Archive for July, 2008

Naxalite killed in encounter

July 31, 2008

KARIMNAGAR:Former Janashakthi Naxal and founder of CPI (ML) Jana Vimukthi J Linga Swamy was killed in an encounter with police near Jillella village of Sircilla mandal tonight. According to police sources, Linga Swamy and his accomplice opened fire on the special party police team which was combing the area for Naxalites.
Linga Swamy was killed when [...]

Naxalite arrest unearths huge arm dumps

July 31, 2008

Shimoga/Bangalore July 30, 2008: A huge cache of fire arms and explosives seized from a suspected naxalite by the Anti-Naxal Force and police near Durvaspur at Agumbe in Shimoga district today July 30, 2008. The fire arms were found hidden deep in the forest areas of Udupi and Shimoga districts.
Satyanarayana Rao, Inspector General of Police [...]

Naxalite movement has nothing to do with Mao’s tenets: CM

July 31, 2008

KOLKATA, July 29 : The Communist Party of China doesn’t approve of the Naxalite movement and what goes on in the name of Maoist struggle is not even remotely connected with the tenets of Mao Zedong, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and CPI-M state secretary Mr Biman Bose insisted here today.

They were speaking at an exhibition [...]

Southern states to step up coordination on naxal movement

July 30, 2008

Chennai (PTI): The heads of police of the southern states, who met here on Friday to discuss measures to curb the spread of the Naxalite movement and a host of other crimes, decided to step up their coordination at various levels with periodic meetings.
As a first step, Superintendents of Police of the border districts [...]

India Plans Jungle Warfare Training to Fight Naxalites

July 17, 2008

India will fight Maoist rebels by creating a special anti-insurgency police force and jungle warfare training schools, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
“There is no room for complacency,” Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta said in an e-mailed statement. “Action on various fronts continues to be necessary.”
Maoist rebel groups, known as Naxalites, have built up a 600 [...]