New Delhi. India declared the country free of the Maoist conflict on Monday, completing a long timeline to defeat the decades-long insurgency. Home Minister Amit Shah announced in Parliament that India was 'free' from the rebels known as Naxals.“I can openly say that we are Naxal-free, there is no hesitation in saying this,” he said, “I will publicly inform the country after the entire operation is concluded.”India has stated that it intensified its campaign against the last vestiges of the Naxalite insurgency over the past two years. The movement is named after the village of Naxalbari in the foothills of...