nityanand Rai, provided a datasheet along with his written reply in Lok Sabha (Lower house of the Indian Parliament) to state that while there were 833 incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) violence in 2018, they came down to 670 in 2019 and further decreased to 665 last year (2020). The corresponding official deaths in these incidents too came down from 240 (2018) to 202 (2019) and 183 in (2020). In all these years, the highest number of LWE violence incidents and deaths took place in the central Indian State of Chhattisgarh, the data showed. Incidents of damage to property in Naxal [Left Wing Extremism (LWE)] violence, it said, also came down to 47 in 2020, from 64 in 2019. However, 60 such incidents were reported in 2018. There are 10 LWE-affected States — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, West Bengal and Kerala. “There has been a decrease in naxal activities in the country in last three years," the minister said. Rai added that in order to improve mobile connectivity in these areas, 2,343 mobile towers have been installed and "further sanction" has been accorded for installation of 4,072 additional towers.
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July - 28 
There have been 26 incidents of kidnapping (abductions) by Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] and 195 instances of them targeting installations of economic interest since 2018, Minister of State for Home Affairs (MoSHA), Nityanand Rai, informed Parliament on July 28, reports The Times of India.
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There have been 26 incidents of kidnapping (abductions) by Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists, LWEs] and 195 instances of them targeting installations of economic interest since 2018, Minister of State for Home Affairs (MoSHA), Nityanand Rai, informed Parliament on July 28, reports The Times of India. The minister in a written reply to a question said that there were nine incidents of abductions each in 2018 and 2019, and six in 2020. Two instances have been reported till June 21 this year (2021), both from Jharkhand. The State also witnessed the maximum abductions by LWEs, accounting for 17 of the 26 cases since 2018. Separately, there have been 195 instances of installations of economic interests being targeted. These include attacks on railway properties, mobile towers, roads, bridges and schools. Chhattisgarh witnessed the most of such attacks - 40 in 2018, 35 each in 2019 and 2020 and 18 so far this year (2021) - accounting for 128 of the overall 195 cases. The year-wise break up of such incidents are - 60 in 2018, 64 in 2019, 47 in 2020 and 24 so far in 2021. However, there is no data of the total loss incurred due to such damages, or the number of persons arrested.
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August - 3 
According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) officials, stone-pelting incidents in J&K in India, saw a steep decline of 88 per cent to 77 in the first seven months of 2021 compared to 620 incidents in the corresponding period of 2019, just before Article 370 was abrogated, reports The Economic
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According to Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) officials, stone-pelting incidents in J&K in India, saw a steep decline of 88 per cent to 77 in the first seven months of 2021 compared to 620 incidents in the corresponding period of 2019, just before Article 370 was abrogated, reports The Economic Times on August 4. In the year 2020, 222 stone pelting cases were reported between January and July. The UMHA officials attributed the success in curbing stone-pelting to a three-pronged strategy comprising identification of Over Ground Workers (OGWs), ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and a special drive conducted by the J&K Police to identify stone-pelters.
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August - 10 
The number of cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has increased from 901 in 2017 to 1226 in 2019, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on August 10, reports NDTV. Also, as per National Crime Reco
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The number of cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has increased from 901 in 2017 to 1226 in 2019, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on August 10, reports NDTV. Also, as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, the number of people arrested under UAPA has gone up to 1948 in 2019 from 1554 in 2017, said Rai in a written reply to Lok Sabha. He also mentioned that the Central Government has also proscribed the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Daesh as a Terrorist Organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The latest published report is for the year 2019.
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September - 28 
Over 70% Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres are forcibly recruited as children without the consent of their parents. They are mostly roped in at 15 and given a gun at 17, says a ‘survey’ conducted by Bastar Police among surrendered Maoists, reports The Times of India on September 29
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Over 70% Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres are forcibly recruited as children without the consent of their parents. They are mostly roped in at 15 and given a gun at 17, says a ‘survey’ conducted by Bastar Police among surrendered Maoists, reports The Times of India on September 29. The ‘recruited’ kids are not allowed to go home for years, some never, not even if any of their parents dies, say Police. What’s more, a shocking 25% of them end up getting forcibly sterilised in youth, says the survey. Asked for her comment on the Police findings, Bastar rights activist Bela Bhatia said: “Children should not be used as soldiers. I would welcome similar surveys by independent agencies.” The perception was that Maoists put kids only in the ‘Bal Sangham’ and don’t give them weapons till they are 18, but the surrendered Maoists, including some senior cadres, have revealed that this is far from true, say Police. “Most of us didn’t join the Maoists of our own will. We were forced,” the Maoists told Police. The survey was conducted among 41 Maoists who had surrendered in Dantewada between 2013 and 2021, and had bounties of INR 500,000 or higher. Police officers interviewed them for over a month and got them to fill up a 10-point questionnaire before they came up with this data. “At the age of 17 when they should be studying, they were given guns and told to carry out attacks. By the age of 20, they were handling automatic weapons,” the report says. Dantewada Superintendent of Police (SP), Abhishek Pallava said: “The survey results will be used to spread awareness among the locals in ‘recruitment hotspot’ villages of Dantewada district so that they don’t join the Maoists. Police will tell villagers that Maoists are not revolutionaries. There are people who were taken by Maoists as children and never returned, nor do their parents know about their fate or whereabouts. Villagers should know about the dark side of ‘holding weapons and becoming powerful’.” There are 12 Maoists ‘recruitment hotspots’ identified by Police — villages from where at least 10 cadres have joined People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the armed wing of the CPI-Maoist. The surrendered cadres shared heart-breaking stories of the hardship and pain they underwent as children in an insurgent outfit. They were banned from visiting home or meeting parents for years. They weren’t allowed to go home even if a parent died, not to speak of visiting families for festivals. At least 25% said they never saw their parents after being taken away by Maoists, and 30% could meet their families once every five years. To add to this, they saw severe discrimination in the Maoists ranks between ‘Telugu cadres’ and Chhattisgarh tribals.
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October - 31 
The month of October turned out to be the deadliest month for Jammu and Kashmir in which twenty militants, 12 security personnel besides 13 civilians lost their lives in militancy related incidents, including encounters and targeted killings, Kashmir Observer reported on November 1. The killing of 1
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The month of October turned out to be the deadliest month for Jammu and Kashmir in which twenty militants, 12 security personnel besides 13 civilians lost their lives in militancy related incidents, including encounters and targeted killings, Kashmir Observer reported on November 1. The killing of 13 civilians in a month, most of them non-locals, is the highest death toll in the last two years and the fourth-highest since 2012, reports said. The spate of targeted killings, mostly of non-locals, led to exodus of hundreds of migrant labourers and their families hailing from north India’s Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Bihar states. The killing also prompted the security agencies to beef up security apparatus across the Valley. In the last month also, 12 soldiers, including two junior commissioned officers (JCOs) were also killed in one of the longest and biggest search operations in border Districts of Rajouri and Poonch, where according to police an under-trial militant Zia Mustafa was also killed in militant firing. The month of October also proved more deadly for militants. The Army, Police and CRPF in joint operations killed 20 militants of various outfits in Srinagar, Shopian, Baramulla, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Bandipora and Pulwama Districts.
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November - 22 
According to an intelligence report People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighting along with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) gave the militant formation renewed confidence to carry out the recent ambush in Manipur, reports The Hindu on November 23. PLA ambushed the 46 Assam Rifles convoy killing seven, includ
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According to an intelligence report People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fighting along with the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) gave the militant formation renewed confidence to carry out the recent ambush in Manipur, reports The Hindu on November 23. PLA ambushed the 46 Assam Rifles convoy killing seven, including a colonel, his wife and minor son, on November 13. According to an intelligence report accessed by The Hindu, about 300 members of the PLA and other Valley-based insurgent groups (VBIGs) are active across the India-Myanmar border. These groups have lost at least 40 members in the internal war between the Tatmadaw and the People’s Democratic Front (PDF), the anti-junta force. “The Myanmar army had been grudgingly supportive whenever India had asked for any help and they have time and again destroyed a few terrorist bases and camps in their territory, however mostly for optics rather than effect,” the report said. The situation took a new dimension after the military coup on February 1.
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December - 14 
More than 50 per cent of people arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the past three years were below the age of 30 years, according to the data placed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on December 14, reports ind
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More than 50 per cent of people arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the past three years were below the age of 30 years, according to the data placed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) in Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) on December 14, reports india.com. As per the data, the highest number of people arrested under the anti-terrorism law were from the states of Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir. As per official data, a total of 4,690 people were arrested under UAPA between 2018 and 2002, of these 2,501 or 53.32 per cent were under the age of 30. The data was provided by Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai in a written reply in Lok Sabha. According to the data provided by the Minister, Uttar Pradesh accounts for the highest number of arrests in past three year at 1,338. Of this, 931 people were below 30 years of age. Following close behind UP, Manipur accounts for a total of 943 arrests under the controversial anti-terror law in past three years. In Manipur, of the total arrests, 499 were below the age of 30 years. In Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 750 arrests were made under UAPA in the same time, and 366 among them were of people under 30 years of age.
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December - 14 
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on December 14 informed the Parliament that 206 militancy related incidents were reported in J&K till December 5 this year against 244 in 2020, reports Greater Kashmir. The MHA, replying to a query, said that the estimated net infiltration in J&K this year was 28 b
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on December 14 informed the Parliament that 206 militancy related incidents were reported in J&K till December 5 this year against 244 in 2020, reports Greater Kashmir. The MHA, replying to a query, said that the estimated net infiltration in J&K this year was 28 bids till October 31 compared to 51 in the entire year of 2020. The MHA also informed that over 2500 people below 30 years of age were arrested under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act since 2018 till 2020. Maximum arrests during this period were in Uttar Pradesh (931) followed by J&K (366).
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December - 16 
Indian security agencies are effective in disrupting terror threats, but gaps remain in interagency intelligence and information sharing, the US state department said in its annual report on terrorism, ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2020’, published on December 16, reports Hindustan Times. Citing se
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Indian security agencies are effective in disrupting terror threats, but gaps remain in interagency intelligence and information sharing, the US state department said in its annual report on terrorism, ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2020’, published on December 16, reports Hindustan Times. Citing several arrests by India’s National Investigative Agency (NIA), the country-wise report said that Indian counterterrorism forces actively detected and disrupted transnational and regional terrorist groups in 2020. The report mentioned multiple arrests of alleged al-Qaeda-affiliated operatives from Kerala and West Bengal, and of Abdul Karim, the second-in-command of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), on suspected involvement in serial bombings in Bodh Gaya in 2013. It stated that India responds “in a timely manner” to the requests made by the United States for information related to terrorism investigations and “makes efforts to mitigate threats” in response to the information shared by the US. According to the report, the collaborative efforts of India and the United States have disrupted terrorist travel and alerted American authorities about possible threats posed to the United States.
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December - 16 
66 Indian-origin terrorists were operating abroad with the global terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) which is also present in India, according to the report of US State Department, Country Reports on Terrorism for 2020, published on December 16, reports socialnews.xyz. The number was as of No
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66 Indian-origin terrorists were operating abroad with the global terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) which is also present in India, according to the report of US State Department, Country Reports on Terrorism for 2020, published on December 16, reports socialnews.xyz. The number was as of November, 2021 and none of the foreign terrorist fighters was repatriated to India last year, said the report. It stated, "IS's so-called physical caliphate has crumbled, (but) it remains a determined and dangerous enemy”. "A particular concern is IS's increased focus on branches and networks outside of Iraq and Syria," he said. The report's statistical information section shows that both the number of terrorist attacks and the overall number of fatalities resulting from those attacks increased by more than 10 per cent in 2020 compared with 2019, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
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December - 27 
India experienced more terror attacks in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, compared to 2019, the US State Department said in a report, newsbytesapp.com reports on December 28. Reportedly, India witnessed 679 terror attacks last year, up from 655 the previous year. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K
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India experienced more terror attacks in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, compared to 2019, the US State Department said in a report, newsbytesapp.com reports on December 28. Reportedly, India witnessed 679 terror attacks last year, up from 655 the previous year. Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) recorded 257 or 37 per cent of these attacks. India also recorded 567 citizen fatalities or 2 per cent of all terror-related deaths worldwide. J&K reports the most terror activities. The CPI-Maoist was responsible for 44 per cent of all terror operations in India, the report said. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) were involved in 6 per cent of all attacks. A total of 29 per cent of terror attacks in India were not linked to any particular group. "Indian security agencies are effective in disrupting terror threats, although gaps remain in interagency intelligence," the report added.
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