Contrary to the dominant narrative that areas where Naxalites are strong are where the state has been absent, for the last 100-150 years, there has been a gradual expansion of the state in tribal areas regardless of whether the people want it or not. However, the state has been expanding in the wrong areas. You have an extension of the forest department, the bureaucracy, the patwari and the forest guard....
11:13 AM, Jan 27, 2012
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"We want a school. Our children just sit around all day with nothing to do." Adamai implored the small group of visitors to the small ...
10:22 PM, Nov 01, 2011
New Delhi: Hours after he was shifted from Law Ministry to Corporate Affairs Ministry, a visibly unhappy M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said he had been a victim of 'campaign by vested interests' and asserted that he could not be 'hanged' for the "sins" of other ministries. Apparently referring to the flak faced by the government from the judiciary in the cases like 2G scam, blackmoney and salwa judum, he...
09:27 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry is likely to file a review petition on the Supreme Court order that arming civilians to take on Naxals is unconstitutional by July end. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the review will seek that special police officers (SPOs) be allowed for intelligence gathering and stationary duty. Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium is studying if the Supreme Court order will have limited bearing on...
12:54 PM, Jul 08, 2011
In a judgment that could change the face of anti-Naxal operations, the Supreme Court has held that arming civilians to take on Naxals is unconstitutional. The judgment could be a serious setback for the Chhattisagrah government and is a shot in the arm for rights activists. Full text of the Supreme Court's verdict: ...
11:09 AM, Jul 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Chhattisgarh government to not to use tribals as special police officers in its Salwa Judum counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists. Government-backed militias have fought Maoist guerrillas since 2005 as part of the 'Salwa Judum' or 'Campaign for Peace' in Chhattisgarh. It was part of an official plan to create a civil vigilante structure parallel to that of the Naxalites. Authorities often...
03:15 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: In a judgmenet that could change the face of anti-Naxal operations, the Supreme Court has held that arming civilians to take on Naxals is unconstitutional. The judgement could be a serious setback for the Chhattisagrah government and is a shot in the arm for rights activists. In a major verdict, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the appointment and arming of civilians as special police officers (SPO)...
01:20 PM, Jul 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disapproved the idea of arming local people to counter the Maoists and sought an explanation from the Chhattisgarh Government for creating an anti-Naxal armed group of special police officers - Koya Commandos. "What is this Koya Commandos? How are they appointed and how are they given training etc? It is very dangerous, giving them arms to fight," a bench comprising justices B Sudershan...
10:17 PM, Apr 06, 2011
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday admitted in the Supreme Court that the prevailing situation of tribals being caught in a crossfire between Maoists, the police and anti-Maoist vigilante group Salwa Judum was a testimony to governance failure. "All these are the testimony of failure of governance in the state. It is honestly accepted," senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the state government, submitted before a Bench comprising Justices B...
07:25 PM, Jan 18, 2011
Raipur: A doctor by profession and humanitarian by instinct, Binayak Sen was held guilty for sedition and treason for being a conduit between Maoists. On Friday, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Raipur court for allegedly helping naxals. Binayak says he will appeal against the verdict. Activists believe that Dr Sen has been victimised for his uncompromising criticism of alleged fake encounters and Salwa Judum. His mistake it...
10:09 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Maoists trapped him, pumped bullets into his body and then slit his throat. Singh died on the spot, said SP Bijapur. ...
10:46 PM, Jul 22, 2010
Activist Dr Binayak Sen speaks about state violence on
Devil's Advocate. ...
08:23 PM, Jan 31, 2010
Naxals claimed responsibility for beheading a Jharkhand cop. ...
02:15 AM, Oct 21, 2009
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The ashram was rehabilitating villagers living in Salwa Judum camps. ...
12:13 PM, Jun 10, 2009
Meet the civil rights activist who was jailed for being a Naxal sympathiser. ...
02:41 AM, May 31, 2009
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