Naxalism In West Bengal

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  Police Forces Of 5 Eastern States Hold Meet On Tackling Naxalites

  Top police brass of five eastern states - Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Odisha - on Wednesday proposed a slew of measures to enhance coordination among them to tackle Naxalism and crime in the region, a top official said.

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  Raids In Jharkhand, West Bengal Over Funding Of Maoist Outfit

  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched 15 locations in Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with a probe into the role of some companies allegedly involved in funding of a Maoist outfit Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), said the agency.

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  Bhartiya Janta Party Organises Protest Rallies On Naxalbari Family Issue

  The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) today held protests in various parts of West Bengal accusing the Trinamool Congress of "kidnapping and forcing" the Naxalbari tribal couple, who had hosted BJP president Amit Shah during his recent visit, to join the TMC.

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  Kolkata's Special Task Force Arrests Two Prominent Maoists Leaders In Bengal

  The Special Task Force of the Kolkata Police has arrested two dreaded Maoists who were close to Kishenji, the Naxal leader from Andhra Pradesh, who ruled the roost in at least three districts of West Bengal for more than two years.

• Chhattisgarh: Intelligence Bureau warns of rise in Naxal activity after 'peaceful' polls

  With the latest Maoist offensive claiming lives of four CRPF personnel in Bastar, Intelligence Bureau has alerted security forces, asking them to be extra cautious following inputs of major strikes in southern Chhattisgarh after 'peaceful' assembly election.

• After 'brain dead' jibe, Jairam Ramesh praises Mamata Banerjee on Jungle Mahal

  Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh was all praise for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today for showing "political courage" in transforming Jungle Mahal, a former Naxal hotbed in the state.

• Kishenji's niece identifies body, alleges torture

  Two days after top Maoist leader Kishenji was killed by security forces in a fierce gunbattle in West Bengal, his niece and Naxal ideologue P. Varavara Rao today identified his body.

• Mamata asks interlocutors to continue talks with Maoists

  The six interlocutors, who were appointed by the West Bengal government to hold talks with the Maoists in Junglemahal, were today directed to continue their parleys by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

• Talks with Maoists: Interlocutors to meet Mamata Banerjee

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will today meet the interlocutors engaged in a dialogue with the Maoists in the state.

• In letter to Mamata, Naxals list preconditions for ceasefire

  Maoists and interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have laid out their preconditions for a ceasefire in Junglemahal in West Bengal.

• Naxals send open letter to Mamata Banerjee

  In an open letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Maoists have said that joint forces should be withdrawn from the West Midnapore district of the state if the talks with the government are to bear fruit.

• West Bengal: Maoists kill five in Purulia

  Maoists strike again in West Bengal.Suspected Maoists kidnapped and killed five persons, including a woman panchayat member, in West Bengal's Purulia district.The incident occurred at Jhalda PS that comes under DARDA gram panchayat. More details are awaited.

• West Bengal: Top Naxal leader among 6 killed in encounter

  Across West Bengal and Jharkhand, where Maoist control large areas, a major counter offensive is going on for the last 24 hours. For the first time in many months there is proof of casualties suffered by the Maoists, but the specific intelligence driven operations in both states seem to have achieved much more. Sindu Soren, a key founder member of ...

• Two shot dead by alleged Maoists in West Bengal

  For the first time ever, Maoists seem to have struck in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.Two persons were found shot dead at Dudhsar village on Tuesday morning. Their throats were also slit.Posters left at the site claimed the two had been given the 'ultimate punishment' for working as police informers.Two weeks ago, police had arrested one perso...

• West Bengal: 13 Maoists killed in crackdown

  Hours after thirteen Maoists were killed in an encounter in West Bengal, joint forces have further intensified the crackdown on Naxals.The CoBRA forces and West Bengal police are carrying out the anti-Maoist operations in the Salboni forests of the West Midnapore district of West Bengal.The area, adjoining Lalgarh, is one of the hub of the Maoists....