Maoists killed 62 civilians, 11 cops in November: Chidambaram
November 30th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Maoists killed 62 civilians and 11 security personnel in several states in November, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Tuesday.There were 135 incidents of Maoist ... Read more...
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Punjab to recruit 500 women constables
November 26th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Phillaur, Nov 26 (IANS) Punjab Police will soon recruit 500 women constables, the state police chief said Friday.Addressing a gathering after the passing out parade of 464 women police constables at the ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi says Naxalism is biggest threat to internal security of India
November 2nd, 2010 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 2 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that naxalism is the biggest threat to internal security of India.Addressing a meeting of the All India Congress ... Read more...
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Mamata focuses on Maoist-hit areas ahead of assembly poll
October 21st, 2010 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said that her party plans to undertake a trust building exercise in West Bengal's Maoist-affected areas ahead of ... Read more...
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Maoists kill five CPI-M supporters in West Bengal
September 13th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 13 (IANS) Maoists shot dead five Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) supporters in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Monday, the first day of a 48-hour shutdown the rebels ... Read more...
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Police seek Dhoni’s help in anti-Maoist campaign
August 30th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 30 (IANS) Jharkhand Police have sought help of Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a campaign against Maoist rebels.
Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP) Neyaz Ahmad met Dhoni at ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh expresses concern over Naga-Metei ‘divide’ in North-East
August 26th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Prime Minster Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday said that the situation in the North East is better today than it was in the recent past, but ... Read more...
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Patil ask Maoists to give up violence, chose negotiating table for solution
August 14th, 2010 - 11:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 14 (ANI): On the eve of 64th Independence Day, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil appealed to Maoists to give up the violent path and come to the negotiating table to ... Read more...
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Bengal police implement rehabilitation package for Maoists
August 1st, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) The implementation of a rehabilitation package for Left wing extremists who surrender to security forces was initiated Sunday in Maoist-affected areas in three western districts of West Bengal, ... Read more...
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Chidambaram says situation in Kashmir Valley not yet normal
July 30th, 2010 - 7:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidamabaram on Friday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is not yet normal.Talking to reporters here after presenting his report card for ... Read more...
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Chidambaram says Left Wing Extremism problem will be overcome in next three years
July 29th, 2010 - 8:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the challenge of Left Wing Extremism would be met with determination jointly by the Central and State Governments ... Read more...
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West Bengal announces surrender policy for Maoists
July 29th, 2010 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday announced a surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for the Maoist guerrillas with immediate effect.
As per the package, based on guidelines formulated by the union home ministry, ... Read more...
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Demonstration staged against anti-Naxal operations
July 28th, 2010 - 3:29 pm ICT by ANI
By Girija Shankar OjhaLatehar (Jharkhand), July 28 (ANI): With pressure building up against Maoist forces, the left wing extremists are mobilizing villagers in demonstrating against security forces.Over a hundred students were mobilized ... Read more...
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Six Maoists, one trooper killed in Bengal gunbattle (Second Lead)
July 26th, 2010 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Goaltore (West Bengal), July 26 (IANS) Six Maoists, including a top cadre, and a paramilitary trooper were killed in a gunbattle that ensued when security forces raided a rebel hideout in this ... Read more...
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BJP seeks ban on movie with Maoist theme
July 22nd, 2010 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 21 (IANS) The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Orissa Wednesday sought a ban on an Oriya film with a Maoist theme and accused its producer and actors of ... Read more...
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PM meets chief minister of Maoist affected states
July 14th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday met the chief ministers of Maoist affected states to review government policy and discuss strategy to counter one of the greatest ... Read more...
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Initiate talks with Maoists, ULFA: Bardhan
July 13th, 2010 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Monday urged the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to open a dialogue with the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) as also secessionist ... Read more...
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Football team tackles German perceptions of integration
July 7th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Helen Maguire
Berlin, July 7 (DPA) At this year's World Cup, Germany has been enraptured by a national football team in which almost half the players are from an immigrant background.Eleven of ... Read more...
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Trooper, Maoist killed in West Bengal gunfight
June 27th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) A joint forces trooper and a Maoist fighter were killed in a shootout in West Bengal's West Midnapore district early Sunday, police said.
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UPA Govt adopting integrated approach to deal with naxals: PM
June 1st, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said his government is adopting an integrated approach to deal with naxals and offering support to state governments on ... Read more...
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Call for public-private alliance to ensure safe cities
May 30th, 2010 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The government should partner with private companies to set up an integrated security system at the local and national levels in view of rising threats from terrorists ... Read more...
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Antony doesn’t rule out using army against Maoists
May 29th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Saturday met Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh to discuss the possibility of using the army against the Maoist guerrillas - a ... Read more...
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Killing civilians hallmark for Maoist violence: Pillai
May 17th, 2010 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Pointing out that "killing unarmed civilians has become the hallmark of Maoist violence for a year", Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Monday lamented that no civil ... Read more...
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Withdraw Operation Green Hunt, demands Kishenji
May 17th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A short while before Maoist guerrillas blew up a bus in Chattisgarh's Dantewada district killing at least 35 people, their leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji demanded the ... Read more...
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BJP, Congress call for stern action against Maoists
May 17th, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress Monday demanded stern action against Maoists in the wake of another attack in Chhattisgarh in which at least 35 ... Read more...
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Chidambaram confers with PM as government condemns Maoist attack
May 17th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS)Home Minister P. Chidambaram met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday evening as the government condemned the Maoist attack on "hapless civilians" in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh that ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb scoffs at Mamata’s claim of advancing polls
May 16th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Scoffing at Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's claim that the West Bengal assembly polls would be advanced to October, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday said only the ... Read more...
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Government diverts forces from northeast to tackle Maoists
April 30th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 30 (IANS) The union home ministry is in the process of withdrawing several battalions of central paramilitary forces from the northeast to deploy them in Maoist-affected areas of the ... Read more...
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Security council discusses Maoist menace
April 7th, 2010 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) On the day when 75 central paramilitary personnel were killed in a Maoist offensive, the Left-wing extremists' menace dominated the discussion at the National Security ... Read more...
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Chidambaram arrives in Lalgarh amidst shutdown call
April 4th, 2010 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
Lalgarh (West Bengal), April 4 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram arrived in this Maoist-infested belt of West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday to review the situation amidst a shutdown called ... Read more...
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Chidambaram, Buddhadeb review anti-Maoist operations (Lead)
April 3rd, 2010 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday held a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to review the operations against Maoists in the state even as ... Read more...
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Blast in Lalgarh on eve of Chidambaram visit
April 3rd, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Suspected Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast in rebel-hit Lalgarh in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday, a day ahead of union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's visit ... Read more...
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Maoists need to be dealt with firmly: Chidambaram
March 31st, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Saying that Maoists needed to be dealt with "firmly and boldly", union Home Minister P. Chidambaram cautioned sympathisers of the left wing extremists against having any ... Read more...
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‘Insulted’ Kabir Suman tells Mamata he is quitting Lok Sabha, party (Second Lead)
March 30th, 2010 - 2:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Complaining of insult by a section of party leaders, singer-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman Monday night expressed a desire to resign from parliament and the ... Read more...
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Kabir Suman tells Mamata he is quitting Lok Sabha, party (Lead)
March 30th, 2010 - 1:13 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Singer-turned-Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Kabir Suman Monday night expressed a desire to resign from parliament and the party in an SMS to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee."I ... Read more...
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