| Lalgarh shows why Naxalism is growing | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The road to Lalgarh, in the heart of West Bengal’s Naxal badlands, is now secure. But it is still a distance too far for many of the districts' administrators to travel. |
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| Pranab Mukherjee says operations at Lalgarh to continue | 12-NOV-09 |
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| Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's reservations over anti-Naxalite operations in Paschim Medinipur district notwithstanding, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the drive to flush out Naxalites will continue till the situation was brought under control. |
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| Buddha happy with Lalgarh development process | 09-NOV-09 |
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| West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said he was happy with development work undertaken in the Naxalite-affected Lalgarh area, but felt the pace should be accelerated. |
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| Maoists get arms from outside, says Chidambaram | 24-OCT-09 |
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| Maoists are acquiring weapons through Bangladesh, Myanmar and possibly Nepal, according to Home Minister P Chidambaram, who nonetheless has expressed government's willingness for a dialogue with them provide they abjure violence. |
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| Two human rights activists held | 07-OCT-09 |
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| Two human rights activists have been arrested here by the West Bengal Crime Investigation Department for their alleged links with Maoists and PCPA top brass in Lalgarh. Gana Pratirodh Committee secretary Raja Sarkhel and state secretary of the same human rights organisation Prasun Chatterjee were picked up from their residence in Jadavpur in the southern part of the city last night. |
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| Forward Bloc criticises timing | 28-SEP-09 |
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| Left Front partner Forward Bloc questioned the timing of the arrest of tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, saying it could affect normalcy in the state which is hard-pressed to maintain law and order during Durga Puja festivities. |
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| Maoists call Bharat bandh on Oct 3 | 28-SEP-09 |
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| The CPI (Maoist) tonight gave a call for a 24-hour country-wide bandh on October three in protest against the arrest of tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato, who was spearheading agitations in Lalgarh area. |
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| WB to press on with operations in Lalgarh | 21-SEP-09 |
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| Though anti-Maoist operations by the central security forces and the police launched on June 19 in Lalgarh in West Midnapore district have not been as successful as desired, the West Bengal government would carry on with it. "Though initially we had some success, it was not up to our expectations. So we have changed our plans. We are going to succeed, though it might take some time," Home Secretary Ardhendu Sen told PTI. |
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| Centre ignores Mamata on Lalgarh | 21-AUG-09 |
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| Ignoring Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress boss Mamata Banerjee’s strong objections, the Union home ministry will continue its anti-Maoist operations in Lalgarh and even expand these to other parts of West Bengal. |
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| 'We will have more Lalgarhs' | 19-JUL-09 |
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| Brigadier Basant Kumar Ponwar, the army’s counter-Naxalite expert and director of Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College, tells R KRISHNA DAS that this is the right time to destroy the rebels militarily and dismantle their network. |
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| Forces to stay in Lalgarh till month-end | 06-JUL-09 |
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| The central para-military forces, conducting operation to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh along with police, will stay till this month-end if the Centre wants, West Bengal government said on Sunday. |
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