Security forces intensified combing operations along the Orissa-Chhattisgarh border Wednesday, a day after the massacre of 76 paramilitary troopers by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, an official said.
“The area where Maoists launched their attack in Chhattisgarh Tuesday is located about 30-40 km from the border of Orissa’s Malkangiri district,” Deputy Inspector General of Police Sanjeeb [...]
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High alert along Orissa-Chhattisgarh border
April 7th, 2010 |
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Ramesh ‘disagrees completely’ with Pawar over Bt Brinjal
January 22nd, 2010 |
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Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday took on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over permitting commercial cultivation of genetically modified brinjal, after Pawar was quoted as saying an expert committee’s clearance to this effect was final. Ramesh wrote to Pawar, saying he “completely disagreed” with Pawar’s view.
The government’s Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) had cleared Bt Brinjal [...]
Congress core committee discusses new governors, Telangana
January 16th, 2010 |
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The Congress’ core committee met here Friday evening to discuss the appointment of new governors in six states and the vexatious Telangana statehood issue, but failed to arrive at any decision.
The core committee, which includes Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party president Sonia Gandhi, union ministers Pranab Mukherjee, P. Chidambaram and A.K. Antony and Ahmed Patel, [...]
Centre is unanimous on dealing with Maoist : Rahul
October 16th, 2009 |
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In the backdrop of a spurt in naxal violence, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said there was complete unanimity at the Centre over dealing with Maoist menace and accused non-Congress ruled Orissa and Chhattisgarh of failing to reach out to the people to check the problem.
“There is complete unaminity as far as the [...]