Archive for December 2nd, 2007

Maoists tap into popular grievances in India

December 2, 2007

PST South Bastar, India — Two years ago, Comrade Sunil spent his days studying in a school classroom and toiling in corn and rice fields in his ancestral village. But life abruptly changed one night after he returned to find his home torched and his older brother shot dead by a state-sponsored civilian militia on [...]

High alert sounded in Malkangiri

December 2, 2007

Malkangiri (Orissa) (PTI): A high alert was sounded in Orissa’s Naxalite-hit Malkangiri district and its border with two states sealed after a Maoist frontal wing began a week-long campaign to mark its anniversary.
“A high alert was sounded throughout the district and police patrolling intensified in vulnerable areas after receiving report of the Maoist body’s anniversary [...]