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Security forces engaged in anti-Naxal operations in various states, including Chhattisgarh, have decided to get different variants of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) ranging from small drones to long-range surveillance ones.

"There has to be a national policy to deal with hostage crises. I will ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in tomorrow's meeting to call all CMs to discuss it. There is a need to discuss it briefly," Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh said.

Residents say life hasn't been the same since the collector's abduction by Naxalites. Ejaz Kaiser reports. Where it all happened

Raising a red flag over mounting casualties of security forces in the Red corridor, the home ministry has told states that Maoists had not only retained their battle capabilities over the past few years but had also extensively militarised. Aloke Tikku reports.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its first major probe against the CPI (Maoist), has registered a case against its central technical committee head — Sadanala Ramakrishna alias Techie Anna — for trying to procure rocket launchers and mortars.

Despite describing her husband Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda as her "friend, philosopher and guide", wife Subhasree Das alias Mili on Thursday denounced the act of taking a foreign national hostage and showed willingness to become a mediator.

UPA-II’s ambitious plan to bring development to Maoist-dominated areas as a part of its strategy to wean away Naxal supporters is going nowhere.

Police gunned down nine Maoists in an encounter in Rayagada district of Orissa on Sunday. Police said all the bodies were recovered along with nine weapons, including Insas and self-loading rifles.

The Plan panel today said that the ambit of development scheme - Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Naxal-hit districts would be widened to include even backward districts which are not in the grip of Naxalism.

The Union Home Ministry has created four new specialised posts within the CRPF for anti-Naxal operations in the aftermath of the gruesome Dantewada attack.

Claiming that Naxals were on the job for 24 hours while security forces worked for only eight, a member of the National Advisory Council has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the government was losing the war against Maoists.

The number of tribals, especially from Naxal-affected states who are migrating either inside or outside the state, have reduced, indicates a government survey released on Tuesday.

There is no let up in the offensive against the Naxals in the country, especially Chhattisgarh, and those who think the morale of the force is down be warned, CRPF Director General Vikram Srivastava said.

Resolving to counter the danger posed by the Maoists in the wake of the attack on a Mumbai-bound train in Jhargram, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said operations against the Naxals would be intensified.