Naxalite talks with CPM allies

Calcutta, Dec. 17: Naxalite groups are in talks with the CPM’s Left Front partners for a possible “alternative Left” alliance. At the end of the CPI(ML) Liberation party congress in the city, general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said the outfit had held “primary talks with the RSP, CPI and the Forward Bloc” as well as the [...]

Top cop suspended for jail break

DANTEWADA/NEW DELHI, Dec. 17: The daring jail-break in Dantewada prison claimed its first major victim today with government suspending Chhattisgarh DIG (jail) Mr PD Verma and the police not ruling out the involvement of prison staff in the escape of 300 inmates who are still at large.
In Delhi, Union home ministry today reviewed Naxalite activities in [...]

Centre seeks ‘report cards’ on 33 Naxalite-hit districts

NEW DELHI: The Centre’s plan to fight Naxalism through development will be put to test during the chief ministers’ conference on internal security on December 20 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will seek the “report cards” of 33 districts which have been identified as worst affected by Naxal terror.
Chief secretaries of eight states, where [...]