India's Flagship Development Programme to Counter Naxalism
Jan 11, 2012
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India's Flagship Development Programme to Counter Naxalism |
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Capacity to Meet Threat to Internal Security Improved
Dec 24, 2011
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Year End Review - Capacity to Meet Threat to Internal Security Improved |
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India's Naxal Development Plans Unfolded
Sep 14, 2011
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India's Naxal Development Plans Unfolded During Rural Development Meet Addressed by Prime Minister |
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Expanding Security Capability
Aug 22, 2011
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The Centre is now adopting a technology push to supplement forces on the ground. Israeli UAV Heron will be used to track movements of the guerrillas, while armoured MI-17+ will be employed to speedily deploy forces for operations. |
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Army – Preventive Deployment
Aug 22, 2011
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The Army has assessed as per reports in the Indian Express requirement of 60-65,000 troops for counter Naxal operations. |
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Drop in Naxal Activities Flagged
Aug 18, 2011
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Drop in Naxal Activities and Fatalities has been Flagged |
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Home Minister’s Naxal Review
Jul 22, 2011
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Given the upsurge in Naxal violence in May, the Union Home Minister Shri P. Chidambaram reviewed the anti-naxal operations particularly in Orissa and Chhattisgarh with the Chief Ministers |
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Security Forces – Adopting New Tactics
Jul 22, 2011
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The security forces are increasingly adopting new tactics of carrying out operations for longer duration in the Naxal affected areas to winkle out the guerrillas. |
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Exploiting Border Fault lines
Jun 22, 2011
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A resurgence of Naxal operations in Central India was evident with a large number of attacks carried out by the guerrillas during May. The Orissa-Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand belt saw increase in Naxal activities and casualties to civilians and police. |
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Centre Assures Full Support to Naxal States
Jun 15, 2011
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Centre Assures Full Support to Naxal States, Orissa and Chhattisgarh in combating the guerrillas |
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Chhattisgarh:Supreme Court Strictures
Jun 6, 2011
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The Chhattisgarh government was challenged by the Supreme Court as well as civil society in April. Human rights activist Binayak Sen, undergoing life imprisonme |
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Counter Naxalism – Technology Advantage
Jun 6, 2011
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State security forces as well as Naxalite are making maximum use of technology to advantage. The Naxals have started using High Frequency (HF) radio for communications to avoid being tapped by the police. |
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Chhattisgarh: Eye of the Civil Society Storm
May 20, 2011
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The Chhattisgarh government was challenged by the Supreme Court as well as civil society in April. Human rights activist Binayak Sen, undergoing life imprisonment on charges of sedition and links with outlawed Maoists was released on bail on 18 April. |
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Counter Naxalism – Technology Advantage
May 20, 2011
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State security forces as well as Naxalite are making maximum use of technology to advantage. |
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Chhattisgarh – Eye of the Rights Storm
Apr 17, 2011
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The use of excessive force and mutinous resistance by Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Chhattisgarh the State most infested by Naxal violence has led to a new challenge for the government. Sulwa Judum activists, Police and SPOs are alleged to have burnt 300 houses and killed five people, molested and raped women in three of the worst affected villages in Dantewada. |
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Naxal Leadership Crisis
Jan 1, 2011
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The leadership crisis faced by the CPI Maoists is evident with the 39-member central committee come down to 24 since 2007. In the last two years, several CC members, including Kobad Ghandy, Amitabh Bagchi, Pramod Mishra, Susheel Roy, Ashutosh Tudu and Narayan Sanyal, have been arrested or killed. A breakdown of arrests and deaths during the Year 2010 is as per Table below. |
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The Politics of Naxalism
Nov 20, 2010
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The Bihar elections ongoing through the month of October and going through in November highlighted the irony of the Naxal militancy in India with guerrillas on one hand calling for a boycott of elections while on the other supporting their favourite candidates. |
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Capacity Building in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
Nov 20, 2010
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The new Chief Minister in Jharkhand Mr Arjun Munda has started on significant capacity of the forces in the state. In a meeting with the Union Home Minister he also sought waiving of Rs 500 Crore the state owes the Centre for deployment of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) since 2007. |
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External Linkages in the Lime Limelight
Nov 20, 2010
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After some months, external links of the Naxals with the Maoists in Nepal were once again in the news with a report in the Kantipur online a Nepal daily highlighting on 11 October that Nepal’s Maoist People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had been imparting training to Indian Naxalite on Nepali soil. |
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Manipur: Sanayaima Another Trans Bangla Success?
Nov 20, 2010
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On 13 October Manipur was shaken by the news that Rajkumar Meghen, who leads the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), was held by Bangladeshi police . |
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