Archive for March 25th, 2008

Join hands, go after Naxals: Centre to states

March 25, 2008

NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the recent success of joint operations against Naxalite hideouts in Bastar by Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra police — the twin strikes by Andhra-Chhattisgarh and Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra helped bust at least four major extremist camps and ‘neutralised’ 17 Maoists — the Centre is now pushing the states to intensify inter-state crackdownns.At the [...]

Five women Maoist activists held in West Bengal

March 25, 2008

Kolkata: A month after Maoist leader Somen was arrested, five women Maoist activists were held on Monday when they were pasting posters seeking his release, at the Bagha Jatin railway station here.
“The arrests will help in curbing the recent spurt in Maoist activities in West Bengal,” IGP (law and order) Raj Kanojia said. Some pamphlets [...]