NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister has called them a deadly virus, the biggest threat to the idea of India. And some experts believe that their firepower and influence is growing by the day. Though some former security officials have claimed that the heavily-armed rebels are not as strong as they are believed to be, no [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Red menace: Maoist growth a calculated strategy
June 30, 2008Red alert sounded in Visakhapatnam
June 30, 2008VISAKHAPATNAM/HYDERABAD: In a major attack, Maoists launched a rocket attack deep in the Vishakapatnam agency area close to the Orissa border. A majority of the casualties could belong to the Orissa Armed Reserve Force, other sources said. But reports with TOI suggest that 12 men of the elite Greyhounds anti-Maoist squad could be among the [...]
39 Indian police missing after Maoist attack: official
June 30, 2008
BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) — At least 39 members of an elite Indian anti-insurgency unit were missing feared drowned in the east of the country Sunday after their boat capsized following an attack by Maoist rebels, police said.
The boat, which was carrying 64 people, came under heavy rebel fire while patrolling a reservoir near Malkangiri in [...]
Maoists take the river route
June 30, 2008Besides employing their feared guerilla forces, Maoists are now taking a new route to carry out their activities: down the river.
One of the most-feared Maoist strongholds is the area where Malkangiri district in Orissa meets the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh and Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Malkangiri is separated from Andhra by the Sileru [...]
Orissa Naxal attack: Toll may reach 12
June 30, 2008Amid growing concern over the safety of the missing 28 policemen in a water reservoir on the Andhra-Orissa border, the government of Andhra Pradesh has pressed two more helicopters from the Oil and Natural Gas Commission to help in the search and rescue operations.
While the deaths of five policemen have already been confirmed, the senior [...]
