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Santosh Rana, veteran Naxalite leader, passes away
Santosh Rana (76), the veteran Naxalite leader, has passed away in Kolkata on June 29, 2019. He is one of the foremost leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and a major thinker on caste, class and tribal politics in West Bengal and winner of a top literary award in the State. The CPI-ML ..
Topics: Ashim Chatterjee • Communist Party of India • CPI • Left-wing politics • Naxalite • Political spectrum • Politics by country • Politics of West Bengal • Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India • Santosh Rana
A K Patnaik committee to review cases against tribals in naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh
The Congress government in Chhattisgarh has recently constituted a high-level committee under a retired Supreme Court judge to review cases against tribals who are in prison for alleged involvement in Left-Wing Extremism (LWE). This marks a shift from the stance adopted by the previous BJP government which was often accused of targeting social rights activists ..
Topics: Left-wing politics • Maoism in India • Naxalite • Paramilitary organizations • Political spectrum
What is Urban Naxalism?
The term Urban Naxals is not clearly defined. The origin of the word can be traced to the book and a few essays by film-maker and social media opinion-maker Vivek Agnihotri’s book, Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam. The phrase of Urban Naxals is loosely attributed to the people with naxalite ..
Topics: Kanu Sanyal • Left-wing politics • Maoism • Naxalite • Political spectrum • Sindhooram • Vivek Agnihotri
R N Ravi appointed as new deputy National Security Advisor
R N Ravi, the former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), has been redesignated as the deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). He is also the Central government interlocutor for talks with Naga insurgent group National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) and will continue to be the centre’s interlocutor for Nagaland. He has been shaping ..
Topics: Ajit Doval • India • Naga nationalism • Naga people • Nagaland • National Security Advisor • National Security Council • National Socialist Council of Nagaland • Pankaj Saran • Political ideologies • Political spectrum • Rajinder Khanna
Ch Kamalamma, veteran Communist leader passes away
Ch Kamalamma (90), the Telangana armed struggle fighter and veteran Communist leader, has passed away in Hyderabad on March 11, 2018. She was native of Warangal district of Telangana. She joined the post Independence armed struggle to fight the rule of erstwhile Nizams of Hyderabad and their army of Razakars as part of Telangana Liberation ..
Topics: Anabheri Prabhakar Rao • Bhimreddy Narasimha Reddy • Communist Party of India • Decades • Hyderabad State • Left-wing politics • Political spectrum • Telangana • Telangana Rebellion