Anti-naxal Meeting

While there is "no silver bullet" to obliterate the Maoist problem, it is necessary to find a permanent solution, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said today while chairing a meeting to tackle the issue. To this end, he said a strategic and unified command should be formed - as a first step to which, the command headquarters of the CRPF has been s...

Chief ministers of Naxalite-affected states will meet top civil and police officers in Delhi tomorrow to devise new ways to tackle the armed rebels. The meeting, to be held two weeks after 25 paramilitary personnel were killed by a band of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, will be chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. It is expected that the meet wi...

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.

Finally, states dealing with Naxalism have arrived at a consensus on how to tackle the insurgency. At a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, it was decided to set up a Unified Command for the worst-hit states: Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.Dr Singh was clear in his message to the Home Ministry and Naxal-affected states -- a coll...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is chairing a crucial meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday that is aimed at giving more teeth to the fight against red terror.The day-long meeting is being attended by the Chief Ministers of Orissa, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Jharkhand, which is under President's Rule, will be repres...

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which met on Thursday evening to decide on the role of the Army in the battle against Maoists, ended in a stalemate.The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, debated the issue of deployment of Army in Left-wing extremists-affected areas and use of more IAF helicopters for logistics support to th...

A lot of people are wondering if it was right for the Jharkhand government to negotiate with Maoists for the release of a Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Layak.

It was a meeting meant to discuss how the four states most affected by Naxals will fight back. But the chief ministers of two of these states didn't show up for the strategy session with Home Minister P Chidambaram in Kolkata.

After a meeting of four Naxal-affected states, the Centre said on Tuesday that it was ready to hold talks with the Maoists if they "halt" violence.

P Chidambaram met the chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and Orissa in Raipur on Friday to discuss ways and means of tackling the Maoist challenge.

While there is "no silver bullet" to obliterate the Maoist problem, it is necessary to find a permanent solution, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said today while chairing a meeting to tackle the issue. To this end, he said a strategic and unified command should be formed - as a first step to which, the command headquarters of the CRPF has been s...

Chief ministers of Naxalite-affected states will meet top civil and police officers in Delhi tomorrow to devise new ways to tackle the armed rebels. The meeting, to be held two weeks after 25 paramilitary personnel were killed by a band of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, will be chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. It is expected that the meet wi...

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.

Finally, states dealing with Naxalism have arrived at a consensus on how to tackle the insurgency. At a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, it was decided to set up a Unified Command for the worst-hit states: Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.Dr Singh was clear in his message to the Home Ministry and Naxal-affected states -- a coll...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is chairing a crucial meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday that is aimed at giving more teeth to the fight against red terror.The day-long meeting is being attended by the Chief Ministers of Orissa, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Jharkhand, which is under President's Rule, will be repres...

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which met on Thursday evening to decide on the role of the Army in the battle against Maoists, ended in a stalemate.The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, debated the issue of deployment of Army in Left-wing extremists-affected areas and use of more IAF helicopters for logistics support to th...

A lot of people are wondering if it was right for the Jharkhand government to negotiate with Maoists for the release of a Block Development Officer (BDO) Prashant Layak.

It was a meeting meant to discuss how the four states most affected by Naxals will fight back. But the chief ministers of two of these states didn't show up for the strategy session with Home Minister P Chidambaram in Kolkata.

After a meeting of four Naxal-affected states, the Centre said on Tuesday that it was ready to hold talks with the Maoists if they "halt" violence.

P Chidambaram met the chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and Orissa in Raipur on Friday to discuss ways and means of tackling the Maoist challenge.