13 Jan 2008, 0932 hrs IST,PTI
NEW DELHI: As the security establishment grapples with unbridled Naxalite violence in over a dozen states, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand have earned the dubious distinction of accounting for 68.16 per cent of the total incidents and 76.42 per cent of the total casualties last year.
Latest official figures compiled till the end [...]
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Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand account for 68% Naxal violence
January 13, 2008Three Maoists arrested in raids in Maharashtra
January 13, 200812 Jan 2008, 2252 hrs IST,PTI
CHANDRAPUR: Three Maoists were arrested at Ballarpur on Saturday, police said.
Police also busted a firearms production factory and a printing press, operated in Ballarpur by the Naxalites during the last few days.
Naxal literature, sensitive diaries and CDs have been seized along with sophisticated firearms and electronic devices during the raids [...]
Rs. 524.4-crore Central package for naxal-infested districts
January 13, 2008BANGALORE: There is good news for the people living in the remote areas of four naxal-infested districts in the State. The Union Government has cleared a special package amounting to Rs. 524.40 crore for strengthening communication links and infrastructure in these villages.
The Union Ministry of Rural Development cleared the special package to contain naxal activities [...]
Naxalite prisoners’ bid to escape thwarted
January 13, 2008PATNA: Security personnel thwarted a bid by seven Communist Party of India (Maoist) members to escape from the Gaya Central Jail on Friday night.
The police said the naxalites, led by zonal commander Kirani Yadav, escaped from their cells using duplicate keys.
When they were about to scale the prison wall using ropes, one of the wardens [...]
Police claim to kill six naxalites
January 13, 2008Gaya (PTI): Police on Sunday claimed to have killed six naxalites in a fierce encounter that lasted over four hours in Bihar’s Gaya district.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Balram Kumar Choudhry told reporters that on a specific information that members of CPI-Maoist were hiding at Bangudwa Naktaia hills in the district cordoned off the area [...]
