-Outlook Malkangiri (Odisha): A tribal farmer was shot dead by the maoists who suspected him to be a police informer in Odisha's Malkangiri district, police said. About 15 maoists reached the house of farmer and small time contractor Bhima Sisha (35) of Sishaput under Mudulipada police station in the maoists-prone district last night. The ultras told Sisha that he had been summoned to attend a meeting. As Sisha refused to accompany them, he was...

-Outlook Aurangabad: maoists have gunned down a 70-year-old farmer and dumped his body in a field at Devgana village in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said today. The maoists shot dead the farmer last night and threw his body in a field. The villagers spotted it this morning and informed the police. The ultras also left a leaflet near the body claiming he was killed as he was a police informer. Raids are on to...

-The Hindu He would spend his own money on patient care and go to villages regularly on a bicycle or a motorbike An estimated 60,000 tribals from 24 panchayats in Korukonda block were in tears when Dr. Suryakant Patjoshi was relieved as the medical officer of the Public Health Centre at Korukonda, about 20 km from Malkangiri, in 2008. For the people of Potrel, Gongalaguda, Koyaguda, Siraguda, Mohulput, Bonur and other hamlets...

-Mainstream Weekly Dr Binayak Sen, an internationally renowned medical practitioner and social activist (a leading figure in the People’s Union for Civil Liberties), was incarcerated in Chhattisgarh and held in detention in Raipur having been branded as a maoist for his activities in defence of poor tribals in the State. He is now out on bail. The following is the text of the Arvind Narayan Das Memorial Lecture he delivered in...

-The Hindu "We need a relook at the entire approach to development in tribal areas" MALKANGIRI (ODISHA): Abysmally low literacy, high infant mortality rate and inaccessible terrain put a big question mark over the talk of inclusive growth in this tribal-dominated district of Odisha. Considered a hotbed of maoist activity, the death of 24 children at Potrel and Usakapalli in the Korukonda block and at Charkiguda on the outskirts of the district headquarters...