Hyderabad | 2 hours ago
Maoist sympathiser demands judicial probe into Azad's killing
Hyderabad, Aug 27 - Maoist sympathiser Varavara Rao Friday demanded a judicial probe into the killing of Maoist leader Azad in the light of his autopsy report which says he was shot from close range.The revolutionary writer said the autopsy report had rubbished the police claim that Azad was killed in an encounter. 'The government should immediately order a judicial probe into the incident to bri ... read more

Kolkata | 8 days ago
Biman Bose sceptical if voice in tape Kishanji's
Kolkata, Aug 19 - West Bengal's ruling Left Front Chairman Biman Bose Thursday expressed doubts over whether the voice heard in the audio tape proposing a three-month truce to the central government and made available to media houses belonged to top Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji.'I have doubts whether the voice in the audio tape is of that of Kishanji or someone else. Earlier I have h ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
Agnivesh proposes 72-hour ceasefire with Maoists
Kolkata, Aug 18 - Welcoming the Maoist offer for a three-month ceasefire to begin talks, social activist Swami Agnivesh Wednesday proposed an initial three-day truce between the government and the guerrillas as a confidence building measure.'It's a forthright decision by Communist Party of India --Maoist politburo member Kishenji. It is a befitting response to the president and prime minister's ca ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
Declare three-month truce ahead of talks: Maoists
Kolkata/New Delhi, Aug 18 - Maoist guerrillas declared Tuesday they were ready for talks provided a three-month truce was declared but the government insisted the Left wing rebels first abjure violence.The announcement, two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the ultras to come for talks, was made in an audio tape sent out to select media houses in Kolkata by Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
Declare three-month truce ahead of talks: Maoists
Kolkata/New Delhi, Aug 17 - Maoist guerillas declared Tuesday they were ready for talks provided a three-month truce was declared but the government insisted the Left wing rebels first abjure violence.The announcement, two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked the ultras to come for talks, was made in an audio tape sent out to select media houses in Kolkata by Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
Abjure violence first: Government on Kishanji offer
New Delhi, Aug 17 - The Indian government Tuesday reiterated that the Maoists must first abjure violence before talks could be held with them on ending their decades-long armed struggle in various parts of the country.'It doesn't really matter what Kishanji says. Nobody is interested in it -,' Home Secretary G.K. Pillai told IANS on the Maoist leader's proposal for a three-month truce ahead of tal ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
Maoists propose three-month truce ahead of talks
Kolkata, Aug 17 - Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Maoists to come for talks, the guerrillas announced they were ready for a dialogue if a three-month ceasefire was announced by both sides.The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist also proposed social activist Swami Agnivesh or Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee as the possible mediators between the government and the rebels. ... read more

Kolkata | 9 days ago
Kishanji proposes three-month ceasefire ahead of talks
Kolkata, Aug 17 - Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishanji Tuesday night proposed a three-month ceasefire as a pre-condition for talks between the Left wing rebels and the government.In an audio tape sent to sections of the media, Kishanji sought social activist Swami Agnivesh as the mediator for the talks. 'Both the government and our outfit will declare the three-month armistice simultaneously ... read more

Kolkata | 15 days ago
Maoists to talk if Azad's killing is probed: Agnivesh
Kolkata, Aug 12 - Maoists have agreed to talk to the central government if a judicial probe is ordered into the killing of spokesmanAzad, social activist Swami Agnivesh said Thursday. 'I came to know from newspapers that the Maoists are ready for talks. Later I learnt that they want a judicial inquiry into the killing of their spokesperson Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad,' Agnivesh, the interlocutor ... read more

18 days ago
Mamata urges Maoists to give up violence, sit for talks
Lalgarh -, Aug 9 - Railway minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday urged the Maoists to eschew violence and come for talks, and appealed to social activists and thinkers like Swami Agnivesh, Medha Patkar and Mahashweta Devi to broker the discussions.Addressing a huge rally in this Maoist-hit area of West Midnapore district, Banerjee also promised to shower development goodies ... read more