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Source: Countercurrents

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar in Kolkata on Tuesday, December 22nd, Mr. Chidambaram said: "The government might set up an alternative government structure in the tribal areas, if Maoists come forth to negotiate with logical suggestions."

Source: Tehelka

THE VOICE at the other end of the line is weak and tired. It's past 8 pm. "We are on our way to the village," he says. "We walk six hours every day - three hours at daybreak from our village into the forest and three hours at sundown back to the village.

Source: archdioceseofcolombo.com

In July 2008 a severe persecution of Christians broke out in the Indian state of Orissa. A 22 year old nun was burnt to death when angry mobs burnt down an orphanage in Khuntpali village in Barhgarh district, another nun was gang raped in Kandhamal, mobs attacked churches, torch …

Source: Times of India

RANCHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda was on Monday arrested by the state police's vigilance wing in connection with a case of disproportionate assets.

Source: The Hindu

Last week, Maoist insurgents in West Bengal paraded police officer Atindranath Dutta before the massed media, a prisoner-of-war logo draped around his neck. Mr.

Source: NDTV News

Is it possible to eat rice without having to cook it? Yes indeed, the soft rice varieties grown across Assam and the North-East, are ready to eat after they are soaked in plain water.

In a scathing rejoinder to 'The Economist' the brilliant and outspoken Arundhati Roy has clarified many issues that India and her supporters do not want to face.

(A Review on Its Inaugural Issue)

Source: Times of India

PATNA: Maoists blew up two mobile towers in Gaya district and set afire four vehicles at Tilhautu in Bihar's Rohtas district as the 48-hour shut down called by them ended Tuesday night in five states.

As swine flu takes 25th victim in Pune, disease, frustration and corruption daubs dark molasses across India; Shabana Shaikh who succumbed to the deadly virus last week in the government-run Sassoon Hospital was not the only one dying helpless within the limping cast of Incredib …

Source: Times of India

Maoists rampaged through parts of Orissa, Jharkhand and Bihar early Tuesday, the second day of their 48-hour bandh in three states, blowing up a railway station and a community centre and torching more than 12 vehicles.

Source: IPCS

The recently concluded conference of chief ministers on internal security, the second this year, followed by a meeting among the seven Naxal-affected states (Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal), constitutes an essential part of the …

Source: USCIRF

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the release of its 2009 country report on India, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) placed India on its "Watch List" today for the government's largely inadequate response in protecting its religious minorities.

The Swine Flu has come to India---it had to because not only is there a large pig population but in most cities they can be seen foraging in garbage dumps. Pune has reported 12 deaths with over 2000 confirmed cases of infection.

Source: UCAN

BHUBANESHWAR, India (UCAN) -- A Christian group in Orissa wants Aug. 23 -- the day a Hindu religious leader was killed sparking waves of anti-Christian violence -- to be observed as a day of "peace and harmony."

Source: alertnet.org

BHUBANESWAR, India - Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains over the past week have killed at least 36 people in the eastern Indian state of Orissa and inundated half a million homes, officials and witnesses said on Monday.

Source: Indian Catholic

BHUBANESHWAR: Fear has gripped the Kandhamal Christians as the Central government has refused to retain CRPF (Central Reserved Police Force) in Kandhamal in Orissa.