Maoist call bandh on March 14

HYDERABAD: Two naxal organisations, CPI (Maoist) and CPI-ML (Janasakthi), have jointly given a call to the people of Telangana to observe a bandh in protest against the Congress’ anti-Telangana stand on March 14, the day when Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit Hyderabad.
Criticising the Congress for what they called its attempt to renew its power [...]

Khammam police conduct aerial survey in Naxal-hit areas

KHAMMAM: The Khammam police today conducted an aerial survey in the problematic and sensitive places in the Naxal-infested areas in the district.
A helicopter fitted with latest gadgets including zoom cameras, came from Hyderabad to undertake the aerial survey made a landing in Kothagudem. The exercise will continue tomorrow also.
According to official sources, Superintendent of Police [...]

No connection between Indian Naxals, Nepal Maoists: Patil

New Delhi : Government on Tuesday said there was no connection between Naxalites and Maoists of Nepal.  “There is no connection” between the Naxalites and Moaists of Nepal, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said replying to questions in the Lok Sabha.  To a question, he said an arrested naxalite had told Jharkhand Police that the extremists [...]

Indian Maoists have 600 m budget

March 11 (Bloomberg) — India Maoist rebel groups, dubbed the nation’s biggest security threat by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, have built up a 600 million rupee ($15 million) war chest to buy weapons and explosives, the government said.
The spending covers a procurement drive from 2007 to 2009, junior Home Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said in a [...]

Take steps to avoid another Nayagarh mayhem

BHUBANESWAR: This year’s Budget again seems to have overlooked key security concerns of the State despite increased activities of the Maoists.
The State Government’s approach to the problem remains the same as it was during the last several years. Official sources maintained that the quantum of Naxalite violence in the State was much less compared [...]