Chidambaram On 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.

• 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...

• 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.

• Time to change tactics against Naxals, Chidambaram tells NDTV

  On a day over 30 people were killed in a Maoist attack in Dantewada, Home minister P Chidambaram has spoken exclusively to NDTV on a range of issues, including the government's Maoist strategy.

• Need to revisit tactical operations against Naxals: Chidambaram to NDTV

  Home minister P Chidambaram has told NDTV that he is pained by the attack on a civilian bus in Chhattisgarh that left nearly 50 people dead. "Naxals don't discriminate, only kill," said Chidambaram.

• Chidambaram picks 33 MPs for Naxal lessons

  Home Minister P Chidambaram will meet MPs from 33 Naxal-affected districts to seek their cooperation for the Centre's Naxal strategy.

• Digvijay regrets 'embarrassment' caused over Naxals

  Congress leader Digvijay Singh has expressed regret over causing "embarrassment" to the party and the government with his newspaper article on Naxal menace.

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  Dantewada a wake-up call: Chidambaram

  Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday that the Dantewada massacre was a "wake up call" for the country and asked for a collective resolve to defeat the Maoists, whose aim was to seize political power.

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  Chidambaram's statement on anti-Naxal operations in Rajya Sabha

  At the request of the Government of Chhattisgarh, 141 companies of Central Para-Military Forces have been deployed in that State for anti-Naxal operations over a period of time.