Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Romila Thapar & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/08/2018 regarding arrest of activists for their alleged Maoist links. Apex Court directs that the activists be kept under house arrest at their own homes. The next date …
They may be at the bottom of all social indicators but most Naxalite-affected districts have better scores to show in the rural job scheme than areas that are not under the insurgency shadow. The main reason was better implementation, the direct result of the resolve by the state and central …
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee Raipur: The sal seed harvested by tribals through large parts of Naxalism-affected districts of Orissa and Chhattisgarh is bought by global chocolate manufacturers. But those chocolates cannot come to India. Under the Food and Adulteration Act, use of butter extracted from sal seed in place of cocoa is …
Navtan Kumar & Rakhi Mazumdar RANCHI IF YOU drive down the picturesque 40-km stretch between Ranchi and Patratu, be prepared for a number of diversions. Work on a four-lane portion of the road is on to facilitate movement of heavy vehicles. A first-timer from a metro wouldn
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee Jagdalpur: Last week, a 50-km road reached Kandagaon in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. Health workers, teachers and business people can now reach Narayanpur, headquarters of the adjacent district
Subhomoy Bhattacharjee Dantewada: The highlands of Chhattisgarh are in flames. Those flames of Naxal violence threaten to spread from the Bastar tableland to singe India
DEVELOPMENT WITH A HUMAN FACE HAS BEEN THE CREDO OF OUR DEMOCRATIC POLITY. BUT THE RIGHTS OF MILLIONS OF SONS OF THE SOIL ARE OFTEN HELD HOSTAGE TO CORPORATE GREED. THE COUNTRY
Rahi Gaikwad and Vinaya Deshpande Mumbai: There exists an entire spectrum of resistance, which includes the Maoist movement, asking serious questions about democracy and civilisation, not just of our government, but of our planet, author Arundhati Roy said here on Wednesday. Ms. Roy was giving a talk on the Indian …
Amiti Sen & Deepshikha Sikarwar NEW DELHI THE government will launch a joint venture with private players to build roads under its protection in Naxal-dominated areas where companies fear to tread on their own, taking head-on a bottleneck that has long scuppered welfare schemes and security initiatives. The home ministry …
PRONAB MONDAL Dharampur (West Midnapore), May 25: Maoists in Lalgarh have said they would distribute among the poor and landless the land and property belonging to CPM leaders and workers who have fled the area. A local Maoist leader said on Sunday that the rebels would resist if the administration …
Panchayats To Be Involved In Forest Management Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI THE Centre is working out ways to increase participation of tribals and their control over forest areas to counter Maoist insurgency. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh and panchayati raj minister C P Joshi met on Wednesday to discuss how …
Siddharth Varadarajan Out-gunned:Paramilitary soldiers guard the blast spot in Dantewada district on Tuesday. That the Maoists chose to detonate an IED knowing a large number of non-combatants would die should be a lesson for anyone who harbours illusions about the Maoists and their project Whether Operation Green Hunt actually exists …
BERHAMPUR: Maoists have started to terrorise construction companies involved in construction of roads in remote areas of Kandhamal district under the Pradhan Mantri Gramya Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Although the event occurred on Friday evening in remote Ranaba panchayat under Raikia police station of the district, no one from the area …
Unimpressed by the progress made under the well-known KBK assistance plan, where over Rs 1,600 crore has been spent over the last decade, a concerned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Planning Commission to immediately carry out a fresh time-bound re-evaluation of the programme with special focus on the …
The liberalisation process that started in India in the early 1990s has made Orissa potentially the most attractive destination for large capital-intensive projects by private-sector firms – typically mineral-based ones. These projects are facing opposition from the people, especially those likely to be displaced and those who will be indirectly …
Javed Iqbal Chidambaram and others are proving to be the best recruiting agents for the Maoists. Let's start with Salwa Judum, which was given unbridled freedom to burn, rape, loot and murder in every place known to have a Maoist presence. The Maoists had the last laugh -- recruitment was …
To ensure the long overdue development of the extremist-infested districts across eight states, the Planning Commission will shortly unfurl an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) to expedite development in these parts.
Forest officials of the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district boycotted the tiger census fearing danger to their live as they suspected a large number of Maoists have entered the area. "That the Maoists are roaming freely inside the sanctuary area was alleged by forest personnel, who boycotted the tiger …
