New Delhi — India announced on Monday that it has definitively crushed the Maoist rebellion, known as the Naxalite movement. This declaration comes a year after the country's Home Minister pledged to put an end to the insurgency, which has been active for nearly six decades. Two years ago, India intensified its fight against the last remnants of this rebellion by deploying thousands of security forces. "I can say this: we are now free of any Naxalite presence, and I have no hesitation in confirming that," Home Minister Amit Shah declared in Parliament. He stated that the nation is now "liberated" from these rebels. The government had previously set a March 31, 2026, deadline for the complete eradication of the "Naxalite" movement, named after a village in the state of West Bengal (east) where...
