Anti-maoist Policy

The brutal massacre in Chhattisgarh last week has prompted an internal exercise by the Home Ministry that is now seeking to tweak the Centre's policy to tackle the Maoist menace. Two senior Congress leaders were among the 24 killed in an ambush by the Maoists on Saturday last.

In recent weeks, India's strategy in dealing with the Naxals has been in focus after a spate of attacks. On Tuesday, Defence Minister AK Antony met the three service chiefs ahead of a crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security that's likely to discuss the anti-Maoist strategy.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram met students at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday. JNU is traditionally a bastion of the Left, whom Chidambaram has often attacked.While talking to students about growing Maoist insurgency, the minister found both support for the government's anti-Maoists policy and protest against its Operatio...

The brutal massacre in Chhattisgarh last week has prompted an internal exercise by the Home Ministry that is now seeking to tweak the Centre's policy to tackle the Maoist menace. Two senior Congress leaders were among the 24 killed in an ambush by the Maoists on Saturday last.

In recent weeks, India's strategy in dealing with the Naxals has been in focus after a spate of attacks. On Tuesday, Defence Minister AK Antony met the three service chiefs ahead of a crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security that's likely to discuss the anti-Maoist strategy.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram met students at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday. JNU is traditionally a bastion of the Left, whom Chidambaram has often attacked.While talking to students about growing Maoist insurgency, the minister found both support for the government's anti-Maoists policy and protest against its Operatio...