-The Economic Times DANTEWADA: With both the Congress and BJP advocating an intensification of the military campaign against the Naxals, and the UPA government at the Centre even committing more troops to Chhattisgarh, local development in the state could become a casualty in the crossfire. "An outside force is less capable of discriminating between Naxals and villagers," says Vishwa Ranjan, former director general police, Chhattisgarh. Such an intensification will result in greater...
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Attack revenge for Salwa Judum, Operation Green Hunt: Maoists -Ashutosh Bhardwaj
-The Indian Express Maoists say target was Karma, demand pullout of forces Raipur: Claiming responsibility for Saturday's attack on the Congress convoy in Bastar which claimed 24 lives, the CPI (Maoist) said on Tuesday that the killing of senior party leaders was the "necessary revenge against the UPA's fascist Operation Green Hunt, which is being run in connivance with several state governments". "The primary aim behind this attack was to kill Mahendra Karma...
More »CM indicted for misuse of funds
-The Times of India New Delhi: The Delhi Lokayukta has indicted chief minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing public funds for an advertisement campaign in the run-up to the 2008 assembly polls. The ombudsman has recommended to the President of India to administer "caution" to the CM for the alleged misuse of funds and ask her to reimburse either herself or through her party a sum of Rs 11 crore as...
More »UPA's 'Bharat smiling' feebly -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The UPA is strenuously denying that this campaign is its earthy version of the NDA's "India Shining" campaign, but few are buying the denials. Launched as a "multi-media" campaign to highlight its achievements in two successive terms at the Center, it has been christened by political observers are UPA's " Bharat Smiling" campaign. The spirit of the campaign, says the publicity material given out by the...
More »Hate speech case fixed to help Varun, says Tehelka
-IANS BJP leader Varun Gandhi, who was acquitted of all charges of making hate speeches before the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, "brazenly subverted the entire judicial process to get his name cleared," according to an expose by news magazineTehelka. The magazine on Wednesday said its "investigation proves that not only did Varun make the venomous speeches he is accused of, he has compounded the original wrong by brazenly subverting the entire judicial...
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