Naxal Task Force’s new mantra: ‘A bullet for a bullet’

A day after 17 Naxals were gunned down during a special operation near the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border, the Naxal Task Force on Tuesday decided to counter the Maoist threat by bullets.
“We have decided to reply by bullets during any operation against the Naxals, as they are against development,” said the chairperson of the Task Force [...]

Maoists have nexus with terrorists: official

Lucknow, March 18 (IANS) Maoist rebels are in touch with certain terrorist outfits based in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, a senior official said here Tuesday. “While we were still trying to ascertain their modus operandi for maintaining contact, we have also thrashed out a sound strategy to deal with them,” Anil Kumawat, secretary [...]