September 17, 2009 01:55 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh termed Left-wing extremism as the countrys gravest internal threat on Tuesday,even as Home Minister P Chidambaram attributed 90 per cent of the violence unleashed by Naxals across 20 states,223 districts and 2,000 police stations to the CPI(Maoist). Excerpts from what this outfits politburo had to say on its ideology and intent in a June 12,2009,document accessed...
Thu, Sep 17, 2009September 13, 2009 03:34 IST
The Khairlanji killings have been one of the main planks used by the Maoists to further their ideology.....
Sun, Sep 13, 2009September 12, 2009 01:23 IST
The Khairlanji killings have been one of the main planks used by the Maoists to further their ideology.
Sat, Sep 12, 2009September 09, 2009 03:50 IST
Whenever the farm crisis gets mentioned vis-à-vis Vidarbha,it is generally the six cotton-producing districts of western Vidarbha...
Wed, Sep 09, 2009August 25, 2009 03:19 IST
A reported case of poaching of two sambars inside the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is making the reserve authorities squirm....
Tue, Aug 25, 2009August 22, 2009 02:01 IST
In a move to endear tribals ahead of the proposed anti-Naxalite offensive,the state government has announced raising a new tribal battalion,exclusively for Gadchiroli.
Sat, Aug 22, 2009August 18, 2009 03:32 IST
Following the controversy over Agriculture Minister Balasaheb Thorats entry into the cage of tigers at the local Maharajbagh Zoo....
Tue, Aug 18, 2009August 17, 2009 04:20 IST
It was a series of omissions and contradictions in the prosecution theory and witnesses accounts that led to the acquittal of the six accused of the murder...
Mon, Aug 17, 2009August 17, 2009 03:45 IST
In what is possibly a first in the country,two tribal villages in Maharashtras Gadchiroli district have successfully claimed community rights...
Mon, Aug 17, 2009August 17, 2009 03:40 IST
State Agriculture Minister and Nagpurs District Guardian Minister Balasaheb Thorat on Saturday created a flutter by entering the...
Mon, Aug 17, 2009July 30, 2009 04:14 IST
The long-standing dispute over transferring the Nagpur international airport to MIHAN Pvt Ltd,a joint venture company of Maharashtra Airport Development Company....
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
July 24, 2009 08:49 IST
With Govt working on a strategy to crack down on Maoists,the CPI (Maoist) politburo has asked its armed cadres to prepare a 'long-drawn and bitter' fight.
Fri, Jul 24, 2009July 22, 2009 02:39 IST
Former SIMI activists arrested in Akola district were part of the SIMI meeting held at New Delhi between April and May this year....
Wed, Jul 22, 2009July 17, 2009 02:36 IST
Controlling this pest is one of the biggest challenges faced by the agriculture scientists of the country for the past four years. Its impact on crops,mainly cotton,has been devastating...
Fri, Jul 17, 2009July 01, 2009 04:10 IST
President Pratibha Patils husband Devisingh Shekhawat and some other relatives have been served notices by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate....
Wed, Jul 01, 2009June 29, 2009 01:15 IST
In the second incident of its kind in the past four years,well-known social worker and doctor from....
Mon, Jun 29, 2009June 25, 2009 01:49 IST
After police,their alleged informers and women,the Maoists appear to have turned their attention towards journalists writing against their activities.
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
June 19, 2009 22:00 IST
Multiplicity of authorities with almost no coordination,absence of a symbiotic relation among beneficiaries,NGOs and private market players...
Fri, Jun 19, 2009June 19, 2009 01:52 IST
The city police have refuted the claim that they had investigated the wrong car in connection with the death of seven-year-old Yogita Thakre.
Fri, Jun 19, 2009June 16, 2009 02:56 IST
It is now official. Maoists have expressed solidarity with the LTTE and have condemned the killing of its chief Prabhakaran and had even stated his killing....
Tue, Jun 16, 2009June 15, 2009 03:56 IST
At a time when the war within the BJP following its defeat in the Lok Sabha elections is out in the open....
Mon, Jun 15, 2009June 11, 2009 00:38 IST
After 20 days of speculation,no concrete evidence has come to the fore and despite several glaring discrepancies....
Thu, Jun 11, 2009June 10, 2009 01:02 IST
Maharashtra Airport Development Company Managing Director R C Sinha has said no experts can wish Nagpur away as the chosen destination for Indias international air passenger and cargo hub.
Wed, Jun 10, 2009June 04, 2009 23:56 IST
After controversies pertaining to the inquest report panchnama) and post-mortem report...
Thu, Jun 04, 2009June 02, 2009 01:51 IST
After ten years of efforts by local politicians and a huge emotional investment by the development-starved people of Vidarbha....
Tue, Jun 02, 2009





