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Raped repeatedly, Naxal leader quits Red ranks Somewhere On The Bengal-Jharkhand Border: The eerie calm in the dense sal forest is deafening. Walking along a snaking dirt track, a clear patch appears. Sitting on a rock, hidden by thick, emerald green foliage, is the diminutive figure of a...

Centre lacks stomach for an all-out war aganst naxals? NEW DELHI: What Congress's core committee discusses when it meets on Friday is privileged. Even an informal briefing is rare. The agenda is decided in advance and often the news of the day is not on the menu. Hopefully, it will be this...

Balance tilts Naxals' way unlike the fight in J&K NEW DELHI: India's war against Naxalism is turning out be a one-sided bloody affair, as Maoists dominate a battlefield of dispirited security forces with no credible intelligence flow. The level of sophistication shown by the Maoists, in...

'Maoist' blast derails 13 coaches of Express train, 65 dead KOLKATA: At least 65 passengers were killed and over 200 injured when suspected Maoists blasted rail tracks in West Midnapore district early Friday derailing 13 coaches of a Mumbai-bound express train, five of which were hit by a...

I am also hesitant to say this, but yes I think we do need to use the armed forces against the naxals. Had this problem been limited to a certain area it would have been manageable by police. But it spans over a large region of India. Especially since it spans over several states. I don't think...

I am strongly against the use of air power here. We do not want to inflict large number of casualties among the tribals. Cannot afford to alienate them. We already have so many people fighting against "police excesses" and "army excesses" in other parts of the country. We must make sure we do...

A very sad day for India. We need to combat this with strong force against the Maoists, and reconciliation with the tribals. The tribals are anti-goverenment at the moment, and that is our biggest disadvantage.

Wel, the Home secretary also said that the Naxals have not suffered any significant reverses so far and the government would need seven to eight years to have full control over the areas which were lost to the Maoists. "The operations have not hit even five per cent of hardcore militants...

this is getting way out of hand.

Maoists will overthrow govt much before 2050 : Kishenji Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-will-overthrow-govt-much-before-2050-Kishenji-/articleshow/5652545.cms

My biggest worry is that the Maoists may become influenced by the Taliban in Pakistan, and start carrying out random attacks throughout all parts of India, non-stop. All this progress would go to waste.