Maoists to allot Rs. 30 cr. for weapons procurement

K. Srinivas Reddy
To manufacture rocket launchers, mortars & hand grenades

Extremists are also buying arms from gun runners
Running at least four weapon fabrication units

HYDERABAD: Maoists in India have decided to earmark Rs. 30 crore a year for improving the fire power of their fighters engaged in an intense guerrilla war in parts of five [...]

States slow to beef up police, give Naxals more play

3 Dec, 2007, 0046 hrs IST,Bharti Jain, TNN
NEW DELHI: The states’ casual attitude towards filling vacancies in police forces is pushing up levels of Naxal activity. This is borne by the fact that the four states worst-hit by Left-wing extremism — Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Orissa — are also the ones with the largest shortfall [...]

Naxal PLGA week begins

MALKANGIRI, Dec. 2: Naxal PLGA week (Pupils Liberation of Guerrilla Army) began here at Malkangiri from today amidst posters and bandh. It would go on till 8 December. Police patrolling in and outside the district headquarters and combing operations in various sensitive pockets have been intensified. All vehicles are being checked at all entry points [...]

Maoists kill policeman, derail goods train in Chhattisgarh

Raipur (PTI): Naxalites on Sunday killed a policeman and seriously injured an officer in Chhattisgarh where they also caused derailment of an iron ore-laden train in Dantewada district.
The Maoists’ attacks came a day when they began celebrating People’s Guerrilla Army (PLA) week from today in memory of their comrades.
Armed with sharp weapons, a group [...]

Maoists call for spreading people’s war across the country

2 Dec 2007, 2135 hrs IST,PTI
RAIPUR: The banned CPI (Maoists) on Sunday called for spreading the people’s war to every nook and corner of the country while celebrating the People’s Guerrilla Army (PLA) week from Sunday.
The Maoists have pasted posters in the Bastar region, urging activists to take their war to all the corners of [...]