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A powerful explosion, triggered by Maoists in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli has claimed the life of 15 security personnel and their driver. According to preliminary reports, an IED (improvised explosive device) was set off on a police vehicle. Around 3:30 am on Tuesday, Maoists torched 25 vehicles, using petrol and diesel in Kurkheda, Gadchiroli. PM Narendra Modi condemned the incident, calling it despicable. He added the perpetrators will not be spared. 
	
	
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="narendramodi" handlename="Chowkidar Narendra Modi" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/718314968102367232/ypY1GPCQ_normal.jpg" favoritecount="9111" retweetcount="2568" status="Strongly condemn the despicable attack on our security personnel in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. I salute all the brave… https://t.co/e6XzmCpynq" createdat="1556701343000" id="1123512982741241856"></div>









 Gadchiroli is a Maoist-affected district that borders Chhattisgarh. The district recently voted in the first phase of India’s general elections on April 11. The same day, Maoists have set off another IED blast in Gadchiroli on April 11. However, no one was injured in the event. On April 10, a CRPF soldier was injured in an IED blast in Gadchiroli. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also took to Twitter to condemn the attacks. 
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="rajnathsingh" handlename="Chowkidar Rajnath Singh" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/431732725184073728/0MGsrciP_normal.jpeg" favoritecount="1729" retweetcount="384" status="Attack on Maharashtra Police personnel in Gadchiroli is an act of cowardice and desperation. We are extremely proud… https://t.co/Hble4c6bmD" createdat="1556701558000" id="1123513883237289987"></div>





 The chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis has also condemned the cowardly attack on the police force. 
	
	<div type="twitter" handle="Dev_Fadnavis" handlename="Chowkidar Devendra Fadnavis" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/769893188232318976/prAWbng0_normal.jpg" favoritecount="868" retweetcount="235" status="Anguished to know that our 16 police personnel from Gadchiroli C-60 force got martyred in a cowardly attack by naxa… https://t.co/mtAcQgY8Pf" createdat="1556701533000" id="1123513779956772865"></div>





 Maharashtra DGP Subodh Jaiswal has said that the investigation is underway. According to the initial reports, the bus carrying 15 commandos was en route to the attack site where the Maoists had set ablaze 27 vehicles. The commando bus was targeted by the Maoists that killed all the 15 commandos and the driver. In April 2018, security forces carried one of the biggest anti-Maoist operations in Maharashtra, eliminating over 40 rebels. On a day when Maharashtra celebrates its statehood, the incident has raised alarms over security arrangements in sensitive areas of the state.

15 Jawans killed in a deadly maoist attack in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra

<ul><li>The Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) has opened computer classes for teachers and students in the naxal areas of Chhattisgarh, Injiram and Sukma. </li><li>It launched the first mobile phone tower in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. </li><li>CRPF has over <a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jul/21/in-a-first-crpf-to-install-sanitary-pad-dispensers-for-women-in-combat-2007290.html">300,000 personnel</a>, including several employed in conflicted or naxal areas.</li></ul>The <keyword id="76600" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Reserve-Police-Force">Central Reserve Police Force</keyword> (CRPF) is organising computer classes for school teachers and students naxal affected areas. They want to bring these remote areas into the digital era and have already initiated such activities in Chhattisgarh, Injiram and Sukma. In July, it had also launched the first mobile phone tower in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. It also enabled internet facilities, and provided computers to students--a move which was well appreciated by its residents. “Padhega Bastar, tabhi toh badhega Bastar (Education in Bastar will lead to development),” Moses Dhinakaran, Directorate General of CRPF tweeted. The Bastar district in Chhattisgarh is prone to Maoist activities. 
	<div type="twitter" handle="dhinakaran1464" handlename="Moses dhinakaran" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1117744818606575616/Ynk6YsPj_normal.jpg" favoritecount="566" retweetcount="64" status="PADHEGA BASTAR, TABHI TOH BADHEGA BASTAR: #228Bn CRPF started computer classes for students and teachers in the Nax… https://t.co/TJgQaGMnnf" createdat="1565139382000" id="1158904682628018177"></div>



 The paramilitary forces have been stepping up efforts to establish digital services in remote naxal areas. It recently provided smart TVs and DTH connections to a girls hostel in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The CRPF has deployed over <a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jul/21/in-a-first-crpf-to-install-sanitary-pad-dispensers-for-women-in-combat-2007290.html">300,000 personnel</a>, including several employed in conflicted or naxal areas of the country such as Bastar and Jammu and Kashmir. 
	<div type="twitter" handle="dhinakaran1464" handlename="Moses dhinakaran" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1117744818606575616/Ynk6YsPj_normal.jpg" favoritecount="658" retweetcount="92" status="CRPF in DIGITAL INDIA: #111Bn #CRPF first gave smart TV and DTH connection to a Balika Ashram in Naxal affected Dan… https://t.co/yiYM5v6ywq" createdat="1564313260000" id="1155439676020277248"></div>



 See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/women-in-crpf-to-get-sanitary-pad-vending-machines/articleshow/70328261.cms">India sets aside money for 288 sanitary pad vending machines for the 8000 women in paramilitary forces</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/16-jawans-killed-in-deadly-maoist-attack-in-gadchiroli-district-of-maharashtra/articleshow/69128430.cms">15 Jawans killed in a deadly maoist attack in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra</a>

India’s paramilitary forces organise digital classes in naxal affected areas

Few months back, the debates around the ban on beef in Maharashtra had reached a crescendo. And now this very State is mulling a ban on alcohol. Yes, you heard it right. Though not finalized, Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis has proposed to ‘check’ the liquor mafia problem by banning liquor entirely in the State. While the ban is already in place in Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Wardha, Fadnavis will take a look at the situation and consider the decision of a blanket ban. <o:p></o:p>

	The issue came to light when the CM was listening to NCP MLC Sandeep Bajoria's question in the state legislative council. Bajoria alleged that a cop belonging to Yavali village in Yavatmal district had been stoned to death for raising his voice against illegal liquor sale. <o:p></o:p>

	"It is an unfortunate incident... the government is enforcing the ban in Yavatmal district but people who are part of the implementing machinery are being killed by liquor mafias. It is discouraging. The government should take stern action against them," he said in reply.<o:p></o:p>

	Fadnavis intends to impose the liquor ban all across the state after analysing results of the three districts. .<o:p></o:p>

	The CM has also said that people involved in adulteration of medicine, liquor and milk should be awarded capital punishment. <o:p></o:p>

Maharashtra, time to introspect? You may soon face a blanket ban on alcohol!

<ul><li>The first phase of the Indian general election saw multiple outbreaks of violence in different parts of the country.</li><li>At least two separate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were detonated, while others were caught before they could be triggered.</li><li>Andhra Pradesh was a hotbed of political clashes, which also resulted in the death of a <keyword id="83019" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Telugu-Desam-Party">Telugu Desam Party</keyword> (TDP) members.</li><li>EVMs were also targets of violence where multiple attempts were made to destroy them, some of which were successful.</li></ul>The first phase of the Indian general election isn’t off the best start. Multiple reports of violence have been <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/violence-reports-of-evm-glitches-and-missing-names-mar-round-one-of-election-2019/articleshow/68835236.cms">reported</a> in 20 states that were up for polling today. Although most of the incidents were centered Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chattisgarh. One of the first reports of violence was an improvised explosive device (IED) attack <a href="https://www.news18.com/news/politics/naxals-trigger-ied-blast-in-chhattisgarhs-bastar-constituency-amid-polling-no-casualty-reported-2098061.html">allegedly</a> by the Naxalites in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh but thankfully, there were no casualties. Similarly, another IED blast by Naxalites <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/maharashtra/maharashtra-naxals-trigger-ied-blast-near-polling-booth/articleshow/68829732.cms">went off</a> in the Waghezari area of the Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. No casualties were reported their either. An IED was also detected inside an old oil pipeline in Assam but it was removed before it could detonate. Firearms were also <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/4-naxals-arrested-3-firearms-seized-amid-polling-in-chhattisgarh-2021331">seized</a> from four guerrilla Naxalites in Bijapur of Chhattisgarh, while polling was still underway. However, in Andhra Pradesh, clashes between leaders actually led to the <a href="https://www.firstpost.com/india/andhra-pradesh-sees-violence-during-ls-polls-with-two-leaders-killed-after-tdp-ysrc-party-workers-clash-in-anantapur-6430801.html">death</a> of Sidda Bhaskar Reddy — a local leader of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) — in Tadipatri. The opposition, <keyword id="302547" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="YSR-Congress-Party">YSR Congress Party</keyword> (YSRCP), is alleging that one of their party workers also died in the clashes but the police are yet to confirm. While the TDP <a href="https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/tdp-accuses-ysrcp-leaders-of-violence-writes-to-dgp20190411154129/">accused</a> YSRCP of using violence in an attempt to win the elections, the YSRCP accused TDP was rigging votes and manipulating poll booths. Clashes also broke out in other parts of the state like Eluru City where a YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) member was allegedly attacked by members of the TDP and Jammalamadugu of Kadapa district, where both parties were reportedly caught in a stoning match. In another corner of Andhra Pradesh — the Narasaraopet constituency of Guntur — TDP workers were seen ransacking the polling booth and damaging the room. 
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 People also tried to forcibly enter the polling booth in Kairana in Uttar Pradesh without their voter IDs compelling the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel to fire shots in the air in order to control the situation. Madhusudhan Gupta from the Jana Sena Party was also arrested for being violent in one of the poll booths of Guntakal — another constituency in Andhra Pradesh — where he tried to destroy an electronic voting machine (EVM) that allegedly did not work properly. 
	<div type="twitter" handle="nagarjund" handlename="Nagarjun Dwarakanath" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1055352036647026688/ce6GjpFT_normal.jpg" favoritecount="36" retweetcount="29" status="Jana Sena candidate smashes EVM in Ananthpur district in Andhra Pradesh. #LokSabhaElections2019 https://t.co/mFwwBYh0UF" createdat="1554954417000" id="1116185843914297344"></div>



 And apparently, Gupta wasn’t the only one to attack an EVM. <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1116346109494996992?s=19">According</a> to the election commission there have been six incidents in Andhra Pradesh, five in Arunachal Pradesh, one in Bihar, two in Manipur and one in West Bengal. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/lok-sabha-election-2019-drones-monitoring-poll-booths-are-cheaper/articleshow/68829523.cms">Drones replace bulky choppers making India's elections fuel efficient</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019-evm-issues-in-first-phase-of-voting-in-india/articleshow/68825731.cms">The first day of voting in India is dotted with glitches in the electronic voting machines</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019-first-phase-of-polling-citizenship-bill-may-hurt-4-million-people-in-north-east/articleshow/68824120.cms">The north-east of India is voting to decide whether 4 million undocumented people should continue living in India</a>

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