A war has broken out in some parts of east-central India, especially some regions of the Dandakaranya forests that span across the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, and Andhra Pradesh. Reportedly, there are thousands of Maoist guerrillas armed with sophisticated weapons confronting a vast array of paramilitary forces assembled by the government of India. Caught in the crossfire are millions of poor, marginalised and historically isolated adivasis. Their habitat, in which...

-PTI   JAITAPUR: CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat and CPI leader D Raja today assured all support to the local people in Jaitapur, who are protesting against the proposed 9,900-MW nuclear power plant. The two Left leaders visited the house of Tabrez Sayekar, resident of the Sakhrinate village, who was killed in Police firing during the anti-Jaitapur protests in April this year. They offered condolences to the victim's parents and wife....

-The Hindu   In the backdrop of suggestions for the Army to fill the breach after the Supreme Court declared ‘Salwa Judum' illegal and the paramilitary forces being repeatedly attacked, Defence Minister A.K. Antony ruled out such a course. However, the Army would react in self-defence if it was attacked, he told journalists here on the sidelines of a seminar on defence acquisition on Tuesday. “We are there not to fight or...

-The Hindustan Times   On Tuesday, around 60 Congress workers tried to disrupt a public meeting organised by the two Communist parties on the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant at the City Library Hall in Ratnagiri. Congress workers waved black flags and tried to enter the venue where Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat and CPI leader D Raja were addressing the meeting. The Ratnagiri police resorted to lathi-charge...

-The Hindu   A joint committee of krishak sabhas (farmers' organisations) of four Left parties have given a call to their units across the State to observe “Haroa Diwas” on July 14. It would be in protest against the Police firing and attacks by armed Trinamool Congress activists on Saturday on farmers and sharecroppers who had returned to their land in the Haroa area of West Bengal's North Paraganas district after having...