'The Maoist leadership spread fear that surrender meant torture or death. Once that false narrative collapsed and our operations proved transparent and credible, the surrender momentum became irreversible.' 'From 42,000 square kilometres, Maoist activity is now confined to barely 500-600 square kilometres -- less than two per cent of Bastar. This is their last remaining base area.'
A 30-year-old man was hacked to death by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on the suspicion of being a police informer. The incident comes close on the heels of the murder of two men, one of them a former Naxalite, in neighbouring Bijapur district two days ago. The two were killed by Naxalites, as per the police. Earlier on January 26, Naxalites killed a 41-year-old man in Bhairamgarh area of Bijapur, accusing him of being an informer. On January 16, Naxalites killed a 48-year-old man in Mirtur area of Bijapur for the same reason.
This is one of the biggest burglaries reported in the national capital.
Sporting Clube de Goa continued their slow but steady progress in the I-League with a solitary goal victory over Dempo Sports Club at Duler Stadium, Goa, on Saturday.
A nine-man Salgaocar succumbed to repeated attacks from Sporting Clube de Goa as they went down 1-3 in a rescheduled 12th round I-League clash at the Duler stadium, Mapusa, Goa, on Wednesday.
Salgaocar Football Club scored a goal in each half to beat Karim Bencherifa's Mohun Bagan with a clinical 2-0 victory at Duler Stadium in Mapusaon Sunday.
Salgaocar Football Club scored a resounding 4-0 win over Air India in the 13th round of the I-League to put their campaign back on track, in Goa on Sunday.
Odafe Okolie scored a hatrick as Mohun Bagan thrashed Sporting Clube de Goa 5-1 to end their unbeaten run, in the 23rd round of the I-League played at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Sunday.
Churchill Brothers Sports Club raced to the top of the I-League ladder with a 3-0 demolition of Air India at the Duler Stadium in Mapusa on Tuesday.
Salgaocar scored a facile 2-0 win over Shillong Lajong to move away from the relegation zone in the 20th round of the I-League played at Duler stadium in Mapusa on Saturday.
Table toppers Churchill Brothers suffered a shock solitary goal defeat at the hands of Sporting Clube de Goa in a 19th round match of the I-League at Duler Stadium in Mapusa.
Injury time goal by substitute Peter Carvalho helped defending champions Dempo to come from behind and hold ONGC to a 1-1 draw in the 18th round of the I-League played at Duler stadium, Mapusa, on Sunday.
Edeh Chidi scored a hat-trick to power East Bengal to a spectacular come-from-behind 4-1 victory over Salgaocar in a 13th round I-league encounter at the Duler ground, in Goa on Saturday.
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Shillong Lajong beat JCT 3-2 via the sudden death to win the Nike-Manchester United Premier Cup (under-15) India-leg football final at the Duler ground, Mapuca, in Panaji on Wednesday.
Jeremiah Ernest scored twice in a 4-0 win over bottom-placed HASC.
The beat Churchill Brothers 2-1 on Sunday to take an unassailable lead with one round to go.
Dempo finished their league engagements with a solitary goal win over Mohun Bagan at the Nehru Stadium on Friday.
Dudu Omagbemi's last-minute goal guided Sporting Clube de Goa to a 2-1 victory in the Goa Football Association Professional League.
A 4-0 victory gave Churchill Brothers their first victory in the Goa Professional League.
Anthony Pereira and Ranty Martins scored two goals each as the Goa side won the NFL match 5-0.
Odafa Okonji scored a brace to guide Churchill Brothers to a 2-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their opening National Football League encounter on Sunday.
Former champions Salgaocar wasted several chances and had to be content with a point from the National Football League match.
The Nigerian striker scored all the goals in a 3-0 rout of Mohammedan Sporting in the National Football League.
Sunil Chetri scored twice in a 3-0 victory in the National Football League.
The defending champions started their campaign in the second leg of the NFL with a resounding 3-0 win over JCT Mills
The Nigerian striker led Sporting Clube de Goa to a 3-0 win over Fransa Pax
The victory gave Dempo the top spot in Group 'A' in the under-19 NFL.
He scored a fine brace in a 3-1 victory over Churchill Brothers in the under-19 NFL.
Kishore Mullick's lone goal enabled the Kolkata side beat JCT in the final.
Clinton D'Souza's goal gave them a 1-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in the under-19 NFL.
In other matches in the under-19 National Football League, JCT and Indian Bank, and East Bengal and Tollygunge Agragami drew goalless.
In the other semi-finals, East Bengal dominated the match with a 2-0 win over Dempo.
The defeat is a severe jolt to Mahindra's hopes of making it to the semis in the under-19 NFL.
Faizal Martins's brace gave them a 2-1 win in the Under-19 NFL
East Bengal began their I-League campaign in style, thrashing Shillong Lajong FC 4-0 in a one-sided match in Shillong on Wednesday. In Goa, Dempo fought back from a goal down to hold Salgaocar 1-1.
The two-day talent hunt -- the Airtel Rising Stars final -- conducted by Manchester United coaches kicked off at Duler Stadium in Mapusa, Goa on Thursday.
Salgaocar Football Club stunned defending Champions Churchill Brothers with a surprise solitary goal victory in the opening match of the I-League at the Duler Stadium, Mapusa, on Saturday.
Summary of I-League football matches played across India on Friday.
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