Naxal Threat

• Opinion | Rise of Urban Naxals And Its Potential Threat

  Additionally, they engage with foreign organizations and media to highlight alleged human rights abuses and generate international pressure on the government.

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  Maharashtra Minister Receives Threat Letter From 'Maoists'

  Alleged Naxals have threatened Maharashtra Food and Drugs Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram in a pamphlet found in eastern Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, police said on Tuesday.

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  Threat From Maoists For RSS Chief Ahead Of His Bihar Visit, Cops On Alert

  RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has received threats from ISI, Naxalies and fundamentalists, ahead of his visit to Bhagalpur on February 10, informed the Senior Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar.

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  "Gun-Toting Or Pen-Wielding, Have To Defeat All Forms Of Naxalism": PM

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, emphasising on the internal security of the country, said India needs to defeat threats arising from Maoist- both "gun-toting and pen-wielding."

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  Chhattisgarh School Opens 14 Years After It Closed Due To Maoists

  A primary School reopened in Naxal-affected Padmoor village on Wednesday, 14 years after it was closed due to the threat from the ultras.

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  After Naxals' "Chop Finger" Threat, Chhattisgarh Voters Busy Removing Ink

  Naxals in the region near the Indrawati River of Dantewada had threatened to chop off the fingers of villagers if they cast their votes.

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  Despite Naxal Threat, Chhattisgarh Poll Officers Firm On Executing Duties

  Crossing rivers barefoot, wading through jungles just sanitised by the accompanying security personnel and even airdropped by choppers into the Naxal-affected interiors, many on poll duty in Chhattisgarh feel like the real-life version of the protagonist from Bollywood dark comedy "Newton", while some feel more like a revolutionary like Bhagat Sing...

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  Chandrababu Naidu's Security To Be Upgraded As Naxals Vow 'Suicide Attacks'

  Security cover of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is being stepped up in the wake of a letter purportedly written by the outlawed CPI(Maoist) threatening to "take revenge" on him over the Malkangiri encounter this week in which 28 ultras were killed.

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  13 New Armed Police Battalions To Be Raised To Tackle Maoist Threat

  Thirteen new armed police battalions, including one comprising mostly tribals from the worst Maoist-hit districts, will be raised by the government to tackle the Naxal menace.

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  Bihar Elections Phase 2: 55 Per Cent Vote Amid Maoist Threat

  55 per cent of the electorate voted today in the second phase of the Bihar assembly elections. Polls took place in 32 seats in six Maoist-affected districts in the state.

• Naxal attack a threat to development work in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region?

  After the Naxal attack in Tongal on Tuesday in which 15 jawans of a patrol team of 50 CRPF and state police officials were killed, work at most of the road construction sites in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region have come to a grinding halt.

• Naxal threat looming in poll-bound Andhra Pradesh

  Andhra Pradesh has sought a 20 per cent increase in deployment of Central paramilitary forces over 2009 elections for the peaceful conduct of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls to thwart Naxal bids to infiltrate and disrupt the electoral process.

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to address police chiefs on Saturday

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the country's top police brass tomorrow during which threat from terror from across the border, the communal situation and the issue of Naxalism are expected to figure.

• Telangana: Ministerial panel concludes talks with stakeholders, Kiran Reddy invokes national security

  The Group of Ministers set up by the central government to supervise the creation of Telangana concluded the process of discussions with various stakeholders. Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy cautioned that the creation of Telangana will be a threat to national security.

• Chhattisgarh polls: Police asked to sanitise poll booths amid Naxal threat

  With the Naxal-hit Bastar region going for Assembly polls tomorrow, security forces have been directed to sanitise school buildings and other premises to be used for polling in hyper-sensitive areas.