Villagers nab Maoist squad member

MALDA, March 23: Village resistance group (RG party) at Tehatta village under Hariharpara police station in Murshidabad district intercepted one Maoist action squad member last night after a long battle.  Villagers beat him up, tied him to a tree and handed him over to police this morning. Three persons, including a nine-year-old boy (Jabbar Ali) [...]

Four injured in Maoist firing in WB

BERHAMPORE (WB): Four villagers, including a minor, sustained bullet wounds when suspected Maoists shot at them at Tewt village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, police said on Sunday.  Superintendent of Police Basab Dasgupta said that a group of five armed Maoist cadre, including a woman, shot at the members of a village defence party on [...]

Northeast rebel camps exist in southern Bhutan: CEC

Apprehending trouble from militants active in northeast India, Bhutan has made elaborate security arrangements to prevent them for disrupting the March 24 parliamentary polls.
”There is every possibility that militants of northeast India like ULFA and NDFB might try to create problems on election-day,” Chief Election Commissioner Kunzang Wangdi told PTI in Thimpu.
”There is threat of [...]

Centre to allocate Rs 500 crore for Naxal-affected states

New Delhi, Mar 23 The Centre has decided to assist the Naxal-affected states by allocating Rs 500 crore for them during 11th five-year plan. The fund, under a new scheme, would be invested in providing critical mobility to the police by upgrading existing roads and tracks in inaccessible areas and securing camping grounds and helipads [...]