Violent Maoist

Changing the narrative of Maoist violence, lack of development and unemployment associated with the worst-hit Bastar region is now witnessing a positive transformation and progressing on the path to becoming a hub for production of coffee.

A ban on eight rebel groups in Manipur has been extended for five more years for their continued involvement in unlawful and violent activities, the home ministry said today.

Jallikattu protests blocked several roads on Monday in Chennai, including its IT corridor, as protesters forced out of the Marina Beach clashed with the police in various parts of the city. After peaceful protests since Tuesday in support of the bull-taming festival, clashes erupted for the first time today as policemen physically removed thousands...

Describing the Chhattisgarh government's "muscular and violent statecraft" as "bleak and miasmic", the court deplored Raman Singh's resort to "the iron fist". It amounted, they said, to establishing a social order "in which any person is treated as suspect" and "anyone speaking for human rights is deemed as suspect".

Twenty-three Maoists today surrendered in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh citing "disappointment" with the violent activities of outlawed outfits.

A violent Maoist cult leader sexually abused his brainwashed female followers and imprisoned his own daughter in homes across south London for over 30 years, British prosecutors said on Thursday.

A police gallantry award given to Chhattisgarh police officer Ankit Garg on the Republic Day for anti-Naxal operations has human rights activists up in arms. The reason: Mr Garg has been named as an accused of violent sexual torture by Soni Sori, the teacher accused of being a Maoist courier and currently in a Raipur jail.

A two-day bandh called by the Maoists in six states today began on a bloody note with Naxals killing two policemen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district and five CPI(M) supporters in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.The ultras also blew up a stretch of railway track near Karmavad railway station in Giridih district in the wee hours.  ...

The Dantewada massacre has stunned civil society and there is a sense amongst human rights groups that a dialogue could have had better results than the violent route the government has pursued against the Naxalites.

It's close to total anarchy in parts of West Bengal where Maoists are on a violent attacking spree.

Changing the narrative of Maoist violence, lack of development and unemployment associated with the worst-hit Bastar region is now witnessing a positive transformation and progressing on the path to becoming a hub for production of coffee.

A ban on eight rebel groups in Manipur has been extended for five more years for their continued involvement in unlawful and violent activities, the home ministry said today.

Jallikattu protests blocked several roads on Monday in Chennai, including its IT corridor, as protesters forced out of the Marina Beach clashed with the police in various parts of the city. After peaceful protests since Tuesday in support of the bull-taming festival, clashes erupted for the first time today as policemen physically removed thousands...

Describing the Chhattisgarh government's "muscular and violent statecraft" as "bleak and miasmic", the court deplored Raman Singh's resort to "the iron fist". It amounted, they said, to establishing a social order "in which any person is treated as suspect" and "anyone speaking for human rights is deemed as suspect".

Twenty-three Maoists today surrendered in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh citing "disappointment" with the violent activities of outlawed outfits.

A violent Maoist cult leader sexually abused his brainwashed female followers and imprisoned his own daughter in homes across south London for over 30 years, British prosecutors said on Thursday.

A police gallantry award given to Chhattisgarh police officer Ankit Garg on the Republic Day for anti-Naxal operations has human rights activists up in arms. The reason: Mr Garg has been named as an accused of violent sexual torture by Soni Sori, the teacher accused of being a Maoist courier and currently in a Raipur jail.

A two-day bandh called by the Maoists in six states today began on a bloody note with Naxals killing two policemen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district and five CPI(M) supporters in West Bengal's West Midnapore district.The ultras also blew up a stretch of railway track near Karmavad railway station in Giridih district in the wee hours.  ...

The Dantewada massacre has stunned civil society and there is a sense amongst human rights groups that a dialogue could have had better results than the violent route the government has pursued against the Naxalites.

It's close to total anarchy in parts of West Bengal where Maoists are on a violent attacking spree.