| Protests against buying land boost Orissa Naxals | 23-NOV-09 |
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| Recently L N Mittal, the world’s top steel maker, announced in London that he may shift his 12-million tonne steel project out of Orissa because of the long delay in land acquisition and local opposition to the project. |
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| CPI(M) ready to 'purify' its cadres, fight Maoists | 26-OCT-09 |
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| With no major elections round the corner, the Prakash Karat-led CPI(M) will utilise its time to fight deviations from Left ideology both inside and outside the party. On one hand, the party plans to undertake a sustained political campaign to malign the Maoists, while on the other hand it will start the rectification campaign to ‘purify’ its cadres. The rectification document was adopted today after a three-day meeting of the CPI(M) Central Committee. |
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| Maoists get arms from abroad: Chidambaram | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Disclosing Naxals were acquiring arms through Bangladesh, Myanmar and possibly Nepal, Home Minister P Chidambaram today nonetheless told them to “simply halt the violence” so the government could start talks with them. |
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| Naxal attacks in Bihar, Jharkhand again | 13-OCT-09 |
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| Naxals on Monday blew up railway tracks and torched three trucks in Jharkhand and blasted a tower of a private telecom firm besides blocking roads in Bihar during a two-day shutdown called by them in protest against the Centre's decision to crackdown on Naxals. |
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| Police rescue abducted Hindalco staff from Naxals | 21-AUG-09 |
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| The Jharkhand police rescued four officials of Hindalco Industries, the flagship firm of the Aditya Birla Group, after they’d been abducted by Naxalites on Monday. Six employees of a contractor’s firm engaged in transportation of bauxite were also rescued in the police swoop. |
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| Naxals may target HAL unit at Sunabeda | 13-AUG-09 |
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| Close on the heels of issuing a fresh threat on National Aluminum Company's (Nalco's) Panchpatmali bauxite mines at Damanjodi in Koraput district, the Naxalites are reported to be training their guns on the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) unit at Sunabeda, also located in Koraput district. |
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| Nalco faces fresh threat from Naxals | 13-AUG-09 |
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| Public sector National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has come under fresh threat of naxal attack with the red rebels issuing an ultimatum to the company authorities to fulfill certain demands relating to the contract labourers and peripheral development. |
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| Operations against Maoists in West Midnapore resume | 27-JUN-09 |
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| A day after reclaiming fresh territory from Maoists at Kadasole in West Midnapore district, security forces today began heading towards Mohultol village on the way to the naxal stronghold of Ramgarh. |
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