Chidambaram Naxals

• Seven minors killed in Chhattisgarh encounter: Congress report

  The Congress party seems to be at loggerheads with Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Naxal operations by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Chhattisgarh on June 27, in which 19 people were killed.

• Not here to banter with Chidambaram, says Odisha's Chief Minister

  The Italian government, worried about two citizens kidnapped by the Naxals in Odisha, may have more cause for concern today. The state government and the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram have traded charges about rescue efforts.

• 8 killed in Lalgarh, blame game begins

  At least 8 people were shot dead in Netai village in Lalgarh and another 15 injured in what's being seen as the latest political clash between the CPM and the Trinamool. The Trinamool called it a genocide and blamed armed CPM squads but the state Home Secretary called it a political clash .News of the Lalgarh deaths completely dominated a processio...

• Chidambaram writes to Buddadeb over Lalgarh violence

  In the wake of fresh political violence in West Bengal, Home Minister P Chidambaram today dispatched yet another letter to Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee asking him to "reschedule all appointments and visit Delhi immediately".Describing today's violence in Lalgarh as a "grave incident", Chidambaram said he has received information that eigh...

• Bureaucrat takes on Chidambaram over Naxal-land visit

  As Union Home Minister P Chidambaram reviewed security operations in Maoist stronghold of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, a state bureaucrat courted controversy alleging that such "high profile" visits would not yield any "results" or solve Naxal problem.Gadchiroli's Additional District Collector Rajendra Kanpadhe also flayed the Centre's anti-...

• Buddha calls on Chidambaram in New Delhi

  West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday met Home Minister P Chidambaram and discussed with him the security situation in the state ahead of the Assembly elections early next year.During the 30-minute meeting, Chidambaram and Bhattacharjee are believed to have discussed Trinamool Congress' demand for withdrawal of joint forces ...

• HRD Ministry should focus on schools: Digvijaya Singh

  After taking on Home Minister P Chidambaram, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has now trained his guns on Human Resources Minister (HRD) Kapil Sibal. Speaking in Jabalpur, Digvijaya said the HRD Ministry should shift its focus from higher education to developing the school system."The need at the moment is that the HRD ministry should pay mor...

• Quiet dialogue in J&K, confident of tackling Naxals: Chidambaram

  Home Minister P Chidambaram has said he favours a "quiet dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir". The Home Minister admitted there has been an interruption in the process but said  he " has no reservation in talking to our own people."Chidambaram's statement came on a day when there has been fresh violence in Srinagar. Curfew has been imposed in Jammu ...

• Will overcome Maoist problem in three years: Chidambaram

  The government has said that it was confident of overcoming the Maoist problem in the next three years and had prepared a two-pronged strategy of initiating development and police action in the affected areas.Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs, Home Minister P Chidambaram expressed conf...

• Congress Gag Order Not For Me, Says Digvijaya

  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh says he stands by the statements he made on NDTV. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary was responding to comments made by the Home Minister earlier in the day. Speaking to the Economic Times, Chidambaram had said "Digvijaya Singh is the General Secretary of our party. I have a job to do, and I am...

• Congress gags top leaders after Digvijaya gets candid

  The Congress party has issued a circular asking its top brass not to speak out of turn. The 'diktat' comes after the party General Secretary Digvijaya Singh recently slammed Home Minister P Chidambaram in an interview to NDTV.All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi has formally written to all AICC office bearers and ...

• Centre committed to back J&K govt to restore order: Chidambaram

  Speaking to mediapersons Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the Centre is committed to support Jammu and Kashmir government to restore order.

• No difference with Chidambaram on Naxal issue: Raman Singh

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh dismissed a suggestion that there was any difference between him and Home Minister P Chidambaram on tackling Maoists.

• Chidambaram-Jaitley face-off on Naxal issue

  The deadly Naxal attack in distant Chhattisgarh seems to be generating political heat here in the capital. The Congress and the BJP are literally involved in verbal duel.

• Prime Minister must clarify Naxal strategy: BJP

  The BJP has reacted to NDTV's interview of Home Minister P Chidambaram saying a limited mandate on Naxals will no longer work.