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Maharashtra reports a record 40,414 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours despite a nightly curfew, thereby bringing the total of confirmed cases to 2.71 million.
2021-03-28

Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga makes landfall south of Mumbai. This is the first time a tropical cyclone has targeted the megacity since 1891. About 100,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in the western Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, areas already hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-06-3

Sixteen soldiers, including a driver, are killed in a landmine explosion in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. Maoist insurgents are currently active in the area, leading officials to believe them to be responsible.
2019-05-1

At least seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are killed in an IED attack on their vehicle in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. Naxalite insurgents are suspected to have been behind the attack.
2016-03-30

Indian police kill at least 12 Naxalite Maoist rebels in a clash in the state of Jharkhand.
2015-06-9

In India, six police and election officials have been killed as violence hits restive Maoist region and Kashmir.
2014-04-24

A Naxalite landmine kills three police officers in the Gadchiroli district of India's Maharashtra state.
2013-10-17

A landmine explosion in Maharashtra, India, allegedly by Maoist insurgents, kills 15 policemen and injures 13 others.
2012-03-27

Maoist guerillas kill six villagers in an alleged revenge attack in Chhattisgarh, India.
2010-05-16

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: At least 70 Indian soldiers are killed in an attack by Naxalites in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.
2010-04-6