-IndiaToday.in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and many senior members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have used the term 'Urban naxals' in public speeches to attack their opponents. The Left Wing Extremism Division in the Union Home Ministry does not have any information on who are 'Urban naxals' and where do they operate. This was revealed in an RTI application filed India Today TV. This comes close on...

-The Indian Express Thanks to the efforts of district police and administration, villagers are recovering from naxal violence. Raipur: Twenty-eight-year old Devi Podiam, a resident of Potali village in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, is used to allocating two full days at the beginning of each month just to walk over 10 km to a ration shop in Tirkapara in order to get monthly supplies of rice and other necessities for her family....

-The Indian Express Twelve years after the battle between Maoists and the Salwa Judum cleaved through Jagargunda, turning its schools into empty shells, the administration has begun a slow rebuilding effort. The Indian Express travels to the village deep inside Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district and finds the first signs of a resurgence — the children are back in school and so is the “raunak” The books they carry in their hands are...

-The Indian Express Sources told The Indian Express that the committee will start work and refer to the state government, as per its terms of reference, cases that merit a relook or withdrawal of proceedings. A committee appointed by the Chhattisgarh government to “review cases against Scheduled Tribes and other residents of the naxal region in the state” is set to begin its work this month. It will look at cases...

-National Herald Well-known Belgian-Indian economist Jean Drèze, reflects on the times we live in this animated conversation with Ujjawal Krishnam Jean Drèze, the Belgian-Indian economist, true to his reputation, laces humour and an acerbic wit to reflect on the times we live in. Self deprecating, he brushes aside the question how he juggles between his roles as economist, activist and teacher. He wonders at the multi-tasking ability of Indian women instead. Nor...