Indian troops kill 31 Maoist rebels in weeks-long battle


NEW DELHI: Indian security forces have killed 31 Maoist rebels during a three-week operation aimed at capturing strategic hills previously under the control of guerrillas, the government said.

India is waging an all-out offensive against the last vestiges of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the foothills of the Himalayas where the Maoist-inspired guerrilla movement began nearly six decades ago.

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