Dr P V Ramana

Policy Analyst, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh

Contributions

Maoists in a Quagmire: After Nambala Kesava Rao

May 27, 2025 Dr P V Ramana

In a fierce encounter in Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh, 27 rebels of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) were neutralised, on May 21, 2025. The most important among them was Nambala Kesava Rao alias Basavaraju a native of Srikakulam di...

Tags: Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, Maoists, Communist Party, Nambala Kesava Rao, Maoist Communist Centre

Peace Talks With Maoists: Caution Suggested

April 11, 2025 Dr P V Ramana

In a significant development Abhay, in a statement issued on April 2, 2025, spokesperson of the Central Committee of the Communist Part of India (Maoist) said they were ready to sit at the negotiating table with the elected government. Ahaby said the...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, Peace talks, Maoist, Negotiations

Maoists Resurface in Karnataka

November 25, 2024 Dr P V Ramana

Naxalites of the Communist Party of Maoist [CPI (Maoist)], Maoists in short, seem to be resurfacing in Karnataka. The killing in an encounter of Vikram Gowda, on November 18, 2024, in Eedu village, Karkala taluk of Udupi district, further confirms t...

Tags: Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, Karnataka, Maoists. Naxalites, CPI, Communist Party of Maoist, Maoist area

India’s Maoists: Business as usual

June 18, 2020 Dr P V Ramana

It has been business as usual for Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), even as the country has been fighting the challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. Incidents of violence by the Maoists, efforts at shoring–up their arsenal and extortion,...

Tags: Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, weapons, Maoists, chhattisgarh, Extortion, Sukma

Covid-19 and India’s Maoists

April 15, 2020 Dr P V Ramana

Even as the country is under a lockdown in the wake of COVID-19, also being referred to as novel Corona virus, alleged sympathisers of Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), Maoists in short, Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde have been...

Tags: Leftwing Extremism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Commentary, COVID-19, Urban Maoists, Expansion of bases, Relief from courts, Recruitment