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 …
The one-time summer getaway of the rich and famous of Bengal is today ruing its transformation into a Maoist stronghold, the gnawing bitterness aggravated by the Centre giving it the short shrift while choosing districts for a pilot project to kick-start development and give the campaign against extremism a social …
Hyderabad: Maoists in Visakhapatnam and the Andhra Pradesh Government are headed for a violent confrontation over mining of bauxite in the forests of Jeralla and Galikonda tribal areas on the Eastern Ghats, barely a week after the state Government agreed to supply raw bauxite to Jindal and RAK Aluminum Limited …
Civil rights activist Binayak Sen completed two years in jail on May 14 as an undertrial on charges of assisting Naxals in Chhattisgarh. There were nationwide demonstrations on May 14, an editorial and at least two articles on Sen
Land purchase deals amid gunshots in Jharkhand village investigations into the murder of four security guards at a proposed power plant in Jharkhand are revealing uncomfortable truths about industrialization in the state. The company that wants to buy land in Chakla village of Latehar district called the guards martyrs and …
May 24: The Maoist movement across the borders of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Andhra has increased as the river Godavari dried up. The Warangal superintendent of police, Mr V.C. Sajjanar, said,
Denied rights, aggrieved citizens abstain from voting having lost their means to earn a living, communities are increasingly using their vote to drive home the message they distrust the State. Tribals who lost their agricultural land in a forest area because of faulty implementation of forest rights laws in Maharashtra …
BHUBANESWAR: Exactly a month after the Naxal attack, National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) resumed full operations at its bauxite mines at Panchpatmali in Koraput district. The aluminium major had temporarily shut down its bauxite mining production immediately after the attack. Later too, the employees were reluctant to carry out mining …
Debabrata Mohanty Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 0327 hrs IST Bhubaneswar: A month after a daring Maoist attack claimed the lives of 11 CISF jawans and over 20 rebels, Public sector Navratna company Nalco on Tuesday resumed full-fledged operations at its Panchpatmali bauxite mine in Damanjodi area of Koraput …
BHUBANESWAR: A month after about 300 armed left wing extremists mounted attack on bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) at Panchpatmali in Koraput district, the company said it resumed full-fledged operations on Tuesday Bauxite extraction was badly hit following the attack on April 12 last as the employees …
Raghvendra Rao Posted: Friday , May 08, 2009 at 0109 hrs IST New Delhi: Battalions of Armed Forces may no longer be required to prevent Naxals from attacking mining sites. Clearing the sites of explosives, the Union Ministry of Mines believes, will do the trick. The ministry has asked all …
Satyasundar Barik If the mining operations are below capacity, it would affect refinery output DAMANJODI (ORISSA): National Aluminium Company (Nalco) on Monday expressed fears that its alumina production might come down by 35 per cent following a drop in bauxite supply from its Panchpatmali mines in the aftermath of the …
Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar May 5, 2009, 0:05 IST In the wake of 35 per cent drop in bauxite production in the aftermath of the Naxalite attack on its Panchapatmali mines, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) fears a one-third drop in its alumina output after 16 days, when the navratna PSU …
The Maoists want a provision in the electoral rules to arm the voter with the right to reject a candidate, but if the voters are granted such a provision, will they allow them to participate in the elections, or still insist on boycotting them? It is high time the Maoists …
This report reveals that widespread human rights violations continue to take place across India. These are particularly serious in conflict afflicted areas, and often result in crimes against the civilian population. The report documents the ongoing use of torture and death following torture of detainees by members of the security …
