Maoist Commune

Chhattisgarh voters have given the ruling Congress a thumbs-up when it comes to the condition of tribal communities and its handling of the Maoist situation, according to the NDTV-CSDS Lokniti prepoll survey.

Election in Chhattisgarh: Polling has ended in 18 seats in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit areas. The remaining 72 constituencies will vote on November 20. The BJP government led by Chief Minister Raman Singh is looking to hold on to power for a fourth term. The Congress campaign is trying to swing votes by promising to keep farmers happy and not letting...

The Maharashtra Police, under attack from all quarters for arresting five prominent activists, on Friday claimed they have "conclusive proof" that links these activists and those arrested in June to Maoists, mainly in the form of emails and thousands of letters. The police said one of the letters exchanged between an activist and Maoists spoke of p...

The brother of Gauri Lankesh, the outspoken journalist who was murdered on Tuesday, is convinced that eldest sister was killed because of the ideas she expressed. While the probe into her murder is still young, Indrajit's comments yesterday that Maoists could be behind her death had caused surprise. Gauri had worked with the Communal Harmony Forum ...

A cult leader was sentenced to 23 years in prison Friday for raping and sexually assaulting his female followers and keeping his daughter imprisoned in a secretive Maoist commune in London for three decades.

A British court today convicted a Maoist cult leader of raping two of his followers and imprisoning his own daughter for 30 years in the London commune that he ran.

Asserting that economic offences and communal violence were more harmful to society than the Left party extremism, CPI yesterday asked the Centre and state governments to lift ban on Maoists.

Chief Ministers from across the country will meet for a conference on internal security in the national capital today. The meeting, convened by the Home Ministry, will be presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and will deliberate extensively on issues like Naxal menace, infiltration from across the border, communal disturbance and how to im...

Internal reports of the CRPF, which has just lost 75 personnel in the Maoists attack in Dantewada, say the force's field commanders had pointed out lack of training, work pressure and communication gaps as some reasons for losses in operations.

The Prime Minister inaugurated a two-day long conference of chief ministers and state tribal affairs ministers in Delhi on Wednesday. He said the criminal justice system has become a source of harassment for the tribals. He also hit out at their sympathizers, saying those who speak for tribals have not offered any alternative. "Our administratio...

The international community on Tuesday mounted pressure on the Maoists to allow the formation of a multi-party government.

Chhattisgarh voters have given the ruling Congress a thumbs-up when it comes to the condition of tribal communities and its handling of the Maoist situation, according to the NDTV-CSDS Lokniti prepoll survey.

Election in Chhattisgarh: Polling has ended in 18 seats in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit areas. The remaining 72 constituencies will vote on November 20. The BJP government led by Chief Minister Raman Singh is looking to hold on to power for a fourth term. The Congress campaign is trying to swing votes by promising to keep farmers happy and not letting...

The Maharashtra Police, under attack from all quarters for arresting five prominent activists, on Friday claimed they have "conclusive proof" that links these activists and those arrested in June to Maoists, mainly in the form of emails and thousands of letters. The police said one of the letters exchanged between an activist and Maoists spoke of p...

The brother of Gauri Lankesh, the outspoken journalist who was murdered on Tuesday, is convinced that eldest sister was killed because of the ideas she expressed. While the probe into her murder is still young, Indrajit's comments yesterday that Maoists could be behind her death had caused surprise. Gauri had worked with the Communal Harmony Forum ...

A cult leader was sentenced to 23 years in prison Friday for raping and sexually assaulting his female followers and keeping his daughter imprisoned in a secretive Maoist commune in London for three decades.

A British court today convicted a Maoist cult leader of raping two of his followers and imprisoning his own daughter for 30 years in the London commune that he ran.

Asserting that economic offences and communal violence were more harmful to society than the Left party extremism, CPI yesterday asked the Centre and state governments to lift ban on Maoists.

Chief Ministers from across the country will meet for a conference on internal security in the national capital today. The meeting, convened by the Home Ministry, will be presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and will deliberate extensively on issues like Naxal menace, infiltration from across the border, communal disturbance and how to im...

Internal reports of the CRPF, which has just lost 75 personnel in the Maoists attack in Dantewada, say the force's field commanders had pointed out lack of training, work pressure and communication gaps as some reasons for losses in operations.

The Prime Minister inaugurated a two-day long conference of chief ministers and state tribal affairs ministers in Delhi on Wednesday. He said the criminal justice system has become a source of harassment for the tribals. He also hit out at their sympathizers, saying those who speak for tribals have not offered any alternative. "Our administratio...

The international community on Tuesday mounted pressure on the Maoists to allow the formation of a multi-party government.