In West Bengal, Left is in a dead heat with Congress for the wooden spoon; Maoism in the tribal heartland has been entombed; and in Kerala, the Left fights double incumbency.
Three factors—political buy-in, collector’s office as a listening post, and non-interference in anti-insurgency operations—ensured the Dantewada operation worked.
I received a written message that Kanu Sanyal, the Naxal who wanted to present a ‘deputation’ to me. One was expecting a fiery encounter with an angry old man’ accompanied by fierce supporters.
In 2005, under the UPA’s watch, Chhattisgarh launched Salwa Judum. The state gave assault rifles to Adivasi boys and pushed them into battle against their own brethren.
Formed in 2000, specialised unit crushed Maoists’ Maharashtra-MP-Chhattisgarh strategy, combining field ops with outreach to locals to contain rebels in Abujmarh bastion.
Released on 13 February in limited theatres, the movie, directed by Ranjan Ghosh and presented by veteran director Aparna Sen, has become a regular favourite for the audience.
The Vishnu Deo Sai government's 2026-27 budget outlined a post-Naxal era vision for Chhattisgarh's tribal-majority belts of Bastar & Surguja. Finance Minister OP Choudhary presented it Tuesday.
The past week saw the defection of 7 AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, led by Raghav Chaddha and Ashok Mittal, into the BJP. This lays bare the fragility and inconsistency within the party.
Infosys, the second-largest outsourcer, forecast annual sales growth below analysts’ estimates Thursday, following a profit miss at smaller rival HCL Technologies two days earlier.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
Our three years in Calcutta were the last phase of CM S S Ray’s tenure. He played an important role in Mrs Gandhi’s decision to impose the Emergency. More germane to this column, he used exceptional police brutality to deal with the Naxalites.
I was a prolific poster on the Business Standard site fifteen years ago. When Ms Mamata Banerjee realised her ambition to end Left rule in Bengal, had written, will have to stop referring to her as Didi ( although that came from a place of deep affection ) and use the more formal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Like the Editor, I too have a lot of respect for the Left, wish they would add a few Indian characteristics to their ideological stance, as China, then Vietnam, but not so much Cuba, have done. Bengal needs economic progress, which the Left did not deliver over 34 years of rule. Whether the good people of Bengal are satisfied with the Poriborton Didi has delivered over the last 15 years will be known on 4th May.
In this writing you have said many things but did not say what you saw in the walls ! You have only written about your conversation with two different people. And and subtly cover fire for Mamta government in women safety issue. But we can understand you have big business and you have your family and you have to do some compromise in this things.
Our three years in Calcutta were the last phase of CM S S Ray’s tenure. He played an important role in Mrs Gandhi’s decision to impose the Emergency. More germane to this column, he used exceptional police brutality to deal with the Naxalites.
I was a prolific poster on the Business Standard site fifteen years ago. When Ms Mamata Banerjee realised her ambition to end Left rule in Bengal, had written, will have to stop referring to her as Didi ( although that came from a place of deep affection ) and use the more formal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Like the Editor, I too have a lot of respect for the Left, wish they would add a few Indian characteristics to their ideological stance, as China, then Vietnam, but not so much Cuba, have done. Bengal needs economic progress, which the Left did not deliver over 34 years of rule. Whether the good people of Bengal are satisfied with the Poriborton Didi has delivered over the last 15 years will be known on 4th May.
In this writing you have said many things but did not say what you saw in the walls ! You have only written about your conversation with two different people. And and subtly cover fire for Mamta government in women safety issue. But we can understand you have big business and you have your family and you have to do some compromise in this things.