Madvi Hidma, the most feared tribal Maoist commander from Bastar, has been killed in an encounter. Rising from a child cadre to a Central Committee member, he led deadly attacks killing over 150 jawans. His death, along with his wife’s, is a major setback for the CPI (Maoist)’s shrinking network.

The Indian Railways is bringing a development in its coaches by replacing older ICF (Integral Coach Factory) coaches and replacing them with modern LHB (Linke-Hofmann-Busch) coaches. The latter are modern coaches with stainless steel design from Germany that are manufactured in India.

The cleric employed extremist ideology and content shared via Telegram channels to radicalise them. Ahmed even reportedly arranged meetings with JeM terrorists in southern Kashmir. Reportedly, JeM terrorists supplied the doctors with two assault rifles after that meeting.