Post-mortem indicates Azad shot from close range

Top Maoist leader Azad, who the Andhra Pradesh police claimed to have killed in an encounter on July 1, was shot from very close range, according to his post-mortem report accessed by Rediff.com's......

What Chidambaram told MPs from Naxal areas

Home Minister P Chidambaram met recently with MPs from Naxalite/Maoist-dominated areas to discuss ways and means to win over the alienated masses in their constituencies. Some of the MPs shared......

Chidambaram begins work as home minister

Palaniappan Chidamabaram will be India's new home minister. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold additional charge as finance minister. Chidambaram replaces Shivraj Patil, who resigned on......