Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Diseases have struck an anti-Naxal Salwa Judum relief camp at the south Bastar region of Dantewada district...
bastar today (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
A photo essay on the plight of tribals in Chhattisgarh because of the conflict between militia and the Naxalites Harikrishna Katragadda, Mint New Delhi On a cloudy evening, Madkam Kose prepares to leave Durla village in Dantewada in Chhattisgarh. She wants to head back with her family to the nearby Dornapal relief camp, her home for the past three years. "There is nothing to do in the camps during...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Raipur, July 23: The Chhattisgarh Government is contemplating opening ‘credit shops’ in the Naxalite-infested areas of Dantewada and Bijapur in South Bastar so that the tribals there can get a month’s credit on purchase of food grains and other items from fair price shops. The issue came up during the Salwa Judum review meeting, held at Bastar divisional headquarters at Jagdalpur on Wednesday...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Raipur, July 22: Even as focus shifted to Orissa with the Maoist military wing People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) carrying out two major attacks in Malkangiri recently, the Naxalites in Chhattisgarh are terrorising the state in less dramatic but lethal attacks. They have mostly stepped up attacks against Salwa Judum leaders — a controversial anti-Naxalite campaign launched by the...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... fire on him. Gautam, who is on the hit list of Maoists because of his close association with Salwa Judum leaders, has been provided security cover.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... of Andhra Pradesh following escalating violence in Southern Chhattisgarh between the Maoists and Salwa Judum, a State backed vigilante group.The report says many displaced tribal families have settled in protected forest areas. The authorities termed these settlements illegal and repeatedly burnt them. She claimed that of the 17 displaced persons hamlets that the HRW visited, villagers...
