Govt against using Army to fight Naxals: PC

Last Updated: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 23:49

Chidambaram said the use of armed forces against Naxals could lead to loss of civilian lives.

Chhattisgarh Govt should be blamed for Naxal violence: Digvijay

Last Updated: Monday, July 5, 2010, 19:26

Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said here today that the Chhattisgarh government should be blamed fully for the Naxalite violence in that state.

Naxal violence has hit Railways hard: Mamata

Last Updated: Monday, June 28, 2010, 20:57

Condemning Maoist violence, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said the PSU had incurred Rs 250 crore loss due to their activities.

Naxal violence: Over 10,000 people killed in past five years

Last Updated: Friday, June 25, 2010, 13:29

Naxal violence has claimed the lives of over 10,000 civilian and security personnel in the last five years with significant rise in the number of killings in Left-wing extremism-hit States.

Naxal alert: Govt warns of retaliatory attacks in 3 states

Last Updated: Monday, March 15, 2010, 23:31

The Government today warned of retaliatory attacks from Maoists in Naxal-affected states following the arrest of four Left Wing extremists and seizure of over 2,800 kgs of explosives.

Naxal violence claims six times more CRPF lives than others

Last Updated: Monday, October 12, 2009, 15:10

The CRPF has lost six times more men at the hands of Naxals this year as compared to its casualties in other combat zones, including terror-hit Jammu and Kashmir or insurgency-affected North East.

Naxal violence claims 2,600 lives in three years

Last Updated: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 09:58

The Naxalites, who have become the gravest internal security threat forcing the Centre to plan an all-out offensive against them, have killed more than 2,600 people, including civilians, in the last three years.

Centre relaxes rural road scheme rules for naxal areas

Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2009, 17:42

With naxal violence coming in the way of effective implementation of a key road scheme, the govt has decided to relax the programme guidelines to do away with the practice of carrying out detailed surveys for the project.

Govt approves Rs 7800 crore for Naxal-affected states

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 17:49

The Centre on Tuesday said it has approved Rs 7,800 crore under a road connectivity plan and a special infrastructure scheme in Left-wing extremism affected states in the Eleventh Five Year Plan.