Red fear keeps cop posts vacant for years

Jamshedpur, Aug. 24: The fear of rebels has led over a dozen police chowkidars to refrain from joining their posts at various panchayats under Ghatshila sub-division of East Singhbhum. The panchayats functioning without police chowkidars — including those in Ghatshila, Dumaria and Ghorabandha — are in areas considered to be Naxalite strongholds. In the absence [...]

Ex-Naxalite done to death

Hyderabad, August 25: A former Naxalite was battered to death with an iron rod allegedly by his wife and brother-in-law at his residence in Ravindranagar, Habsiguda here this morning.
V Ganesh Goud (40), the Naxaliteturned- advocate, was killed reportedly for having an illicit affair with the sister of his wife Pushpa.
While in the movement, he fell [...]

Danger signals: Maoists seek linkages with Muslim extremists

P V Ramana
Naxalites of the Communist Party of India Maoist (CPI-Maoist) have condemned the extension of the proscription on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), which has been involved in a series of bomb blasts in India. According to media reports, Azad, spokesperson of the Central Committee of the CPI-Maoist, said “it was a [...]

High alert after seer murder

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 24: High alert has been sounded across Orissa and prohibitory orders have been clamped at the communally-sensitive Khandhamal today following the death of prominent VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda and his five associates.
The issue sparked protests in parts of the state with supporters of the seer resorting to roadblocks and torching vehicles. Supporters of [...]

6 policemen killed in naxal ambush

PATNA: Naxalites killed six police personnel in an ambush at Nagwan village in Gaya district of Bihar on Thursday and decamped with five rifles. About a dozen Maoists made an attempt to enter the Punjab National Bank branch in the village and rob it.
The police arrived only to find themselves surrounded by naxalites, who had [...]