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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Callous About Maoist Terror (Pioneer, KPS Gill, Apr 28, 2007)
There is much focus now on the Maoist threat in India and, despite entirely inconsistent assessments by various Government agencies, an increasing consensus around the view that this is the greatest internal security challenge confronting the country.
- Coordination Centre On Naxalism To Meet Today (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 26, 2007)
The Coordination Centre on Naxalism will meet here tomorrow amidst reports of a shift in strategy by the Left Wing extremists leading to high casualties.
- Advani Cautions Centre Against Any Compromise On Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 25, 2007)
Take Parliament into confidence before making any decision on the issue'
- Taking On Naxals And Benefiting From It (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 25, 2007)
On entering the Naxalite-affected areas of Chandauli, Sonebhadra and Mirzapur your fear will be forgotten for a while.
- Naxals Kidnap Man, Nephew (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2007)
Armed Naxals, belonging to the proscribed CPI (Maoist), kidnapped a man and his nephew from Parasdih village in Bihar’s Gaya district, police said.
- Chhattisgarh Police Fudged Data To Project Win Against Naxals (Indian Express, Nitin Mahajan, Apr 24, 2007)
It now appears that fudged figures submitted by the police may be one of the reasons why Chhattisgarh is losing its battle against Maoist rebels.
- Comments From The Ringside (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
The 'outsider' analysis has value, but a wariness of messy democracy lurks in his prescriptions
- Explosives Seized, Naxal Areas On High Alert (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Apr 23, 2007)
After the seizure of a large quantity of explosives, including 6,000 detonator fuse wires and 400 packets of gelatin, at a garbage collection point on the Varanasi-Chandauli road on Saturday, the Uttar Pradesh Police are doubly alert. However, so . . .
- Majority Of Mps, Mlas Want 2nd Term For Kalam: Survey (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2007)
A Majority of MPs and MLAs of different states want President A P J Abdul Kalam to remain in Rashtrapati Bhawan for a second term, according to a survey conducted jointly by NDTV and Gfk Mode.
- Ysr To Visit One-Time Naxalite `Bastion' (Hindu, Ravi Reddy, Apr 23, 2007)
Argul Rajaram the only Minister to visit the village in 1979
YSR will attend a public meeting and join community lunch
The village has a 40-foot tall martyr's memorial for women naxals
- Maoists Seize Rly Station (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2007)
In what appeared to be an open challenge to the government, over 200 armed Maoists seized the Narganjo halt railway station in Jamui district of Bihar in the wee hours today by forcing the Eastern Railway to suspend train movements on the . . . . . . . .
- Second Republic (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Apr 22, 2007)
Nandigram, Naxal and Maoist insurgencies, Kashmir, Manipur, and the sealing drive in Delhi all point to the fact that we in India are living in a state of 'unlaw'.
- Naxalites Plan To Target Sezs To Stay Relevant (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2007)
Naxals have resolved to attack Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and their promoters in the country, a secret intelligence report sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has warned.
- Second Republic (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 21, 2007)
Nandigram, Naxal and Maoist insurgencies, Kashmir, Manipur, and the sealing drive in Delhi all point to the fact that we in India are living in a state of 'unlaw'.
- Militancy And Small Arms Proliferation (Hindu, R. Hariharan, Apr 20, 2007)
It is essential that South Asian countries unite not only in fighting terrorism but also in curtailing the proliferation of small arms.
- Mumbai’S Road Outrage (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Apr 20, 2007)
TO describe the latest horror reported from Mumbai as outrageous would be the understatement of the century.
- Arjun Singh Advocates Talks With Naxalites (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2007)
Advocating dialogue with Naxalites, Union HRD minister Arjun Singh on Tuesday said such discussions will help bring about solution to problems.
- Nitish Vs Naxals Figures In Ministerial Meeting (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2007)
A sharp decline in extremist violence in Bihar in 2006 compared to previous years figured at the close-door inter-ministerial group meeting held here yesterday.
- Past Imperfect (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 18, 2007)
In a subcontinent where literacy and education are in short supply, it’s not surprising that popular narratives, and even myths, take on a life of their own.
- No Privatisation, Says Railway Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 17, 2007)
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad on Monday gave a categorical assurance to railway employees that there would be no privatisation and retrenchment as feared by them.
- ‘Muslims Are Worse Off In W Bengal Than In Any Other State, Yet We Don’T Want The Left Govt To Be Voted Out’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 16, 2007)
• Hello, I’m Shekhar Gupta, and welcome to Walk the Talk. I’m in front of Masjid Abdul Nabi, a great Islamic institution, built more than 500 years ago. And my guest this week is a very young maulana, 39-year-old Maulana Mahmood Madani. Welcome to . ..
- Missile Tests Only To Create Enough Deterrence: Antony (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2007)
Induction of Agni-I, Agni-II missiles to be done within a "reasonable time"
- Peace Talks After Naxals Lay Down Arms: Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2007)
The Centre has told the States that they could hold peace talks with Naxalite groups, provided they laid down arms.
- National Health Assembly In Bhopal (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Apr 14, 2007)
SEVEN years after people's health organisations in India met in Kolkata to constitute formally the first National Health Assembly (NHA) and the subsequent meeting in Savar, Bangladesh, launched the global People's Health Movement (PHM) . . .
- Sibu Calls Upon Jmm Cadres To Take On Naxalites Head –on (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2007)
Taking a strong exception to the threats issued by Maoists to some of his party's top functionaries, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Sibu Soren has exhorted party cadres to "be prepared for taking the ultras head-on at the grassroots".
- Antidote To Minorityism (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 12, 2007)
At a time when its political rivals as well as the Election Commission have turned the heat on the BJP over its UP poll campaign CD, here is some in-house support from the Parivar.
- Keeping Safe Distance (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Apr 12, 2007)
Perhaps it would not be too far-fetched to say that the aerial attack of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the Katunayake airbase in Sri Lanka repeats Hanuman’s feat in the island country.
- Naxals Threaten Jharkhand Dy Cm (Indian Express, Manoj Prasad, Apr 10, 2007)
More than a month after its cadres gunned down JMM MP Sunil Mahato in East Singhbhum district, the CPI(Maoist) has come out with a letter, threatening Deputy CM Sudhir Mahato of dire consequences if he does not stop speaking against the Naxals.
- Anti-Naxal Strategies Set To Get Finishing Touches (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
With the Naxalites professing their objective to target mining hubs in Jharkhand and development works, including irrigation projects planned in Bihar, a crucial meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on Naxalism to be held in Patna later this . . .
- Maoists Threaten Jharkhand Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2007)
Maoist guerrillas have issued threats to Jharkhand’s deputy chief minister Sudhir Mahato and suspended BJP legislator Vishnu Bhaiya for their role in expediting anti-naxalite operation in the State.
- Naxals Attack Rpf Party In Train, Kill Two (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2007)
CPI (Maoist) naxalites carried out two separate attacks on paramilitary forces, killing two Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel in Bihar on Sunday.
- Red Fury Sparks Bloodspill On Tracks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2007)
Barely days after storming a CISF outpost at Bokaro in Jharkhand, red rage clawed its way across the border into Bihar, where, in yet another act of daredevilry, a group of Naxalites opened fire on the RPF escort party of the 213 Up Howrah-Mokama . . .
- Maoists Strike Again In Bihar (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Apr 09, 2007)
After storming Bokaro in Jharkhand on Friday killing six persons, armed Maoist rebels today organised simultaneous attacks at two places in Bihar killing two security personnel and injuring three others.
- Maoists Issue Threat To Jmm Leader (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 09, 2007)
The CPI (Maoists) on Sunday issued an “open letter” to Jharkhand’s Deputy Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MLA from Ichagarh Sudhir Mahto challenging his statements against the outfit and cautioning him to “read the writing on the . . .
- Naxals Evade 'Intelligence' Net (Times of India, Raj Kumar, Apr 09, 2007)
Outlawed they may be, but Maoists operating in Bihar and Jharkhand appear to be more "intelligent" than the law-enforcing agencies of the two states.
- India Must Apologize For Exporting Terrorism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 07, 2007)
Predictably, the SARC summit opened with its focus on terrorism. Predictably, the smaller nations plagued by terrorism, have, for obvious diplomatic reasons, skirted round the issue of identifying the chief manufacturer and exporter of terrorism in . . .
- `Let Us Take Democratic Struggle Forward' (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Apr 06, 2007)
As a tribute to E.M.S., says Buddhadeb
What do Opposition parties know of land reforms, he asks
Says that to safeguard farm sector, industrial growth is inevitable
- India Bracing Itself Against ‘Kargils And Tsunamis’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 06, 2007)
Indian officials believe that the most likely military contingencies they face in the medium term are “Kargils and Tsunamis”, sharp, limited land engagements on their borders and broader humanitarian problems in the extended region, according to . . .
- Bjp Thinks Beyond Up, To Target Upa Security Slip (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Apr 05, 2007)
Driving against the UPA’s approach to internal security with the Uttar Pradesh elections in mind and a long-term plan for the next general elections, the BJP has drawn up a strategy that will systematically target the Manmohan Singh government on . . .
- Another Rama Campaign (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 05, 2007)
More than two decades after the Sangh Parivar launched its most successful mass mobilisation offensive on the “Ramjanmabhoomi” issue, it has decided to invoke the name of Lord Rama again.
- Cpi (M) Central Committee Unhappy At Loss Of Lives In Nandigram Police Firing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2007)
State Committee asked to examine circumstances leading to police action
Party launched campaign to counter "false propaganda"
Action against police if excesses are established
- Left’S Violent Legacy (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Apr 04, 2007)
The violence in West Bengal is a continuation of what the Communists initiated before coming to power.
- Shape Of Things To Come? (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Apr 03, 2007)
The tragic incidents at Nandigram and Rani Bodli may send out the message that show of force is capable of disrupting economic progress in the country.
- Political Battle (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 03, 2007)
The police firing and violence in Nandigram, which claimed 14 lives, are the culmination of disturbing activities since January.
- Biman Bose, Left Front Chairman (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 03, 2007)
IN this exclusive interview with Frontline, Biman Bose, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and West Bengal State secretary and Left Front chairman, gives his party's perception on the Nandigram incident.
- Rjd Retains Palamau In Bypoll (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2007)
The UPA government today heaved a sigh of relief and patted itself on the back when the RJD retained the Palamau Lok Sabha seat with a comfortable margin of over 22,000 votes.
- Naxal Annual Report Reveals Terror Plans (Times of India, Vishwa Mohan, Apr 02, 2007)
The Naxal onslaught at Riga in Sitamarhi district of Bihar may be the first of a series of such attacks planned by the militants in areas where large mining, irrigation or industrial projects are to be set up.
- Naxals Kill 2 Farmers For Giving Land To Essar Steel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
Two farmers were killed early on Sunday by suspected Maoist rebels for having handed over their land for an upcoming steel plant in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
- Crimson Corridor~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 02, 2007)
How could national security be safeguarded and the country spared of bloodshed and brutality? A number of measures could be suggested.
- Naxals Kill 2 Farmers For Giving Land To Essar Steel (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 02, 2007)
Two farmers were killed early on Sunday by suspected Maoist rebels for having handed over their land for an upcoming steel plant in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.
- Maoists Blow Up Bridge, Attack Police Station (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 01, 2007)
A group of 500 heavily armed Maoist rebels today blew up a bridge and attacked a block office and a police station at Riga in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district but no casualties were reported.
- In A Time Wrap (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Apr 01, 2007)
The novel touches on many contemporary political movements with a sub-text of Maoist landscape.
- Blurring Identities (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2007)
A FALLOUT of the naxalite violence in Chhattisgarh is the gradual loss of identity among Adivasi boys and girls. Tribal children who have either lost one or both parents in naxalite attacks, or whose parents have been lodged in Salwa Judum camps . . .
- Maoists Spill Cpm Blood (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2007)
A group of 15 suspected Maoists today waylaid a CPM team, killing two and allegedly kidnapping four, in the jungles of Chowkishal in West Midnapore’s Belpahari.
- Working To A Plan (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Mar 31, 2007)
The "attention-grabbing" attack in Chhattisgarh is an indication of the Maoists' resolve to intensify their activities on various fronts.
- Massacre Of Policemen (Frontline, Purnima S. Tripathi, Mar 31, 2007)
A naxalite attack on a police outpost leaves 55 dead and the Chhattisgarh government shell-shocked.
- Pro-Poor Project Turned Sour (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, Mar 30, 2007)
West Bengal’s effort at reindustrialisation cannot remain limited to small and medium scale industries.
- Behind The Events At Nandigram (Hindu, Brinda Karat, Mar 30, 2007)
There is a larger political game plan being played out in West Bengal. The real agenda of the "resistance" is not protecting the interests of farmers and the rural poor or saving the land.
- Naxal Attacks A Nightmarish Experience For Tribal Families (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
Camp houses 1,600 tribal families
Attacks lasted for four consecutive days
Police station targeted
- Tribals In Crossfire As India’S Maoist War Spreads (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 29, 2007)
Chhattisgarh is now a stronghold of up to 4,000 well–armed Maoists, who freely roam the forests of southern Chhattisgarh in what locals call the ‘red zone’
- Nandigram Home-Truths? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 28, 2007)
The CPM’s fightback on Nandigram is not merely about trying to defuse the situation — which was what party General Secretary Prakash Karat and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee attempted to do with their assurances and press statements.
- Upa’S Ship Of State In Rough Weather (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Mar 27, 2007)
Political accidents continue to hit the UPA government, and the ship of state enters a period of instability.
- Storm Signal (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Mar 27, 2007)
The standard rate seems to be one word per dead policeman, so Dr Manmohan Singh did his duty when he called the Maoist insurgency across half of India the gravest threat to the nation’s internal security since independence.
- Top Naxal Leaders Surrender In Andhra (Indian Express, Karn Kowshik, Mar 27, 2007)
wo top Naxal leaders, Durgam Ramanaiah alias Ravi and Merugu Sambaiah alias Ganesh Ueike, surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh Police in Warangal on Sunday.
- Maoists Attack Police Station (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2007)
Maoists once again attacked the Maraiagudem police outpost in the Konta division in Chhattisgarh on Monday night. About 300 naxalites and Sangham members surrounded the station, hurled grenades at it and then opened fire.
- Rising Naxalism Worries Centre (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Mar 27, 2007)
The Centre is “concerned” over intelligence reports that Naxalites have been trying to “increase their influence and activities” in parts of Karnataka, Kerala , Tamil Nadu and Uttaranchal.
- Maoists' Threat To Policemen, Leaders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Maoist), naxalite group, has allegedly threatened to kill police and political leaders in protest of intensification of police operation in Rayagada and Malkanagiri districts of Orissa.
- T N Ninan: Swot For The Left (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Mar 24, 2007)
If you were a communist leader in India today, how would you work out a SWOT analysis? That is difficult to answer for all non-communists, who have an entirely different frame of reference for judging issues, but it is worth a try.
- Combating The Naxalist Menace (The Economic Times, C P Bhambhri, Mar 24, 2007)
The believers and practitioners of the Maoist ideology have once again shown their power and capacity to liquidate ‘class enemies’ by assassinating Sunil Mahato of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on March 4 and 55 security personnel on March 15, 2007 in the . . .
- Constable Killed In Naxal Attack In A.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
A civil constable was killed and two others were injured when members of the CPI (Maoist) opened fire on a combing party after setting off an explosive near Nelajartha village in the agency area on Friday.
- West Bengal Will Not Abandon Industrialisation Policy: Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
But Government will protect and develop further agriculture
Says large-scale units, particularly in manufacturing, are necessary
West Bengal will not adopt Maharashtra type of SEZs
- ‘Those Who Want The Left Front Government To Give Up Its Industrialisation Policy Will Be Disappointed’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 24, 2007)
Naxalites and persons like Medha Patkar are hoping that industrialisation in West Bengal can be halted after the violence in Nandigram, writes Prakash Karat. They are on the wrong track, he says
- Danger And Opportunity (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 24, 2007)
Calcutta was again in the grips of a bandh when I landed last Friday and drove home through deserted streets.
- Naxalites Come Closer (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
The recent developments in Singur and Nandigram have given mainstream Naxalite groups an opportunity to come together and form an alliance to combat state-sponsored terrorism in the state and other parts of the country.
- Maharashtra Gets Centre’S Nod To Use Chopper Against Naxals (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
The Central government has allowed Maharashtra to lease a helicopter for operations against naxalite rebels in the state.
- Murder In Arcadia (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Mar 23, 2007)
If over-kill and pig-headedness hadn’t been the hallmarks of the CPI(M)’s re-conquest of Nandigram on March 14, conspiracy theorists may well have been justified in claiming that the incident was a diabolical ploy by the flat-earth society to . . .
- Naxalbari To Nandigram (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Mar 23, 2007)
Four deeply depressing events in recent days have cruelly underscored how swift — and seemingly irreversible — is the degeneration of both Indian governance and public life.
- India Faces Uphill Battle Against Maoist Threat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 23, 2007)
Facing unpopularity from villagers, Maoist leaders agreed this year to stop targeting civilians and focus instead on killing politicians and police
- Security On The Downslide (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 22, 2007)
Dr Manmohan Singh’s appointment as Prime Minister in 2004 was welcomed internationally. He was acknowledged as the architect of the economic reforms that had led to accelerated economic growth and evoked international and regional interest in India . . .
- Jharkhand I Know (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Mar 22, 2007)
FOR Christmas and New Year I travel to Jharkhand. To people, places, flora, fauna, languages wiped clean off what goes for history, geography, the so-called mainstream cultural topography.
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