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The Election Commission is all set to announce the assembly poll dates for J&K, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan and Mizoram any time after October 11.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
KHAMMAM: Naxalites of the CPI (Maoist) fired a few rounds at the Maraiguda police station of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday night. Dantewada Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma said armed naxalites fired two to three rounds from a distance at the ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
KHAMMAM: Eight persons, including seven tribal youths, were kidnapped by naxalites of the CPI (Maoist) from four forest-villages of Khammam — all located close to the inter-State border with Chhattisgarh, say reports. The police ...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Dipankar Bose RANCHI, Oct. 8: Maoist extremists operating in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa have decided to do away with mobile phones. An express order has been issued by the co-ordination committee of the five states and the order has been made binding especially for all lower level cadres of the outfit. The reason for shunning the communication device, which the extremists...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
BANGALORE, INDIA -- 10/08/08 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) (Luxembourg) is in talks with the state government of Chhattisgarh to set up a 6 million-ton-per-year integrated steel mill. The ..
India eNews (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Dussehra organising committees are facing the heat in Chhattisgarh this year as inflation has made more than thrice-costly the effigies of demon king Ravan, his brother Kumbhkaran and son Meghnad which shall be burnt on Dussehra, Oct 9.
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
October 7, 2008 Nandini Sundar, professor of sociology, Delhi School of Economics, and historian and writer Ramchandra Guha have filed a petition to stop the Chhattisgarh government from supporting and encouraging the Salwa Judum, a people's movement to counter the Naxalites. The state government has denied that the Salwa Judum was a state-sponsored movement. The Supreme Court has disapproved arming...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
October 7th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS - Raipur, Oct 7 (IANS) A Maoist commander was gunned down early Tuesday by a joint team of the Chhattisgarh police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a forest in the state’s restive southern region.The Maoist was killed after a gun battle between the security forces and the rebels in Bijapur district of the Bastar region, some 500 km...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Gyan Varma Tuesday, October 07, 2008 02:14 IST NEW DELHI: The controversial anti-Naxal vigilante army in Chhattisgarh, the Salwa Judum, got a major boost from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which in a report to the supreme court last week justified it as a “spontaneous reaction by the tribals to defend themselves against the “reign of terror unleashed by the Naxalites”. The apex court...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
6 Oct 2008, 1340 hrs IST,PTI NEW DELHI: Naxalites in Chhattisgarh are interfering in the day-to-day life of tribal forcing them to support the movement, indulge in human trafficking and enroll minors in their organisation, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said. The Commission said the right to life of tribal is being "practically enjoyed" only at the mercy of naxalites and anyone who...
India eNews (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
A CD that allegedly shows that former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi's son Amit was acquitted in a 2003 murder case because the Congress leader bribed the judge has charged up the political atmosphere in the state, where assembly polls are due to be held by year-end.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Chhattisgarh government has cautioned families opting to marry their girls with NRI grooms and asked them to collect details about family background and other vital aspects.
Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
BSNL launches “mobile backup system” in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Company official discloses. This new system will help BSNL subscribers to retrieve their contact numbers in case of losing the cell phone. BSNL General Manager of Bhopal circle Mahesh Shukla said, More than the cost of the handset, what hurts a person the most on [...]
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Rating: Posted: Oct 06, 2008 at 0003 hrs IST Raipur, October 5 The Naxalite violence has rendered many children homeless in south Bastar in Chhattisgarh. While some have lost both parents, others were abandoned by mothers, who remarried after the deaths of their husbands. “Being orphans from a conflict zone, these children have no option other than joining the rebels or assisting the anti-Naxal forces,”...
Naxal Terror Watch (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has rapped the Chhattisgarh government in the wake of Naxalites establishing a stronghold over the Bastar region, which has witnessed violence in the past few years. In a report highlighting the human rights scene in the state in the backdrop of growing Naxal violence, the NHRC said, "The state cannot escape the responsibility for the...
