Naxalite
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Rural poverty and India's Maoist revolt...of Naxalbari. That was put down by the police. But over the years, the Naxalites have established effective control over vast forests stretching across six states in the heart of India. The Maoists are driven by the grievances of India's... In this article: India, Arundhati Roy, Naxalites, Booker Prize, Outlook, Dr Manmohan Singh, West Bengal, Kashmir, and Delhi |
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New Kerala | November 21, 2009
Indian Government says it has a plan to deal with Maoist violence
In the recent past, Prime Minister Singh has called the Naxalites 'The single biggest internal security challenge' before the country, and this year, he went to the extent of saying that India is 'losing the battle against Maoist rebels'.
In this article: Naxalites, Manmohan Singh, India, West Bengal, and People's war
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Times of India | November 03, 2009
Nepal Maoists admit they are helping Indian naxals
...support they have extended to the Naxals. The statement came shortly after Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram mentioned about the possible arms supply from Nepalese Maoists to the Naxals in India. The same newspaper had earlier carried a...
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India divided over inter-regional marriages: Chetan Bhagat
...which everyone understood most satisfying. "I was informed that children in Bastar, a remote Naxal infested village in northern India, are reading my book because they find it easy to understand. This makes me most satisfied as I can connect...
In this article: Chetan Bhagat, India, Indian Institute of Management, Communalism, Naxal, The Three Mistakes of My Life, and Ahmedabad
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'Naxals threat to India's eco power'
The Naxalites may pose a graver threat to India's economic power, potentially more damaging to Indian companies, foreign investors and the state than pollution, crumbling infrastructure or political gridlock, the report said. ''The...
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TIME | 6 days ago
India Steps Up Its Fight Against Maoist Naxalite Rebels
...foraying into underdeveloped forest and jungle regions in central and eastern India where it gained support of impoverished tribal groups and villagers. By 2001, some Naxalites had gained sway over 51 districts, and with the state response...
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Independent.co.uk - World | November 20, 2009
Maoist rebels derail train after threat of crackdown
...troops to lay siege to the Maoist stronghold. The Maoist or Naxalite movement in India began in the 1960s as a peasant uprising and today it has spread to 20 of the country's 29 states. Maoist-related violence leads to the deaths of...
In this article: India, Arundhati Roy, and West Bengal
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Naxalite or Naxalism is an informal name given to communist groups that were born out of the Sino-Soviet split in the communist movement in India. Ideologically they belong to various trends of Maoism. Initially the movement had its centre in West Bengal. In recent years, they have spread into less developed areas of rural central and eastern India, such as Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh through the activities of underground groups like the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
They are conducting an insurgency, typically called the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. They now have a presence in 40Â percent of India's geographical area, and are especially concentrated in an area known as the "Naxal Belt," comprising 92,000 square kilometers. According to India's intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, 20,000 insurgents are currently in operation, and their growing influence prompted Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare them as the most serious threat to India's national security.
The CPI (Maoist) and some other Naxal factions are now considered terrorists by the Government of India. In February 2009, Central government announced its plans for simultaneous, co-ordinated counter-operations in all Left-wing extremism-hit states—Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, to plug all possible escape routes of Naxalites.
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