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"Will Intervene If Needed," Says Top Court On Activists' Arrest: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday September 17, 2018

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest for five rights activists, accused of Maoist links, till September 19 when it will hear a petition seeking their release. During the hearing on Monday, the government opposed what it called the Supreme Court's interference in the case. "We must look into the material. We will see the record, what are ...

Top Maoist Leader Who Carried Rs 25 Lakh Reward Surrenders In Jharkhand

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 13, 2018

A top Maoist leader wanted by the police in three states and carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh on his head surrendered before senior officials on Thursday, police said.

House Arrest of 5 Activists Extended Till September 17 By Supreme Court

India News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday September 12, 2018

The Supreme Court has extended the house arrest for five rights activists, accused of Maoist links, till September 17 when it will hear a petition seeking their release.

Maoists Want Urban, Savvy Intellectuals To Fill Its Second-Rung: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 9, 2018

The CPI (Maoist) is looking for urban and intellectual youths to overcome its leadership crisis and educate their ground-level cadres, including tribals and Scheduled Castes, a politburo member of the banned outfit has said.

In Activists' Arrest, 13 'Maoist' Letters And Multiple Loopholes

India News | Mariyam Alavi and Sreenivasan Jain | Sunday September 9, 2018

Letters and emailspurportedly recovered from activists arrested by Pune police for Maoist links are riddled with inconsistencies and flawed assumptions, an NDTV analysis has found.

In Chhattisgarh Village, 35 Thrashed For Skipping Maoist Meet

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 9, 2018

Thirty-five villagers were allegedly thrashed by Maoists for refusing to attend a meeting called by them in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said Saturday.

Arrested Activists Belong To Banned Maoist Fronts: Pune Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 8, 2018

The Pune police claimed on Saturday that all the seven organisations, to which some of the left-wing activists arrested recently for alleged Maoist links belonged, were fronts of the banned CPI (Maoist).

Instead Of Saying 'Urban Naxals', File Charges Faster: Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 5, 2018

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra police for holding a press conference last week over the arrest of five left-wing activists in multi-city raids for alleged Maoist links and favoured timely filing of charges rather than labelling the accused as "Urban Naxals".

Videos Of Bhima-Koregaon Speeches Offer A Rebuttal To 'Maoist' Claim

India News | Written by Shruti Menon and Sreenivasan Jain | Wednesday September 5, 2018

A gathering of activists in Pune labelled as a Maoist plot pledged to protect the Constitution, according to video reviewed by NDTV. The gathering, known as the Elgar Parishad, held towards the end of December last year, is the basis of a nationwide police crackdown on activists and intellectuals accused of plotting Maoist violence.

In Big Crackdown, 500 'Maoist Helpers' Arrested In Chhattisgarh In A Year

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday September 3, 2018

A first-time concerted crackdown has been launched against 'overground' Maoist supporters in various states and about 500 such people have been apprehended by the security forces in Chhattisgarh alone over the last one year, the chief of country's lead anti-Naxal operations force, the CRPF, has said.

Couldn't Stop Laughing At Fake Charges: Activist Vernon Gonsalves' Son

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2018

The son of Vernon Gonsalves, one of the five activists arrested for alleged Maoist links, has rejected the police charges against his father and termed them as "laughable".

"Activists' Arrest An Attempt To Crush Dissent": P Chidambaram

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2018

Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday slammed the Maharashtra government over the arrest of five Left-wing activists for alleged Maoist links, saying it was an attempt to crush dissent.

No New Claims By Cops On Proof On Maoist Link: Varavara Rao's Nephew

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 1, 2018

The Maharashtra Police's "conclusive proof" to link the arrested activists to Maoists and all evidence is "cooked up", a nephew of Telugu poet Varavara Rao claimed today. He said there was nothing new in the claims of the police.

Rajiv Gandhi-Like Plot To End "Modi Raj", Say Cops On Activists: 10 Facts

India News | Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Friday August 31, 2018

The Maharashtra Police, under attack from all quarters for arresting five prominent activists, on Friday claimed they have "conclusive proof" that links these activists and those arrested in June to Maoists, mainly in the form of emails and thousands of letters. The police said one of the letters exchanged between an activist and Maoists spoke of p...

"Don't Wish PM Any Ill, Only Wish For True Governance": Father Stan Swamy

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday August 31, 2018

An 81-year-old Jesuit priest who was raided by Pune police on Tuesday at his home in Ranchi but not arrested has said activists like him, including the five put under house arrest, only wish for true governance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and do not wish him any ill.