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 …
ADILABAD, Dec. 21: The demand for setting up forest stations on the lines of police station in complicated forest sections such as Dedra, Voipet and Sirichelma is gaining ground to control teakwood smuggling and the felling of trees, both of which are rampant in the district. Forest staff at Itchoda …
SOMETIMES THE future stands before us in ways we do not fully discern. It could be a metaphor, a shadow, an outline of a form of problem-solving; it could be a kaleidoscope of variations. The danger is that we might over-concretise it and think of it as something specific, local …
Mahim Pratap Singh While the Centre intends to uproot naxalism through the controversial Operation Green Hunt, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has a different view on the problem. He also speaks on other issues plaguing the State, including malnutrition, migration from Bundelkhand, faulty implementation of the Forest Rights …
The paper locates the genesis of the Naxalite movement on the failure of governance to eliminate structural violence inflicted on the Dalits and Adivasis, changes policies which are extremely detrimental to their interests, makes implementing bureaucracy sensitive and accountable, and establish a system for delivery of justice and grievance redressal …
The adivasis regard the Maoists as their friends for it is these rebels who have stood by them. All the normal channels of redress are closed for them. The police beat them. The political parties
The Koya folks' fear of Muria ferocity started to fuel xenophobia. Irritations led to frustration and further resentment. Eventually, their tolerance reached a breaking point. They went to the police. They didn't do anything for a resolution. The Koya fam Tribals fleeing the Maoist conflict in Chhattisgarh find themselves fighting …
R Krishna Das / Raipur November 19, 2009, 0:28 IST But, process is getting frozen wherever the state retreats before the Naxals, complain officials and industries. Ramsingh Sai willingly sold his two acres of land to a private power company in Pusar village of Raigarh district for Rs 3 lakh …
Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata November 17, 2009, 0:34 IST The West Bengal government has earmarked 30,000 acres for industrial projects (around 7,000 acres has been allocated, the rest is at different stages of acquisition), but even as it faces one of the most violent battles for land rights, figures …
There is a clear alliance between the party of right reaction in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, and the Maoists as they try out a cynical strategy of violence to defeat the state
Along with the plan for an armed offensive, the Centre is going ahead with its growth agenda in its fight against Maoists. The provocation follows release of figures pertaining to UPA's flagship scheme
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Anxious to spur up the rural economy in the naxal-affected districts of the country, the Centre has underlined the imperativeness to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in a more meaningful manner. Rural Development Department secretary Rita Sharma took up the matter with the …
K. Balchand NEW DELHI: Is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme making any headway in naxalite affected regions? Does the rising inflation impact wages being paid under the scheme? Participating in a parliamentary consultative committee meeting here on Thursday, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi put these questions Rural Development Minister …
