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 …
MUMBAI, April 21 (Reuters) - India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) (NALU.BO) is in talks with mine workers to have them return to work after a shutdown, which could take up to a week, the company's top official said on Tuesday. NALCO's bauxite mine in eastern Orissa state has …
Manjushree G Naik,DH News Service,Idu (Karkala taluk): Idu manifested its fame as the foremost area in the State to endure a Naxal encounter in the wee hours of November 17 in 2003. The incident was also an eye opener to the reality that Karnataka, along with some other States in …
Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar April 21, 2009, 1:25 IST The bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) at the Panchpatmali hills in Koraput district of Orissa are yet to restart operations after last week
NAMRATA BIJI AHUJA and SRIDHAR KUMARASWAMI NEW DELHI The Central assistance to Naxal-infested states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa have failed to contain the rising incidents of Maoist violence ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. On Wednesday, BSF director-general M.L. Kumawat submitted a report to the home ministry on …
An eight-hour gun-battle between security forces and Naxalites at the Panchapatmali bauxite mines of the National Aluminium Company Ltd in Koraput district of Orissa ended early morning today, leaving 10 jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and four Naxalites dead. Meanwhile, the operation of Nalco
BABU LAL MARANDI - the first chief minister of Jharkhand and Union minister of state for forest and environment - had to resign and make way for Arjun Munda for the post of CM in 2002 following pressure exerted by some of the ministers. In the 2003 Loh Sabha elections, …
New Delhi: The UPA Government is allocating Rs 1,000 crore for a complete overhaul of the road infrastructure network in the Naxal-infested areas of the country. The Government has decided to execute these projects under the Engineering Procurement Contract (EPC) mode after realising that the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model was …
The Supreme Court, which is hearing writ petitions on the Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh asked the National Human Rights Commission to constitute a fact finding committee that would prepare a report on allegations
Sreelatha Menon: As Assembly elections began in Naxal-hit areas in Chhattisgarh, a report of the Central Employment Guarantee Council in the Union rural development ministry has accused the state government of not making any attempt to implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in the Naxal-infested areas as well …
BY NITIN MAHAJAN, RAIPUR Brushing aside controversies regarding the Salwa judum movement, an anti-Naxalite militia movement started in June 2005, Chhhattisgarh chief minister Dr Raman Singh stated that as the movement was a spontaneous movement launched by tribals against the terror of the Naxalites it can
Aarti Dhar GEEDAM (BASTAR): Rama Ichcham still remembers the day when his elder brother was hacked to death by naxalite sympathisers in his village in Satva in Dantewada district. The victim had refused to accept the diktat of the naxalites and had been receiving threats for some time. But one …
anti-naxal drive NHRC justifies Salwa Judum Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh is a spontaneous revolt of the tribals against years of atrocities and harassment suffered by them at the hands of the Naxalites, said the National Human Rights Commission (nhrc) in its final report submitted to the Supreme Court. Contrary to …
