Monitoring & Analysing Maoist Movements In The Region
P.V. Ramana
A little before dawn on December 12, 2007, Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) blew up railway track at two different places in Bihar – the first one near Bhalui halt station on Jhajha-Kiul section of East Central Railway, disrupting train services on the Patna-Howrah main line and the other on the [...]
Achin Vanaik
Naxalism cannot be removed by the Indian state without getting rid of poverty and the worst kind of social and cultural oppression
Two demonisations are taking place in India. The first is of Naxalites. This is open, direct and endorsed at the highest levels — witness the Prime Minister’s remarks of a “virus” needing to [...]
PATNA: Maoists seem to have crossed the Ganga. Naxal-hit districts of south Bihar like Jehanabad, Aurangabad and Bhojpur are no longer in news. For, all the action seems to have shifted to districts in north Bihar, particularly those located near the Indo-Nepal border.
Policemen are complaining that Naxalites take advantage of the porous border. “During [...]
Ranchi (PTI): Even as Jharkhand remained in the grip of Maoist violence for the entire year, the state government apparently found itself in a drift. The UPA government struggled to keep its 42 MLAs united in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly.
At least 225 people have so far been killed in Naxal-related violence this year. According to [...]
India might have had its own share of problems due to border disputes with China and Pakistan for decades, but Nepal could well prove to be an additional concern, with Maoists joining the Girija Prasad Koirala government recently.
India, on Tuesday woke up to an attempt by around 200 Maoist ultras from Nepal trying to stake [...]
